An independent National human rights institution, the centre conducts national and international research on human rights, promotes rights-based development, and runs human rights courses. The NCHR is affiliated with the University of Oslo, Norway.
The centre provides:
- access to online library resources
- general information about the centre
- links to other useful sites
- educational opportunities: Master’s Degree in The Theory And Practice Of Human Rights, and Introduction to Human Rights Law
- information on the centre’s international programmes, such as:
- the China Programme
- the South Africa Programme
- the Indonesia Programme
- Norwegian Resource Bank for Democracy and Human Rights (Nordem)
- the Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or Belief