Commonwealth Mediation and Negotiation Training for NHRIs
2.43 Justice Shri K.G.Balakrishnan, Chairperson and Shri A.K.Parashar, Joint Registrar
(Law) participated in the above programme organized by the Commonwealth Secretariat
in collaboration with the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes
(ACCORD) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in August 2014. The training was hosted by the
Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) in its capacity as the Chair of the
Commonwealth Forum of NHRIs (CFNHRI).
APF Induction Training Workshop
2.44 Shri J.S.Kochher, Joint Secretary (Training & Research) was a Resource Person in the
capacity of being a Certified Master Trainer of Asia Pacific Forum (APF) at the Induction
Training Workshop organized by the APF for Newly Recruited Staff of the Mongolian
National Human Rights Commissionheld at Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 9 to 13 March
2015.
INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITES
Visit to Vatican
2.45 Justice Shri Cyriac Joseph, Member, NHRC visited Vatican, Rome as part of the
delegation headed by Shri Oscar Fernandes, Minister for Road, Transport and Highways to
attend the canonization ceremony of John Paul II on 27 April 2014.
OHCHR Officials Visit NHRC, India
2.46 Ms. Jyoti Sanghera, Chief of Section of the Human Rights and Social and Economic
Issues at the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva
along with Mr. Charles Radcliffe, Chief of the Global Issues Section, OHCHR in New York
visited the NHRC on 29 April 2014.
Roundtable Meeting of SEOs of NHRIs
2.47 The annual roundtable meeting of Senior Executive Officers of NHRIs was convened
by the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions in Sydney, Australia on
23 and 24 June 2014. Smt. Kanwaljit Deol, Director General (Investigation), NHRC, India
participated in the meeting.
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