Training of Trainers Workshop “New Tactics : practical Application in Death Penalty Abolition”

Between 16-20 July 2011 PRI MENA Regional Office in Jordan coorganised a training workshop for human rights specialists representing civil societies promoting the abolition of the death penalty in the MENA Region.The group of fifteen participants working directly in the field of death penalty abolition from seven countries (Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, Yemen, Tunisia, Sudan, Lebanon and Jordan).

The training was conducted as part of the New Tactics in Human Rights Programme with financial support from the Foreign Ministry of the Netherlands.  The goal of this project is to develop and share a regional and international New Tactics training materials specialized in death penalty abolition and to build the capacity of the civil society organizations advocating for the abolition of the death penalty utilizing PRI’s MENA regional knowledge and the international advocacy experience in collaboration with new tactical methodology.