International Society for Human Rights
- International Society for Human Rights
The International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) is an international non-governmental, non-profit human rights organization with Consultative Status with the Council of Europe and is a member of the Liaison Committee of the Non-Governmental Organisations at the Council of Europe. The ISHR has observer status with the African Commission of Human and Peoples' Rights. It has associate status with the Department of Public Information of the United Nations and Roster Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
ISHR was founded in West Germany in 1972 as the Gesellschaft fur Menschenrechte (GFM), with the aim of promoting international understanding and tolerance in all areas of culture and society and so was committed from its inception to only support individuals who share this principle and, consequently, strive non-violently for their rights. It became the International Society for Human Rights in 1982, with the founding of branches in Austria, Switzerland, the UK and France. Since then it has grown to include 35 National Sections, National Groups, Regional Committees and Affiliated Organisations worldwide.
The record of ISHR has occasionally been questioned. It has been suggested that in contrast to human rights organizations such as amnesty international, FIAN or Human Rights Watch, which emphasize the unequivocal universality of human rights, the ISHR has been perceived as pursuing a selective emphasis of these rights by focusing on human rights violations in the states of the Eastern bloc during the cold war and on monitoring the right to freedom of religion in countries such as Vietnam and China. Yet this also appears to ignore that some third of the ISHR's Groups and Sections are in Africa.
The Society publishes its own periodicals "Human Rights Worldwide" (in English) and "Menschenrechte" (in German).
External links
* [http://www.ishr.org The Official Site of the International Secretariat of the ISHR]
* [http://www.igfm.de ISHR German Section]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
International League for Human Rights — The International League for Human Rights (ILHR) is a human rights organization with headquarters in New York City.Claiming to be the oldest human rights organization in the United States, the ILHR defines its mission as defending human rights… … Wikipedia
National Society for Human Rights — Logo The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) is a Saudi Arabian human rights organisation closely associated with the Saudi government[1] and established on 10 March 2004 … Wikipedia
International Federation of Human Rights — The International Federation of Human Rights aka Fédération internationale des droits de l homme (FIDH) is a federation of non governmental human rights organizations.FIDH’s core mandate is to promote respect for all the rights set out in the… … Wikipedia
International Federation of Human Rights Leagues — The International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH), founded in 1922, is composed of 144 NGOs, among whom the French Ligue des droits de l homme (LDH) and the Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights.It has consultative or… … Wikipedia
Human rights in Ukraine — International and European human rights treatiesUkraine is a party of the following international treaties:*International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) *(First) Optional Protocol to the ICCPR *International Covenant on Economic,… … Wikipedia
Youth for Human Rights International — (YHRI) is a non profit organization based at 1954 Hillhurst Ave. # 416 in Los Angeles, California. Founded and largely staffed and financed by Scientologists, its stated mission is To teach youth around the globe about human rights, thus helping… … Wikipedia
Bahrain Centre for Human Rights — The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights is a Bahrain based NGO led by its President, Abdulhadi Al Khawaja, who is described by the Centre in an article it has published on its website as an “admirer of Ayatollah Khomeini” [cite web title=Castles… … Wikipedia
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights — The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR, Arabic: المركز الفلسطيني لحقوق الإنسان) is an independent Palestinian human rights organization based in Gaza City, founded and directed by Raji Sourani. The non governmental organization was… … Wikipedia
Permanent Assembly for Human Rights — The Permanent Assembly for Human Rights (in Spanish, La Asamblea Permanente por los Derechos Humanos (APDH)) is an Argentine non governmental human rights organization that was founded in 1975. History The Permanent Assembly for Human Rights was… … Wikipedia
Asian Centre for Human Rights — The Asian Centre for Human Rights is a non governmental organization dedicated to the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the Asian region. It is headquartered in New Delhi, India. The Asian Centre for Human… … Wikipedia
