The National Centre for Human Rights (NCHR), in cooperation with the Jordan Bar Association, concluded in Aqaba Governorate a specialized training course entitled “Monitoring and Documentation of Human Rights Violations,” with the participation of 60 lawyers from the Bar Association’s Liberties Committee. The course marked the conclusion of a training programme implemented by the Centre across the Kingdom’s three regions—central, northern, and southern—which brought together more than 200 lawyers from the Liberties Committee.
The two-day course in Aqaba focused on strengthening participants’ practical skills in monitoring and documenting human rights violations, collecting and verifying information, conducting interviews, and preparing human rights reports and case files. It also addressed fair trial guarantees and the role of lawyers in protecting rights and freedoms and promoting the rule of law.
The training programme included a series of practical exercises and discussions of cases and scenarios related to lawyers’ work, enabling participants to apply monitoring and documentation methodologies and tools in practice and exchange experiences on the key challenges they encounter when dealing with cases related to human rights and public freedoms.
Ms. Nisreen Zureikat, Commissioner for Promotion at the National Centre for Human Rights, emphasized the importance of strengthening lawyers’ practical skills and enabling them to use professional and systematic tools to monitor and document human rights cases. She noted that such capacity-building contributes to strengthening their role in protecting rights and freedoms and supports the efforts of both the Centre and the Bar Association to promote a culture of human rights and the rule of law.
For his part, Mr. Rizq Shuqairat, Head of the Liberties Committee and Member of the Council of the Jordan Bar Association, emphasized the importance of building on the outcomes of the training programme and applying the skills and knowledge acquired by participants to further develop the work of the Liberties Committee. He noted that this would strengthen the Committee’s capacity to follow up on human rights cases and address them in a more organized, systematic, and professional manner.
Mr. Omar Bani Mustafa, Head of the Awareness and Training Unit at the National Centre for Human Rights, explained that the programme focused on translating theoretical knowledge into practical and applicable skills. Participants were trained in monitoring techniques, conducting interviews, collecting, verifying, documenting, and analysing information, and preparing human rights reports and case files in accordance with professional methodologies, thereby strengthening their capacity to address and follow up on human rights cases effectively.
The course resulted in a number of practical outcomes, most notably strengthening participants’ capacities to monitor and document human rights cases and prepare relevant case files, developing more systematic mechanisms for following up on, addressing, and referring cases, and enhancing communication, coordination, and the exchange of expertise between members of the Liberties Committee and the National Centre for Human Rights.
The programme was implemented within the framework of cooperation between the National Centre for Human Rights and the Jordan Bar Association and as part of the Centre’s efforts to build the capacities of professionals working in the field of human rights protection and strengthen relevant national partnerships. Implemented across the Kingdom’s three regions, the programme benefited more than 200 lawyers from the Liberties Committee, helping to broaden access to human rights knowledge and practical skills across different parts of the Kingdom.
The programme reflects the importance of the partnership between the National Centre for Human Rights and the Jordan Bar Association in strengthening the human rights protection system and enhancing the professional role of lawyers in monitoring, documenting, and following up on human rights violations, thereby contributing to the protection of rights and freedoms and the promotion of the rule of law.
