‘Consolidating the Profession: The Human Rights Field Officer’ is a research, training and capacity-building project in support of enhanced delivery of services by human rights field operations. The goals of the project are to:

  • identify and fill knowledge gaps regarding the role and function of field-based human rights officers
  • develop high-quality training and capacity-building tools for human rights fieldwork 
  • deliver training and capacity-building programmes for field operations and civil society organisations active in fieldwork 
  • facilitate the development of a set of Guiding Principles for Human Rights Field Officers Working in Conflict and Post-conflict Environments

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