Human Rights

This program offers classes from grade school to university level in various human rights principles. Generation Iraq has obtained approval from the Ministry of Education to develop and teach these classes in the educational system in southern Iraq. Programs fostering educational enlightenment and understanding are needed after years under a brutal dictatorship. The rising generation does not understand the concept of human rights. Generation Iraq will help to formulate classes in the principles of human rights, including the rights granted in the new Iraqi Constitution.

A sister program will also be implemented to teach basic educational classes in prisons. Generation Iraq has been granted permission to present classes in human rights, reading, writing, and civil conduct.

This training will be very helpful in fighting terrorism and crime in the country. The lack of training, opportunity, and hope is a significant factor for many of the young people turning to violent acts to express their frustration and to obtain money.

Lectures in Human Rights

In December 2006, Generation Iraq in conjunction with the Women of The Reef Association conducted seminars on the Principles of Human Rights for the youth in Basrah Schools. The students were very interested in what they learned, illustrated by the heated discussions which followed.