In December 2005, to support Komnas HAM implement a number of recommendations
outlined in the APF/Brookings report, in addition to recommendations developed by
Komnas HAM during the IDP training workshop held in July 2005, the APF/Brookings
Project provided USD 15,000 to fund the activities outlined in Komnas HAM’s proposal
to the APF entitled ‘Training on the Protection and Fulfilment of Internally Displaced
Persons Rights’.
Under this proposal, Komnas HAM aims to enhance awareness-raising on IDPs and will
organise, conduct and evaluate training in two regional areas of Indonesia. The first
phase of training would be conducted in Ambon, Mollucas, consisting of four days
training with thirty-five participants from Eastern Indonesia (Maluku, Papua, Sulawesi
and Nusa Tenggara). The second phase would be held in Pontianak, West Kalimantan,
consisting of four days training with thirty-five participants from Western Indonesia
(Kalimantan, Madura and Sumatera). The participants will include local government
officials, religious clerics, NGOs, IDPs and judicial officers. In the proposal, these
activities were scheduled to take place from August to December 2005. At the time of
writing, the APF was liaising with Komnas HAM regarding the status of these training
activities. A report due from Komnas HAM in December 2005 has not yet been made
available to the APF and the APF is currently requesting the submission of this
document.
2.8. Capacity building funds: National Human Rights Commission of Nepal
In July 2004, at the invitation of the NHRCN, the APF/Brookings-Bern Project on
Internal Displacement visited Nepal and met with NHRCN as well as with governmental
agencies, local and international non-governmental bodies, civil society, international
donor organisations, UN agencies, IDPs and other stakeholders to discuss the role the
NHRCN could play with regard to IDPs. The APF/Brookings team, in consultation with
the NHRC, made an initial assessment of the Commission’s capacity in relation to
engagement on IDPs and developed recommendations for the consideration of the
NHRC. The report and recommendations are available at
http://www.asiapacificforum.net/training/idp/brookings-bern/nepal.doc.
In March 2006, to support the NHRCN implement a number of recommendations
outlined from the APF/Brookings report, in addition to recommendations made by the
NHRCN at the IDP training workshop held in December 2005, the APF/Brookings
Project provided USD 15,000 to fund the activities outlined in the NHRCN ‘Annual Work
Plan for the APF/Brookings-Bern IDP Project, 2006’. Under this Plan, the NHRCN will
conduct activities over the period of March to December 2006
Some of the activities outlined in the Annual Work Plan that the NHRC will be
undertaking during this period include:
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