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Trainings, Workshops, and Seminar

In 2020-21, the National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking organized 39 specialized training programs for nearly 3,000  participants from the public sector, private sector, civil society to build the Kingdom’s capacity to fight this crime. The participants came from every region of the Kingdom.

The wide-ranging training sessions familiarize people with indicators and reporting mechanisms and obligations in the Kingdom; how to manage TIP Victims; how to fulfill their commitments in the National Referral Mechanism; how to maintain and analyze data on trafficking; and more.

The training sessions were carried out in cooperation with the NCCHT/HRC’s international partners at key UN organizations.

NCCHT/HRC Trainings in Partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC)                       

  • NRM for TIP Victims in Saudi Arabia, several training sessions in April 2020      

  • Managing and Analyzing NRM Data for TIP Victims in Saudi Arabia, several training sessions in April and June 2020

  • Saudi Bar Association Procedures in Giving Legal Advice to TIP Victims, July 2020

  • Law Enforcement Investigation, Questioning, Evidence Gathering, and Inspection Procedures, September 2020                                        

  • Law Enforcement Investigation, Questioning, Evidence Gathering, and Inspection Procedures, October 2020                

  • PPO Advanced Criminal Investigation Procedures in TIP Cases November 2020  

  • Advanced Criminal Investigation Procedures for Labor and Criminal Judges in TIP Cases, November 2020

  • Role of Diplomats in Identifying Victims of Trafficking in Persons, March 2021

  • Approaches to Communications Regarding Trafficking in Persons, March 2021

NCCHT/HRC Trainings in Partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM)                            

  • Identification and Referral of TIP Victims in the Kingdom, several training sessions in June and July 2020                                                    

  • Identification and Referral of Potential TIP Victims in the Kingdom and Raising Awareness about Ethical and Moral Recruitment, two training sessions in November and October 2020  

  • Identification and Referral of TIP Victims and the Role of Social Society Organizations in Preventing this Crime, January 2021

NCCHT/HRC Trainings in Partnership with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)                                      

  • Introduction to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Right, December 2020

Human Rights standards of Saudi Labor Courts, December 2020 

Trainings         Conducted     by         HRC     and      UNODC

Name   of           Training               

Type    of           Training               

Training              Date              

Target                Audience               

Total   No.                of             Trainees               

NRM     for         TIP                Victims               in                Saudi    Arabia 

Remote              

1-2/4/2020               

Contact               officers                from     all                agencies             

represented      in            the               

NRM     (the       Core     

Team) 

42         

Managing           and       

Analyzing           NRM     Data                for        

TIP        Victims               in                Saudi    Arabia 

Remote              

5-6/4/2020               

Contact               officers                from     all                agencies             

represented      in            the               

NRM     (the       Core     

Team) 

38         

NRM     for         TIP                Victims               in                Saudi    Arabia 

Remote              

15-16/4/2020              

Contact               officers                from     all                agencies             

represented      in            the               

NRM     for         the                following                regions:               Al-Jouf,      Northern           

Border,                Tabuk, Hail               

55         

NRM     for         TIP                Victims               in                Saudi    Arabia 

Remote              

19-20/4/2020              

Contact               officers                from     all                agencies             

represented      in            the               

NRM     for         the                following                regions:              

Mecca, Medina,               Asir,                Jizan    

101       

NRM     for         TIP                Victims               in                Saudi    Arabia 

Remote              

21-22/4/2020              

Contact               officers                from     all                agencies             

represented      in            the               

NRM     for         the                following                regions:              

Najran, Eastern              

Province,           Qassim,                Al           Baha    

82         

Managing           and       

Analyzing          NRM     Data               for        

TIP        Victims               in                Saudi    Arabia 

Remote              

21-22/4/2020              

Contact               officers                from     all                agencies             

represented      in            the               

NRM     for         the                following                regions:              

Hail,      Northern           

Border,             Tabuk, AlJouf             

72         

Managing           and       

Analyzing          NRM     Data               for        

TIP        Victims               in                Saudi    Arabia 

Remote              

24-25/6/2020              

Contact               officers                from     all                agencies             

represented      in            the               

NRM     for         the                following                regions:              

