Degnan Institute empowers people and communities to claim their rights, and provides community, producer organizations with the know-how to realize them. The organization is committed to proving resources and skills development for rural development.

Access to Justice
Our vision is of a culture of justice that secures fair outcomes. Working with a broad network of partners, we offer both conceptual frameworks and empowerment solutions in some the world’s toughest environments.
Human Rights
Human rights and the rule of law are not synonymous, but they do overlap and function symbiotically. Promotion and protection of human right is our ultimate core value and advancing holistic development and protection of LGBTQI+ population is our mandate.
Trafficking
Human trafficking is antithetical to the rule of law: the practice constitutes one of the most acute challenges to rights and dignity.
Rural Populations
Despite growing awareness of their rights, enshrined in the UN Declaration of 2007, many of the world’s indigenous peoples remain threatened by poverty, marginalization, the loss of their natural habitat – and in some cases, by outright extinction.
Children
Children’s access to justice is both a right in itself and a means to restore rights that have been disregarded or violated. It also enables the realization of human rights as laid out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
Peace and Democracy
Peace and democracy are universal and related values. Degnan Institute treats peace and democracy as sine qua non. But peace and democracy are not easy to build as long as people and rural community are not on the table of decision. Strong institutions make strong nations; creative laws make creative citizens. Different societies have different needs. Our solutions are education, project-based pedagogy and mindful of context.
Good Governance
By transferring resources from public to private hands, corruption negates the benefits of development. Similarly, favoritism and nepotism are the antithesis of fairness and equality.
Transparency & Accountability
Public trust and confidence in justice sector institutions is key to investment and commercial transactions, and necessary for sustainable development and social change.

2030 Agenda

Rule of Law

Building community resilience for peace and justice, strengthening accountability, empowering women and girls, fighting corruption, protecting biodiversity and promoting inclusive economic growth are just a few examples of the ways in which Degnan Institute ’s programs and other activities further the implementation of the SDGs.

Degnan Institute’s Strategy 2020 is inspired by the vision of the 2030 Agenda and its goals of advancing better education to transform rural and semi-urban life, combating inequalities and promoting social inclusion. Degnan Institute’s members have long experience in education sector as both an outcome and enabler of sustainable development. As a strong advocate for the inclusion of Goal 4-8-13 and16 and 17 in the 2030 Agenda, Degnan Institute is fully committed to advancing the SDGs.

Degnan Institute continues to foster debates and dialogue at the national and international levels on Agenda 2030, focusing specifically on equality, inclusion and access to justice. Whether in fragile contexts, emerging democracies or rural and semi-urban areas, Degnan Institute contributes to the 2030 Agenda through its programs, research and policy advocacy, positioning the rule of law as a key ingredient for sustaining peace, fostering development and building just and inclusive community.