Website: http://www.aimforhumanrights.org
Aim for human rights, in cooperation with other organisations, develops human rights impact assessment methods and tools to assess the impact of governmental and other policies on human rights. These help to translate human rights norms into practical and workable objectives, and thus contribute directly to the realisation of human rights.
Aim for Human rights has a specific HRIA programme which works on testing the organisations HRIA Approach. It has developed, and is now managing, this database. In addition, various other projects and programmes of Aim for human rights are developing or otherwise promoting assessment instruments. These include the Health Rights for Women Assessment Instrument (HeRWAI), and 'Human Rights and Business: Human Rights Compliance Assessment for Companies'. Aim for human rights facilitates workshops and training in human rights impact assessment worldwide. Participants so far have been a.o. (donor) organisations, government officials and business managers.
