Journalists for Human Rights

JHR (Journalists for Human Rights)
Formation2002
Typenon-profit organization
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario, Canada
Websitewww.jhr.ca

Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) is Canada's largest international media development organization. Based in Toronto, Ontario, JHR was founded in 2002 by Benjamin Peterson and Alexandra Sicotte-Levesque. JHR's objective is to encourage media to cover human rights stories with the aim of raising awareness to in order to end human rights abuses.

JHR partners with over 400 media organisations in 29 different countries to train over 17,650 journalists. JHR's approach encourages the involvement of local media partnerships and consultations with editors and owners, working journalists, students, civil society and other relevant stakeholders within a region.

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