International League for Human Rights (Berlin)
The International League for Human Rights e. V. (ILMR) based in Berlin in the House of Democracy and Human Rights is a registered non-profit association that advocates human rights and peace . The association is a member of the international umbrella organizations Association Européenne pour la défense des Droits de l'Homme (AEDH, European Association for the Defense of Human Rights) and Fédération internationale des ligues des droits de l'Homme (FIDH, International Federation of Human Rights Leagues).
history
The association sees itself as a successor organization to the Bund Neues Vaterland founded in 1914 , which was renamed the German League for Human Rights in 1922 and was banned in 1933. The German League for Human Rights was re-established in 1949 and only had its seat in Berlin, but moved to Munich in 1961. The ILMR was founded on February 13, 1959 in Berlin and sees its work in the spirit of Carl von Ossietzky . In 2014 the ILMR commemorated its 100-year history. The association is based in Berlin .
Political foundations
The association is ideologically and materially independent of state organs, political parties and institutions of a denominational or ideological nature. The political work is based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of December 10, 1948, the International Covenants of December 19, 1966 on civil and political rights on the one hand and on economic, social and cultural rights on the other hand, which are laid down in the European Convention on Human Rights of November 4, 1950 and other international conventions. According to its self-image, the ILMR is a “human rights-political organization that sees its mission in the implementation and further development of human rights together with other associations and as a. By exerting political influence - if necessary with pressure - on governments, parties, business, churches or associations To promote part of the social movements and to ward off violations against them. "
Working Committees
The association has been awarding the Carl von Ossietzky Medal since 1962 . The anti-fascist committee deals with German history, the defense against racist and neo-Nazi tendencies and is active in the Berlin peace movement. Active lobbying for the rights of people with disabilities is part of the Disability Policy Committee . The One World Committee observes human rights violations and is committed to the rights of migrants and refugees living in Germany. In addition, there are working groups on individual countries. The Iran Committee deals with human rights violations in Iran. The Legal Affairs Committee monitors developments in legal policy . He undertakes activities for a reform of the nationality law and for the introduction of an anti-discrimination law. There are contributions to the debate about economic globalization and human rights. The Sinti and Roma Committee deals with the realization of the human and civil rights of Sinti and Roma in Germany. Other fields of work and cooperation include a. the AK Middle East Berlin and the Jewish Voice for Just Peace in the Middle East with which there are many personal intersections. For example, the founder of the Jewish Voice for Just Peace in the Middle East is Fanny-Michaela Reisin, President of the International League for Human Rights . The ILMR office provides a contact address and meeting room for other groups.
Publications (selection)
- The LIGA report reports on the association's work.
- ILMR (Ed.): Against the Current… in memoriam Carl von Ossietzky. Carl von Ossietzky Medal 1962 to 1987: texts, speeches, quotations, Berlin 1988 (2nd edition 2014)
- ILMR (ed.): For human rights! 100 Years Against the Current, Berlin 2014
- Fundamental Rights Report , The ILMR is editor together with other organizations.
Members
President
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A president has not been provided for in the association's statutes since 2016.
Board
From the founding of the league until his death, Wolfgang P. Schaar (born September 1, 1928 ; † October 24, 1982 in Berlin ) was a member of the board - most recently as Vice President and quasi-managing director .
The board consists of the following members:
ILMR honorary members
Carriers of the Carl von Ossietzky Medal are honorary members of the International League for Human Rights with all the rights of a full member according to § 2 (c) of the association statutes.
Other well-known members
Web links
- Literature from and about the International League for Human Rights in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage
Individual evidence
- ^ Jean-Luc Nguyen: European Association for the Defense of Human Rights .
- ↑ Group photo with manager of the International League for Human Rights Eva Schmell and Vice-President of the International League for Human Rights Erwin Beck and President of the International League for Human Rights Herbert Komm and Vice-President of Deutscher . Europeana. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ↑ International League for Human Rights e. V. (Ed.): For human rights! 100 Years Against the Current, Berlin 2014
- ↑ http://ilmr.de/satzung
- ↑ ILMR statutes (PDF), read online on June 27, 2015 (PDF)
- ↑ Fanny-Michaela Reisin: The League - 100 Years for International Peace, for Human Rights, Justice and Solidarity !, in: Internationale Liga für Menschenrechte e. V. (Ed.): For human rights! 100 Years Against the Current, Berlin 2014, p. 26
- ↑ 100516_Kontakt_AK Middle East . Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. 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.
- ↑ Imprint .
- ↑ LIGA report , read online on June 26, 2015
- ↑ International League for Human Rights e. V. (Ed.): For human rights! 100 Years Against the Current, Berlin 2014, p. 199
- ↑ http://ilmr.de/2016/zur-verendung-von-fanny-michaela-reisin-aus-dem-vorstand-wuerdigung-ihrer-zweimaligen-praesidentschaft-in-der-internationalen-liga-fuer-menschenrechte
- ^ The league's hectographed obituary from 1982 and obituary notices in Der Tagesspiegel, October 31, 1982. p. 20
- ↑ http://ilmr.de/menschenrechte/vorstand
- ↑ http://ilmr.de/verleihungen-carl-von-ossietzky-medaille
- ↑ http://ilmr.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/SatzungLiga110328.pdf , read online on August 10, 2015
- ↑ Robert Kempner : In Memorian and Werner Stein: In memory of Kurt Grossmann. In: Human rights - in the spirit of Carl von Ossietzky. ILMR (ed.) Berlin (West) 1973; the CvO medal was to be awarded in 1972
