Project profile — Supporting the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in Burundi
Overview
Overview
| CA-3-P006402001 | |
| $1,000,000 | |
| OHCHR - United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (XM-DAC-41313) | |
| 2018-07-05 - 2019-02-28 | |
| Closed |
Country / region
• Burundi (100.00%)Sector
• Government And Civil Society, GeneralNational monitoring and evaluation (15127) (40.00%)
• Government And Civil Society, General
Human rights (15160) (40.00%)
• Government And Civil Society, General
Ending violence against women and girls (15180) (20.00%)
Policy marker
• Gender equality (significant objective)• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Nutrition (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)
Description and results
Description
This project supports the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Burundi (OHCHR) to ensure that it maintains its operations in the country from June 2018-March 2019. The on-going political, security, economic and human rights crisis requires a strong OHCHR presence in Burundi. OHCHR-Burundi systematically monitors the institutions and places of detention, essentially all those where violations are known to occur, to document them and recommend preventive measures and remedies to dissuade further abuses from occurring. OHCHR-Burundi’s monitoring activities also serve as a basis for reporting to relevant actors in Geneva and New York in order to inform the ongoing political dialogue on the situation of the country and to inform the diplomatic community through regular briefings organised in the country.
Expected results
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) strengthen rule of law and accountability for human rights violations; (2) enhance and protect civic spaces and people’s participation; (3) Integrate human rights in sustainable development, and (4) ensure early warning, prevention and protection of human rights in situations of conflict and insecurity.
Results achieved
Results achieved as of the end of the project (December 2018) include: (1) engaged 60 lawyers and 20 human rights defenders in training sessions on the effective implementation of the state’s law on the Protection of Victims, Witnesses and other Persons at Risk; (2) facilitated the participation of 130 people (of which 69 women) in Women’s Day activities on the impact of the state’s laws on gender-based violence; and (3) produced 231 daily reports and 11 monthly reports on the human rights situation in Burundi. This project ended abruptly as the partner, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), was forced to leave Burundi and has not returned. For this reason, some project activities were not accomplished; however, the project did achieve the results described above.
Financials
Financials
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Related information
Related information
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Related links • Partner website — OHCHR - United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
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| Global Affairs Canada | |
| IFM International Security | |
| Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation | |
| Bilateral | |
| Contributions to specific-purpose programmes and funds managed by implementing partners |
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