Strategy

The Danish Institute for Human Rights Strategy sets the agenda for the Institute’s work on promoting and protecting human rights in Denmark and abroad.

MISSION

The Danish Institute for Human Rights is to protect and promote human rights and equality.

VISION

A world in which everyone is guaranteed full respect for their human rights and equality.

VALUES

The Institute has four values.

We take these values seriously. This means that they provide direction for our priorities and decisions every single day. The values are interdependent, they reinforce each other, and they are crucial in ensuring our legitimacy and impact.

Independence

It is vital for a national human rights institution to be, and be seen to be, independent. This means that we make our own decisions and we do not allow ourselves to be influenced by party-political or commercial interests, for example.

Collaboration

Continuous and active collaboration with other actors is a precondition for ensuring that our work is relevant and makes a real difference for people. This applies to work with different actors in Denmark and abroad and to collaboration across professional competences and work areas inside the organisation.

Expertise

The core of the Institute's activities is our high level of professionalism and expertise, as is expected by the surrounding world. We live up to this expectation by, among other things, encouraging employees to specialise and by anchoring tasks with the employees with the most extensive knowledge.

Credibility

We safeguard our credibility, as it is pivotal in enabling us to create the change for human rights we have been put on this earth to do. We are open about what we do, how we do it, why we do it, and who we do it with.