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Centro de Apoio aos Direitos Humanos "Valdício Barbosa dos Santos"

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Children Criminal Justice Culture Education Human Rights Minority Rights Peace and Security Safety Torture Violence Youth Social Development: Social policy Youth
Geographic scope:	Local
Country of activity:	Brazil
Millennium Development Goals:	Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Reduce child mortality
Mission statement:	The Valdício Barbosa dos Santos Human Rights Support Center aims to defend, promote, mobilize, research and educate for Human Rights and Social Assistance. It also has the following mission: 1 - Assemble people for the defense and promotion of human rights: social, civil, political, cultural, economic and environmental within the State; 2 - Defend and promote Human Rights, through programs and actions, as well as support ethnic groups and socially discriminated groups; 3 - Develop actions to protect the family, children, adolescents and youth, the elderly, people with disabilities and traditional communities; 4 - Develop self-sustaining economic activities, through the production of promotional materials, publications and others. 5 - To develop activities of research and education in Human Rights; 6 - To defend free and quality public education, local and regional culture and human and social development; 7 - Propose programs and public policies in the area of justice, security, education, social assistance and health; 8 - To stimulate the elaboration, development, implementation and monitoring of the State Program of Human Rights and Municipal Human Rights Programs; 9 - To accompany the State Human Rights Council in its activities; 10 - Support the creation of Municipal Councils of Human Rights; 11 - Stimulate the creation of Human Rights Defense Centers; 12 - Advise governmental and non-governmental bodies in the area of Human Rights; 13 - Establish agreements, Terms of Partnership and Technical Cooperation with national and international governmental and nongovernmental organizations; 14 - To receive, without charge for the entity, employees of governmental or non-governmental bodies, within the terms of agreements and terms of partnership and technical cooperation. 15 - Propose public civil actions of diffuse and collective rights that are related to the objective of the entity; 16 - Propose actions for the defense and guarantee of Human Rights, in exemplary cases, before the national and international courts. 17 - Propose actions on gender and ethnicity issues.
Year established:	1995
Year of registration:	1995
Organizational structure:	They comprise the organizational and administrative structure of the Human Rights Support Center: 1 - General Assembly - It is the maximum instance of the CHRS, where all the members in full enjoyment of their rights and duties are reunited organ in the terms defined by the Statute. The General Assembly is held annually on an ordinary basis by convocation of the Board of Directors, at least 30 days in advance. The General Meeting may occur in an extraordinary manner and may be called by the Board of Directors, the Fiscal Council or one fifth of the members, in advance of 5 days. 2 - Board of Directors - This is a collegiate body, composed of five full members and their respective alternates, elected and subordinated to the General Assembly of associates. The Board of Directors meets monthly. The Board of Directors is composed of five members: General Coordination, Administrative-Financial Secretariat, General Secretariat. Secretariat of Planning, Training and Research and Secretariat of Communication. The Board of Directors has a three-year term of office. 3 - The Fiscal Council - The Fiscal Council is a supervisory body of the Entity and will consist of three full members and three alternates elected at a General Meeting. The Fiscal Council's term of office is two years. 4 - Ethics Committee - It is the body in charge of determining the disciplinary offenses provided for in the statute of the entity and will consist of three full members and two alternates.
Number and type of members:	25 members. Among the associate members we have lawyers, social workers, psychologists, professors from the federal university of the state
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Grants from Governments Fundraising campaigns

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