Informed by an analysis of our achievements, challenges, and lessons of the past strategic,the changes and trends in the operating environment, and our internal capacities, we prioritize to work on the following strategic themes in the period 2016-2020:
- Human Rights
- Governance
- Access to Justice
- International Justice
- The Closing Civic Space.
{tab Human Rights }
Strategic Objective
To promote and protect the observance of human rights in Kenya and around Africa
Strategic Responses
- Promote accountability for human rights violations
- Build citizens capacities to demand the upholding of human rights
- Strengthen capacities of state and non-governmental actors to uphold human rights
- Monitor observance of fundamental freedoms
{tab International Justice}
Strategic Objective
To promote justice for international crimes and gross human rights violations in Kenya and
across Africa
Strategic Responses
- Develop civil society capacity to advocate for international criminal justice
- Sensitization and lobbying of African states to embrace international criminal justice
- Partnerships with regional and international institutions to implement protocols on
international criminal justice e.g. on the rights of women.
{tab Governance }
Strategic Objective
To support the strengthening of democratic governance in Kenya and across Africa
Strategic responses
Devolution
- Strengthen capacities of County Governments on legislative and policy review and
development - Strengthen citizen engagement in governance at the County levels
- Increase opportunities for accessing information to the public
Elections
- Empower citizens to actively participate in electoral processes
- Capacity building of electoral management bodies
- To promote meaningful representation in political processes
Environmental governance
- Partnership with environment sector stakeholders in the review of legislation on the
environment and natural resources - Interpretation and public education on the Sustainable Development Goals
- Empower communities to participate in governance in the extractives sector
- Contribute to national and regional discourse on best practices on governance in the
extractives sector - Support the adoption of best practices and policies on environmental governance
{tab Access to Justice}
Strategic Objective
To improve access to justice in Kenya and the Africa region
Strategic responses
- Support judicial reform processes through research, capacity building and training
- Promote alternative justice mechanisms
- Engage in public interest litigation particularly through amicus briefs
- Support public participation in Court Users Committees
- Support policy and legislative frameworks around access to justice
- Monitor adherence to the rule of law and application of international standards by
judicial officers
{tab The Closing Civic Space}
Strategic Objective
To protect and promote civic space in order to enhance enjoyment of human rights and
participation in governance in Kenya and the region
Strategic Responses
- Build greater understanding of the problem of closing civic space and its effects on
democracy and human rights - Build alliances with other independent actors such the media, political parties, donors,
academia, private sector, grassroots organizations in addressing closing of civic space - Draw lessons from, support and invoke the support of NGO diplomacy
- Invoke regional and international mechanisms to support civic space
{/tabs}
How we work
We strengthen our advocacy efforts through the application of a number of other approaches including research, coalition building, litigation, partnerships development, capacity building, and awareness creation.
