wfn.org | MECC holds Prison Ministry Training Workshop in Lebanon

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³Human Rights Approach to Prison Management² was the theme of two training
workshops organized by MECC Unit on Diakonia & Social Justice, in joint
collaboration with the Human Rights Bar Association and Lebanese General
Security that took place on June 11 and 24, at the Human Rights Institute.
The workshop is the fourth and the fifth in the series of training the
personnel of national institutions. It focused on the General Security
personnel directly involved with detention issues in detention centers. The
training started with the Lebanese national anthem and the opening words
addressed by the Directors of the Human Rights Bar Association and MECC/
Diakonia & Social Justice Unit and representative of the Lebanese General
Security.

The training provided the opportunity for the participants to discuss the
existing national laws, their implications and application in reference to
the International Human rights laws. The need to collaborate and to
coordinate with different ministries and national sectors and with the civi l
society actors to promote life and situation in detention centers, it
recognized the need to bring the prisons under the management of the
Ministry of Justice. It focused on the understanding and application of
national laws and conventions ratified by the Lebanese government.

The training ended with the closing remarks of the General Security
Director, Colonel Ma¹arouf Itani. Director of MECC Diakonia and Social
Justice, Seta Hadeshian, closed the workshop thanking the organizers and th e
participants, emphasizing the importance of the training and underlining th e
need for coordination to promote the standard of prison life and enhance th e
reintegration of the prisoners as constructive element of the society.
Certificates were issued as sign of recognition, appreciation and
encouragement to the participants
This training is the fifth in the series started in 2007.
For more information contact: meccls@cyberia.net.lb

>Middle East Council of Churches
>Office of International Ecumenical Relations
>P.O. Box 5376, Beirut, Lebanon

Guirgis Ibrahim Saleh, General Secretary

mecc@cyberia.net.lb or guirgissaleh@cyberia.net.lb

>+961-1-353-938
>http://www.mec-churches.org/