Workshop on International Human Rights : Constructing a Culture of Peace in Acre (Brazil)

an article by Annie Manuela (Assessoria Sejudh)

On the 11th and 12th of November, in the auditorium of the State legislature, the Secretariat of Human Rights of the Presidency of Republic will sponsor a workshop on “International Human Rights: Constructing a Culture of Peace.” It will be conducted by the Brazilian Center of Solidarity with Peoples and the Struggle for Peace (Cebrapaz) of Rio Branco, with the support of the government of the State, through the State Secretary of Justice and Human Rights (Sejudh).

Justice and human rights (Sejudh)

The workshop program is based on eight modules on the history of struggle and peace, sociability - human values and respect for others, legal inclusion, people's rights, human rights and media, social, racial and immigrant diversity, and finishing with an evaluation of the Program. Sessions will take place from 8:00-12:00 and 14:00-18:00 with a certificate of participation at the end.

The event is open to everyone who is interested to learn something about International Human Rights, especially concerning the State border with Peru and Bolivia.

Cebrapaz is an internationalist organization that deals with International Human Rights, self-determination of peoples, defending the idea of that each people must decide its proper destination without external interventions. The organization also receives complaints of international human rights violations. Its principle mission is to defend world peace.



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