Human-rights Efforts
The office of the governor of the BVI organized a week-long program on “Building Human Rights Capacity” in July 2011, intended to improve the understanding and observance of human rights on the part of government officials, law-enforcement officers, immigration officials, and private citizens.
The group Related by Humanity seeks “to promote Human Rights awareness in the Territory of the Virgin Islands.” On December 10, 2011, it organized the islands' first official celebration of International Human Rights Day
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