Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC)

INSEC is a large organisation within Nepal. Its broad scope covers a wide range of projects, including lobbying of conflicting parties and grassroots work on human rights and with conflict victims.

Overview

INSEC is a leading human rights organisation based in Kathmandu. It has district representatives in all 75 districts and is known for collecting and releasing information on civil and political rights for national and international media. It has been implementing human rights and peace programmes at the national and local level.

INSEC mainly works in the following fields:

• Human resource development on human rights and conflict transformation;
• Formation of victims’ group at the local level for peace-building (women, youth, the elderly and children);
• Empowerment for disadvantaged people through awareness raising and capacity building;
• Conflict mediation, campaigning and advocacy for repairing and rehabilitation;
• Lobbying and advocacy through interaction and meeting with stakeholders for peace and development;
• Emergency rescue and relief to the conflict victims;
• Documentation, publication and dissemination of education materials on human rights, peace and conflict transformation;
• Facilitation and coordination for rehabilitation and reconstruction; and
• Documentation of human rights violations and other violations in connection with the armed conflict.

The organisation has been putting pressure on both conflicting parties to accept peaceful means for conflict transformation through its above works.

INSEC is proud of its lobbying and advocacy results with the conflicting parties in Nepal and of its training of the security forces, which mainly focused on human rights, international humanitarian law, and peace and conflict transformation. The organisation has realised that human rights violations have increased daily due to the conflict and should be minimised. It has been raising awareness of this with both the conflict parties through training, lobbying and advocacy. The organisation has yet to evaluate its programmes.

What Services Are Provided?

• Advocacy;
• Lobbying;
• Training on conflict transformation and peace-building; and
• Documentation for human rights violations in connection with the Maoist war.

Geographical Area of Operation

Nationwide.

Funding Resources

• United Nations Development Programme - Support for Peace and Development Initiatives;
• Danish International Development Agency;
• Canadian Cooperation Office; and
• European Community (for peace programmes).

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Associated Organisations

INSEC is affiliated with 45 Nepali human rights organizations at the district level:

• Human Rights Consciousness & Development Centre (HUCODEC), Phidim- Panthar 024-20245/20248;
• People Awareness Campaign (PAC), Myanglung-Terhathum 026-460267;
• Human Rights Social Awareness & Development Centre(HUSADEC), Dhankuta-7, Dhankuta 026-20606;
• Social Awareness, Human Rights & Development Centre(ASAHURD), Bhojpur-6, Bhojpur 029-20181;
• Human Rights, Environment & Development Centre (HURENDEC), Gaighat-4, Udayapur 035-20208/20157;
• Forum for Human Rights & Environment (FOHREN), Biratnagar-6, Morang 021-27053;
• Human Rights & Social Service Centre (HUSEC), Rajbiraj-4, Saptari 031-20349/21172;
• Nepal Welfare Society (NWS), Lahan , Siraha 033-60576;
• Human Rights, Environment and Development Centre (HURED), Birtamod , Jhapa 023-40440;
• Human Rights Forum (HURF), Ilam-1, Ilam 027-20800;
• Information Centre for Social Awareness (SICA), Inaruwa, Sunsari 025-60738;
• Human Rights Awareness & Development Centre (HURADEVC), Charikot, Dolakha 049-20240;
• Human Rights & Environmental Education (HUREC), Banepa-10, Kavre 011-63096;
• Centre for Human Rights & Social Awareness (CENTHUR), Bidhur-4, Nuwakot 010-60261;
• The Dynamic Rural Rising Group (DRIG), Chautara –8, Sindhulpalchok 011-20068;
• Human Rights Enlightenment Centre (HREC), Kalaiya-5, Bara 053-50604;
• Human Rights Conscious Centre (HRCC), Gaur-8, Rautahat 055-29526;
• Society Upliftment Centre (SUC), Janakpur-9, Dhanusa 041-23315;
• Rural Development Centre (RDO), Malangwa, Sarlahi 046-20210;
• Human Rights Education & Awareness Centre (HURENCE), Kamalamai-6, Sindhuli 047-20259;
• Women Development Centre, Khareini-4 Parsa, Chitwan 056-82012;
• Human Rights and Social Service Centre (HUSEC), Dhunche, Rasuwa 010-69282;
• Resunga Human Rights Awareness Organisation (RERE), Tamghas, Gulmi 079-20222;
• Society for Protection of Human Rights & Rural Environment (SOPHRE), Beshisahar-9, Lamjung 066-20161/20125;
• Prakas Awareness Group (PRAG), Sadhikharka-6, Arghakhanchi 077-20181/20222;
• Human Rights Education & Development Centre (HURED), PutaliBazar-9, Syngja 063-20128;
• Rural Strengthening Centre, Haramtari - Gorkha 064-20126;
• Forum for Social Awareness and Development (FOSAD), Butwal-06. Rupendehi 071-044384;
• Human Rights & Legal Education Service Centre (HURLESC), Kapilbastu- 4. Kapilbastu 078-60172;
• Nepal United Village Development Centre, Byass-10, Tanahu 065-60315;
• Women Service Centre, Pokhara, Kaski 061-25906;
• Peoples' Rights and Environment Society, Kushma, Parwat 067-20112;
• Human Rights Awareness Centre (HAC), Sejwaltakura-, Salyan 088-29078;
• Human Rights & Environment Concern Centre (HUREC), Gulariya, Bardiya 084-20136;
• Green Peace Movement (GPM), Nepalganj, Banke 081-40211;
• Human Rights Consciousness Forum (HRCF), Ghorahi, Dang 082-60877;
• Protection of Human Rights and Legal Service Centre (PHLRCS) Khalanga, Rukum;
• Human Rights Awareness Centre (HURAC), Liwang, Rolpa;
• Human Rights Awareness Movement Centre (HURAMOC), Khalanga. Dedeldhura 096-20147;
• Human Rights & People Service Centre (HURPEC), Silgadi, Doti 094-20158;
• Api Community Development Centre (ACDC), Khalanga-5, Darchula 093-20193/20237;
• Human Rights Awareness & Social Development Centre(HURASDEC), Tikapur-9, Kailai 091-23348;
• Human Rights and Environmental Preservation Centre (HUPEC), Mahendranagr, Kanchanpur 099-22432;
• Human Rights & Social Service Centre (HUSEC), Gothalapani, Beitadi; and
• Human Rights & Social Development Project (HRSDP), Bayalpata, Accham.

INSEC is also affiliated with the following international organisations: World Organisation against Torture, Forum Asia, Asia Election Observation, and South Asian Forum for Human Rights.