Working with international organizations, academic institutions, and individuals, the IIHS is an advocate for human security and UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), focusing on six elements of human security: good governance, food security, climate protection, R2P, indigenous rights, women, migrants, and ending Modern-day Slavery.
The IIHS was created to challenge the inequities of the geographically disenfranchised, primarily regarding the visibility of critical contributions toward peace and security. Since its creation in 2019, the IIHS has dedicated its efforts toward advocacy efforts to help advance efforts to meet the UN 2030 Global Goals and increase the visibility of grassroots actors and their stories working toward those goals.