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Using a comprehensive training approach to persuade police officers to transform their relationships with communities

Police brutality and torture are widespread in Brazil. What makes the problem worse is the fact that police officers are poorly paid and corruption is rampant.

Demanding Compensation: Convincing the government to compensate victims of abuse by police, military, and armed forces personnel

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in India investigates complaints of human rights abuses and responds to verified complaints by requesting that the government provide financial compensation to victims and issue appropriate penalties to perpetrators.

Holding an international tribunal to raise awareness of and seek reparations for sexual war crimes

A network in Asia organized an international tribunal to preserve the memory of abuses that occurred decades before, and to demand compensation.

Using international monitoring bodies to pressure government to address violations and establish mechanisms for protection

The Committee on the Administration of Justice succeeded in raising the issue of human rights abuses in Northern Ireland at the international level and, by doing so, brought about significant improvements in human rights conditions.

Uniting grassroots organizations with specialists to challenge World Bank policies

In 1999, International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) successfully pressured the World Bank to relinquish its funding to China’s Western Poverty Reduction Project through a two-pronged approach of mobilizing at the grassroots level to lobby the U.S. government and convincing Washington specialists to draft a claim to the World Bank investigation panel listing the internal policy violations.

Creating a database tool that protects human rights information from confiscation

Human rights groups can now use Internet technology in order to help collect, organise, safeguard and disseminate information about human rights violations. The Martus Human Rights Bulletin System is a database tool that addresses the specific technological needs of the human rights community by dramatically improving their ability to manage information and document abuses.