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DEPARTMENTS:

Research, Publications and Documentation.

Monitoring and Advocacy

Finance and Administration

Members

About SAHRiNGON-Tanzania Chapter

The Southern Africa Human Rights NGO Network (SAHRiNGON) was established in February 1997 in the Republic of South Africa at a human rights NGO conference hosted by the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights.

The conference was a culmination of the 1996 series of consultative meetings on the need for establishment of this regional human rights NGO network convened by DITSHWANELO, the Botswana Centre for Human Rights.

SAHRiNGON, initiated in Africa, was established to provide a platform for discussion and advocacy on challenges facing human rights and development in countries of Southern Africa. It was further agreed in 1998 by members of SAHRiNGON at their Annual General Meeting in Lusaka, Zambia that the members in each country should establish their country chapter.

SAHRiNGON-Tanzania Chapter was established in 1998 and performed its activities hosted by one of its member, the Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC). The Chapter was registered in 2004 under the Tanzania Companies law and became independent with its own office and staff in the same year.

The Southern Africa Human Rights Non Governmental Organization Network (SAHRiNGON) -Tanzania Chapter is a private, voluntary, non governmental, and non- partisan network organization established to ensure government implementation of its commitments under human rights instruments and other international instruments for realization of social development in the country.

Vision Statement

SAHRiNGON-Tanzania Chapter envisions a world in which all human rights are enjoyed fully by every one.

Mission Statement

SAHRiNGON-Tanzania Chapter exists to improve the performance of its members in the promotion and protection of human rights through capacity building, lobbying and advocacy, mobilization for collective action, coordination and monitoring implementation of human rights.

Objectives

Among the general objectives for which SAHRiNGON-Tanzania Chapter is established as per Article 3 of the Chapter Memorandum and Articles of Association are: -

(a) To facilitate networking and collective actions among its member organizations in their endeavours of creating and advocating for a culture of observing, supporting, respecting, defending, protecting and promoting human rights in Tanzania and in other countries of the Southern Africa.

(b) To network and collaborate with its members, other Chapters, governmental and Non-Governmental Organizations and other national and international partners having objectives similar or complementary to those of this Company.

(c) To defend, protect, safeguard, support and or stand for the rights, privileges, advantages, benefits and or entitlements that may be incidental or in connection with any of the members of the Company within or outside the United Republic of Tanzania.

(d) To ensure adherence to good governance and observance of all the human rights as provided under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in other international human rights instruments and agreements.

(e) To build capacity of human rights organizations.

(f) To establish and maintain an emergency response team to respond quickly to Violations of human rights.

(g) To organize and sponsor conferences, seminars, workshops, meetings and such other activities with a view of promoting the objects of the Company.

(h) To conducting human rights monitoring and research to determine human rights needs of people and identify issues involved and compile the findings and other information necessary to deal with the issue.

(i) To provide expertise assistance and other support to members through training, identification and analysis of legal and human rights problems, the design and evaluation of human rights programmes.

(j) To produce such publications and materials as are necessary for the achievement of the objectives declared herein above.

“This website was established with the assistance of USAID/Tanzania and Oxfam Novib