identify the main causes and perpetrators of violations of human rights and freedoms in Chad;
provide a framework for dialogue, exchanges and partnership between the Ministry of Human
Rights and Promotion of Freedoms and other institutions working to promote and defend human
rights;
assess existing institutional and legal capacities for the protection of human rights;
strengthen governmental and non-governmental entities working to protect and promote
human rights;
The following results were achieved at this Forum:
a comprehensive assessment of the human rights situation in Chad was made;
partnership mechanisms between the Ministry in charge of Human Rights and the Promotion
of Freedoms and other institutions defending and promoting human rights (Ministries of Justice,
CNDH, human rights associations...) were defined;
the broad outlines of a National Action Plan for the Promotion and Protection of Human
Rights were drafted. With regard to the education system, a module on human rights to be taught at
the National Judicial Training School and in the Higher Teacher Training Schools was developed.
364.
A Department of Communication, Popularization, Access to Law and Justice has been set up
within the Ministry of Human Rights to improve the legal environment for civil society organizations.
365.
Activities carried out by this Department include missions to raise awareness and popularize
human rights texts in the country. Inspection missions were also carried out to detention centres so as
to verify the conditions of detention and reports submitted to the Minister in charge of Human Rights.
366.
At least three consultation meetings between Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) working in
the field of human rights and the Ministry of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms were
organized under the patronage of the Minister in charge of Human Rights. A few recommendations
emerged from these meetings:
the dissemination of human rights texts, laws and conventions signed and ratified;
the creation of a recovery and guidance centre for disadvantaged groups;
the construction of a monument for the victims of repression under the HISSEIN HABRE
regime;
the involvement of civil society organizations in the management and resolution of social
crises;
the creation of a noteworthy library for the benefit of the Ministry in charge of human rights;
enhancing the fight against injustice and impunity in Chad;
the organization of a social forum to restore the effectiveness of human rights associations;
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