Project overview

The project raised awareness, mobilized support and lobbied the Government of Lesotho to establish a Human Rights Commission which would be an independent, autonomous and Paris Principles compliant body.

Duration

February 2016 - January 2019 (36 months)

Implementing Organization

Transformation Resource Centre (TRC)

Benefitting Zone

Lesotho

Context 

Human Rights Defenders

Total Cost

€ 315, 802

EU Contracted Amount 

€ 300,000

Funding Instrument

European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR 2015)

See Also

• European Union provides support for human rights and democratisation projects in Lesotho
• European Union provides support for human rights [PDF]
• Civil and Political Rights Programmes at the Transformation Resource Centre