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

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

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