Halifax Initiative

The Halifax Initiative is a Canadian coalition of development, environment, faith-based, human rights and labour groups.

Their goal is to fundamentally transform the international financial system and its institutions so as to achieve poverty eradication, environmental sustainability and the full realization of human rights.

HRIA activities

The Halifax Initiative is active on the issue of human rights and trade / financial institutions, including human rights impact assessment in these areas. The NGO Working Group on EDCs of the Halifax Initiative has organised an expert meeting on HRIA in 2004 (see publication 'Risk, responsibility and human rights: taking a rights-based approach to trade and project finance').