LHRC translates its missions and objectives through the implementation of the following activities: 

Research on legal, human rights and social issues with findings playing a key role towards advocacy campaigns

• Provides training on human rights and legal issues  to create awareness and improve knowledge  of    Civil societies, local government leaders, law enforcers, as well as grassroots communities

• Participatory trainings of paralegals (community members who volunteer to become paralegals) to enable them  deal with non-complex legal problems within their community;

• Provision of legal assistance to underprivileged people and strategic litigation in issues  of public interest;

• Publications of educational materials on human rights and legal issues in general

• Conducts weekly radio and T.V. programmes which   focus on practical legal and human rights issues pertaining to the daily lives of Tanzanians and the country as a whole.

• To denounce any human rights violation acts in the country whenever the need calls

• To voice against gender and domestic violence, Female Genital Mutilations, and all deeds which violates the rights of women and children

• Advocacy campaigns for vulnerable groups in the society

• To remind the government to  ratify international conventions which deny rights of some of the groups

• To remind the government to fulfill its obligation by making a timely submissions of reports on human rights to the United Nations Human Rights Committee and the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights

• To press the government to change some of the laws that deny rights of people as stipulated in the Bills of Rights

• To make recommendations on various Bills before they are enacted by the parliament.

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The target groups  include the general public (men, women and children), indigenous, community leaders, influential people, politicians, policy makers, legislators, law enforcers, community-based organizations, NGO’s and various international organizations.