International League for Human Rights

The league has four program areas. The core program relates to the United Nations, and the league carries out a number of activities on behalf of its affiliates and partners abroad. The league has a network of about 300 human rights activists, journalists, and officials around the world with which it is in regular communication. Under the Countries in Transition program, the league puts special emphasis on countries experiencing upheavals or change that may pose special threats to human rights. The league's Belarus Project�designed to raise awareness as to the threat posed to human rights by the Lukashenko regime�falls under this program. The Women's and Children's Rights program covers a third area. Finally, the Human Rights and Business program focuses on incorporating human rights standards into management and financial reporting, with a focus on accounting firms.

The league issues a series of regional reports. In 1997 it issued a report on trafficking in women from the former USSR. In 1998 it issued a report on the failure of Azerbaijan to comply with the recommendations of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women and another on Racism in Russia. These reports are normally based on the work of local ILHR affiliates (in these cases, the Human Rights Center of Baku and Moscow's Memorial organization).

Last updated:    June 1999

A print version of much of the information contained in this NIS Third Sector Organizations section can be found in the The Post-Soviet Handbook (Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1999).

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