The Danish Institute for Human Rights takes point of departure in the internationally recognized human rights, particularly the human rights mentioned in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the UN conventions and the European Council’s conventions as well as the freedom rights mentioned in the Danish Constitutional Act. The Institute works with human rights in a number of focus areas. The work is concentrated in the realms of research, education, information and projects on a national as well as an international level.
What we do
Focus areas
Read about the work with human rights: Equal treatment, research, education, rule of law, civic participation and national human rights institutions.
Methods and tools
Human rights are not only a question of conventions and resolutions. When rights are to be implemented, the tool box has to be in its place.
Regional focus areas
Besides working broad-based with various sectors and institutions within our partner countries, DIHR often puts a regional scope on its activities and creates results across borders in a region such as Westafrica.
Where we work
DIHR involves in a number of concrete projects in different regions and countries, and we coordinate experiences from project to project, from country to country.