Integrating the Issue of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Detention Monitoring

Content and objectives

ODIHR is organizing a two-day training course for staff of the Office of the Polish Commissioner for Human Rights on integrating the issue of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in detention monitoring. The training aims to help integrate the issue of SGBV into detention monitoring mechanisms, providing best practices, identifying risk situations, and advising how best to follow up on incidents of SGBV in places of deprivation of liberty.

Background

The training curriculum is based on ODIHR’s publication “Preventing Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Places of Deprivation of Liberty”, the first comprehensive international policy guidance related to the prevention of SGBV in the OSCE region and beyond, as well as on ODIHR’s  Guidance Note for Oversight Mechanisms on Integrating the Issue of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Detention Monitoring.

Sexual and gender-based violence in places of deprivation of liberty is an extreme form of discrimination and a serious human rights violation, which continues to be under-reported, under-researched and largely neglected. Oversight mechanisms can play a key role in detecting instances of SGBV in places of deprivation of liberty. It is also now well established that monitoring is an important factor in preventing SGBV and other forms of abuse. 

The training is part of ODIHR’s work to address and prevent SGBV in places of detention across the OSCE region. The training takes place ahead of the forthcoming translation of ODIHR’s guide “Preventing Sexual and Gender based Violence in Places of Deprivation of Liberty” into Polish, which will be published in early 2023.

Registration

Participation in this training is by invitation only.