On Saturday, November 21, the Crimean Tatar Resource Center with the support of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in Ukraine held the 4th session of the IV Academy of Public Diplomacy of the Crimean Tatars, at which future people’s diplomats were told about the specifics of the Middle East and the features of international mechanisms for protecting human rights.
Iliia Kusa, an expert on international politics at the think tank Ukrainian Institute for Future told the students of the Academy about the features of the Middle East in the mosaic of world processes, in particular, about the players, internal processes, interests and ideology of the region.
According to the expert, the Middle East has been playing a very important role in recent years due to several factors: population growth and, as a consequence, the process of pressure from the global south on the global north. In addition, as noted by Iliia Kusa, the Middle East is important for the regional security of several adjacent regions – the Mediterranean basin, Central Asia and the Black Sea basin.
“From the point of view of global security, the Middle East is one of the most difficult regions, which gives rise to a lot of new challenges faced by world states”,- the coach emphasized.
Borys Babin, Doctor of Law, Professor, Expert of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center spoke about the mechanisms of working with international organizations, in particular, with the European Court of Human Rights. The expert described in detail the peculiarities of filing complaints, gave specific examples from international and Ukrainian practice, and also spoke about the role of the 1950 Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
It should be reminded that on November 7, the Crimean Tatar Resource Center with the support of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in Ukraine started the IV Academy of Public Diplomacy of the Crimean Tatars. The training includes 6 sessions, during which qualified trainers and experts will tell the participants about the peculiarities and trends of world politics, human rights violations in Crimea, advocacy campaigns, international mechanisms for protecting human rights, the role of visual language and design in international campaigns, etc.
The Academy of Public Diplomacy of the Crimean Tatars is implemented with the support of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in Ukraine.