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While short films and videos have gained greater audience in recent past, HURIA in partnership with stakeholders intends to focus on creation of short (Max 10 minutes) videos on peace, security and conflict resolution. In   response to the increased insecurity within the coastal region, HURIA will through a Film Festival , target to reach out to both online and offline audiences on peace, security and stability massaging. HURIA hopes to do the film festival on 28 th April 2018, targeting at least 20 entries and 500 participants. The best videos will be awarded trophies and will be screened and showcased in Peace and Security film festival and other activities. The Videos/short films will be showcased and vetted during the festival and HURIA will pick and award the best (10) short films with a strong provocative educational massage. In sustaining the efforts on improving security, HURIA will use the best films in its social media campaign strategy on online...

The event brought together over 250 participants from all Counties highly impacted by VE in the Country. Representatives from all sectors that matter on CVE conversations attended the event. The Special Envoy for CVE in the Country, Amb. Martin Kimani and Mombasa Governor Hon. Ali Hassan Joho Hon Zuleikha Juma Hassan Hamadi Iddi Boga Heather Carlin Fabrikant, Anne Nyabera,High Court Judge Patrick Otieno amongst others graced the occasion. 50 diverse and experienced discussants and moderators engaged in 8 exciting and informative panel discussions for 2 days. The Colloquium has established the Stronger Counties Network that brings together counties highly impacted by VE to strengthen community resilience and efforts to deal with VE. # CVEColloquium2018

Welcome to the Second Annual Colloquium on Preventing and Countering of Violent Extremism (P/CVE). In 2016, HURIA organized the First County Colloquium on CVE at the Kenya School of Government in Matuga, Kwale County. The Colloquium was convened that time in response to the increasing threat of violent extremism that leads to terrorism and its impacts to the economy and livelihoods of the communities in Kwale County and the region at large. It provided an important space for the County’s political leadership and diverse local and regional experts and practitioners to openly converse on CVE. This particular Colloquium is what mooted the idea of developing the first County Action Plan on CVE for Kwale County that has now been emulated in four other Coastal Counties and other parts of the Country.   This year, HURIA with support from the UN Women and USAID is again organizing another colloquium on P/CVE that will invite participation beyond Kwale County for 2 days at the Prid...

Human Rights Agenda[HURIA] converged at Mkwakwani to Inter Alia Capture Human Rights Violation Cases for PWDs'. A resolution from this gathering was that for a long time, PWDs plight for access to equal opportunities has been misinterpreted for apathy, charity and or sympathy towards PWDs and hence the need to advocate for the rights to inherent dignity for PWDs. Amkeni Wakenya | UNDP United Nations Development Programme - UNDP Act

Yesterday Human Rights Agenda[HURIA] made another Community Consultative Meeting at Boyani - Rabai, more that we established was, there had been lack of Public Participation by design either willfully or negligently being occasioned by the E.I.A experts before The Third Engineering Bureau of China City Quarry was cleared for Licensing by National Environment Management Authority - Kenya . We inter alia found out ... that the said Third Engineering Bureau of China City had contravened Noise, water quality and waste management regulations stipulated under Environmental Management and Coordination Act, 1999. As an organization, we have made it our agenda to bring into account all persons, agents, servants of China City and by extension NEMA who are likely seem to have either willfully colluded with the proponent to violate the right to clean and healthy environment which is enshrined in the Constitution of Kenya 2010 and other related Environmental Act of Parliament   ...

Human Rights Agenda[HURIA] Partnered with # MalaikaFoundation and Public International Law and Policy Group (PILPG) to conduct a Human Rights Training for Probation Officers in Kwale County. The Training was anchored on Interpretation of Art.48 - CoK on Access to Justice as well as Art.159 - CoK which provides for the Use of Alternative Justice Systems. ... HURIA views Probation as an Institution that can lead to Restoration as a Principle actor in restorative Justice, and that Alternative Justice Systems can be used as a Response to C.V.E. We agreed to Plan for an Open Day on Alternative Justice System and CVE with Probation Department and all Key Stakeholders on a date yet to be confirmed.

On a fact-finding mission, We visited Boyani village in Rabai Constituency following a complaint lodged by more than 40 families to Human Rights Agenda[HURIA] over a quarry and stone crashing company located in their neighborhood. The blasting and stone crashing activities by the company allegedly emit heavy dust and ground vibrations that have cracked several houses including classrooms in a nearby primary school.