Documentary on Human Rights Abuses in Africa

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Documentary on Human Rights Abuses in Africa

	Summary Production and distribution of film that will show the need to establish an effective African Court.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Need: To educate the public on African human rights. To mobilize the population to establish an African Court to end impunity and bring justice to victims of human rights abuses. Beneficiaries: Victims of human rights abuses in Africa who need compensation for their suffering. An overall increase in the respect of human rights will foster development, stability, and economic growth, and thus will benefit the entire African continent.

Activities

To produce a film that will tell stories of victims of human rights abuses, including women and environmental activists, who courageously confronted state violators but have not yet received justice.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Funding Policy: partial (Retired)

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Resources

Project's External Homepage (http://www.africaninstitute.org)

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

To mobilize audiences to demand justice for victims of human rights abuses in Africa, and to pressure governments to create an African Human Rights Court.

Project Message

Environmental destruction, murder, deprivation of citizenship: We believe that justice for human rights abuses in Africa depends on an African Human Rights Court. Help us work for justice in Africa.
- Judy Akot Oder, Program Officer

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Judy Akot Oder,
Program Officer
P.O. Box 1896
Banjul, KSMD
Gambia, The
220 962 280
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Organization

Institute for Human Rights & Development in Africa
Plot #908
Coastal Highway
Brusubi,
Gambia, The
220 962 280, 954 131
http://www.africaninstitute.org

Learn more about Institute for Human Rights & Development in Africa and the project team.