HYDERABAD: The Sindh Human Rights Department has set up a Human Rights Resource Centre (HRRC) at the Hyderabad Divisional Headquarters to promote and protect human rights.
The initiative, launched on the directives of the Special Assistant to the Sindh Chief Minister on Human Rights, aims to build strong partnerships between the government and civil society groups.
According to an official handout issued on Monday, the HRRC will serve as a one-window facility for the registration and record-keeping of NGOs, INGOs, community-based organizations (CBOs), and union council-level groups working on human rights.
It will also organize awareness campaigns and support programs for human rights defenders through joint efforts of government and non-government stakeholders.
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The centre will be jointly managed by two focal persons — one from the Human Rights Directorate and another from a leading civil society organization — to ensure effective coordination. The directorate will provide office space and administrative support for the centre.
Director Human Rights Agha Fakhar Hussain said the Hyderabad centre would act as a model project, with similar centres to be set up in Larkana, Mirpurkhas, Shaheed Benazirabad, and Sukkur in later phases.
