Participants and facilitators in one of the workshops in El Fasher. Photo by Albert González Farran

The African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), in collaboration with UN Women, organized two workshops targeting community-based paralegals and judges of rural courts in north Darfur. The Workshops are designed to raise the participants’ awareness of international standards and national legislation in combatting sexual and gender- based violence (SGBV).

The workshops, which began on 23 June in El Fasher, North Darfur, and are scheduled to conclude on 27 June, focused on international human rights standards, UN Security Council Resolution 1325, Children’s rights conventions, Sudan’s penal code, civil status law and legal procedures.

UNAMID is conducting similar workshops throughout Darfur to provide community-based paralegals and rural court judges with the skills needed to actively participate in the peace and reconciliation process and to enable them to conduct similar awareness workshops in their own communities.