International Institute for Human Rights, Environment and Development (INHURED International), as the name suggests, aims to promote action programs, encourage networking amongst various stakeholders, and focus on a sustainable development path--all geared towards the people-centred development from human rights perspectives. Though not entirely dedicated to Rio+20 missions, the underlying principles of the organization are fully built-in to promote the notion of people-centred development through environmentally sustainable, people-owned bottom-up approach through indigenous knowledge and expertise. INHURED enjoys the Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the UN and is also accredited to the Global Environment Facility (GEF). Currently, it is one of the associates of the South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE), LDC Watch, Peoples SAARC, World Social Forum, Solidarity for Peoples Advocacy (SAPA), Asia-Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) and others,  all civil society coalitions helping in fight for poverty eradication and the realisation of  environmental protection, human rights, democracy, anti-displacement, refugee protection and peace.

The Himalayan region is experiencing rapid land erosion, glacier lake outburst, avalanche  and issues of global change and sustainable development are likely to be of particular importance in the coming decades. The challenges and opportunities of sustainable development and poverty reduction within the changing ecological, social, cultural and economic environment in this region are alarming. The organization contributes to sustainable development approach through research, education, advocacy and diplomacy (READ) campaign by supporting undertaking innovative intervention and supporting alternative development models from right to development standpoint.

In a mountainous country like Nepal, majority of the people are dependent on agriculture and this sector is adversely affected by the loss of the top fertile soil due to soil erosion, landslides and floods.  The organization is dedicated toimplement programs to raise awareness and alleviate poverty in the region through advocacy on environmental conservation program and peoples' meaningful participation. We believe that informed citizenry and empowerment of local institutions in order to implement sustainable development programs is vital.  The organization has accomplished a number of programs including commissioning of  research on migration patterns to find aspects of its related vulnerability and recommend alternatives to bring to the attention of the policy-making agencies  in the region.  It has also conducted research and implemented programs on the displacement of marginalized communities such as women and other vulnerable section of the society.

We believe that environmental injustice has no border. Carbon emission in one corner of the world obviously affects a small island in a different hemisphere and vice versa. Melting of Himalayas is the outcome of global warming triggered  somewhere in the northern hemisphere and the source of the sinking of island in the Maldives, for instance,  is also thousands miles away. INHURED has been active in monitoring the violations of human and environmental rights in development projects, particularly some destructive dams and other hydropower projects. In late 1993, it initiated, co-ordinated and won a major campaign against the Government of Nepal and the World Bank on the Arun III Hydroelectric Project. The project was unilaterally canceled by the World Bank President in August 1995 after critical findings of the Bank's Inspection Panel. INHURED was one of the main claimants of the first-ever-filed case against the World Bank's Inspection Panel with a clear victory. In another public interest litigation co-filed by INHURED the Supreme Court of Nepal had delivered a landmark judgment on the right to information to be applicable also in the case of development projects and related environmental impacts. INHURED is active in monitoring the policies and programs of the international financial institutions, and transnational corporations in terms of environment and sustainable development.