How we work with National Human Rights Institutions

Since 1995, RWI has supported over 50 National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) worldwide to strengthen their capacities and fulfil their mandate to promote and protect human rights. The institute has developed a unique model for capacity building and development of NHRIs that focuses on all facets of the institution, starting from a base level of ensuring basic operational capacities and human rights knowledge, all the way up to its functional capacities, leading towards international accreditation and greater compliance with the Paris Principles. 

RWI’s model for capacity building and development of NHRIs is based on a human rights-oriented approach that can be best represented as a pyramid, where cooperation can take place at one or more levels, depending on the needs of the institution in question. 

 

The following are examples of support provided in relation to different kinds of capacity:

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