DefendDefenders-Front Line Defenders-ISHR in-person training ahead of the African Commission’s 89th session (Fully Funded to Dakar, Senegal)

Application Deadline: 26 July 2026

Applications at the moment are open for the in-person training ahead of the African Commission’s 89th session. DefendDefenders, Front Line Defenders and ISHR are organising an in-person coaching to equip African defenders with the information and abilities to combine the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights into their present work at the nationwide degree in a strategic method.

The coaching goals to present a possibility for individuals to put together for and interact in advocacy actions at the ACHPR so as to push for change again home at the nationwide degree.

The coaching will likely be preceded by two necessary preparatory periods on-line. The coaching consists of two and a half days of studying periods and workshops, and contains energetic attendance to the three-day NGO Forum, organised by the African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies (ACDHRS) and to the first day of the ACHPR’s 89th session. 

When?  

15-21 October 2026 – precise dates to be confirmed, however will occur barely forward of the 89th abnormal session of the ACHPR.

Where?

Dakar, Senegal. 

Training Expectations

During this coaching individuals will:

• Learn extra about the work of the ACHPR and how to have interaction strategically with the Commission and its mechanisms (State periodic evaluate, Special Rapporteurs, communications, nation visits and many others.).
• Strengthen their sensible information in advocacy with the ACHPR by case research.
• Meet and study from defenders from throughout Africa engaged on a spread of human rights points by the NGO Forum.
• Advocate on their subject towards a variety of policy-makers, decision-makers and different stakeholders.

The coaching will likely be delivered in French and English, with simultaneous interpretation accessible in each languages. 

Eligibility Requirements

• This coaching is directed at skilled African human rights defenders – from all the sub-regions – with an advocacy expertise of a minimum of 5 years at the nationwide degree, and who need to have interaction extra with regional human rights mechanisms.
• A specific focus will likely be given to individuals from the following international locations: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cap Vert, Côte d’Ivoire, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia

Benefits

• Organisers will cowl the price of participation of all chosen candidates, which incorporates flights, lodging, and meals.

How to Apply

• Each applicant should submit a accomplished application form, together with a reference letter completely different out of your present organisation and a CV. Only full purposes will likely be thought of.
• The organizaers encourage everybody contemplating the course to take a while to fastidiously learn the necessities and gather data you want from the programme description.

Applications shut at midnight Dakar time on 26 July 2026.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the  in-person training ahead of the African Commission’s 89th session