Project Description: 

This project will enable 32 African Union human rights observers to undertake their responsibilities of observing, monitoring and documenting human rights violations, including in Bujumbura and other areas of the country and, where possible of refugees. 

Project Outcome

Increased visibility and strengthened African Union and international community analysis of human rights violations in Burundi, leading to more informed and coordinated statements and actions by the AU and the international partners around human rights. Strengthened justice for victims of human rights violations, with a special emphasis on women and other vulnerable populations, and increased responses from the Burundi Government to the human rights violations. 

Key Project Activities: 

• Monitor the human rights situation on the ground
• Report violations of human rights and international humanitarian law
• Undertake local conflict prevention and resolution activities