Human Rights Based Monitoring and Evaluation supports the realisation of rights in areas of operation and enables rights holders to claim their rights and duty bearers to fulfill their human rights obligations. It is guided by five main principles:

1. Participation and inclusion aimed at transforming affected persons from passive to active participants of M&E processes. This aligns with the human rights principle that individuals should have a say in decisions that affect their lives.
2. Equality and non-discrimination as M&E processes should ensure that no group is left behind and that all individuals are treated equally in the evaluation process and that any disparities are identified and addressed.
3. Access to information all data is returned to participants involved in the M&E process. 
4. Accountability as M&E frameworks should measure not just outputs but also whether human rights standards are being met.
5. Sustainability by ensuring that interventions do not have harmful/adverse effects for future generations.

This workshop will share best practices and foster experience sharing amongst attendees.

Trainer

Catherine Komuhangi is a qualitative researcher with 10-years’ experience in the human rights and humanitarian sector. She has led monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) research projects in the humanitarian sector in sub-saharan Africa. She specializes in providing MEL and research services to humanitarian actors and the findings of her work have been used to inform decision-making aimed at more effective humanitarian response.