MOA with CHR ok’d

The Center for Human Rights Education will be established soon at the City College of Cagayan de Oro.

This, after the 20th City Council, in its regular session, presided over by City Vice Mayor Bebot Rodriguez, enacted an ordinance authorizing City Mayor Rolando A. Uy, to enter into and sign the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), represented by its Regional Director, Atty. Jeanne Ivy Abrina.

The MOA covers the parties’ collaboration in the establishment, development, strengthening and continuous operationalization of a Center for Human Rights Education (CHRE) through the City College of Cagayan de Oro.

Under this MOA, the Center for Human Rights Education (CHRE) aims to build a culture of human rights and continuously operate at the City College of Cagayan de Oro to undertake human rights education activities, involving its faculty, staff, and with its partners and clientele through instruction, research, and community extension activities.

This partnership further aims to develop the CHRE as a social laboratory for human rights education innovations and in building a culture of human rights in various community settings.

The legislation was sponsored by the City Council Committees on Education and on Laws and Rules, chaired by Councilors Suzette Magtajas-Daba and Edgar S. Cabanlas, respectively.