Human rights of Foreign Nationals in prison: a new free online course for prison staff, prison managers and prison staff trainers will help improve the knowledge and awareness of issues related to human rights and needs of foreign inmates
Online course available starting from July 21st, 2021
Application at www.bcompetent.eu
The European project B-COMPETENT (2019-21), co-funded by the Justice Programme, is launching a new free online course aimed at providing prison staff with a set of multidisciplinary skills related to human rights protection of foreign inmates, in line with EU and international laws and standards.
The online course and the training materials have been designed and developed by 7 Partners from Italy, Spain, and Albania: University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, University of Barcelona-OSPDH, Bosch i Gimpera Foundation, Antigone Association, Albanian Ombudsman, European Center Foundation, and Prodos Consulting.
The course is mainly targeted to:
prison managers
prison administrative staff
prison staff trainers
prison civilian staff (forensic psychologists, social assistants, educators, social workers, cultural mediators, interpreters, etc.)
prison officers
all those responsible for working with Foreign Nationals in prison.
Contents and structure
The training path combines 10 e-learning modules and 6 online workshops.
The e-learning course will provide useful insights into legislative frameworks and key aspects of the management of Foreign Nationals in prison: European standards in the work with foreign inmates, right to access to justice and other rights (communications, health), conditions of detained women with minor children, access to penitentiary work, restorative justice, to mention some of the most relevant issues.
10 online modules (10 h of video-recorded lessons)
Subtitles: Albanian, English, French, Greek, Italian, Montenegrin and Spanish.
The online modules can be done in full or by selecting the video lessons of interest.
Multiple choice test on completion of each module.
Free access to training tools and resources:PPT slides (English), biblio-sitography, relevant articles/publications.
A statement of participation will be issued upon request.
The concepts of "immigration" and "international protection"
International protection: European Court of Human Rights, Court of Justice of the European Union and United Nations Human Rights Committee
Regulation on the administrative situation of non-nationals
European standards in the work with foreign inmates
Religious freedom and imprisonment. Part 1: General features
Religious freedom and imprisonment. Part 2: Radicalisation
The right to access to justice in equal terms
The right to access to justice and other rights – Part 1: Communication and health
The right to access to justice and other rights – Part 2: Women & children; Work
Conflict Theory and Alternative Conflict Resolution: Restorative justice
Six online workshops will be organized in Italy, Spain, France, Greece, Albania and Montenegro in November 2021. Each workshop, led by B-COMPETENT trainers and highly qualified international experts, will address country-specific issues from an international perspective, focusing on best practices exchange and case studies. Participants will be actively involved through discussion panels and Q&A sessions with experts. Each webinar will be held in the language of the country hosting the event.
The online course will be available at www.bcompetent.eu starting from July 21st, 2021. For more details refer to the training program
The calendar and the program of the online workshops will be soon available at https://www.bcompetent.eu/workshop/
To apply for the course fill out the sign up form
For any inquiries you may send a message to info@bcompetent.eu or fill in the contact form
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