Kenya National Commission on Human Rights

KNCHR's Commissioners and CEO unveil the State of Human Rights Report for the period of Dec 2024-Dec 2025 in Nairobi.

KNCHR's Finance and Accounts team bags the trophy, Again! KNCHR gets feted at the Fire Awards 2025 for excellence in Financial Reporting.

Mr. Lucas Kimanthi, Assiatant Director, Reforms and Accountability - KNCHR, engages participants on matters Female Genital Mutilation at a workshop in Nairobi.

Ms. Christina Arrumm, Senior Human rights Officer, ECOSOC Division - KNCHR, engages participants at a Business and Human Rights Workshop in Naivasha.

Ms. Janeth Bett of KNCHR’s Public Education and Training division, during a public engagement forum on refugee and asylum seekers rights in Kibera, Nairobi.

.The Commission led by Vice Chairperson, Dr. Raymond Nyeris hosting a delegation from CEMIRIDE and WITNESS

The meeting was held to deliberate on the Implementation of the commitments made regarding protection and promotion of rights of Minorities and Indigenous communities in Kenya

KNCHR’s Reforms, Advocacy and Outreach Director Mrs. Anne-Marie Okutoyi presenting on the joint Communique on the National Human Rights Dialogue 2023.

KNCHR delegation meets with the Speaker of the national Assembly Rt. Hon. Dr. Moses Wetangula

The two institutions continuously work towards strengthening human rights related legislative efforts to ensure the country remains at par with the National, Regional and International Human rights Standards.

Dr. Raymond Nyeris (R) KNCHR and Mr. Joseph Whittal (L) CHRAJGHANA exchanging gifts during the CHRAJGHANA knowledge exchange visit to KNCHR

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Kenya's Day of Shame: KNCHR Condemns Brutal Teargassing of Worshippers...

KNCHR Welcomes High Court Judgment on Presidential Panel of Experts...

INTERNATIONAL MINORITY RIGHTS DAY 2025 — INTERNATIONAL MINORITY RIGHTS DAY 2025

Today the 18th of December, the world marks International Minority Rights Day, established by the United Nations to promote and protect the...

Joint statement on protection of migrants along the Southern migration... — Joint statement on protection of migrants along the Southern migration...

Joint statement on protection of migrants along the Southern migration route The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission The Kenya National...

STATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN KENYA: DEC 2024-DEC 2025 ... — STATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN KENYA: DEC 2024-DEC 2025 ...

This statement is issued pursuant to the mandate of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) under Article 59 of the Constitution of...

Preliminary Statement on Human Rights Concerns during the 27th November... — Preliminary Statement on Human Rights Concerns during the 27th November...

The Commission notes that the by-elections took place amid highly contested campaigns characterized by significant rivalry among different...

Latest Publications

Still Silenced: A Quality Rights Assessment of Selected Mental Health Facilities in Kenya

Latest News

Kenya's Day of Shame: KNCHR Condemns Brutal Teargassing of Worshippers and Demands Accountability

Monday, January 26, 2026

KNCHR Welcomes High Court Judgment on Presidential Panel of Experts (PoE) and Confirms Its Mandate to Lead Kenya’s National Reparations Framework for Victims of Human Rights Violations

Tuesday, December 23, 2025

INTERNATIONAL MINORITY RIGHTS DAY 2025

Thursday, December 18, 2025

Joint statement on protection of migrants along the Southern migration route

Thursday, December 18, 2025

STATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN KENYA: DEC 2024-DEC 2025 CHAIRPERSON’S ADDRESS

Friday, December 12, 2025

Preliminary Statement on Human Rights Concerns during the 27th November 2025 By- Elections

Thursday, December 11, 2025

REMARKS BY MS. CLARIS OGANGAH, CHAIRPERSON - KENYA NATIONAL COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS (KNCHR) DURING THE COMMEMORATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2025 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI (UoN) ON

Thursday, December 11, 2025

Call to Uphold Human Rights and Adherence to the Rule of Law during 27th November 2025 By-Elections

Wednesday, November 26, 2025

OUR HUMAN RIGHTS FOCAL AREAS

The following are some of the main projects being undertaken by the Commission.

Elections and Human Rights

Kenya held its second General Election under the Constitution of Kenya 2010 against a backdrop of key legal and institutional reforms in the electoral sector.

Prevention of Torture

Cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment" includes a deliberate and aggravated treatment or punishment not amounting to torture, inflicted by a person

Business and Human Rights

Business enterprises have immense power to influence policies which may result into the violations of human rights. Even more common are violations that arise directly

Migrant Rights

Human rights violations against migrants can include a denial of civil and political rights such as arbitrary detention, torture, or a lack of due process, as well ECOSOC Rights such as as the rights to health,, housing or education

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

Kenya ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) on 19th May 2018 creating an obligation upon Kenya to respect, protect and fulfil the provisions in the Convention.

Displacement and Forced Evictions

The practice of forced evictions is a growing national problem that threatens lives and livelihoods especially of the most vulnerable and marginalized members of the society including the urban poor

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