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We aim to help civic activists build alliances, strengthen mutual support and solidarity, and improve their influence on national and international human rights policy.

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What We Do

Together, we take coordinated action on specific human rights topics. Our members collectively dispatch teams to monitor unfolding crises and ensure a strategic response.

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Our Members

We are a decentralized advocacy network of independent civic groups, engaged in efforts to improve cooperation among human rights organizations in the US, Europe, and former Soviet Union.

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News

A Devastating Decade: Report by Russian HRDs documents violations during the war in Syria

06.04.2021

A DEVASTATING DECADE Report by Russian Human Rights Defenders documents violations of human rights and humanitarian law during the war in Syria The first-ever report by Russian human rights...

Publications and Events

Events

The role of women human rights reporters and defenders and how to overcome harassment and violence they are subject to

05.03.2021

THE ROLE OF WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTERS AND DEFENDERS AND HOW TO OVERCOME HARASSMENT AND VIOLENCE THEY ARE SUBJECT TO 9 March 2021, 13:00-14:00 CET

Events

Public consultation on the impact of artificial intelligence on free speech

06.08.2020

The Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) is developing recommendations for OSCE participating States and other relevant stakeholders, including internet intermediaries, on how to safeguard free speech when artificial intelligence (AI) is deployed.