Program Principles and Approaches

The Bureau for Rights Development (BRD) is an experienced rights-based development organisation. Our strong organisation structure and approaches ensures program effectiveness and efficiency in achieving maximum results. In undertaking programs, our work is guided by our robust project management and quality assurance mechanisms. As non-profit organisation, we ensure that our operation and services to be in the acceptable norms and standard aligned with its mandate and international practices, donors’ requirements. The key principles and approaches, those guide our operations and programs are outlined as bellow:

Theory of Change and Aid Effectiveness

SILK ROAD Culture Exhibition in Afghanistan

BRD is pleased to share that through the financial contribution from UNESCO Kabul Office, will be supporting the National Museum of Afghanistan for organizing the Silk Road Exhibition. The event will showcase the different periods belonging to the history of Afghanistan, such as Koshani, Ghorid, Ghaznawid and other. It will significantly contribute to capacity building […]

Protection of Jam Minaret Through Flood Mitigation Action

We are pleased to share that, in responses to the recent flooding affected the existing protection of Jam Minaret, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in western Afghanistan. This 62-meter (203 feet) or 65-meter (213 feet) high minaret, built around 1190 AD. It will be a great honour for BRD to contribute toward protection of this […]

Human Rights Based Approach

BRD has fully The Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) in it programs, with the objectives to: Strengthen the understanding of rights, i.e., understanding the location, forms, and perpetrators of rights violations; recognising who is vulnerable and assessing degrees of vulnerability, and recognizing existing power imbalances in society. Ensure accountability and transparency by identifying rights-holders (and their entitlements) and corresponding duty-bearers (and their obligations). Build capacities for the realization of rights so that rights-holders can make claims and duty-bearers can meet their obligations. Facilitate the active and meaningful participation of multiple stakeholders, including people who directly benefit from projects through access to development processes and institutions, improved information, legal redress, and other positive strategies; Create a sense of ownership of development processes through strategies of empowerment that focus on rights-holders both directly and through their advocates and civil society organizations. and Encourage the expression of rights through different mediums of communication and interaction with people across regions.

Ky Principles of HRBA

Human rights reflect universal values and belong to all human beings. Human rights are inalienable, indivisible and interrelated; rights cannot be taken away and different rights depend on and complement ...

A human rights based approach requires that the law recognises human rights and freedoms as legally enforceable entitlements, and the law itself is consistent with human rights principles.

Everyone is entitled to claim and exercise their rights and freedoms. Individuals and communities need to be able to understand their rights, and to participate fully in the development of ...

A human rights based approach means that all forms of discrimination in the realisation of rights must be prohibited, prevented and eliminated. It also means that priority should be given to ...

Accountability requires effective monitoring of compliance with human rights standards and achievement of human rights goals, as well as effective remedies for human rights breaches. For accountability to be ...

Everyone has the right to participate in decisions which affect their human rights. Participation must be active, free and meaningful, and give attention to issues of accessibility, including access to ...

Fragility and Conflict Sensitivity&Do No Harm

Conflict and poverty are often correlated and they interlink with the human rights performance of the state. In addition, human rights violations can be drivers and consequences of conflict or ...

Environment and Climate change directly affects the enjoyment of many human rights such as rights to food, water and health. Using the HRBA to increase climate sustainability means the adoption ...

Gender is one aspect of equality within a human rights framework.Our focus in gender equality is to ensure, gendered impacts in all actions from the prospective of the framework of ...

Accountability to the Affected Population (AAP)

To improve the quality and effectiveness our humanitarian response and accountability the crisis-affected populations, BRD is adhere the bellow commitments: Communities and people affected by crisis receive assistance appropriate and ...

Core Standards and Sphere Minimum Standards

BRD aligns the Core Humanitarian Standards with its internal procedures and uses it as basis for performance verification, assessment, evaluation, or other aspects of accountability. Fully intergrade SPHERE minimum standards ...

These principles provide the foundations for our humanitarian action. It govern the way our humanitarian response is carried out. Humanity:Human suffering must be addressed wherever it is found. The purpose ...