CHRAJ Opens 2012 Human Rights Camp For 100 Students

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) on Monday opened the 2012 Human Rights and Integrity Camp for Schools in Accra to educate students on human rights, peace and democracy. The annual camp, the second in the series, is being attended by 100 students from 50 selected schools nation-wide for five days on the theme: “The Youth as Ambassadors for Social Change”. Ms Lauretta Vivian Lamptey, Commissioner, CHRAJ, in a speech read for her by Mr Joseph Whittal, a Deputy Commissioner, CHRAJ, said participants were also members of human rights and integrity clubs in their respective schools, who were selected with the assistance of the Ministry of Education, a principal stakeholder of the camp with DANIDA as the major sponsor