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Fundación Acción Pro Derechos Humanos

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Citizenship and Governance Coorporate Accountability Criminal Justice Education Governance Human Rights Information Intellectual Property International Law Justice Media Migration Private Sector Refugees Science and Technology Social Development Taxation Policy Technical Cooperation Torture United Nations Funding United Nations Reform Violence Financing for Development: International Cooperation in Tax Matters Population: International migration Public Administration: Ethics, Transparency and Accountability Governance and Public Administration Knowledge Systems and E-government Public Service and Management Innovation Socio-Economic Governance and Management Social Development: Cooperative Disabled persons Employment Information and Communications Technologies Poverty Social policy Technical cooperation Sustainable Development: Biotechnology Capacity-building Education Health Institutional arrangements International law Means of Implementation (Trade, Finance, Technology, Tranfer, etc.) Partnerships Science
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Spain
Millennium Development Goals:	Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	a) The defence and promotion of Human Rights and the rights recognised by the International Conventions, Pacts or Protocols on civil, political, social and economic rights. b) The defence and promotion of equal opportunities and the integration and fight against any kind of discrimination and, in particular, violence and discrimination exerted for reasons of gender (including gender violence); racial, ethnic or national origin; age; sexual orientation; disability: disease; genetic characteristics and other circumstances of birth; aesthetic reasons; religion or convictions, political or any other kind of opinions; language; and any other circumstances or social characteristics of similar significance. c) The defence and promotion of democratic values and principles. d) The fight against violence and intolerance and the defence of its victims. e) The fight against corruption and the defence and promotion of transparency in public affairs and the economy. f) The fostering of social economy.
Year established:	2008
Year of registration:	2008
Organizational structure:	1. The constitutional structure of the Foundation shall comprise the following bodies: a) Board of Trustees b) Board of Founders c) Consultative Board 2. The Board of Trustees comprises the following unipersonal bodies: a) Chairmanship of the Board of Trustees b) Deputy Chairmanship of the Board of Trustees c) Secretaryship of the Board of Trustees d) Deputy Secretaryship of the Board of Trustees
Number and type of members:	Strictly speaking, a Foundation has no members; apart from the members forming its bodies. A Foundation is different from an Association (which itself is made up of members, strictly speaking). 1) Board of Trustees: 4 individual members. 2) Board of Founders: 5 individual members. 3) Consultative Board: 4 individual members and 4 organizations.
Funding structure:	Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants Other sources

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