Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC)

INSEC was founded in 1988 and formally registered as a non-governmental organization (NGO) in the District Administration Office, Kathmandu in 1991. It initially focused on literacy and rights awareness classes for people working in the informal sector. Over time, its activities developed to focus on promoting and protecting the fundamental rights of people in general, addressing both civil and political and social and economic rights. Currently, INSEC works in the areas of documentation and dissemination of human rights information, human rights education and awareness, human rights monitoring and advocacy, intervention for peace building and promoting democracy and institutional capacity building. INSEC envisions a state that is aware of respecting, protecting, promoting and fulfilling human rights for social justice. The organisation's mission is to work as watch dog and resource organization for human rights friendly democratic state through research and documentation, community mobilization, public education and awareness, and lobbying and advocacy. The overall goal of INSEC is to contribute to the protection and promotion of human rights in Nepal.