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Established in 2010, Global Human Rights Communications (GHRC), a human rights communication initiative for research and advocacy, is committed to build the respect for human rights and challenges injustice through creative and strategic communications programs in the areas of research,capacity building and advocacy, including the legal aid and assistance to victims. It practices results-based advocacy with National Human Rights Institutions, Governments, United Nations Human Rights Bodies and non-state stakeholders.

GHRC works closely with local human rights groups, individual activists, lawyers and Civil Society Organizations that respect non-violence, human rights, democracy and peace. It engages conflicting stakeholders in the interest of resolving issues in peaceful ways,thus helping to lay the foundations of peace and harmony. GHRC is engaged in creating road maps for the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms worldwide, specifically focusing on the conflict zones of South Asia. It aims at addressing the root causes of the conflicts in these zones through core thematic priority areas: Health rights, Natural Resource Rights, Justice Sector Reforms, Anti-death Penalty moves, Addressing issues of impunity and Accountability, Issues of Terror and Security Laws, and Drug Policy Reforms. These thematic priorities share the need for public scrutiny and governments’ accountability to be effectively implemented.

GHRC believes that it is only through open and accountable government that we can achieve full practical realization of human rights in state policies—it is only through open and accountable government that we can address these root causes of conflict. GHRC’s creative strategic approach deflects and defuses confrontation and provides opportunities for positive,practical dialogue as a means to an end. Our primary focus is the practical realization of human rights principles in the public policies of States. In addition to this, we also actively campaign for and work with non-state stakeholders to respect human rights principles. GHRC’s approach is global in perspective, inclusive and participatory in agenda-setting and collaborative in method. GHRC’s work is based on the standards established by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights instruments that mandate universality and non-discrimination. GHRC’s India program promotes access to justice through advocating entitlements guaranteed in the Indian Constitution and domestic laws.