The Danish Institute for Human Rights is is an independent state-funded institution with a mandate to promote and protect human rights and equal treatment in Denmark and abroad.
In Denmark, it advises the government, the parliament, ministries and public authorities on human rights, among other things, when new legislation is suggested. Internationally, it works with states, independent organizations and the corporate sector, enabling them to strengthen human rights in their respective countries.
It supports a number of organizations in their work to promote human rights. It is the aim of the Institute to make the projects sustainable and nationally anchored.
The work is rights based and rooted in the human rights obligations held by Denmark. Among other things, the Institute contributes with knowledge, concepts and analyses and forms part of various networks. The Institute selects different focus areas and works strategically with these in various ways
Some of its projects include:
- Human Rights and Extreme Poverty: This study aims to explore how human rights can be used to create enduring processes of empowerment.
- Pillars in Practice: This programme helps organisations in Bangladesh, Nicaragua and Zimbabwe to engage with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
- Total Partnership: DIHR and Total have a Partnership Agreement (2013-2014), pursuant to which we jointly undertake a range of projects and activities.
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