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| HUMAN RIGHTS & DOCUMENTATION CENTRE (HRDC) |
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The Human Rights and Documentation Centre (HRDC) at the Faculty of Law of the University of Namibia (UNAM) serves the central mission of promoting human rights, the rule of law and democracy in Namibia. The Human Rights and Documentation Centre (HRDC) was created on the basis of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Justice and the University of Namibia in April 1993. The HRDC is a semi-autonomous component of the Faculty of Law. The Centre is headed by the director of the HRDC, while the occupant of the UNESCO Chair: Human Rights and Democracy also operates from the Centre. The Director of the Centre is ex officio a member of the UNAM Senate. The HRDC serves the central mission of creating and cultivating a sustainable culture of human rights and democracy in Namibia. Focusing on this mission, the HRDC promotes the implementation of human rights by organising workshops, seminars, and conferences, and by reviewing the human rights situation in Namibia and the southern African region as a whole. The HRDC also organises and conducts training programmes for the broadest variety of target groups, and prepares and disseminates information on human rights and related issues. The Centre’s activities include –
Furthermore, the Centre provides advocacy and reviews the human rights situation in Namibia, gives consultancy, and contributes to capacity-building and advocacy in the field of human rights. In the light of the above, courses, conferences, seminars and workshops on human rights are organised on a frequent basis. Lastly, the HRDC assists the University Central Consultancy Bureau (UCCB) with constantly improving UNAM’s knowledge and skills base by engaging its staff and students to participate in projects that contribute to the betterment of the social, political cultural, economic and environmental milieu of Namibia, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African continent. Director: |