Annual report
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Annual international report 2022

In the annual report on the Institute’s international work, we present some of the many results we have contributed to in 2022.

In 6 chapters we present how we are:

  • Empowering our sister organisations throughout the world

In 2019, Daniel Bekele (right) was appointed head of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission. The Danish Institute for Human Rights supports the Commission in fulfilling its mandate to promote and protect human rights.
Result
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission gains recognition as an independent voice by bringing attention to serious human rights violations in the present volatile situation in the country.
A person carrying wood
Result
Supported by the Danish Institute for Human Rights, the regional network of national human rights institution in the Americas, RINDHCA, has established a permanent office in Panama.

 

  • Advancing human rights through sustainable development

A man carrying fish in a basket on his head
Result
Strengthened local presence of fisheries authorities in Bangladesh improves conditions for artisanal fishers, who have long faced danger at sea.
Children in a class room
Result
Our sister organisation, the Jordanian National Centre for Human Rights, is paving the way for the integration of human rights education into the secondary school curricula in Jordan.

 

  • Supporting trust building and security efforts

Police woman from Niger
Result
With our support, ten internal security forces in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger in the Sahel region have now integrated human rights into their curricula.
City in the Palestinian Territories
Result
By bringing main actors together, we help integrate human rights in the operations of Palestinian law enforcement.

 

  • Making business and investors respect human rights

Fisher in Honduras
Result
Collaborative efforts strive to improve the situation for Miskito divers in the hazardous industrial fishing sector.

 

  • Promoting access to justice

Man with children on his lap
Result
Working towards stronger rights based systems and obligations in Central Asia.
A court clerk preparing for a mobile court in Kenya
Result
Community justice systems transform the lives of victims of sexual and gender-based violence.

 

  • Ensuring a responsible technology that respects human rights

Surveillance camera
Result
We gather national human rights institutions at the Internet Governance Forum in Addis Ababa.
A technician
Result
The Danish Institute for Human Rights and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) are introducing a tool to identify and assess human rights risks within digital development.

 

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