::Muslims For Human Rights - Utetezi Wa Haki

Introduction

Muslims for Human Rights (MUHURI) is a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) based at the Coast of Kenya. It began in 1997 to promote the struggle for human rights among marginalised social groups, with a view to contributing towards the national and international struggle to promote and protect the enjoyment of human rights and civil liberties by all. MUHURI is hosted ligally by the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC).

MUHURI's mandate is the promotion and protection of human rights specifically at the Coast and generally in Kenya.

The Vision

"An equitable society, free from human rights violations". Where people of different backgrounds co-exist harmoniously and together promote and protect their rights as enshrined in the laws of the country.

The Mission

"To promote the struggle for human rights by individuals and social groups". This is to say, to entrench the human rights movement within the grassroots and making it part of everyone's day-to-day life. Ours is to empower communities to own the human rights struggle and to internalize issues as their own.

The Goal

MUHURI's goal is "to promote good governance that respects human rights and the rule of law". This goal seeks the enhancement of a nation that has equitable distribution of natural resources, where everyone is involved in the decision making exercise and is entitled to earn an honest living without fear of violence or torture and where the law is followed to the letter without discrimination or favoritism.

Strategic Objectives

In its current Strategic Plan, MUHURI has four main objectives:

1. To enhance capacity of Coastal communities to hold state and non-state actors accountable for human rights violations by 2010.

This objective seeks to equip the people at the Coast with the necessary knowledge and information to assist them to investigate whether those in leadership positions, be they from the government or public sector, take into account the tenets and principles of human rights in their daily activities as dictated by the law.