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Human Rights and Democracy Network

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The Human Rights and Democracy Network (HRDN) is an informal grouping of 43 NGOs operating at the EU-level in the broader areas of human rights, democracy and peacebuilding. It was created in 2004 and mainly operates in Brussels.

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Purpose

HRDN aims at influencing the EU and its Member States’s policies and funding instruments to promote democracy, human rights and peace:

‘HRDN’s vision is that human rights and democracy are placed at the heart of the EU's internal and external policy agenda. This vision should manifest itself in an EU which effectively protects human rights at home and is a force for positive change in the world.’

Activities

HRDN members gather once every six weeks in Brussels to exchange information and discuss potential joint advocacy activities, for instance the preparation and publication of common positions and recommendations. Activities are coordinated by a troika, whose representatives are elected among the member organisations during the annual meetings of the network.

To draft common positions or organise joint events, informal working groups are temporarily established. All member organisations of the network can join these working groups. Current policy working groups are focused on the following issues:

  • the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR)
  • the European Parliament

    • Member Organisations

  • Agir ensemble pour les droits de l'homme
  • Amnesty International
  • Association for the Prevention of Torture
  • Christian Blind Mission
  • Coalition for the International Criminal Court Conference of European Churches Christian Solidarity Worldwide
  • CIDSE
  • Club of Madrid
  • DEMAS
  • Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network
  • European Association for the Defense of Human Rights (AEDH)
  • European Partnership for Democracy

    • European Peacebuilding Liaison Office

    Front Line Defenders

    Harm Reduction International

    Human Rights Watch

    Human Rights Without Frontiers

    ILGA-Europe

    International Centre for Transitional Justice

    International Dalit Solidarity Network

    International Federation of Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (FIACAT)

    International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH)

    International Partnership for Human Rights

    International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims

    International Rescue Committee

    Justitia et Pax

    La Strada International Association

    Light for the World

    Minority Rights Group International

    Open Society Foundations

    Partners for Democratic Change International

    Peace Brigades International

    Penal Reform International

    Plan EU Office

    Protection International

    Quaker Council for European Affairs

    Reporters Without Borders

    Save the Children

    Search for Common Ground

    Terre des Hommes International Foundation

    World Coalition Against the Death Penalty

    World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)

    World Vision International

    References

    Human Rights and Democracy Network Wikipedia
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