The Diplomacy Training Program – Making a Difference
The Diplomacy Training Program (DTP) is an independent NGO which seeks to advance human rights and empower civil society in the Asia Pacific region through quality education and training, and the building of skills and capacity in non-governmental organisations and for individual human rights defenders and community advocates.
The DTP was founded in 1989 by HE José Ramos-Horta, 1996 Nobel Peace Laureate and current President of Timor-Leste, and Emeritus Professor Garth Nettheim. Since January 1990, the DTP has conducted an 'Annual Regional Human Rights and Peoples’ Diplomacy Training Program'. This three week program has been hosted in Australia, Timor Leste, Thailand, the Philippines, Fiji, Sri Lanka, Nepal and New Zealand. Since 2003, the Diplomacy Training Program has also conducted shorter, specialised, thematic training programs in Australia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, the Philippines and Fiji. DTP also occasionally conducts specialised programs in response to a particular issue or to assist a specific community, in addition to occasional country-specific training when requested.
For a comprehensive overview of DTP and our human rights efforts in Australia and the region, please read our 2011 Annual Report.
Capacity Building Programs – Responding to the Challenges of a Changing Region
* 2012 Program Schedule
| Date |
Program |
Place |
| 26-30 March |
Human Rights Advocacy and Indigenous Peoples in Australia |
Mt. Isa |
| 23 April - 2 May |
Asia-Pacific Regional Program on Indigenous Peoples' Human Rights and Advocacy |
Malaysia |
| 12-13 April |
Preparatory Program for Indigenous Australian Participants in the UNPFII |
Sydney |
| 4-7 June |
Human Rights Advocacy and Indigenous Peoples in Australia *Applications are now available! |
Broken Hill |
| 21-25 May |
Asia-Pacific Regional Program on Human Rights Advocacy and Business/Regional Program on Rights of Migrant Workers |
Beirut, Lebanon |
| 6-10 August |
Human Rights Advocacy and Indigenous Peoples in Australia |
Katherine |
| August |
22nd Annual Regional Human Rights Defenders Program *Applications are now available! |
Timor-Leste |
| 24-28 September |
Human Rights Advocacy and Indigenous Peoples in Australia |
Alice Springs/Tennant Creek |
| October |
Regional Program on Human Rights Advocacy and Business/Regional Program on Rights of Migrant Workers |
Qatar |
| November |
Regional Program on Advocacy and Implementation of Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
TBC |
| *2012 program schedule is subject to change. Applications for 2012 programs will become available on the website throughout the year. |
Diplomacy Training Program - making a difference
Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales
NSW 2052 Australia
tel: + (61 2) 9385 3549
fax: + (61 2) 9385 1778
email: dtp@unsw.edu.au
www.dtp.unsw.edu.au |
