United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - Institutional Support 2016-2019

Support is being provided to this UN body to support their work in strengthening international human rights mechanisms; enhancing equality and countering discrimination; combating impunity and strengthening accountability and the rule of law; integrating human rights in development and in the economic sphere; widening the democratic space; and early warning and protection of human rights in situations of conflict violence and insecurity.

The expected immediate outcomes for this project include: (1) Improved capacity of justice sector actors governments civil society and democratic oversight bodies to effectively and equitably monitor and protect human rights for all people; (2) Improved capacity of justice sector actors governments civil society and democratic oversight bodies to promote and advocate for human rights for all people and to contribute to transparent accountable and gender responsive governance systems; (3) improved capacity of public institutions to better serve the needs and rights of all people and to carry out their responsibilities in a manner that is fair and non-discriminatory; The expected intermediate outcomes are; (1) increased effective and equitable promotion and protection of human rights by justice sector actors governments civil society and democratic institutions and; (2) increased inclusiveness and effectiveness of public sector civil society and rule of law institutions and their interaction to effect change allocate resources and make decisions to better serve protect and advocate the needs and rights of all people.