French League for Human Rights
The French league for the defense of human and civil rights , French Ligue française pour la défense des droits de l'homme et du citoyen , short: Ligue des droits de l'homme (LDH), was founded in Paris in 1898 with the aim of the To force the Dreyfus Trial to resume . She emphasized in particular that since 1791 all French citizens have had the same rights, regardless of their religious affiliation.
One of the founders was Ludovic Trarieux , who was president from 1898 to 1904.
Under their influence, the German Confederation New Fatherland renamed itself the German League for Human Rights in 1922 .
In 1922, the French League initiated the establishment of the first international umbrella organization for the human rights movement, the Fédération internationale des ligues des droits de l'Homme .