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ABOUT CRC

About CRC Civil Rights Concern

BRIEF PROFILE OF CIVIL RIGHTS CONCERN

Promoting Rights of Access in Governance


Civil Rights Concern (CRC) is a nongovernmental organisation incorporated in the year 2000 by the Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja under part C of the Company and Allied Matters Act, Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria no. 12, 776. CRC was designed to carry out human rights education as an empowerment process to improve the processes of our democracy, speak out against degradation of human rights and dignity. CRC in this respect, developed planks of engagement to meet the needs of rights holders and engaging duty bearers to accept responsibilities to their obligations; this forms the core of CRC interventions and organisational objectives. It directs attention to yawning gaps in policy making and implementation and the denied rights to public services that facilitates realisation of human dreams to development; these denied access combined to dim the lights in the heart of youths, the ordinary man and woman in pursuit of legitimate livelihoods and hope for the elderly.

Vision

Civil Rights Concern thus envisions a country where human rights are respected in all management processes in public governance, private sector and civil society organisations to sustain good living standards for our citizens.

Mission

Our concern is to empower the masses of the country that are the major variables in any democratic process, to be able to realise desired human development in a sustainable environment and determine the kind of leadership that would protect and serve their interest.

Policy objectives and strategy

Our citizens have stakes to protect in the process and outcomes of public policy. There are constitutional provisions and derivatives arguments that empower citizens’ intervention in the policy process. CRC engages in those processes that not only empower our citizens and civil society but make them proactive rights holders in public and community governance to improve their livelihoods in a sustainable manner and enhance respect for human rights and dignity. In this frame of mind, CRC implements its programmes to disentangle complications that arise during elections whereby communities are deceived to aid and abate election frauds and compromise implementation of budgetary programmes, putting many lives into serious jeopardy.

Goal

To improve participation in governance and increase access to sustainable means of livelihood and good health

Objectives

  • To promote democratic governance and responsive leadership
  • To promote programmes of poverty alleviation, opportunities for self-reliance, social obligations among civil society organisations; and
  • To sensitize society on gender issues, HIV/AIDS, reproductive health and environmental rights

Thematic focus

CRC is working on issues that promote accountability and access to Basic Social Services (BSS) in sectors of

  • Elections and electoral process
  • Education
  • Agriculture
  • Infrastructure
  • Health and environment

in collaboration with other partners and networks. Implementation of these programmes is weaved into budgetary rights to realise access, education and desired human development that is itself a human right, while gender, HIV/AIDS and rights to reproductive health are streamed into all programmes.

Primary targets

policy makers and civil society, community organisations, women organizations/children and youths.

Key strategies

  • Strengthen community network as proactive agents
  • Build bridges of relationship between policy makers and civil society around sectors of socio-economy and human livelihoods
  • Information sharing and
  • Celebration of successful interventions to stimulate local engagements.

Networking

CRC has collaborations with many groups and networks some of which include

  • West African Network on Peace building and Women Peace network
  • Transition Monitoring Group (TMG)
  • Civil Society Coalition Against HIV/AIDS Nigeria
  • Civil Society Coalition on Transparency, Accountability, and Good governance (COTAGG) Anambra state
  • Coalition of Civil Society organizations for poverty Eradication (CISCOPE)
  • Electoral Reform network, a coalition working towards the reform of Nigeria’s electoral laws
  • Citizens Forum for Constitutional Reform, a body working towards the reform of Nigeria’s constitution
  • CiSHAN, a coalition that works on the HIV/AIDS related matters
  • Civil Society group Working on Malaria – ACOMIN
  • Coalition of civil society organisations working on elimination of corruption - ANCOR
  • Anambra state Women Network (AN-WON)
  • Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All (CSACEFA)
  • Coalition of Eastern Non-Governmental Organisation (CENGOS)

Publications

  • Civil Perspectives, a quarterly newsletter
  • Modalities of Ensuring Accountability to the Electorate in local government administration
  • Reducing Malpractices in our Electoral process
  • Manual on voter education
  • Manual on community education on HIV/AIDS ; two editions published
  • Grassroots Budget Advocacy: Enhancing local participation in governance through the budget and policy literacy forum
  • HIV/AIDS, Stigma and Discrimination
  • Basis for public participation in the budget process; the legal and constitutional arguments
  • Community Based responses on Water and Energy
  • Making government water and sanitation programmes sustainable through community participation: A community Score Card
  • Community bye-law on climate change and land degradation
  • Public dialogue on the use of money in elections
  • Anambra State widowhood Law for community education
  • Child rights law for community education

Sources of CRC fund

  1. Financial grants and support from the Board of Trustees
  2. Donations from friends and organisations
  3. Sale of publications
  4. Consultancy, legal and management services
  5. Partnership with communities and neighbourhoods in collaborated projects and activities
  6. Contributions from staff and volunteers
  7. International and national donor grants – include supports from Europeans Union, World Bank, UNDP, NACA, SACA, Christian Aid

Management structure

Administration section: this section consists of

  • Accounts
  • Personnel
  • Maintenance

Programmes and Documentation

  • Proposal development
  • Data collation
  • Project management

Research and publications

  • Publications
  • Research
  • Investigations and documentation

Field and community outreach

  • Advocacy activities
  • Community campaigns and rallies
  • Volunteers and field work

Alternative Dispute Resolution

  • Documentation of cases
  • Explores resolution options
  • Liaises with the police for investigation
  • Handles litigation matters

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