International Service for Human Rights (ISHR)
Service international pour les droits de l'homme (SIDH)
Servicio Internacional para los Derechos Humanos (SIDH)
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URL: https://ishr.ch/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ISHRGlobal
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ISHRGlobal
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ishrglobal
Founded
1984-12 Geneva Switzerland
History
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Promote the development, strengthening, effective use and implementation of international and regional standards and mechanisms for protection and promotion of human rights. Provide: analytical and practical information on UN human rights mechanisms; training on how to use international and regional norms and procedures; contributions to standard-setting; logistical support to enable human rights defenders worldwide to take full advantage of international human rights law and procedures.
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Links with: E-XK1312 - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Links indicated by: F-XJ1033 - Community of Democracies (CD).
- Accredited by: Organization of American States (OAS)
- Accredited by: Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Links with:
- E-XE1093 - African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies (ACDHRS);
- D-XD0036 - All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC);
- B-XB0054 - Amnesty International (AI);
- E-XE0182 - Arab Institute for Human Rights (AIHR);
- B-XE2863 - Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT);
- E-XE3488 - Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS);
- B-XB1550 - International Commission of Jurists (ICJ);
- C-XD1401 - International Federation of ACATs - Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture;
- U-XN6392 - International Research Centre for Human Development (IRCHD);
- E-XF1424 - South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre (SAHRDC);
- F-XJ0762 - Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRD);
- B-XB3609 - World Young Women's Christian Association (World YWCA).
- Observer status with: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
- Observer status with: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- Observer status with: International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
- Member of: Coalition for an Effective African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (African Court Coalition)
- Member of: Committee of NGOs on Human Rights, Geneva
- Member of: Fédération des Institutions Internationales établies à Genève (FIIG)
- Member of: NGO Committee on the Status of Women, Geneva
- Supports: West African Human Rights Defenders' Network (WAHRDN)
- Cooperates with: ILGA World (International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association)
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XF0356
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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