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français All Human Rights ... for All Facts for taking action The aim of the FIDH is to obtain effective improvements in the protection of victims, the prevention of Human Rights abuse and the prosecution of those responsible.
A broad mandate FIDH’ s mandate is to contribute to the respect of all the rights defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. FIDH aims at obtaining effective improvements in the protection of victims, the prevention of Human Rights violations and the sanction of their perpetrators. Its priorities are set by the triennial World Congress and the International Board (22 members), with the support of the International Secretariat (30 staff members). 4 STATUTORY PRIORITIES
With activities ranging from judicial enquiry, trial observation, research, advocacy and litigation, FIDH has developed strict and impartial procedures, which are implemented by world-renowned independent Human Rights experts. From 2001 to 2003, 111 FIDH fact-finding and observation missions were carried out, 201 reports were published covering over 80 countries and 1300 specific interventions were launched on cases or situations.
Daily advocacy within intergovernmental organisations: FIDH gives guidance and support to its 141 member organisations and other local partners in their dealings with inter-governmental organisations (international and regional). From 2001 to 2003, FIDH filed and supported over 500 cases before international governmental bodies with actions ranging from written appeals to the UN Commission on Human Rights, to monitoring global conferences. FIDH also follows standard-setting activities and promotes the creation of monitoring procedures.
FIDH organises legal cooperation programmes jointly with its member leagues and local partners, in their own country. The aim is to strengthen domestically, the capacity for action of Human Rights defenders and the credibility of their organisations, through training and dialogue with authorities. From 2001 to 2003, judicial cooperation action programmes were pursued in 30 African, 16 Latin American and 12 countries from the North Africa/Middle Eastern region.
Informing, alerting, bearing witness: FIDH aims to publicise the outcome of its missions, its research findings and eyewitness accounts of Human Rights abuse. Press releases, press conferences, open letters to Heads of States, mission reports, urgent appeals, petitions, publicity and the website are the main means, with which the Federation wages its fight against Human Rights violations. For the year 2004, internet traffic on www.fidh.org amounted to approximately 1 Million pages visited. 5 THEMATIC PRIORITIES as defined by the 35th Congress (Quito, Ecuador) in March 2004:
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