Foundation for Human Rights Initiative

The Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) is an independent, non-governmental, non-partisan, and not-for-profit human rights advocacy organization established in December 1991. It seeks to remove impediments to democratic development and the meaningful enjoyment of fundamental freedoms enshrined in the 1995 Constitution of Uganda and other internationally recognized human rights instruments, working through training, education, research, legislative advocacy, and strategic partnerships in Uganda. FHRI is legally registered under the Non-Governmental Organizations Act of 2016, incorporated under the Companies Act No. 1 of 2012 as a body corporate, and incorporated under the Trustees Incorporation Act, Cap.165. It has observer status with the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, is a member of the World Coalition against the Death Penalty, and is affiliated to the International Federation of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH). Its home is the Human Rights House at Plot 1853, John Kiyingi Road, Nsambya, Kampala.

The Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) was established in December 1991 as an independent, non-governmental, non-partisan, and not-for-profit human rights advocacy organization. It seeks to remove impediments to democratic development and the meaningful enjoyment of the fundamental freedoms enshrined in the 1995 Constitution of Uganda and other internationally recognized human rights instruments, through the enhancement of knowledge, respect, and observance of human rights, and the promotion of the exchange of information and best practices via training, education, research, legislative advocacy, and strategic partnerships in Uganda. FHRI is legally registered as a non-governmental human rights organization under the Non-Governmental Organizations Act of 2016 (Act No. 5 of 2016), duly incorporated under the Companies Act No. 1 of 2012 as a body corporate, and incorporated under the Trustees Incorporation Act, Cap.165, Laws of Uganda. It has observer status with the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, is a member of the World Coalition against the Death Penalty, and is affiliated to the International Federation of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH). Its home is the Human Rights House at Plot 1853, John Kiyingi Road, Nsambya, Kampala. FHRI is a membership organization with over 1,500 members spread out in Uganda and beyond; the membership is the supreme policy-making organ of the Foundation. Its Legal Services Unit promotes access to justice for poor and vulnerable persons in Uganda, providing legal aid and pro-bono services, sensitizing leaders on basic human rights, and carrying out capacity building for the judiciary. Its External Services Unit supports communication, membership development, and information sharing.

Independent, non-governmental, non-partisan, not-for-profit human rights advocacy organization in Uganda.

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