OHCHR - United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Purpose

This project aims to prevent conflict, hold perpetrators accountable, and help societies reconcile through the active promotion of human rights with governments, early warning through monitoring and reporting of violations, and strengthening the role of civil society in fragile and conflict affected states. Project activities include: (1) monitoring and reporting on human rights situations in the target countries; (2) supporting targeted countries to increase implementation of the recommendations of the international human rights mechanisms’ recommendations; and (3) supporting the active participation of civil society, including those representing women, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex LGBTI populations, ethnic and religious minorities to defend their human rights.