International Organization

     Across Africa there are many courageous voices speaking on behalf of refugees. These come from departments and programs in universities devoted to the study of refugees, from humanitarian organizations focused on providing for the material needs of refugees and from human rights and refugee preachers.

     The organization, International Refugee Rights Initiative (IRRI), are dedicated to promoting human rights in situations of conflict and displacement, increasing the protection of open populations before, during and after conflict. IRRI acoomplishes this by:

• tackling the exclusion and human rights violations which are the root causes of flight
• enhancing the protection of the rights of the displaced, and
• promotion policy solutions which enable those affected by conflict to rebuild sustainable lives and communities.

     Focusing on Africa, IRRI works with networks of preachers to identify the important challenges vulnerable communities are facing and collaborate to advance changes in law, policy and practice. IRRI accomplishes this by building and implementing innovative legal and advocacy strategies, conducting policy-oriented legal and field- based research and leveraging African regional and sub-regional governance structures. Partnership with networks of civil society and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) across the continent.

http://www.refugee-rights.org/