The Turks and Caicos Islands Human Rights Commission has been awarded $17,000 (£11,000) by the Commonwealth Foundation under a UK Government
funded project to build human rights capacity in the Overseas Territories.
The award will finance the development of a new website for the Human Rights Commission as well as the publication of information leaflets. The award was made as part of events to mark International Human rights Day on 10 December 2011.
Both will help the Commission to keep residents of the TCI informed about their human rights and the Commission’s role in supporting them.
This work builds on the human rights training delivered by consultant Peter Ashman that the project delivered to TCI officials and civil society groups in January 2011.
Mrs. Doreen Quelch-Stubbs expressed thanks for the grant which she said will really help her office to communicate important messages about human rights to the people of the TCI through the new website and other literature.
