Private company

Danish Institute for Human Rights

Logo: menneskeret.dk3

Independent organisation funded by the Danish Government

The Danish Institute for Human Rights (Danish: Institut for Menneskerettigheder) or DIHR, formerly the Danish Centre for Human Rights, is a national human rights institution (NHRI) operating in accordance with the UN Paris Principles.2 It employed 150 people.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1987Founded1
Jonas Christoffersen, Institut for Menneskerettigheder, Folkemødet 2016 (cropped to logo)
Photo: Finn Årup Nielsen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

The Danish Institute for Human Rights (Danish: Institut for Menneskerettigheder) or DIHR, formerly the Danish Centre for Human Rights, is a national human rights institution (NHRI) operating in accordance with the UN Paris Principles.2

The story

The DIHR was originally established as the Danish Centre for Human Rights by a parliamentary decision on 5 May 1987. From January 2003 until January 2013, the DIHR was part of the Danish Centre for International Studies and Human Rights. DCISM closed at the end of 2012, and the DIHR was again created as a separate organisation.

From Wikipedia’s article on Danish Institute for Human Rights, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 1987Founded Founded1