Gender, Dignity, Equality. Constitutional Complaint as a Protection Tool Against Discrimination. Open Online Training on Practical and Gender Aspect of Constitutional Complaint

The  OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine invites all motivated candidates who are interested in the practical aspects of preparing and submitting a constitutional complaint, as well as its gender dimension, to participate in the open online training "Gender, dignity, equality. Constitutional complaint as a protection tool against discrimination ".

The training will also be useful for legal aid clinics and human rights NGOs, with further using the knowledge gained to provide adequate assistance to members of vulnerable groups on effective access to a constitutional complaint.

The training will cover the following topics:

Topic 1: Theory and constitutional practice

Equality: principle and law

Equality and non-discrimination: egalitarian concepts of modern constitutionalism

Dignity and non-discrimination

Practical dimension of the right to equality

Topic 2: Equality: gender dimension

Gender and power: the concept of gender constitutionalism

Multidimensionality of gender equality

Gender aspect of the right to equality

Gender and society: how I can make an impact

Topic 3: The practice of constitutional proceedings

• Admissibility of a constitutional complaint: what you need to know
• Argumentation of the constitutional complaint
• Proceedings in the CCU and the public interest
• The decision is made. What's next?

Training participants will obtain certificates in case they have achieved at least 90% attendance of the training.

The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports diversity and inclusiveness, and thus encourages interested women and men candidates from all national, religious, ethnic and social groups to participate in this training.

How to apply

To participate in the training, please register at the link: https://forms.gle/DBGiNkrQ4QSLMYqk6.  

Deadline for applications: June 06, 2021

Contact information: should you have any questions, please contact us at: Dmytro.Melnyk@osce.org.

The initiative is implemented within the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine project "Support to Ukraine’s Human Rights Protection by Enhancing Accessibility of Constitutional Justice" with the financial support of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany.