Module 8 – Advocacy and Follow up

Advocacy & Follow up

It must be stressed that an important part of the human right monitoring work is advocacy and facilitation of cooperation with various stakeholders to ensure greater opportunities for designing interventions and strategies for corrective action. In the last module of the Human Rights Monitoring training, you will learn valuable tips and recommendations which will help you while interacting with various stakeholders from NGOs and Intergovernmental organisations to media representatives and national, regional and local authorities.

Estimated time: 35m

• Video lecture

  Advocacy & Follow up

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• 1 Quiz

  Take the quiz and test your knowledge!

  1. If during an investigation I am faced with a serious human rights violation that is happening in real time, I should:

  A. Take immediate action and inform authorities and possibly international organization

  B. Remain objective and neutral, gather the information about the case but not intervene

  C. Intervene myself to remedy the situation with all the resources I have at my disposal

  Correct! Wrong!

  2. The education and training of members of State bodies is not the job of a human rights defenders, we should not engage in such activities:

  A. True

  B. False

  Correct! Wrong!

  3. A human rights advocacy strategy should include:

  A. Only strong messages against the state authorities focused on naming and shaming,

  B. Both more adversarial tactics such as strong worded petitions, demonstrations, disrupting actions as well as tactics focused on open dialogue, co-operation, and partnership.

  C. It should be rather focused on dialogue and partnership with the government seeking a long-term resolution of human rights issues

  Correct! Wrong!

  4. The targets of my advocacy should be:

  A. Only the institutions and bodies that have decision making power such as authorities

  B. The institutions and bodies that have decision making power such as authorities as well as the media and journalists

  C. A variety of actors including media, journalists, other NGOs, international organizations and state authorities

  Correct! Wrong!

  5. During a meeting with authorities, the most important objective is to:

  A. Present all the facts and figures I have gathered during the human rights investigation,

  B. Convince the interlocutor that the cause you represent is important, reach out emotionally to them,

  C. Confront the representatives and make them be ashamed for the suffering they are causing,

  D. Focus on the key asks and recommendations, push for action to be take by the authorities, support your points with evidence.

  Correct! Wrong!

• Trainers' Note

  Congratulations!

  You successfully completed Human Right Monitoring training!

  Don’t forget to fill in the feedback survey and provide your comments and suggestions on how we can make this training more useful and relevant for human rights defenders.

  Don’t forget to check out our training on Safety and Security.

  If you wish to obtain OSCE Course Certificate, please contact us and we will send you the link to the final assessment survey. After successfully completing this assessment, you will receive your Course Certificate in electronic format.

  We wish you the best of luck in your future human rights monitoring activities!

  David Mark & Yelena Volochai