Strategy for an Era of Application
of International Law - Action Plan
Adopted
by the Senior Management Group and Approved by the Secretary-General,
June 2000
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4. Training of Others who are Involved in the Application
of the Law
Background
The Organization currently runs a considerable number of training programmes
in specific aspects of international law. These include the training of law-enforcement
officers in aspects of human rights concerning the rights of suspects, the
training of prison officers in the human rights of detainees, the training
of social workers in aspects of human rights concerning juvenile justice and
the training of immigration officers in refugee law.
Issue
As the Organization strengthens its training activities,it becomes increasingly
important to adopt a co-ordinated approach.
In order to avoid duplication, mixed messages and confusion on the relevance
of the different bodies of international law,training programmes must be devised,
organised and run in such a way as to ensure that those involved in the application
of law at the national level understand their obligations under the full range
of the various domains of international law, including Human Rights Law, International
Humanitarian Law and International Refugee Law.
Coordination is also essential in order to assure that the particular roles
of such institutions as the International Committee of the Red Cross and the
High Commissioner for Refugees are respected and strengthened.
Action
The Secretariat should take steps to encourage the coordination of training
activities for those involved in the application of the law at the national
level. To this end:
The Secretariat might encourage
the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Committee of the Red
Cross, the High Commissioner for Refugees and other relevant institutions, including
NGOs, to establish a forum for coordinating their various training activities
for those involved in the application of law at the national level with a view
to ensuring that those training activities appropriately complement each other;
The Secretariat might, through appropriate
channels, request UN Resident Co-ordinators and Country Teams in regions
of internal tension or conflict to design joint strategies and programmes
for the training of those involved in the application of law at the national
level, including, where appropriate,relevant non-State actors.
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