Philippines, Feb. 26 -- The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) 7 (Central Visayas) has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Talisay City College (TCC) to create a Center for Human Rights Education (CHRE) in the city.

In a news release on Wednesday, the CHR noted that the center aims to integrate human rights education in academic institutions to produce a generation of conscientious and well-informed professionals.

"We would like to see products of higher educational institutions (HEIs) who are aware and have a certain level of awareness on human rights," CHR-7 Legal Division chief Euvic Ferrer said.

"Therefore, when they're employed, when they become business leaders themselves, or become leaders in their certain fields, they com...