Forum human rights
The Human Rights Forum is a network of more than 52 German non-governmental organizations . It works for improved, comprehensive protection of human rights . The forum was founded in 1994 following the Vienna World Human Rights Conference .
The organization names the following fields of activity as goals of its self-description:
- to critically monitor the human rights policy of the Federal Government and the German Bundestag at national and international level,
- carry out joint projects to improve human rights protection worldwide,
- To raise awareness of human rights issues in the German public and to point out possible human rights violations in Germany and to work towards their solution,
- Exchange information among member organizations on human rights issues, support local, regional and national NGOs in international aspects of their work and promote international networking of non-governmental organizations.
Members
Member organizations of the Human Rights Forum are:
- Action of Christians for the Abolition of Torture (ACAT)
- Action Group Service for Peace (AGDF)
- Amnesty International - German Section
- Nationwide working group of psychosocial centers for refugees and victims of torture (BAFF eV)
- Episcopal aid organization Misereor
- Federal Association of Unaccompanied Minors Refugees eV
- Nationwide coordination group against human trafficking (KOK eV)
- German Society for the United Nations (DGVN)
- German Commission Justitia et Pax
- German UNESCO Commission
- German Women's Council
- German Trade Union Confederation (DGB)
- European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)
- EWDE - Evangelical Work for Diakonia and Development with the sub-works Bread for the World-eed and Diakonie Germany
- Diakonie Deutschland - Evangelical Federal Association
- FIAN Germany
- Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
- Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
- Community for human rights in the Free State of Saxony
- Germanwatch
- Society for Threatened Peoples
- Heinrich Böll Foundation
- Human Rights Watch eV
- Humanist Union
- Representation of interests Self-determined living in Germany (ISL eV)
- International Women's League for Peace and Freedom (IFFF)
- International Society for Human Rights (ISHR)
- Intercultural Council in Germany eV
- International Catholic Missionary Organization missio eV
- IPPNW
- Kindernothilfe
- Commission for Human Rights Freiburg
- Konrad Adenauer Foundation eV
- Lesbian and Gay Association in Germany (LSVD) e. V.
- Medica mondiale
- Missio - Internationales Katholisches Missionswerk - Ludwig Missionsverein KdöR Munich
- Mission headquarters of the Franciscans
- National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is
- Nuremberg Human Rights Center
- Pax Christi
- Pro asylum
- pro familia
- Reporters without borders
- Terre des Femmes
- Terre des hommes Germany eV
- urgewald eV - lawyer for the environment and human rights
- Association of binational families and partnerships , iaf eV
- United Evangelical Mission (UEM)
- Economics workshop (Heidelberg)
- Ecumenical Federal Working Group “Asylum in the Church” eV
Guest status
former members
- ATD Fourth World Germany eV
- Action Courage - SOS Racism
- German society
- Deutsche Welthungerhilfe e. V.
- International League for Human Rights
- Social Association VdK Germany eV
- World University Service (WUS)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ About us
- ↑ member organizations. In: Forum-Menschenrechte.de. Retrieved February 3, 2018 .
- ↑ http://www.b-umf.de/
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.gms-dresden.de/
- ↑ http://www.mrk-freiburg.de/
- ↑ http://www.freiburger-anwaltverein.de/menschenrechte.php
- ↑ http://www.woek.de/
