Protects Human Rights
International Rights Organization works to promote and protect human rights for all, International Rights Organization :
- Works with and assists Governments in fulfilling their human rights obligations
- Speaks out objectively in the face of human rights violations worldwide
- Provides a forum for identifying, highlighting and developing responses to today's human rights challenges
- Acts as the principal focal point of human rights research, education, public information, and advocacy activities
- Works with a wide range of partners in order to widen the constituency for human rights worldwide
Primary Roles
The International Rights Organization primary role is to make sure government and public authorities protect, respect and fulfil the human rights of everyone. We also help people understand what their human rights are and what they can do if their rights are violated or abused. To pursue this objective we consider the full range of civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights. Our work is based on the international human rights treaties, domestic legislation and relevant soft law standards.The International Rights Organization has been functioning to increase awareness about human rights and to enlighten people about the measures for protection of human rights and helping those who have suffered on account of violation of human rights. The IRO takes necessary steps
To take suo moto cognizance of a complaint in respect of the incidents of violation of human rights or its abetment and the public servants who have neglected its prevention and/or register a complaint made by the victims of violation of human rights and/or those made on their behalf.
To inquire into complaints and make orders therein, as per law.
To create awareness about human rights in the teaching staff and the students in universities and other educational institutions, by and to train them, by organizing workshops and by holding meetings.
To encourage organizing workshops/programmes/meetings to create knowledge and awareness about human rights in different sections of the society and providing knowledge to the public & private servants
To publish books to create social awareness about human rights.
To encourage non-governmental organizations to create social awareness about the measures to protect human rights.
Human rights and access to justice
Enhancing access to justice and promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, including women, children and marginalized populations, are among the principal aims of International Rights Organization. International Rights organization implements targeted strategies to promote human rights worldwide while simultaneously applying human rights and gender perspectives across all its programs and practice areas, in keeping with a general human rights-based approach to legal development. In doing so, International Rights Organization is guided by human rights principles enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights instruments.
Advancing human rights
Respect for civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights is a pillar of a strong rule of law culture, providing safety and stability to communities and nations alike. Our programs encourage increased appreciation for and application of regional and international human rights principles within national legal systems. Through customized trainings and capacity building for lawyers, judges, government officials, law professors, law students, civil society organizations and the public, International Rights Organization contributes toward the development of societies that can uphold and assert human rights. We also promote and facilitate the documentation and investigation of human rights abuses, support strategic litigation and help to protect human rights in the context of business and development.
Elevating the status of women
Ensuring full respect for women’s rights is essential to building the rule of law, yet achieving this goal is challenging in many countries. We initiated our women’s rights program in 1996 to promote reforms that foster women’s empowerment and enhance their legal status. International Rights organization undertakes a range of activities to advance gender equality, including by promoting access to justice, supporting the role of women in the legal profession and combating sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV).
International Rights Organization assists local stakeholders in their legislative drafting efforts and implements legal education, legal aid and advocacy programs to advance women’s rights. To improve women’s access to justice, we facilitate mobile courts and support women’s legal aid clinics, as well as paralegal and traveling lawyer programs, which offer pro bono assistance when the services of local attorneys are unavailable or unaffordable. To promote female lawyers’ professional development and harness their potential to advocate for women’s rights, we offer training and mentoring programs as well as support for women’s bar associations. And to improve countries’ responses to domestic violence, systematic rape, harmful traditional practices and other atrocities, we implement legal empowerment workshops, advocacy campaigns and legal aid programs. In addition, we promote effective and vigorous prosecution of these crimes by offering capacity-building trainings to police, prosecutors, judges and lawyers. We also work with women activists, leaders and lawyers to advocate for policy reforms and to include and implement gender parity provisions in laws and constitutions. These targeted strategies are complemented by a gender-mainstreaming approach to ensure that gender perspectives constitute an integral component of our programs across all thematic areas.
Promoting sexual rights
Violence, discrimination, harassment and other egregious human rights violations against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities and individuals are widespread across the globe. Some of these violations are entrenched in highly punitive and restrictive laws that impede the rule of law, hamper access to healthcare and other essential services and, in their extreme forms, lead to inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment by law enforcement, justice system actors and government officials.
International Rights Organization actively promotes the rights of all persons, including LGBT people, to have control over and decide freely and responsibly on matters related to their sexuality, including sexual and reproductive health, free of coercion, discrimination and violence. To that end, we train, support and empower local lawyers, paralegals, representatives of civil society organizations and members of LGBT communities to advocate against violence and use national anti-discrimination laws and international human rights treaties to protect and assert sexual rights. In parallel, we train justice system actors on how to handle discrimination and hate crimes cases, and we work to broaden legal protections against bias-motivated offenses through legislative reform efforts and strategic litigation. Finally, we conduct public awareness efforts that challenge harmful biases and stereotypes and highlight the contributions of LGBT people to society.