News on Human Rights Education

• MEDIA

Workshop for the promotion of HRE at school level

Howrah 3 May - United Nations came became conscious to promote HRE among the school students in wake of ongoing violations of human rights in the various states of the world. Syllabus is taken up in India as well as other countries of the third world removing human rights illiteracy of the people.
United Nations have marked right to education as fundamental rights under their International Declarations on Human Rights. As a part of this declaration U.N.O deem the human rights education the most significant. Viewing this they have come forward to promote human rights consciousness among the students (male/female) of the various countries of the world.
At the first phase 10 states of India have been taken up for this workshop. To shape up this workshop different NGOs have been made responsible. These NGOs are namely P.W-TN, SICHREM, HRLN, ICHR, PECUC, HOPE, CSJ and MASUM being entrusted for the same. For this the representatives of these NGOs met at Madurai in Tamilnadu to adopt various strategies on its further development of this workshop. As per outcome of the meeting at Madurai, one human rights organisation named Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM) has been made responsible for the same for West Bengal.

( Dainik Statesman (Bengali) published the news on 4 May 2005 )

• First Co-ordinators Meet in Madurai

The National Level First Co-ordinators Meet will be held on and from 9th July to 15th July, 2005 at Pillar Hall, Madurai.