
Âé¶¹APP System-wide Training Module
In August 2021, the Office of the Victims' Rights Advocate began working with the (CEB) Task Force on Addressing Sexual Harassment, the (IOM) and the (OHCHR) to develop a 2.5-hour training module for all Âé¶¹APP staff and related personnel directed to providing them with a clear understanding of the rights of victims of sexual harassment and sexual exploitation and abuse, and what a victim-centred approach means in practice.
This training outlines the responsibilities of each person working for the Âé¶¹APP so that they know how to respond in accordance with the victim-centred approach as soon as they become aware of an allegation of sexual misconduct, irrespective of whether they are providing direct assistance to complainants and victims.
The training emphasizes that preventing and responding to sexual harassment and sexual exploitation and abuse are not issues to be dealt with by a small part of the Âé¶¹APP or a group of specialists ¨C it is our shared responsibility.
Assistant Secretary-General Najla Nassif Palma, Âé¶¹APP Victims' Rights Advocate, introduces the UN system-wide training module on the meaning and application of a victim-centred approach to sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment.
Training module materials
Video messages from Senior Officials
Âé¶¹APP Resident Coordinator for Kenya
Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)
Executive Director, World Food Programme
IASC Champion on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment
Director General, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Special Coordinator on Improving the Âé¶¹APP Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
Chair, Âé¶¹APP Executive Group to Prevent and Respond to Sexual Harassment (Executive Group)
Âé¶¹APP High Commissioner for Human Rights
First Âé¶¹APP Victims¡¯ Rights Advocate (September 2017 - February 2024)