DRC is a demand-driven organisation and its assistance activities are based on local needs, and informed by a broad contextual analysis of factors at local, national and global level. The “lens” used in determining its interventions is the rights-based approach.

This section outlines the nine operational principles of DRC, namely: Participation; Capacity development; Gender; Advocacy; “Do No Harm”; Collaboration with Local Partners; Complementarity; General Replicability of Methods and Programmes; Sustainability and Environment.