Nuremberg Human Rights Center

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The Nuremberg Human Rights Center eV (NMRZ) is an independent, non-profit association that is supported by the voluntary work of the active association members. In Nuremberg and Nuremberg, the NMRZ campaigns for human rights at local, national and international level. The association is based in Nuremberg .

history

The Documentation and Information Center for Human Rights in Latin America (DIML) was founded on January 29, 1990. The main focus of the DIML's work was initially the documentation of human rights violations and information about human rights movements in Latin America, the exchange with other human rights groups, the scientific research into human rights issues and the Human rights education.

On November 13, 1995, the DIML was renamed "Nürnberger Menschenrechtszentrum eV" (NMRZ). In the course of this, the NMRZ expanded its focus on further topics. These included issues of international criminal justice, politics of the past, history of human rights, non-discrimination, as well as economic, social and cultural human rights. The regional focus of the center expanded from Latin America to other regions of the world.

The NMRZ has an extensive library with a catalog of journals with a thematic focus on Latin America.

Club structure

The non-profit association is supported by members from different age groups. The NMRZ is headed by a five-person executive team, currently consisting of the 1st chairman Michael Krennerich, the 2nd chairman Michaela Lissowsky, the treasurer Götz Schwanhäußer, the 3rd chairman Rainer Huhle and the secretary Alice Speck. The board of directors is supported by an office manager. There are also committed interns and legal trainees from Germany and abroad who are involved in the work of the NMRZ. The NMRZ is financed through membership fees, donations, project-related funds and municipal grants.

activities

The association is active in various topics and fields of action. As a contact point for human rights issues, it provides information on human rights, for example on its website in German, English and Spanish. Educational materials on individual human rights issues are available for download there. The NMRZ regularly presents publications on human rights and is the editorial office of the " Zeitschrift für Menschenrechte " (zfmr). The employees of the NMRZ write articles in magazines and books and give lectures on human rights at home and abroad. The NMRZ was also the seat of the “ Coalition Against Impunity ”, which, on behalf of victims of German origin, pushed forward trials in Nuremberg against members of the Argentine dictatorship.

In addition, the association is an active cooperation partner at human rights events in Nuremberg, for example in the context of the German Human Rights Film Award or at events accompanying the Nuremberg International Human Rights Award. In the past few years, the NMRZ has co-organized various international human rights conferences in Nuremberg.

Another focus is human rights education. The education team offers study days and themed discussions in the " Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds " and in the " Memorium Nuremberg Trials ", leads through the " Street of Human Rights " and has developed an anti-discrimination project ("Discrimination hits us all!") That addresses itself School classes, trainees and other groups. Both in Nuremberg and outside of it, employees of the NMRZ hold workshops on various areas of human rights.

Furthermore, the association advises on general questions of human rights and human rights policy and takes a position. Members of the NMRZ act as experts in the Bundestag, as interlocutors in ministries and as members of local, national and international human rights bodies in Nuremberg, Berlin and Geneva. The NMRZ is an active force in the “ Human Rights Forum ”, the nationwide network of German human rights organizations, and at the local level in the Human Rights Round Table in Nuremberg. The NMRZ was also actively involved in setting up the German Institute for Human Rights .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, however, mentions the year 1989 [1]
  2. ↑ http://www.menschenrechte.org/lang/de/ueber-uns
  3. ↑ http://www.menschenrechte.org/lang/de/publikationen-2
  4. ↑ http://www.menschenrechte.org/lang/de/ategorie/projekte/bildung-projekte