As part of the Enhancing Human Rights Protections in the Security Sector in the Asia Pacific (EHRP) project, a number of publications have been produced and are available here. These include a How-To guide on running a prevention program and a series of Issues Papers and that are intended to provide individuals and organisations that are interested in human rights and security sectors with information about the work we conducted under the project. Their principal purpose is to share our experiences and findings so that others will be better placed to assess, transform, refine and sharpen their own prevention strategies. Each Issues Paper looks at different aspects of the Enhancing Human Rights Project. They can be read individually but are best read as a series within the context of the overall project.

The EHRP project was carried out by a large team of researchers and project managers, all of whom made important contributions to the material presented in this Issues Papers series and our other EHRP publications. While the researchers have not been named as authors on the particular Issues Papers, their contribution was critical to the work that is presented in them. Members of the full EHRP research team are: Kaushalya Ariyarathna, Danielle Celermajer, Aastha Dahal, Paula Gleeson, Kiran Grewal, Rohit Karki, Vidura Munasinghe, Anna Noonan and Pradeep Pathak. 

These publications may not be produced in whole or part, without the explicit permission of the author. 

Project Overview and the Introduction to the Issues Papers

EHRP Project Overview
Project Overview
Enhancing Human Rights Protections in the Security Sector in the Asia Pacific Project

EHRP_Introduction
Introduction to the Issues Papers
Enhancing Human Rights Protections in the Security Sector in the Asia Pacific

Issues Papers

EHRP Issue 1
Issues Paper 1
International Legal Frameworks and Existing Approaches to Preventing Torture

EHRP Issue 2
Issues Paper 2
Exploring the Root Causes of Torture

EHRP Issue 4
Issues Paper 3
Human Rights in the Sri Lankan Law Enforcement and Security Sector

EHRP Issue 4
Issues Paper 4
Human Rights in the Nepali Law Enforcement and Security Sector

EHRP Issue 5
Issues Paper 5
Organisational and Normative Change in the Security Sector

EHRP Issue 6
Issues Paper 6
From Structural Analysis to Structural Intervention

EHRP Issue 5
Issues Paper 7
Case Studies from Nepal and Sri Lanka: Human Rights Protection Facilitator Projects

EHRP Issue 8
Issues Paper 8
Measuring Change: Evaluating a Torture Prevention Project

EHRP Issue 9
Issues Paper 9
Human Rights in the Sri Lankan Law Enforcement Sector – Puttalam District