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Founded
1961-05-28 London UK
History
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Undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression and freedom from discrimination within the context of work to promote human rights; oppose abuses by opposing groups, including hostage-taking, torture and killing of prisoners and other deliberate and arbitrary killings.
Events
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Observer status with: B-XB1112 - International Organization for Migration (IOM). Special guest at General Assembly of: D-XD3030 - OAS. Partner of: E-XE3016 - UNHCR. Accredited by: E-XE7552 - United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV). Associated with Department of Global Communications of the United Nations. Links with: C-XC0376 - Commonwealth Secretariat; F-XF8702 - Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (Corte IDH); E-XE3042 - OSCE - Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Member of:
- F-XJ8318 - Campaign to Stop Killer Robots;
- B-XM4452 - CHS Alliance;
- E-XJ7671 - Control Arms;
- F-XF1672 - EarthAction (EA);
- E-XE0956 - Fédération des Institutions Internationales établies à Genève (FIIG);
- F-XF5678 - International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA);
- F-XM1259 - International NGO Platform on the Migrant Workers' Convention (IPMWC);
- E-XM6113 - NGO Working Group on the Security Council:
- E-XE2973 - NGO Committee on UNICEF;
- F-XM4979 - Transparency, Accountability and Participation Network (TAP Network);
- F-XF2719 - UNITED for Intercultural Action - European Network Against Nationalism, Racism, Fascism and in Support of Migrants and Refugees (UNITED);
- F-XF7017 - World Coalition Against the Death Penalty.
Observer member of: G-XG2382 - Consortium for Street Children (CSC); D-XD9166 - International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organisations (IFHHRO). Steering Committee member of: F-XJ5878 - International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR). Instrumental in setting up and member of: E-XJ5501 - International Coalition to Stop Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea (ICNK). Represented on the Organizing Committee of: E-XF4980 - Hague Appeal for Peace (HAP). Signatory to the 'Publish What You Pay' appeal of: F-XG9468 - Publish What You Pay Coalition (PWYP). Links with: D-XD0276 - Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME); B-XB2832 - Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU); E-XE1065 - International Centre for Trade Union Rights (ICTUR); B-XB2907 - International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies; F-XF4447 - Oxfam International; F-XF3952 - Permanent Forum of European Civil Society; B-XB3554 - World Medical Association (WMA).
Publications
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- Societal Problems → Detention
- Societal Problems → Maltreatment
- Law → Arbitration
- Peace → Rights
- Freedom → Freedom
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XB0054
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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