Институт за човекови права

Donor: European Union

Duration of the project: 48 months

Main objective:

The main objective is to improve access to justice for all especially of vulnerable and marginalized groups of citizens in North Macedonia.

Specific objectives:

To facilitate protection against discrimination of marginalized groups of people by providing free legal aid;
To raise awareness and promote education on human rights issues;
To enhance the access to justice of citizens through monitoring relevant institutions using evidence-based analysis;
To advocate proper legislation and policies regarding the human rights protection and rule of law in line with the EU acquis;
To strengthen the capacities of the organization in policy monitoring, advocacy and achieving greater organization accountability and competence;

Project activities:

Providing Free legal aid to vulnerable and marginalized groups of people (people with low income, people with disabilities, women, LGBTI, Roma etc)
Litigation program for cases where evident discrimination practices are noted through preparation of initiatives and requests for protection of human rights before Constitutional Court
Monitoring the Judicial Council open sessions and preparation and publishing Monitoring Briefs;
Promotion of the IHR professional law journal “Legal dialogue” through publishing calls for submission of papers;
Organizing focus groups and surveys about issues on access to justice,
Creation of two online course on the IHR Academy for e-learning
Publishing yearly policy report on fundamental rights and discrimination in the Republic of North Macedonia that will serve for advocacy and shadow reporting;
Development of promotion and visibility products (infographics, videos, GIFs and other visualizations);
Trainings for capacity building, investment and development of IHR's potential

Target groups:

Ongoing projects