Human Rights Focus (HURIFO) has structured under two main programmes:

1. HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTION AND PROTECTION PROGRAMME (HRPPP);

Under this programme, HURIFO carries out projects that would support the access and strengthening of human rights protection mechanisms with an attempt to meet internationally set standards.

Basic Legal Advice, counselling and dispute resolution
Cleints approaching HURIFO office can access free advice and counselling on various issues or complaints. HURIFO also uses Alternative Dispute Resolution to mediate between conflicting parties or indivudals. This approach also acts as an educative measure to the conflicting parties and the local leadership of the area that have handled the case.

Litigation support
HURIFO has selected test cases where victims of human rights abuse mainly of torture in nature are assisted to file suit in courts of law. This programme is aimed at awakening and encouraging other sleeping victims of similar violations to come out and seek redress through use courts and law. This litigation programme provides the selected victims with the services of a paid lawyer who shall prepare and represent the victims in court. Since the start of this programme in 2003 eighteen cases have been filed in the high court of Gulu of which six have been disposed of though high court judgements and one an out of court settlement, all in favour of the victims. The state is now indebted to five persons a sum of Uganda shilling UGX 150million which is an equivalent of US Dollars $ 100,000. Due to delays in Judicial system the others are still pending.

Capacity Building
HURIFO promotes human rights in the community through training of selected local leaders, women's groups, and Human Rights Volunteers. With the knowledge on basic laws and human rights the local leaders can assist victims of human rigths abuse access redress and providing the necessary support document.

2. RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY PROGRAMME (RAP);

Under Research Human Research and Advocacy Programme (RAP), HURIFO carries out thematic human rights research projects on identified human rights concerns particularly for advocacy purposes.

Research works

The conflict in northern Uganda has meant that HURIFO research works have been mostly around issues of the conflict. The research involves monitoring, investigating and documentation of human rights abuses and violations in and around the Acholi sub-region. Outside the Acholi sub-region the research has targeted on displaced populations in eastern and western Uganda. From time to time thematic researches on critical issues have been carried out to prodcue reports for advocacy.

Advocacy
Similarly the advocacy has mainly been centered around the conflict in northern Uganda and issues of displaced citizenry. The programme uses a number of strategies: - a one-hour talk-show on the local radio station Radio MEGA every Friday evening from 8pm to 9pm; a quarterly newsletters THE EXAMINER; periodic situational reports; and networking with other organisation to raise awareness various matters thereby probably prompt appropriate action by the state.