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Background |
The Sub-regional Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa was established in December 1999 at the request of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) by a UN General Assembly resolution. The Centre, located in Yaoundé (Cameroon), started its activities in March 2001 and was officially opened by the High Commissioner in June 2002. In July 2002, OHCHR signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Secretariat General of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) to coordinate action to promote and protect human rights and democracy throughout the region.
The Centre focuses on capacity-building and the promotion of human rights and democracy. It aims at strengthening the capacity of governments, parliamentarians, armed forces, police, students and civil society organizations of the eleven countries of the region, namely Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Sao Tome and Principe . It provides support to technical assistance projects in Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea and Republic of the Congo. |
2006-2007 Programme |
In 2006-2007, the Centre will focus on fostering a development programming based on human rights and human security; strengthening the rule of law; increasing awareness of all forms of discrimination, and building national institutions.
Within this framework, the Centre will organize sub-regional workshops on a human rights-based approach to development and will provide assistance to integrate the rights-based approach into the national programmes, in cooperation with relevant UN country teams and in the context of the work of the relevant regional economic communities, the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) and the E conomic Community of Central African States (ECCAS).
The Centre will provide support to the process of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region. It will support government initiatives to adopt or review anti-discrimination laws and to integrate human rights education in schools and university curricula. It will continue to build sub-regional capacity in the fields of human rights and democracy through the implementation of its training and internship programme for civil society organizations.
In addition, the Yaoundé Centre will host the Regional Adviser on Action 2 who will provide advisory services to UNCTs and collaborate with the secretariat of the Regional Human Development Report for the Great Lakes region, based in Kigali .
Finally, the Centre plans to host a regional consultation to develop a UN Plan of Action in support of the implementation of the peace pact on security, stability, and development in the Great Lakes region, to be adopted in Nairobi in December 2006.
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Expected Accomplishments |
Integration of the concepts of human rights and human security into the common instrument of the UN system, the Common Country Assessment (CCA), and the UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF).
Integration of the concepts of human rights and human security into national and regional development programmes and policies.
Enhanced national protection systems.
Improved reporting records under international human rights treaties.
Enhanced legal protection against discrimination. |
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Contact Information |
Headquarters
Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact in Geneva, Switzerland.
Africa Branch
Tel. +41 22 917 92 50 |
Regional Offices/Centres |
Central Africa
2010-2011
2008-2009
2006-2007
(Yaounde, Cameroon)
Nouvelle route Bastos
Rue 1705, Numéro 606
B.P. 836
Yaoundé, Cameroon
Tel.: +237 2221 2474 +23 74 83 03 56 ;
74 83 01 78
+8821 637 220 464 (satellite) Fax: (237) 221 2475
Website
East Africa
2010-2011
2008-2009
2006-2007
(Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
New ECA Building
Room 1N16
P.O.Box 3001
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Tel.: (251 11) 544 3105
Fax: (251 11) 551 6078
Southern Africa
2012-2013
Regional Office for Southern Africa
UN House, Metropark Building
351 Francis Baard Street
P.O. Box 6541
Pretoria 0001
South Africa
Tel.: +27 12 354 8686
Fax: +27 12 354 8681
E-mail: rosa@ohchr.org
West Africa
2010-2011
2008-2009
Parcelle n°20, en face de l'hôtel Azur, Route du King Fahd Palace, BP
154, Dakar, Senegal , Tel. : +221 33 869 39 69
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Other OHCHR Offices |
Burundi
Cote d'Ivoire
Democratic
Republic of Congo
Ethiopia/Eritrea
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Sudan
Togo
Uganda
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Links |
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External links |
International Criminal Court
Geneva Conventions
ILO Conventions
Refugee Conventions
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
African Court of Justice
African Union
Economic Community of Central African
States
Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
National
Institutions
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