Who We Are

HRD is a non-profit and independent civil society organization campaigning to defend human rights and to help people facing persecution all around the world and with a special focus on Turkey. HRD was established in 2018 Cologne-Germany, by Turkish lawyers, former bureaucrats and entrepreneurs who are political-asylum seekers in Germany and Europe.

HRD is preparing reports concerning human rights violations, establishing contacts to other Human Rights NGO`s and stakeholders, State Officials and regional as well as international organizations. 

HRD is also giving legal advice to victims, initiating litigation procedures on behalf of the victims and preparing official petitions and communications to the relevant UN Human Rights Mechanisms.

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For membership please fill the form and the supplement regarding data protection. After signing both documents please send them us via e-mail by contact@humanrights-ev.com or via postal service to
Human Rights Defenders
Hohenstaufenring 62
50674 Cologne Germany

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Charter for European SecurityDownload
Conference On Security and Co-Operation in Europe Final Act (Helsinki Final Act)Download
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or PunishmentDownload
Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced DisappearanceDownload
Convention on the Rights of the ChildDownload
European Convention on Human RightsDownload
European Social CharterDownload
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD)Download
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their FamiliesDownload
International Covenant on Civil and Political RightsDownload
International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural RightsDownload
Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or PunishmentDownload
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against WomenDownload
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications ProcedureDownload
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed ConflictDownload
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children Child Prostitution and Child PornographyDownload
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political RightsDownload
Recommendation No. R-87-3 of the Committee of Ministers on the European Prison RulesDownload
Rules of Court of ECtHRDownload
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Aiming at the Abolition of the Death PenaltyDownload
Statute of the Council of EuropeDownload

Links

European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Commissioner for Human Rights
Council of Europe
European Court of Human Rights
Organization for Security and 
Co-operation in Europe
UN Human Rights Office of 
the High Commissioner