Litigation:

Article 30 of the African Charter, established the African Commission with the sole mandate to promote, protect and interpret the provision of the African Charter. In its strive to implement the African Charter, CI has instituted several cases before The African Commission on instances of human rights violations on the African continent by member States Parties to the African Charter.

Although the CI does not provide legal representation for alleged victims of human rights abuses, it however offers free legal advice to persons who wish and request for such a service.

GET INVOLVED

The CI welcomes members, interns and volunteers from every part of the globe to support its work. Contact us to find out how you can help.

MEMBERSHIP
Membership in the organization is open to all individuals or organizations and other media men and women who show an interest in the work of the CI.

CI currently has members from approximately 35 countries worldwide, representing thousands of stakeholders.

Primary/Associate membership of Conscience International” has several benefits:

Excellent Networking opportunity.
CI's unique international membership immediately puts the members in touch with peers and colleagues from more than 150 top Human Rights and Sustainable Development institutions spread all around the world.

Online hosting of Resume with photograph.
Immediate visibility among 100's of human rights institutions and professional colleagues throughout the world.

Online centralized hosting
of all Research Materials, Articles and Papers published by personal members in a downloadable format at www.conscience-international.org Members can choose to charge a fees for their publication downloads in association with CI.

Recruitment.
Active posting and forwarding of Resumes and Resume links to Organizations seeking candidates for their Vacancies, Research positions, Internships and Consultancy opportunities.

Training.
Discounted Training courses, products and service offers from human rights and development vendors.

Career Counseling
through our Network of Human Rights and Sustainable Development Gurus.

Freelancing.
First preference for all freelancing opportunities that CI secures for its members.

Annual Directory
and Newsletter profiling CI members would be circulated to more than 500 National and International Human Rights and Sustainable Development organizations in our database.

Access to archives of Industry specific information.

Calendar of events
and alerts
Online e-group.
Opportunity to ask relevant questions and receive immediate response from the electronic network of members.

Partnership
to sell individual expertise to relevant market segments. Please download the Membership Application Form here

For more information please contact the organization at membership@conscience-international.org
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WHAT WE DO

CHALLENGES Resultant from its work, CI faces a number of challenges. We continue to develop clear plans to meet strategic aims, secure financial bases and develop the right blend of activities to remain at the cutting edge of human rights and development needs. The frame work for Action outlines ways to get closer to that future, focusing on necessary changes of policy, attitude and approach.

In this regard, the CI is making effort to implement its set objectives in the following areas;

  • Dissemination of up-to-date information related to human rights and development through:

    Newsletters

    Meetings

    Multimedia

    Manuals, booklets, leaflets and posters
  • Facilitating access to civil society information from key organization through:

    Expert Consultation

    Partner activities

    Seminars, workshops and trainings
  • Support of effective and responsive advocacy and lobbying activities to protect and promote human rights as well as basic development needs, through:

Research: aims at a purposeful monitoring, research and documentation of human rights conditions and the publication of annual human rights report.

Advocacy:

Developing effective media linkages, raising awareness of the human rights situations to activists, decision-makers and other stakeholders at local and international level to ensure better attention and timely action.

Capacity Building:

Equipping CI staff and other human rights activists with skills that enable them to enhance the efficiency of their work and ensure better individual protection through improved personal capacities and familiarity with international human rights norms.

Human Rights Education:

inform, sensitize and educate the public on internationally recognized human rights through the use of journals, newsletters, brochure, posters and report.

 


 
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