The Human Rights & Democracy Building programme encompasses the following six areas:

1. Human Rights Monitoring & Advocacy
2. Action Research, Civic education & Training
3. Equality, Equity & Non-Discrimination
4. Political Participation
5. Legal Development & Litigation
6. Public Service & Accountability

1.Human Rights Monitoring & Advocacy

• Monitoring of States’ compliance with normative standards of human rights across sectors

• Monitoring of States’ reports to Human Rights Commissions

• Production of shadow reports

• Monitoring of States’ promotion, protection and respect of human rights

• Advocacy for states’ ratification and compliance with normative standards

• Production of national and regional human rights reports

2. Action Research, Civic Education & Training

• Research that is action oriented

• Raising awareness of civic society on human rights issues and democracy challenges

• Training of human rights and good governance activists on developments in human rights and democracy

3. Equality, Equity & Non-Discrimination

• Promoting equal treatment and protection of vulnerable groups such as: women, children, ethnic groups and non-citizens

• Promoting equitable treatment of vulnerable and marginalized groups

• Advocating non-discriminatory practices, especially against women and other minority groups

4. Political Participation

• Elections & Electoral Systems

• Engagement and Capacity Building of progressive parliamentary committees

• Political Equity & Democracy

• Political Ethics & Accountability

5. Legal Development and Litigation

• Constitutionalism

• Public Interest Litigation to promote human rights, constitutionalism and the rule of law

• Judicial Independence, Integrity and Accountability

• Capacity Building

• Promotion of Access to Justice

• Training and capacity building of lawyers to litigate in cases that promote human rights, constitutionalism and the rule of law

• Sensitization of judicial officers on human rights issues

• Advocacy for legal reforms

• Documentation of jurisprudence in human rights and constitutional practice

6. Public Service & Accountability

• Citizens’ Participation in Policy Formulation and Service Delivery Planning/Strategy

• Service Delivery Monitoring

• Access to Information

• Transparency, Accountability & Anti-Corruption

• Promotion of Oversight Mechanisms: Ombudsperson, Civilian Oversight of Police, National Assembly Oversight of the Executive, etc.