Projects

NHRI·EU Capacity Project Phase 2

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This project develops the capacities of national human rights institutions and their networks.
This global project has two tracks:
  • Working with national human rights institutions networks (GANHRI and the regional networks) in order to improve coordination and interaction with the global and regional human rights systems
  • Improving the capacity of networks to support their members so that NHRIs can be better at doing their work nationally.
 
The project started with a first phase from 2016 to 2018. In January 2019 it entered its second phase (2019-2021) which is described on this page. Read more about the first phase of the project here.

 


Purpose

The purpose of this second phase of the project is to increase the impact on the promotion and protection of human rights by NHRIs in the areas of human rights defenders and the sustainable development goals.

By the end of this phase 2 of the project, all targeted NHRIs will better fulfil their mandates in these areas. This work is done by and through the regional networks of NHRIs and the global alliance of NHRIs.

The project also works on improving the efficiency of these organisations. By the end of this phase networks will be better at working with human rights defenders issues, including the rule of law, shrinking democratic space, and threats to NHRIs, and on sustainable development goals issues.

VIDEO: Addressing business and human rights in Guatemala and El Salvador from phase 1 of the NHRI.EU project.

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The difference we make

Targeting NHRIs is a strategic priority for the Danish Institute for Human Rights. While there has been an enormous global increase in the establishment of NHRIs and NHRIs now can exert significant influence on standard setting in the UN, many NHRIs still face multiple challenges in fulfilling their mandates.

Almost one-third of NHRIs worldwide do not fully meet the UN Paris Principles. Many NHRIs face challenges in addressing new serious and trans-boundary threats to human rights. The project aims to support NHRIs to strengthen their role as agents to promote and protect human rights in the changing global context for human rights.

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Increasingly, the UN and civil society movements are calling for coordinated NHRI responses to address human rights violations. These demands for increasing international engagement require NHRIs to coordinate more closely and to raise the quality of their activities and organisation, so that NHRIs have the capacity to fulfil their role and ultimately to secure prevention and remediation of human rights violations of individuals and groups.

The project will ensure capacity strengthening of NHRIs in functional and thematic issues via the four regional networks/ secretariats and GANHRI. The project will furthermore build capacity to ensure professional and sustainable secretariats at regional and global level fit for strategy implementation, coordination and communication.

Activities

The project aims to strengthen the capacities of NHRIs individually and collectively in line with the UN Paris Principles, in order to increase their impact and effectiveness in promoting and protecting human rights, with a specific focus on their activities related to human rights defenders and the sustainable development goals.

VIDEO: Human rights educators from the entire Latin American continent met in Panama during phase 1 of the NHRI.EU project to discuss human rights education in the region.

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Partners

  • Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI)
  • Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF)
  • Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI)
  • European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI)
  • Red de Instituciones Nacionales de Derechos Humanos del Continente Americano (RINDHCA)

Region

This is a global project working with NHRIs and networks in all regions of the world.