Within the context of human rights violations prevailing in Mexico, ProDESC identified that it was necessary to have a space devoted to professional education in order to train subsequent generations of human rights defenders.
ProDESC with support from the Bertha Foundation, propelled the creation of the School of Transnational Justice aimed at educating new generations in ESCRs defense with a particular emphasis on the human rights doctrine, the transnational justice framework, and the construction of collective and community subjects with political agency.
CLASS OF 2017
The first generation of the School of Transnational Justice that began to operate on July 6, 2017 was composed of 25 women and 12 men from 14 different states. The participants were law students and professionals; community defenders involved in land and territory defense processes; defenders related to labor human rights defense processes; as well as indigenous women from rural areas and women workers participating in some kind of resistance process.
CLASS OF 2018
The call for the 2018 Generation concluded on April 15, 2018. A total of 129 applications were received of which 65 applicants were preselected to be interviewed and finally 28 participants were chosen. The selected human rights defenders will be trained and will share experiences together with the Bertha Foundation scholarship holders that collaborate with ProDESC. A total of 32 members of the Second Generation of the School of Transnational Justice were trained.
THE SELECTED APPLICANTS ARE INVOLVED IN LAND AND TERRITORY DEFENSE, LABOR HUMAN RIGHTS, THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.
CLASS OF 2018
CLASS OF 2019
Community Security
Within the context of human rights violations prevailing in Mexico, ProDESC identified the need to have a space for professional education to create new generations of human rights defenders.
With support from the Bertha Foundation, ProDESC promoted the School of Transnational Justice with the objective of favoring the education of new generations in ESCRs defense with a particular emphasis on the human rights doctrine, the framework of transnational justice, and the construction of collective and community subjects with political agency.
THE LATIN AMERICAN MEETING ON COMMUNITY TERRITORIAL SECURITY: REFLECTIONS ABOUT NETWORK PROTECTION
THE 2017 LATIN AMERICAN MEETING OF COMMUNITY DEFENDERS
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