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HELP for Peace President
Joins the Humanitarian Negotiators Training
Course
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The
president of HELP for Peace, Dr. Richard Philip Kochoa,
joins the Humanitarian Negotiators Training Course
of the Center for International Humanitarian Cooperation.
The residential course will be conducted in the Traders
Hotel in Penang, Malaysia from February 15 to 21,
2009. This course is grant funded by the Helen Hamlyn
Trust and will be held in cooperation with Penang
Medical College and the Royal College of Surgeons
in Ireland.
The course aims to
prepare humanitarian workers, who are often in need
to negotiate access to prisoners, refugees, and
internally displaced persons (IDPs), as well as
negotiate in a hostile and dangerous environment
for the delivery of food, medicine, and personnel.
The objectives of the course are to provide participants
with the framework and fundamentals of negotiation,
the legal tools, and the knowledge of its practical
aspects. They should be able to refine and enrich
their experience of the different techniques of
negotiation in a combination of theoretical study
and practical exercises. These will include workshops,
specific case studies, inter-active role play, and
by sharing their own experiences.
The
objectives of this course are (1) to provide volunteers
and professionals from a wide variety of backgrounds
with a comprehensive insight into the fundamentals of
negotiation, (2) to prepare negotiators on how to react
and communicate in dynamic conflicts, analyze the situation,
and effectively reach an agreement between the parties,
(3) to provide a legal toolbox, (4) to promote cooperation
and dialogue, (5) to evaluate interventions and identify
examples of good practice, (6) to prepare for hostage
negotiations, and (7) to examine case studies and review
all the humanitarian actors involved.
Topics covered include: Law, Ethics,
Human Rights and Negotiation;International Humanitarian
Law and Human Rights Law; The 1949 Geneva Conventions
and their 1977 Additional Protocols; Charter of the
United Nations and Statute of the International Court
of Justice; Principles of International Law; Regional
Policies and Procedures; Ethical Issues and Codes
of Conduct; Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
Human rights, International Humanitarian Law, and
the Humanitarian Worker; Negotiation Techniques; Peace
Accords; and Security and Access. HNTC courses have
been given in New York, Geneva, and Istanbul. The
succeeding course for this year is in Barcelona to
be held in cooperation with the Barcelona International
Peace Centre (BCP), under the auspices of the Barcelona
City Council.
Source: www.cihc.org
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