The Center works on making human rights information accessible to the public by organizing conferences and seminars on human rights issues and by providing human rights education. The Center also promotes legal reform and research on human rights issues and has established the only specialized human rights library in Iceland. Furthermore, the Center is a member of the AHRI network and the Nordic School of Human Rights Research. In addition, the Center serves a monitoring role and has, since its inception, commented on dozens of bills of law and provided information to the treaty bodies on the state of human rights in Iceland.
Legal counselling for immigrants is located at the ICEHR office at Túngata 14 in Reykjavík and is open on Tuesdays and Fridays from 10am to 3pm. Interpreters are provided on request and they and the counselling are free of charge. Appointments are made via phone +354 552-2720 or by email at info@humanrights.is.