Youths For Human Rights Protection And Transparency Initiative

Youths for Human Rights Protection and Transparency Initiative

Motto	Protect, establish, engage and empower young people
Founded	April 2, 2015 by Kenneth Uwadi in Nigeria
Type	Non-profit NGO
Headquarters	Owerri, Nigeria
Location	Nigeria
Services	Protecting rights of young people and alleviating human sufferings
Fields	Compassionate Presence, Environment, Health, Child Abuse, Human Rights, Advocacy, Empowerment, Education
President	Kenneth Uwadi
Website	www.yarpti.org

Youths for Human Rights Protection and Transparency Initiative (YARPTI) is a non governmental organization in Nigeria dedicated to promoting the well-being and protection of children and young people.

Vision and Mission

Yarpti’s mission is to promote and protect the rights of children and young people and to offer support to them to help them mature into adults who contribute to society. The organization is also geared towards providing hope for the hopeless,donation of reading and writing materials to students, providing free tuition and teaching youths in Nigeria their rights as guaranteed in the Nigerian Constitution, the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights and other international conventions and covenants on human rights.

Leadership

The president and founder of the organization is Kenneth Uwadi. Uwadi is a popular socio political crusader from Imo state of Nigeria

Programs

Yarpti speak out against corruption in Nigeria and promote transparency, accountability and integrity at all levels and across all sectors of the Nigerian society as well as seeking the empowerment of the Nigerian youth, disabled children, women, vulnerable individuals and the disadvantaged and poorest communities in rural and urban areas to enable them to participate actively in social and economic decision making processes.

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International human rights organisations and institutions

Types	Human rights group Human rights commission Human rights institutions Truth and reconciliation commission

International institutions	Committee on the Rights of the Child Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities International Criminal Court Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights UN Human Rights Committee UN Human Rights Council UN Security Council

Regional bodies	African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights African Court of Justice European Court of Human Rights European Committee for the Prevention of Torture Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Multi-lateral bodies	European Union Council of Europe Organisation of American States (OAS) UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) International Labour Organization (ILO) World Health Organization (WHO) UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) UN Population Fund (UNFPA) UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) UN Development Programme (UNDP) Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)

Major NGOs	Amnesty International FIDH Human Rights Watch International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Emergency NGO Human Rights First

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