UNIOGBIS
United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau

Closure of UNIOGBIS

The United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea‑Bissau (UNIOGBIS) was established on 26 June 2009. Its mandate ended on 31 December 2020, subsumed to the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS).

UNIOGBIS trains Guinea's Armed Forces in Training Design, Delivery and Methodology on Human Rights

The Human Rights Section of the United Nations Integrated Office for Peacebuilding in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS), in partnership with the National Defense Institute (IDN), organizes the workshop for instructors from the Armed Forces and employees of the National Institute of Defense from 20 to 23 August in Bissau.

The training was organized at the request of IDN to institutionalize human rights practices and behaviors within the Guinea-Bissau Armed Forces. Approximately 30 officers, 14 of whom are women, will learn the methodology for designing and delivering human rights training. At the end of the workshop, all participants will receive the Practical Guide on Human Rights for Armed Forces developed in 2016 in partnership with the Institute.

This activity is part of UNIOGBIS ' mandate to assist national authorities and stakeholders in the promotion and protection of human rights, as well as to carry out human rights monitoring and reporting activities.