Security Literacy and Practitioner Courses

These include the delivery of high-level courses and seminars on Security Sector Governance and Management in Southern Africa (SADSEM) and Ghana (ASDR). Each of the 12 SADSEM national affiliates runs its own security-related courses, and the Centre for Defence and Security Management (CDSM) at the University of the Witwatersrand has initiated a highly successful Master’s degree course in Defence and Security Management.

In Nigeria, the ASSN partner, Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA), currently runs a Human Rights Training Programme for the Nigeria Police Force. It also has trainings for Prison Officers on International Human Rights and Good Prison Practice as well as a National Training of Trainers (ToT) and Guidance Note Review Session on International Human Rights and Treatment of Vulnerable Prisoners. Under its Security and Justice Training Information and Coordination (SJ-TIC) Project, PRAWA also delivers quarterly trainings for the Security and Justice Sector Institutions in Nigeria including the Immigration Service, Department of State Security, Civil Defence and Customs among others.

The African Policing and Civilian Oversight Forum (APCOF) based in South Africa is another affiliate of the ASSN working to promote democratic policing through strengthening civilian oversight over the police in Africa. APCOF’s current projects include the East African Community Police Human Rights Training Manual, Use of Force (strengthening current legal provisions on the use of force by police officials by focusing on compliance with the rule of law, the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa and International Law) and Dialogues on Crimes and Violence Prevention among others.