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Human Rights

Human rights reflect the minimum standards necessary for people to live with dignity. They give people the freedom to choose how they live, express themselves, and are governed, besides protecting them against abuse by powerful individuals by guaranteeing life, liberty, equality, and security.  

This result area’s overall objective is to promote and protect the respect and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms, especially for women and minority groups. By facilitating access to fundamental rights and freedoms, we ultimately aim to contribute to attaining human dignity, wellbeing, and self-fulfillment. 

The detailed expected outcomes and strategic interventions under the result area are presented under the sub themes below: 

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[powerkit_collapsible title=”Accountability for Human Rights Violations/ Atrocity Crimes”]

This sub-theme seeks to facilitate enhanced access to justice and legal redress for persons/communities whose rights have been violated.

Expected Outcomes
  1. Increased accountability for human rights violations by concerned institutions/ actors.
  2. Increased understanding of and demand for human rights by the public.
  3. Increased access to redress by persons/ communities whose rights have been violated.
Strategic Interventions
  1. Promote due process/ fair trial rights of the accused, victims, and witnesses.
  2. Monitor cases of strategic interest on international crimes and gross human rights abuses.
  3. Support reforms and adherence to laws, policies, protocols, or conventions on accountability for human rights violations.
  4. Research, analysis, investigations, and advocacy at (inter)national fora on human rights and access to justice issues.
 

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[powerkit_collapsible title=”Equality Rights and Inclusion”]

This sub-theme will be concerned with strengthening access to justice and legal redress for poor, marginalised, or minority communities.

Expected Outcomes
  1. Increased safeguard of rights of minority groups, especially LGBTQI persons & PWDs/ mental health challenges.
  2. Enhance access to justice and redress by indigenous communities, minority, and marginalised groups.
Strategic Interventions
  1. Support reforms & adherence to progressive laws, policies, and protocols for PWDs & other marginalised groups (including ensuring that critical justice & other key institutions are disability-friendly).
  2. Promote the rights of LGBTQI persons and associated organisations.
  3. Offer technical assistance and or provision of (para) legal services.

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[powerkit_collapsible title=”Civic Space, Digital Rights, and Independent Media”]

The right to receive, seek and impart information is well-entrenched under international law and many domestic laws across the continent. This sub-theme will seek to contribute to safeguarding civic spaces, press freedoms, and digital rights as fundamental rights in focus countries. These will also support the creation, reclamation, and preservation of civic spaces in focus African countries.

Expected Outcomes
  1. Human rights in the digital space are protected.
  2. Media freedoms promoted and protected.
  3. Legal and institutional impediments to civic space removed.
Strategic Interventions
  1. Support reforms and monitor implementation of progressive digital, civic space, and media laws and policies.
  2. Contribute to safeguarding media freedoms and independence.
  3. Strengthen the capacity of relevant media and civil society actors.

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