Legal and Human Right Center

In addition to directing its efforts to the general public, the Centre for Legal and Human Rights works with a wide range of stakeholders who serve as border partners in carrying out its mission and programs in Tanzania. These include ministries, departments and authorities. Others are development partners, United Nations agencies, civil society organizations; Religious organizations, research and training institutions. Another important group is the media, networks, paralegals, human rights monitors, trade unions and the private sector. Human Rights Monitoring is a unique program designed to provide immediate follow-up and response. As civil servants, the speakers wanted to avoid the risks associated with a state challenge, so they decided to create an independent, non-governmental human rights centre. LHRC was then founded. By their very nature, LHRC programmes and services should be broader and benefit the general public, including rights holders, civil servants, vulnerable groups and victims of human rights violations, legislators, civil society organisations and the general public. Through direct interventions through programmes such as paralegal training, training of village legal workers and human rights monitors, LHRC maintains close links with grassroots communities, ensuring that its work has an impact at national and societal levels. Support human rights defenders around the world who face reprisals for their work.

The campaign against the death penalty is part of the human rights monitoring programme. Anti-death penalty campaigns aim to raise awareness among government officials and the Tanzanian public about the abolition of the death penalty. The LHRC has published fact sheets on the false nature of this type of punishment. It has addressed this issue in its own television and radio programmes, launching a joint research programme with the International Federation for Human Rights in 2004. Every year on 10 October, the World Day Against the Death Penalty, the LHRC organises press conferences to discuss the issue and publicise the campaign. A number of NGOs in Tanzania have joined LHRC in the campaign. Stressing the fundamental role of human dignity in the achievement of a just rule of law. AUWCL established the Centre for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law as part of its long-standing commitment to international human rights and the rule of law. For 30 years, the Center has worked with students, faculty, and the international legal community to support human rights initiatives in the United States and around the world through teaching, scholarship, and service.

The Centre engages in exciting innovations in human rights education and advocacy through trainings, complementary education, awareness-raising, workshops and conferences, as well as research and publications. All of the Centre`s programmes promote the value of service, anchoring the Centre as an essential resource for the NGO community and as a bridge between academia and civil society. The LHRC addresses the challenges faced by women and children in promoting their rights through the lens of Since its inception, the organization has thought big and boldly answered a range of questions. He articulated and made visible human rights issues in the country, established relationships with communities, and strengthened social and emotional capital. It has built the capacity of young lawyers, most of whom are now intrepid activists and frontline human rights defenders at home and abroad. LHRC trained paralegals, human rights observers and volunteers, and built the capacity of civil society organizations. She has organized human rights campaigns on specific issues such as environmental justice, created spaces for citizens to express their views and grievances related to social justice, and documented stories of human rights violations as well as positive stories. Its mission is to empower the Tanzanian people to promote, strengthen and protect human rights and good governance in the country. The overall objective is to raise awareness of the law and human rights among the public, and in particular disadvantaged groups in society, through legal and civic education, legal aid advocacy, research and human rights monitoring.