“The Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) is a noticeable non-governmental organisation which enjoys public backing in Tanzania. It stands out as a distinguished organisation partly because of its remarkable record on human rights and legal aid clinic”. This is a statement made ten years after the LHRC was formed as a private, voluntary, non-profit and non-partisan organization founded in 1995.

The LHRC is registered under the Companies Ordinance Chapter 212 of the Laws of Tanzania as a Company without shares limited by guarantee. The organization was founded from a human rights project of another organisation; the Tanzania Legal Education Trust (TANLET). The LHRC has a mandate to operate throughout Tanzania. It has its main office in Dar es Salaam and a regional office in Arusha. 

Mission and Vision
The LHRC envisages a just and equitable society which can be contributed to, through the planned mission as a non-profit making, non-partisan non-governmental organization striving to empower the public, promote, reinforce and safeguard human rights and good governance in Tanzania.

For the LHRC to be able to forge its way in the realisation of its mission, it has a broad objective of creating legal and human rights awareness and empowerment among the general public and, in particular, the underprivileged sections of the society through legal and civic education, advocacy, research, follow up of human rights abuses and provision of legal aid.

Target Groups
The target groups or beneficiaries of the Legal and human Rights Centre (LHRC) include the indigent, women, children, youths, men, people with disabilities, politicians, policy makers, legislators, law enforcers, community leaders,  influential people, civil society organizations and the general public.

Strategic Direction
In 2007, the LHRC embarked on a new six years strategic framework and a three-year operational plan. In its plan, the LHRC has formulated a programme that encompasses three (3) broad purposes to be translated into action between 2007 and 2009.

The three purposes are aimed to:

• Improve policy and legislative framework and community capacity for social justice

• Strengthen partnership for human rights and good governance; and

• Improve institutional capacity building to ensure good performance and sustainability of the organization

To achieve these aims, the Centre has embarked on a number of strategies. These include; strengthening strategic alliances with like-minded organizations and individuals, implementing effective advocacy for good governance in the country, devising means to capture the needs of the beneficiaries of the Centre, making effective use of mass media, strengthening the administration of research and putting in place an effective human resource development system for efficient service delivery.

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