Commissioner High Level Dialogue, Philippines
A new APF program will provide members of the Philippines Commission on Human Rights with an opportunity to discuss and reflect on their roles roles as Commissioners within a national human rights institution.
A new APF program will provide recently-appointed members of the Philippines Commission on Human Rights (PCHR) with an opportunity to discuss and reflect on their roles as Commissioners within a national human rights institution.
The Commissioner High Level Dialogue will be held in Manila on 13 and 14 January 2009.
The two-day program includes a range of practical sessions that will address:
- the role of national human rights institutions in the promotion and protection of human rights
- the status, contents and implications of the Paris Principles
- governance issues and managing a national institution
- identifying and engaging with external stakeholders
- engaging with and educating the community on human rights issues.
The program will be led by Mr Chris Sidoti, a former
Australian Human Rights Commissioner (1995 - 2000) ,
and Ms Paulynn Sicam, a former member of the PCHR
in the 1990s.
