International Human Rights Day: 10 December

To celebrate the International Human Rights Day (10 December 2007) the DHRU staff, both in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, organized an event to gather 80 youth volunteers who had been trained by the DHRU and implemented several human rights training workshops in refugee camps. During the course of the event, the volunteers engaged in several interactive activities focusing on human rights such as a human rights quiz and a competition on facts and statistics related to Palestinian refugee youth and their rights.

Also on the same day, the DHRU staff released the initial results of a survey on the human rights situation in refugee camps in Palestine as perceived by youth. The participation of nearly 600 youth from twenty-five refugee camps in the survey led to a comprehensive report on the problems affecting the fundamental human rights of refugees, and specifically refugee youth.

If you want to read more about Sharek's activities on the International Human Rights Day, read Sharek's press release.