INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW (I HL) AND INTERNATIONAL DISASTER LAW (IDL ) WORKSHOP
A four-day (19-22 November 2018) workshop, focusing on International Humanitarian Law (IHL)
and International Disaster Law (IDL), was organized by the Ministry of Justice Human Rights and
Institutional Reforms in collaboration with the Mauritius Red Cross Society and the San Remo
University of Italy.
Table 1: Workshops organized in collaboration with the Office of High Commissioner for Human
Rights (OHCHR) and in collaboration with Office of High Commissioner for Refugees. (OHCR)
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Workshop
Date
Consultative
Workshop for
UPR
(OHCHR)
23
January
2019
Workshop on
‘State Party
Reporting to
Treaty Bodies’
(OHCHR)
24 to
26
April
2019.
Four Key
Capacities of
NMRF
(OHCHR)
21-22
May
2019
Number of
Participants
60
Ministries/ Departments
Human Rights
Institutions
Civil Society
50 participants
from Ministries/
Departments,
National Human Rights
Institutions and NonGovernmental
Organisations who are
members of the
National Mechanism for
Reporting and Followup (NMRF).
Around 40
Permanent members of
NMRF from different
Ministries
Objectives
To engage consultative
discussions with
Ministries, Departments
and the Civil Society on
the recommendations of
the UPR Working
Group prior to
providing feedback to
the Human Rights
Council of the Plenary
Session scheduled in
mid-March 2019
To strengthen the
national capacity of
Mauritius on
engagement with
human rights
mechanisms
particularly as it relates
to reporting and
implementing treaty
body recommendations
To build the four key
capacities of NMRF
members with
particular focus on
coordination and
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