Following the adoption by the Human Rights Council, in its resolution 16/1 of 23 March 2011, of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training, CCHRE ( Cyrus Centre for Human Rights Education) was founded in 2012 to champion the cause of Human Rights Education. CCHRE is a non-governmental, not for profit and non-partisan organization established in 2012 by Aiyelu Timothy Lawrence and was incorporated in 2017. It is aimed at creating awareness on Human Rights and Peace education in schools, communities, security Agencies (Military and Paramilitary) and faith based organizations in Africa to address the issues of ignorance, indifference, intolerance among the civil populace. It also seeks to prevent violations of Human Rights by security agents/operatives by engaging them regularly in its educational and refresher programs. CCHRE is promoting respect for Human Rights and ensuring that these rights are upheld in the society through it series of training at all levels. To achieve its aims, CCHRE Africa is collaborating with local and International partners of like mind to engage all the relevant stakeholders and Institutions concerned.
CCHRE seeks to create school communities where every voice is respected and participation is encouraged. Through inclusive, participatory and democratic methods, it aims to impart awareness and practice of our rights, empower learners to exercise their rights and protect the rights of others as it create active and aware learners who are engage in their communities. As Roosevelt Eleanor said, “It will be a matter of long time before history will make its judgement on the value of the UDHR and the judgement will depend, I think, on what people of different nations do to make this document familiar to everyone. If they know it well enough, they will strive to attain some of the rights and freedoms set forth in it.”
Therefore, we at CCHRE and those at UHR (United for Human Rights) and YHRI (Youth for Human Rights International) exist to increase educational work on Human Rights as a strategy to enhance the people's knowledge on their Human Rights and to further prevent rights violations while empowering them to meet their needs upon knowing and using their rights.
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Prof. Darren Kew
Darren Kew, PhD is the Executive Director of the Center for Peace, Democracy, and Development; McCormack Graduate School Associate Professor; Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance; McCormack Graduate School.
Darren Kew studies the relationship between conflict resolution methods and democratic development in Africa. Much of his work focuses on the role of civil society groups in democratic development. He monitored the last three Nigerian elections and the 2007 elections in Sierra Leone.
Associate Professor Kew has worked with the Council on Foreign Relations' Center for Preventive Action to provide analysis and blueprints for preventing conflicts in numerous areas around the world, including Nigeria, Central Africa, and Kosovo. He has also been a consultant on democracy and peace initiatives to the United Nations, USAID, the US State Department, and to a number of NGOs, including the Carter Center in a 1999 effort by former President Carter to mediate the Niger Delta conflicts. Policymakers in Washington and academics here and in Nigeria recognize Professor Kew for his deep, firsthand knowledge of Nigerian politics and society. His work on how conflict resolution methods promote democratization of national political cultures is among the first of its kind linking these important fields
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Barr. Oluwakemi B. Olaniyan Esq.
Mr. Babatola Ariyo O.
Imam Muhammad Sani
Barr. Mariam Marwa Esq.
