OHCHR | Activities by National Human Rights Institutions

"Human rights are our common heritage and their realization depends on the contributions
that each and every one of us is willing to make, individually and collectively, now and in the future."

Louise Arbour
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2004 - Activities by National Human Rights Institutions

WORLD PROGRAMME FOR HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION

Country	Institution	Counterparts	Activities
Australia	Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission	Individuals and organisations in areas such as community development, law, media and the arts; education experts; teachers and students.	Human Rights Medal and Awards Ceremony; Human rights education modules developed for upper primary and secondary schools
France	Commission Nationale Consultative des Droits de l'Homme	NGOs; Teachers and Students of secondary schools; Police; Prison administration; Magistrates; Lawyers.	Human Rights Award of the French Republic and "René Cassin" Human Rights Award
Mongolia	National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia	Media; university students; police; persons with disabilities and police.	Human Rights Campaign; TV programmes; Students contest; Public lecture; human rights training session and lauching publications on HRs education.
Senegal	Comité Sénégalais des Droits de l'Homme	Ministry of Education; Ministry of Justice; Prison administration; Schools; NGOs	Training seminars on child education; Visits of detention centers; "René Cassin" contest; Conference on the theme "HRs and value of society: tolerance; peace and solidarity"; Film on HRs
Togo	Commission National des Droits de l'Homme	Ministry of Education; NGOs, UNESCO clubs	A one day reflection on the "Decade on Human Rights Education"; Policy on Human Rights Education in Togo; Action of the Commission in the field of Human Rights Education;
Tunisia	Comité Supérieur des Droits de l'Homme et des Libertés Fondamentales	Public services and the civil society at a large	A one day reflection with public services and components of the civil society.