Mecca, Medina,               Asir,                Jizan    

76         

Managing           and       

Analyzing          NRM     Data               for        

TIP        Victims               in                Saudi    Arabia 

Remote              

28-29/6/2020              

Contact               officers                from     all                agencies             

represented      in            the               

NRM     for         the                following                regions:                Eastern                Province,          

Qassim,             Najran,               AlBaha

84         

Saudi    Bar        Association               

Procedures       in                Giving 

Legal     Advice to           TIP                Victims              

Remote              

22/7/2020               

Law       firms    in            Saudi                Arabia  (lawyers)               

Approx.              130       

Law       Enforcement   

Investigation,  

Questioning,     Evidence                Gathering,          and               

Inspection         Procedures               

Remote              

29-30/9/2020              

General               Directorate                of           Security               

79         

Law       Enforcement   

Investigation,  

Questioning,     Evidence                Gathering,          and               

Inspection         Procedures               

Remote              

6-7/10/2020            

Directors            of           police                departments     in               

various                regions and                police   precincts               

78         

Law       Enforcement   

Investigation,  

Questioning,     Evidence                Gathering,          and               

Inspection         Procedures               

Remote              

13-

14/10/2020               

General               Directorate                of           Border                Security             

39         

Law       Enforcement   

Investigation,  

Questioning,     Evidence                Gathering,          and               

Inspection         Procedures               

Remote              

20-

21/10/2020               

Employees        of           the               

General               Directorate                of           Passports                and        the        

Human Rights  

Commission    

61         

PPO      Advanced                Criminal                Investigation   

Procedures       in            TIP               Cases   

Remote              

15-

16/11/2020               

Officers               of           the                Public  Prosecution               

68         

Advanced           Criminal               

Investigation   

Procedures       for         Labor                and        Criminal                Judges  in            TIP                Cases   

Remote              

29-

30/11/2020               

Judges  from     labor     and                criminal              courts               

72         

Role      of           Diplomats                in           

Identifying        Victims                of          

Trafficking        in                Persons              

Remote              

23-24/3/2021              

Diplomats          in            the               

Kingdom,           Saudi                diplomatic                missions                around the                world, 

and        visa       issuance                staff      at                MOFA1

155       

(representing  

65          embassies)               

Approaches       to          

Communications          

Regarding          Trafficking                in            Persons               

Remote              

31/3/2021               

Communications                personnel           at                all          

member-entities            of                NCCHT

87         

 

 

Trainings    Conducted     by         HRC     and IOM

 

Name   of                Training               

Type    of                Training               

Training           Date               

Target                Audience               

Total        Trainees               

Identification   and               

Referral              of                TIP       

Victims               in                the                Kingdom               

Remote            

10-11/6/2020

Employees        of           the               

Directorate       General                of          

Inspection,        Ministry                of          

Human                Resources               and        Social               Development  

81         

 

Identification   and               

Referral              of                TIP       

Victims               in                the                Kingdom               

Remote             

17-18/6/2020               

Shelter employees,        Ministry              of                Human Resources          and       

Social   Development  

79           

Identification   and               

Referral              of                TIP       

Victims               in                the                Kingdom               

Remote             

24-25/6/2020               

Call       center  telephone           attendants         and                employees         responsible       for                receiving            complaints        at                (HRC,    HRC      

branch offices, Ministry              of          

Human Resources          and       

Social   Development)

75           

Identification   and               

Referral              of                TIP       

Victims               in                the                Kingdom               

Remote             

19-20/7/2020               

Members            of           the         Domestic          

Workers             Dispute               Resolution        

Committee       and        the         General              

Department      for         Amicable           

Resolutions,      Ministry              of          

Human                Resources          and        Social               Development  

52           

Identification   and               

Referral              of                TIP       

Victims               in                the                Kingdom               

Remote             

5-6/7/2020               

Members            of           the         National             

Committee        of           Workers’                Committee2     

59           

Identification   and               

Referral              of                TIP       

Victims               in                the                Kingdom               

Remote             

8-9/7/2020               

Employees        of           the        

Department      of           Protection         and                Support,              the        

Department      of           Anti-TIP,            and        the                Department      of           Anti-

