Substantive Areas of Involvement

The IDH believes that the human rights problematic is indivisible, universal and interdependent in character. Therefore, the IDH understands that coordination and cooperation efforts amongst its various internal groups are critical for the accomplishment of its institutional goals and objectives.

With this in mind, the IDH is grouped as follows:

Basic Human Rights Group, which is in charge of everything relating to the protection of an individual’s eight fundamental rights: right to life, integrity and security of person, liberty, due process of law, freedom of speech, freedom of movement and residence, freedom of peaceful assembly and association, and political rights.

Health, Social Security and Nutrition Group, which focuses on everything relating to the population’s ability to access health care services, social security and a daily nutritious diet.  The Health, Social Security and Nutrition Group places particular emphasis on society’s most vulnerable groups both in urban and rural areas, which include infants, children and adolescents, women in gestation and the country’s poorest communities in general.

Education Group, which focuses on the country’s alarming education problems present at all levels of instruction for the purposes of making policy recommendations geared toward the constant improvement of the education system at large. 

Economic Rights Group, which has as its primary duty verifying the honoring of all duties and obligations to which the government of Peru has agreed to abide by in accordance with the International Labor Organization’s norms and conventions.  These norms and conventions include, among other things, adequate compensation and leisure, decent working conditions, safety and cleanliness in the workplace; along with all other work-related aspects prescribed by the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

Last but not least, this Group is also committed to a close following of the state of the economy with particular focus on key development indicators, the budget appropriations process, and the country’s overall financial health.

Seminars and Courses

Each one of the Groups mentioned above is charged with the duty of developing activities relating to its substantive area of involvement in the form of trainings, seminars and courses, as well as with the issuing of reports and publications relating to its area of expertise.