Promoting Human Rights Through Education: Global Campus and University of Belize Partner in EU-Funded Project
The Global Campus of Human Rights (GC) is pleased to announce its collaboration with the University of Belize (UB) in the context of the human rights promotion project “Strengthening Human Rights Advocacy Among Youth in Belize Trough Academic Research, Capacity Building, and Human Rights Education” funded by the European Union. This three-year long initiative aims to enhance awareness and engagement among young Belizeans on human rights issues through educational and outreach activities. Pillars of the projects will be activities in the field of knowledge creation and production in support of a stronger human rights-based policy dialogue, legislative processes and decision-making in the young Caribbean nation. The GC, together with its GC Latin-America & Caribbean programme based at San Martin University (Buenos Aires) and as part of its Capacity Development programme, will act as implementing partner of the action, alongside other key stakeholders such as the local Office of the Highe Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI) To mark the launch of the project, GC President Verónica Gómez, also Judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and Academic Director George Ulrich travelled to Belmopan and Belize city to attend institutional meetings and events, opened by a welcoming by UB’s President Vincent Palacio, the university leadership and the Research Office headed by Joyanne De Four-Babb. On May 17, as part of the EU Day events organized by the EU Delegation in Belize, a bilateral memorandum of understanding was officially signed at the presence of EU Ambassador Erja Askola, as well as other key national stakeholders (VIDEO). Additionally, during their visit, Veronica Gomez hold a masterclass on Inter-American Human Rights Protection System (VIDEO) and George Ulrich hold a training seminar on human rights international standards to UB community, as well as to members of CSOs and personnel of the Ombudsperson office (VIDEO). This project marks the beginning of a strategic partnership between the Global Campus of Human Rights and the University of Belize, with the goal of preparing its future participation within the GC and its regional network, as well as developing educational and outreach initiatives on human rights in the English-speaking Caribbean. In the following months, GC will support the organization of capacity building training courses, advise on research methodology, pedagogical innovation and awareness raising through advocacy and outreach events. This project is part of the GC Capacity Development programme. For more information contact capacity.development@gchumanrights.org (Photo credits: University of Belize – Marketing and Communication)