Begging,             Ministry              of           Human

Resources          and        Social   Development  

97           

Identification   and               

Referral              of                TIP       

Victims               in                the                Kingdom               

Remote             

15-16/7/2020               

Call        center  telephone           attendants                from:    (HRC,    HRC      

branch offices, Ministry              of          

Human Resources          and       

Social   Development   and       

MOI’s    Passport             Office, 

Border Security,             Security             

Operations        Center, and       

Public  Security)           

135           

Identification   and               

Referral              of                Potential               

TIP        Victims                in            the               

Kingdom            and               Raising

Awareness         about               

Ethical and        Moral                Recruitment               

Remote             

10-

11/11/2020             

Recruitment    companies.        28         

Recruitment     companies         participated     

69           

 

Identification   and       

Referral              of                Potential           

TIP        Victims                in            the        

Kingdom            and               Raising

Awareness         about   

Ethical and        Moral                Recruitment    

Remote            

21-

22/12/2020  

Recruitment     companies                (course               number                1)          

63              

Identification   and       

Referral              of                TIP       

Victims               and                the         Role                of           Social                Society

Organizations  in           

Preventing        this               Crime  

Remote            

27-28/1/2021

               

Social   Society Organizations                (charities)        

71              

 

               Trainings         Conducted     by         HRC     and      UNOHCHR

 

 Date(s)

Number       of                    trainees

 Target              Audience

Name          of           the     Training

                14/12/2020

                 

                97

Saudi    government      officials                and        institutions,                big         national                and       

international    private                companies,       

representatives               from                the         Chamber            of               

Commerce        and        Industry,                members           of          

Shura    Council,               civil                society

 organizations,                academics         and       journalists

Introduction               to          the         UN          Guiding          Principles          on                                         

Business      and                   Human Right

21-

                22/12/2020

                 

                71

Officials             in               governmental               institutions        from               the         Shura    Council,               Ministry              of          

Justice, Ministry              of                Human Resources,         lawyers,              and       academics

Human Rights   standards                of           Saudi   

            Labour Courts

 

 

                Trainings         Conducted     by         MHRSD

 

Name          of                     Training

Entity  

Responsible     for         Training

Training       Date

 Target Audience

 Total   Trainees

Introduction     to           trafficking               in            persons               and              

means of           victim 

 identification

Deputyship      for             

Inspection        and             

Development  of              

Work   

 Environment

24-

 25/11/2020

 Inspectors

 189

Combatting      

Trafficking     in            Persons

Institute              of               

Public 

 Administration

17-

 18 / 1/2021

 Inspectors

 226

Combatting      

Trafficking     in            Persons

Institute              of               

Public 

 Administration

 1-2/2/2021

 Inspectors

 57

Combatting      

Trafficking     in            Persons

Deputyship      for             

Inspection        and             

Development  of              

Work   

 Environment

 6/2/2021

Call        center                employees,               

complaints        and               

customer                service

specialists,                quality

control teams,  social                media   teams,               

supervisors,  team  leaders

 58

 

 

          Ministry           of          Interior            Trainings

 Date(s)

Number    of                   trainees

Target    Audience

 Name of          the       Training

            30/11/2020

                              

                12

MOI                (Public Security                Section)

Human       Rights         and      Trafficking        in                  Persons

           7/12/2020

                              

                12

MOI                (Public Security                Section)

Human       Rights         and      Trafficking        in                  Persons

            20/12/2020

                              

                12

MOI                (Public Security                Section)

Human       Rights         and      Trafficking        in                  Persons

 

 

           PPO      Trainings        ( Conducted  by         UNODC)

 Date(s)

Number             of               

                trainees

Training                    Format

Target     Audience

 Name of          the       Training

 

 

 

 

The        role       of           the                PPO      in           

                (7-9/3/2021)

                  

            100

(approxi                 mately)

            Remote

Investigators,  

NRM     contact                points,                people 

responsible       for               

trafficking         at               

 PPO     circuits

international    and        national               

frameworks     for                identifying,                reporting,           and                combatting      

trafficking         in            persons                crimes, interviewing                victims                of          

trafficking,        techniques                of           data      

and       evidence              collection,          and              the        

NRM