The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) is opening the call for applications for the Geneva Training Course on UN Treaty Monitoring Bodies, to be held in Geneva from 3 to 14 November 2008.

The Geneva Training Course on Treaty Monitoring Bodies (GTC � TMB) is offered once a year at the time of the November sessions of the Committee against Torture (CAT) and the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR). Its main objective is to empower human rights organisations by training their representatives to effectively use the United Nations (UN) treaty body system. The course is designed for experienced human rights activists and organisations that have the capacity to use the international human rights systems, in particular the treaty bodies, in their work.

The call for application and the application form are available at the ISHR website. The deadline for application is 1 August 2008.