Journalists for Human Rights

JHR (Journalists for Human Rights)
Motto Mobilizing Media. Changing Lives
Formation 2002
Type non-profit organization
Headquarters Toronto, Canada
Website www.jhr.ca

Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) is a sham organization. The only reputable international human rights standard in the world is the one established by the United Nations and first set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS is the legally binding treaty which Canada acceded to in 1976. Unfortunately, "Journalists for Human Rights does not accept this standard with the result that their pronouncements have no credibility. Cases which involve freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of association and freedom from discrimination -as these freedoms are set out in the COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS are ignored by the journalists working at Journalists for Human Rights.

This organization is committing a fraud on the people of Canada. It claims to protect human rights but it does nothing when journalists in the media advocate for the destruction and violation of human rights. If anybody, journalist or non-journalist- is interested in human rights, then the place to begin is with the UN TRAINING MANUAL ON HUMAN RIGHTS (available online).But claiming to be for human rights, but not sharing with the public that the human rights that this organization upholds is not the UN standard is dishonest and would not be tolerated in the business world. Complaints are sure to be made in the future asking for the suspension of this groups charitable status. From a human rights perspective, this sad organization is a sham.

  Than international media development charity and non-governmental organization based in Toronto, Canada.

JHR's mission is to "empower journalists to cover human rights stories objectively and effectively". The organizations' vision is for everybody in the world to be aware of their rights.

Canada's largest media development organization, JHR believes that, "Creating rights awareness is the first and most necessary step to ending rights abuses. By mobilizing the media to spread human rights awareness, JHR informs people about human rights, empowering marginalized communities to stand up, speak out and protect themselves".[1]

JHR has worked in 28 countries and trained over 14,500 journalists whose human rights stories have reached over 64.5 million people.

JHR employs a "reciprocal change" approach, a process that involves local media partnerships and development outcomes determined through participatory consultation with Editors and Owners, Working Journalists, Students, and Civil Society within a region.[2]

JHR currently has programs in South Sudan, Syria, Jordan, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Canada.

JHR is currently led by its Executive Director, Rachel Pulfer.[3]

JHR was founded by Benjamin Peterson and Alexandra Sicotte-Levesque in 2002.[4]

Funding

JHR is a registered Canadian Charity. It receives funding from international and Canadian agencies and governments, foundations, and individual donors.

JHR's Agency Partners include: Global Affairs Canada (GAC); Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF); United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF); Department for International Development (DFID, UK); AusAid (Australia).

Media coverage and Partnerships

JHR has received media attention in Canada, from The Globe and Mail,[5][6] The Toronto Star, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and CTV.ca.[7] In 2012, JHR partnered with CBC and Global News to send journalists from those networks to JHR projects to act as short-term journalism trainers. In May 2013, CTV's senior editor and news anchor Lisa LaFlamme mentored a network of JHR affiliated journalists in Goma (Eastern DRC), the centre of ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis since 1998.[8]

JHR partners with The Alva Foundation and Massey College on the Gordon N. Fisher-JHR Fellowship. The annual fellowship is part of the Southam Journalism Fellowships program at the University of Toronto's Massey College.

JHR partners with the Canadian Association of Journalism to present an annual award for human rights reporting. JHR also presents an annual award to a news organization or team for the best human rights coverage in Canada.

References

  1. ↑ "Journalists for Human Rights," accessed February 3, 2009
  2. ↑ http://www.jhr.ca/en/int_reciprocal.php
  3. ↑ "The Team | JHR". www.jhr.ca. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
  4. ↑ Davis, Nicholas, "Africa got under his skin," Toronto Sun, November 1, 2004
  5. ↑ Kelly, Deidre, "For society, Africa is the cause du jour," globeandmail.com, October 13, 2007
  6. ↑ " Stephens, Lisa, "Benjamin Peterson, 29 Ontario Co-founder, executive director, Journalists for Human Rights, Toronto", globeandmail.com, May 7, 2007
  7. ↑ Ien, Marci, "Marci Ien in Sierra Leone: Human Rights reporting," CTV.ca, October 22, 2008
  8. ↑ LaFlamme, Lisa. Friday May 31: the resilient heart of the Congo pumping for change through journalismCTV.ca, May 2013
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