Our Rights, Our Future! – A global project on the freedom of peaceful assembly and association

The new 3-year project aims to strengthen the protection of freedom of assembly and association, especially of the youth, in 9 countries.

The Centre for Civil and Political Rights, together with ForumCiv and COSPE (Cooperation for the Development of Emerging Countries), has started a 3-year global project "Our Rights, Our Future!" (OROF). The project is funded by EU and implemented in 9 countries in 4 regions (MENA, Latin America, Sub-saharan africa, and South-East Asia). It will be officially launched soon.

The main objective of the project is to enable rights holders, particularly marginalized youth, to have more opportunities to participate actively, safely, and meaningfully in civic space as drivers of change to promote and defend fundamental freedoms, democracy, and human rights. It puts particular focus on the protection and promotion of the right to freedom of association and peaceful assembly of the youth-led or youth-focused civil society organizations, grassroots groups, and national/international platforms.

For this purpose, the project overall aims to: train 600 youth activists especially women and those from marginalized groups to promote their leadership in society; protect the freedom of peaceful assembly and association in shrinking civic space; facilitate more than 100 grassroots and national initiatives for the protection of human rights; support 30 national, regional and global networks that promote youth-led civic participation and advocacy; and expand access to international human rights mechanisms for activists and civil society.