The Colloquium is different from other human rights courses because it combines
capacity-building through lectures and readings, with peer learning through the
exchange of experiences among participants, speakers and organizers. In its
seven years of existence, the Colloquium became a crucial forum in which
organizations from the South can think about their common challenges and create
new strategies for collaboration. Furthermore the jurisprudence of international
and regional human rights bodies and the decisions of courts throughout the
Commonwealth shoul be disseminated to judges, lawyers and public officials. In
these ways a global culture of respect for human rights can be fostered. It is
in this context that South