Human Rights Defence

Human Rights Defence

Human Rights Defence (HRD) was initiated by Human Right Lawyer Luisa Teresa Salazar de Nordlander in 2005. HRD is a non-profit organisation focusing on Human Rights issues around the world, with particular focus on the American continent. Their slogan is "We shield humans from humans". HRD's outreach activities include essay competitions for school and university students.

Vision

Their vision is for HumanRightsDefence is to be an efficient and transparent non-profit organisation that focuses on human rights issues. HumanRightsDefence will be a large result-oriented organisation that reaches and support victims around the world. We will strongly seek to change practice and policy of those violating Human Rights:

Mission

Their mission is to support victims and activists through an on-line community, offering legal advice, and creating public awareness in order to uphold political political freedom and prevent inhumane conduct. HumanRightsDefence will work as an open and democratic organisation, where every voice matters. Their members are Judges, Lawyers, Journalists, authors, IT experts, and people that are burning for the course. The members background allows us to provide give legal advice, create public awareness, and support victims.

External links

* [http://www.HumanRightsDefence.org Human Rights Defence]


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