The Icelandic Human Rights Centre was established in 1994 by nine different organizations and actors working in Icelandic human rights field.
Centres mission is to promote and raise awareness about human rights in Iceland and abroad, and spread its knowledge to the public.
On the other hand, it's monitoring the human rights situation in Iceland and provides information to the international actors about this matter.
The centre is currently involving in two projects (the situation on March 9, 2014), European-wide Action Week against Racism, which is going to take place on March 21[needs update] and the Human Rights Education Project, which Icelandic Human Rights Centre has taken part since August 2004.
It is also a member of Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI) and UNITED -network.