United Nations Civil Society Participation – Activities

Welcome to the United Nations. It's your world.

English
French

NGO Branch
About us
Contact us
ECOSOC Status
Introduction
Applying for Status
Committee on NGOs
NGO Response System
NGO Participation
UN Grounds Pass
Functional Commissions
High Level Segment
Calendar of Events
Conference Registration
Quadrennial Reports

Quadrennial Reports
Quadrennial report due? Read more on our updated page. Click here »

Institut de Drets Humans de Catalunya

View Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Citizenship and Governance Education Human Rights International Law Refugees Social Development Water Population: International migration Public Administration: Governance and Public Administration Social Development: Cooperative Sustainable Development: International law
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Spain
Millennium Development Goals:	Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	The Human Rights Institute of Catalonia (IDHC) was created more than twenty years ago by a group of people committed to fighting for the progress of freedom and democracy in the world. Their aim was to join both individual and collective forces, coming from both public and private institutions, in order to expand the political, social and cultural rights of everyone. The IDHC carries out three parallel lines of work; the promotion of human rights, the education on human rights and the advocacy. In each of these areas, the IDHC gives special attention to relations with other institutions, network participation and study and research activities. In the area of promotion, activities of different types are carried out on diverse themes (forgotten conflicts, rights in the city, emerging rights, human rights in the street...) but with a common objective; to spread the culture of human rights in our society in order to make effective the respect, enjoyment and guarantee of fundamental rights. With respect to its consultancy work, the IDHC offers technical and scientific support to public institutions in the development and implementation of, for example, the European Charter for the Safeguarding of Human Rights in the City. The Institute also gives its support to specific projects linked to the strengthening of the culture of human rights in civil society. As part of its educational work on human rights, the IDHC organises courses, specialist seminars, short courses for specific groups, studies and research work, analysis and evaluation projects, and conferences at the local as well as the international level.
Year established:	1983
Year of registration:	1983
Organizational structure:	The IDHC is an association composed of a large number of members with different levels of involvement and financial support that contribute to making the institute a plural, independent and democratic organisation. These members are classified in different groups such as the Board of Directors, the Technical team, the founder members and the general members.
Number and type of members:	The Board of Directors is composed of sixteen members: The President, two Vice-Presidents, one Treasurer/Director, one Secretary, three Presidents of Honour and eight executive members. The Technical team is composed by seven members: a Managing Dierctor, an assistant director, a Head of communications, a Head of Educationand three scholars. The total number of members is 101.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	AEDH, AEDIDH, APDHA, EMHRN, FRA
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Grants from Governments

Previous

Next

Contact NGO Branch
Questions on applications, reports, or other inquiries Click here »

Online Application
Applying for ECOSOC Consultative Status? Click here »

UN Grounds Pass
Obtaining a UN Grounds Pass Click here »

Conference Registration
Registering for a UN Conference? Click here »