From 2 until 9 December 2024, 18 government sector employees from Angola attended the Oslo Diplome Course «Education for Building a Human Rights Culture”.
The course is a central component of the project "Education for Building a Human Rights Culture» (2022-2026) which is a collaboration between the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Angolan Ministry of Justice and Human Rights.
The Human Rights Academy was responsible for organizing the course, which has equipped the participants with foundational knowledge of international human rights law, as reflected in universal, African, and European instruments. It also has provided an understanding of the tools for implementing these rights at universal, regional, and national levels. Additionally, participants have gained practical skills in effective teaching methods for human rights education. The program has included lectures, interactive activities, discussions, and excursions to relevant institutions in Norway.
The delegation had meetings with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Norwegian Institution for Human Rights, as well as guided tours at the 22 of July Centre, the Climate House and the Parliament (Stortinget). Thanks to all the institutions´ representatives who shared their insights and inspired us. Thanks also to Mads H. Almaas, Secretary General in NOAS (Norwegian Organisation for Asylum Seekers) for lecturing about NOAS´ important work.
The goal of the course was to equip the participants with the knowledge and skills needed to promote human rights values and democratic principles in Angola.
Thanks to Petter Wille and Eivind Digranes from Norwegian Institution for Human Rights.
At the Climate House
In addition to the Certificate, the participants received a Human Rights Education Training Manual. It begins by introducing human rights education as a growing global discipline and highlights the importance of using active, participatory methods in this form of teaching. It then provides a selection of educational activities that the participants engaged in during the course, alongside short articles on the topics covered. The manual´s educational activities have been adapted from the Toolkit for Democracy and Human Rights — a digital resource developed by the Human Rights Academy — to meet the specific needs of the project’s workshop.
Below are some pictures from the days in Oslo:
