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Committee for Defence of Human Right (CDHR)

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Country of activity:	Nigeria
Millennium Development Goals:	Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Promote gender equality and empower women Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	ow we started Our Aims and Objectives :: The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) was formed in April, 1989. It started as a small group of professionals, individuals, friends and associates who felt concerned about the detention of the then trade unionist, Mr Femi Aborishade, who was incarcerated in 1989 under the obnoxious State Security (Preventive Detention) Decree No. 2 of 1984. The group then known as the Free Femi Aborishade Committee was formed to campaign for the release of Mr Aborishade from custody. However, owing to the fact that many Nigerians were also being detained under the said Decree while the campaign for his release was on, wisdom dictated that an umbrella body be formed to defend, not only the right of the detainees to liberty, but also the Fundamental Human Rights of all Nigerians on a permanent basis. Thus the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) emerged and blossomed into a full-fledged rights platform.
Year established:	1989
Year of registration:	1989
Organizational structure:	1. Training workshops 2. Seminars 3. Conferences 4. Investigations of Human Rights violations 5. Campaigns 6. Legal Aid 7. Human Rights Defence and Enforcement 8. Human Rights Education and Advocacy 9. Human Rights Monitoring 10. Publications Etc.
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Fees for education and training services

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