A Brief History

Since 1997, INSGENAR, in conjunction with PDHRE (People's Movement for Human Rights Education), has been developing activities to promote Rosario as a Human Rights City, in the framework of the UN Decade for Human Rights Education.

The plan of action was based on the collaboration of diverse institutions in the community which are all committed to promoting respect for Human Rights, equity and peace.

On July 30th, 1997 more than 35 institutions (including organizations representing Human Rights, indigenous groups, sexual diversity groups, academic interests, development work groups, and the Women's Movement) signed a proclamation of their commitment, called the Act of Commitment, to build a human rights community in Rosario. The group gathered and signed this Act at Rosario's City Hall in the presence of the president of PDHRE, Shulamith Koenig.

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•Held various contests, one of which consisted in the paraphrasing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for children in primary schools, another, directed towards middle school students, paraphrased CEDAW. Read more...

•Produced 2 reports: the first dealing with the persecution and ill-treatment of transvestites and persons working in prostitution; the other focused on the Human Rights situation within Argentina which was presented to the Human Rights Commission at the UN in Geneva as an alternative to the governmental report. Read more about this publication, entitled Women's Reproductive Rights in Argentina. A Shadow Report.

•Public hearings on the participatory budget of the Municipal Council.

•Movie-Debate series which dealt with Women' s Rights (organized in conjunction with local NGOs and Professional Women's Councils from Rosario and across the country)

•Edited the following books:

•Education and Human Rights:
Between Reflection and the Day-to-Day Living of Human Rights

•Children's Human Rights: A Starting Point to Reach the Sky

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