The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) attended the 60th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Commission), held from 8 May 2017 in Niger, as well as the NGO Forum that took place over the preceding weekend. During the NGO Forum, the LRC and the Kenya Human Rights Commission, on behalf of […]
Category Archives: Regional Work
Children's Rights, Education, Human Rights, Regional Work
Realising the Right to Education: Pratham Programmes in India
06
Oct
Oct
Pratham is an innovative learning organisation, established to improve the education system in India. One of their principal projects is the Urban Programme, which seeks to provide learning support through a variety of interventions in the community. Visits to informal schools are conducted by staff of the project such as Pratyush Bose, pictured below. Cameron […]
Africa, Extractive Industries, Legal Resources Centre, Regional Work
Free Prior and Informed Consent for Indigenous Communities
05
Mar
Mar
The LRC’s regional project focuses on the protection of community rights to resources and, in particular, aims to find ways in which to improve the imbalance of power between rural communities in Africa and those interested in their resources; be they government or potential investors. The imbalance of power is not only a function of […]