Objectives

• Building the capacity and understanding of the civil society groups, human rights defenders, and government institutions.
• Enhancing the realization and understanding of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other human rights standards.
• Research and Advocacy for the policy and legislative reforms for the protection and promotion of human rights.
• Development of strategic alliances and partnerships with like-minded individuals and civil society groups to carry forward its vision and mission.

 

Values

 

Respect for All

Development of a culture that believes that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, without any discrimination.

Freedom of Expression

Fostering a culture that allows free expression of opinions and ideas, and ensuring the democratic process is followed in decision making is not only important for individual dignity but also for participation, accountability, and democracy.

Integrity

Working transparently is compatible with the vision and mission of CHRE. Creating and maintaining an environment conducive to following and implementing the systems of accountability.

Gender Mainstreaming

Expanding the scope of gender mainstreaming by maintaining the equal opportunity environment for men and women at all levels, ensuring the participation of women in its decision-making through their presence in the Governing Body and maximum inclusion in programs.

Democratic Decision Making

Maintaining a democratic culture ensures that the decisions follow the democratic process, and the team members fully participate in discussions and deal openly with differences of opinion hence playing an important role in decision making.

Partnership

Development of strategic alliances and partnerships with those committed to the advancement of democracy and human rights programs

Overview

CHRE strives for the advancement of human rights through four main programs and all the projects are designed and implemented under these programs according to the specific needs.

Main Programs

• Capacity Building Program
• and Advocacy Program
• Partnership Point
• Consultancy Point

Cross-Cutting Themes

• Human Rights
• Research and Advocacy Program
• Partnership Point
• Consultancy Point

Capacity Building Program

• Human Rights
• Democratic Development
• Gender Equality
• Religious Tolerance and Harmony

CHRE Capacity Building Program aims to build the capacity and understanding of the civil society groups, human rights defenders and the government institutions for the civil society groups, human rights defenders and the government institutions for the advancement of a human rights culture.

The features of the Capacity Building Program are the short courses on human rights, democratic development, gender equality, religious tolerance, and harmony. These courses provide the foundation for research and advocacy initiatives.

Objectives

• Providing information and conceptual clarity on the subject matter of human rights, democracy gender equality, religious tolerance, and harmony.
• Encouraging the development of skills, and the formulation and application of policies, are necessary to transform that information into practical professional behavior
• Sensitization of participants to their particular role in the advancement of a human rights culture.
• Building partnerships and networking among the participants and their groups.
• Planning and strategy development for putting the participants' learnings into practice.

   

CHREs each course are of approximately 140 hours duration and the participants of the courses are called CHRE Alumni. CHRE ensures that the Alumni and their organizations put their learnings into practice and are able to contribute to the overall struggle of the civil society for the advancement of human rights.

Research and Advocacy Program

The research and Advocacy Program focuses research on the following thematic issues:

• Human Rights
• Gender Equality
• Democratic Development
• Religious Tolerance and Harmony

the research follows innovative advocacy initiatives with the collaboration of CHRE Alumni and like-minded organizations.

Partnership Point

CHRE serves as a Partnership Point for the Alumni, civil society organizations, and state institutions working for Human Rights Education. It adopts innovative and technology-friendly ways and means for partnership and networking building.

Consultancy Point

CHRE is also a Consultancy Point to provide a range of professional services in human rights for international and national non-governmental organizations, community-based organizations, and the Government Institutions with our core commitment to building their capacity to enhance the realization of political, civil, economic, social and cultural human rights of all individuals.

Services

• Institutional and organizational development
• Organizational Management
• Development
• Strategic Planning
• Implementation and evaluation of human rights programs and projects
• Designing and facilitation of human rights