activities · 2 groups
what they do
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Human Rights Advocacy & Monitoring 5 activities
- Capacity building for community-led human rights advocacyDevelops strategic plans and knowledge products to strengthen citizen and community capacity for human rights monitoring, response, and advocacy, including urgent action strategies and guidance tools for addressing violations.
- Capacity building for community-led human rights advocacyBuilds the capacity of communities and human rights defenders through strategic planning, development of response strategies, and publication of guidance tools for monitoring and addressing violations.
- Documentation and public reporting of state violence and repressionMonitors, documents, and publishes reports on patterns of state aggression, including attacks on human rights defenders, election-related sexual violence, and systemic repression, such as in the annual 'Regime terror' report.
- Human rights violation reporting and victim supportOperates a reporting mechanism to document human rights abuses, support victims and survivors, and advance accountability through direct action and public advocacy.
- Research and publication on human rights and state repressionProduces research reports and annual analyses on systemic human rights issues, including state repression, election-related sexual violence, risks to human rights defenders, and economic impacts of state violence, to inform advocacy and public discourse.
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Uncategorized 4 activities
- Land and economic justice advocacyAdvocates for land restitution and economic justice, resulting in state orders for land return to communities and reparations from foreign governments, such as the British Government's settlement for colonial-era torture.
- Legal petitions and challenges on human rights groundsFiles strategic petitions to hold state institutions accountable, including challenges to the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act, the housing levy, and the Endarasha fire tragedy, as well as advocating for transparency in IMF governance reports.
- Strategic advocacy for civil, political, and socio-economic rightsConducts advocacy campaigns on civil and political rights, including constitutional reform, transitional justice, land justice, and protection of marginalized groups such as transgender Kenyans and victims of state violence; uses petitions, protests, and public actions to influence policy and legal outcomes.
- Strategic advocacy for legal and constitutional reformConducted sustained advocacy campaigns contributing to major legal reforms, including the 2010 Kenyan Constitution with a strong Bill of Rights and legal recognition of transgender rights through High Court petitions.
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relationships · 11
who they work with
- FIDA-Kenya Partner — Expressed solidarity with KHRC following the attack on its offices and supported calls for justice.
- Ford Foundation Funder — Awarded KHRC the Champions of Democracy award in 2012, recognizing its leadership in social change.
- German Embassy Nairobi Government — Engaged with KHRC to discuss the human rights situation in Kenya and condemned the attack on its offices.
- High Court of Kenya Government — Engaged the High Court through litigation to affirm the legal recognition of transgender Kenyans and secure state protections.
- Kenya Human Rights Commission Partner — KHRC is the organization operating the website and conducting the described human rights work.
- MAU MAU War Veterans’ Association Partner — Partnered with KHRC to secure a statement of regret, settlement, and memorial from the British Government for colonial-era torture.
- National Land Commission Government — Collaborated with the National Land Commission in securing land restitution for communities in Kakuzi.
- Okoa Uchumi Partner — Condemned the violent attack on KHRC and victims’ families and demanded justice.
- Social Justice Centers WG- Western Chapter Partner — Publicly condemned the attack on KHRC and demanded protection for human rights defenders.
- VOCAL Africa Partner — Called for investigations and accountability following the attack on KHRC offices.
- radical research institutions Partner — Partners with radical research institutions to conduct activist research and generate politicized evidence on human rights violations.