Fulfilling the rights that belong to all people by virtue of their being human depends upon an engaged populace and public officials and institutions committed to the inherent dignity and worth of every person. Our work supports efforts to secure equal rights and opportunity for all.
Fundamental human rights are required for people to achieve their full potential and contribute to society. We support efforts to help vulnerable populations gain access to the social, political and cultural institutions that govern their rights. We do this by strengthening the organizations and mechanisms that enforce human rights and by monitoring the policies and practices of institutions that affect the well-being of individual citizens.
Worldwide, we support legal and advocacy efforts to establish and retain basic civil, economic and social rights and to ensure that civil and criminal justice systems are fair, effective, accessible and nondiscriminatory.
All of this work focuses on the world's most marginalized populations, notably women, racial and ethnic minorities, indigenous peoples, immigrant communities and people living with HIV/AIDS. These groups, which are among the poorest and most vulnerable in every society, face some of the most severe forms of discrimination.
Our efforts to ensure human rights for all at the global, regional and national levels are based on the premise that for societies to advance, the value of every citizen must be recognized and each citizen's right to equal opportunity must be secured and upheld.
Learn about the focus of our work to secure equal rights and opportunity for all.