UpRights works with victims, civil society, prosecutors, judicial bodies, and international organisations to promote human rights and pursue justice. Our collaborative approach, responding to our partner’s needs, allows us to use our expertise to:
Documenting and analysing human rights violations
Documenting and analysing human rights violations
We believe that supporting partners, who understand the context in which serious violations take place, is the most effective way to promote human rights, ensure accountability and support the rule of law. Our approach involves designing and delivering tailored training programs and direct support to equip those most proximate to harm with the tools required for effective evidence collection and analysis.
Support the prosecution and adjudication of international crimes
Support the prosecution and adjudication of international crimes
We support government entities and international organisations that prosecute and adjudicate international crimes, strengthening the capacity of legal systems and institutions to apply international law and hold perpetrators to account. Drawing on needs assessments, case-mapping, and legal advice tailored to the requirements of each partner, we help design and coordinate effective legal strategies.
Pursue effective pathways to remedies and accountability
Pursue effective pathways to remedies and accountability
We help partners identify and pursue effective legal pathways to remedies and accountability. Our partnerships are grounded in a commitment to ensuring that victims of human rights violations obtain just remedies and that those responsible are held to account. Because honouring that commitment depends on choosing the right route, we give honest assessments of what is and is not legally viable, so that partners can focus their efforts on the avenues for redress and advocacy with the greatest prospect of success.
Support transparent, rule-of-law based frameworks
Support transparent, rule-of-law based frameworks
We work to strengthen transparent systems grounded in the rule of law. In conflict-affected and unstable regions, we develop transitional justice frameworks and support justice and rule of law processes on which sustainable peace depends. In the field of business and human rights, we work with stakeholders to promote evidence-based due diligence, including in conflict-affected environments, and to develop frameworks that encourage responsible corporate conduct.
Our impact
200+
Officials and auditors trained in transitional justice,
international accountability, and business and human
rights due diligence
8+
Partner institutions supported in documentation and
analysis of human rights violations
10+
Formal submissions to international and regional
accountability bodies
5+
Research reports and benchbooks developed,
including an authoritative judicial manual on
international crimes in Ukraine
Where We Work
UpRights uses its experience to develop and support meaningful partnerships with those most capable of ensuring change, including those most affected by human rights violations.
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Who We Are
UpRights is composed of a team of experts who have worked with and advised civil society, international organisations, criminal tribunals and national governments on matters of international criminal law, international humanitarian law, international human rights law, transitional justice and business and human rights.
Our Partnerships
Our partnerships extend far beyond mere cooperation. They embody a recognition that solving the most pressing human rights challenges requires diverse and coordinated responses including those most affected by harms suffered.
