Oslo Analytica affiliated experts have extensive knowledge in the field of national as well as international human rights law through practical experience as well as academic work, including publications and teaching. Oslo Analytica expertise covers the whole range of human rights law, from civil and political rights to economic, social, and cultural rights, including rights of women, children, minorities and indigenous peoples.

Oslo Analytica staff have extensive experience and knowledge of key universal and regional human rights instruments, particularly under the African Union. The team offers expertise with regard to norms and various implementation and monitoring mechanisms. Oslo Analytica combines this expertise in human rights law with knowledge of democratisation and the rule of law in developing sustainable and long-term solutions.

Human Rights Implementation

Our approach to understanding the implementation of international norms on a national level builds on country knowledge, comparative law, and inclusion of our social science expertise. Oslo Analytica has extensive practical experience from analytical and operational initiatives related to the protection and promotion of human rights, with particular emphasis on work in African countries.

The team has also been involved in policy and advocacy work at regional and international levels, together with local human rights defenders and / or the respective diasporas. Particular areas of specialist expertise includes protection of the rights of women and girls, minorities and civil and political rights.