Ukweli is intended for national and local human rights organisations and activists who are new to the field or have little experience and knowledge in human rights research and/or human rights law.
The Handbook is divided into several booklets. The first booklet includes generic chapters on monitoring, fact-finding and documenting human rights violations. It identifies and defines steps involved in researching human rights violations, discusses principles and standards of research and provides guidelines for interviewing survivors and witnesses. It also gives suggestions on how to address the problems and challenges faced by human rights monitors.
The other booklets each focus on monitoring and documenting specific types of human rights abuses. Seven booklets have been published, focusing on civil and political rights: (i) political killings, (ii) torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, (iii) sexual violence, (iv)death in custody, (v) excessive use of force, (vi) human rights abuse in the context of armed conflict (vii) equipment used in human rights abuses.
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