Kenya Human Rights Commission

Name

Kenya Human Rights Commission

Legal name

The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC)

Website

https://khrc.or.ke

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Human Rights Advocacy Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Human Rights Monitoring, Documentation & Advocacy (BPADAGAK)

Keywords

• Human rights advocacy
• Civil society organization
• Legal aid services
• Human rights reporting
• Public interest litigation

Headquarters

HQ city

Nairobi

HQ country

Kenya

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donor Funding: KHRC operates primarily through funding from international donors and foundations. The organization receives financial support from development partners including Ford Foundation and Diakonia Sweden to fund their human rights programs and operations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

KHRC is a non-governmental human rights organization that promotes human rights-centred governance in Kenya through advocacy campaigns, public interest litigation, coalition-building, and citizen reporting of human rights violations. It delivers services through digital platforms including a reporting system, litigation tracker, SOGIESC case law database, digital repository of publications, and a press release archive, all offered free of charge to victims of human rights violations and the general public.

Product overview

The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) operates as a human rights advocacy organization offering informational and reporting services rather than commercial technology products. Its service portfolio consists of digital information platforms including a Digital Repository for publications, a SOGIESC Case Law Database for legal research, a Human Rights Violation Reporting System for citizen engagement, a Litigation Tracker for case monitoring, and a Press Release archive for public communications. These services function as interconnected informational resources supporting KHRC's mission of campaigning for human rights and democratic culture in Kenya.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Digital Repository

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Mau Mau War Veterans Association (MMWVA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKHRC has worked closely with MMWVA since 2003 on colonial-era torture cases against the British Government. This partnership led to an out-of-court settlement, a formal apology, and funding for a memorial.
• Kenyans for Peace With Truth and Justice (KPTJ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKHRC is a member of KPTJ, a coalition of citizens and organisations working in human rights, governance and legal areas. The coalition works on ICC-related matters and judicial accountability.
• Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKHRC partnered with SOMO to publish a joint report on sexual harassment and abuse at the Kasigau carbon offset project, documenting serious allegations against Wildlife Works.
• British High Commission in KenyaminorOthersCollaborated with KHRC and MMWVA on the Mau Mau Memorial Design Competition as part of the settlement for colonial-era torture cases.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies: Banjul-based African human-rights think-and-do tank working on rights monitoring and governance in Africa, a regional mission-comparable peer to KHRC's continental reach and rights-monitoring work.
• Article 19 Kenya Office: Part of the global ARTICLE 19 network focused on freedom of expression and information rights in Kenya; overlapping with KHRC on civic-space, protest rights, and digital-rights litigation.

Direct peers

• Transparency International Kenya: Nairobi-based anti-corruption and accountability CSO that pursues litigation, policy advocacy, and corporate accountability, sharing KHRC's economic-justice and corporate-accountability program themes and donor pool.
• Amnesty International Kenya: Country-level Amnesty International affiliate operating in Nairobi with overlapping mission on civil liberties, policing, and government accountability, directly comparable to KHRC's advocacy, litigation, and reporting functions in Kenya.
• International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Kenya: Operates a Kenya Section that engages in strategic litigation, legal advocacy, and judicial independence work; directly comparable to KHRC's legal-aid, litigation, and rule-of-law programming in Kenya.
• Haki Africa: Kenyan human-rights NGO focused on police accountability, rule of law, and criminal-justice reform, sharing KHRC's litigation, reporting-mechanism, and government-accountability program model.
• Kenya National Commission on Human Rights: State-mandated constitutional human rights institution in Kenya that investigates violations, hears complaints, and files strategic litigation on the same substantive issues KHRC addresses, making it the closest functional analog although it is a statutory rather than civil-society body.

Broad incumbents

• FIDH (International Federation for Human Rights): Paris-based international federation of human-rights organizations with 100+ member leagues, including African members; a relevant global umbrella peer to KHRC's international advocacy and litigation mandate.
• CIVICUS: Global civil-society alliance that monitors civic space and rates countries including Kenya, providing an umbrella, donor-facing international analogue to KHRC's civic-space monitoring work.

Regional players

• Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV and AIDS (KELIN): Nairobi-based legal-advocacy NGO litigating human-rights cases in Kenyan courts on health, SOGIESC, and civil liberties, directly comparable to KHRC's strategic-litigation and SOGIESC Case Law Database functions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/thekhrc
• YouTubeyoutube.com/thekhrc
• Facebookfacebook.com/thekhrc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kenya-human-rights-commission
• Instagraminstagram.com/thekhrc
• TikToktiktok.com/@thekhrc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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