Objectives of the Capacity Building with Detention Officers:
● Enhance the knowledge of detention officers on the human rights-based
approach to detention, through a review of the standards set under the
Mandela rules;
● Provide an overview of the gendered nature of detention and to discuss
the relevance of Bangkok Rules in ensuring gender sensitive and human
rights-based approach to detention;
● Gather recommendations from detention officers and staff on how to
improve the situation of women in detention including recommendations
pertaining to the situation of detention facilities and to detention officers and
staff;
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