Human Rights International (HRI) is a 501(C)3 non-profit organization that specializes in human rights, legal services and humanitarian aid.
Human Rights International started in the United States as an independent, non-partisan, and non-sectarian organization with a mission to defend and promote human rights and fundamental freedoms worldwide.
Human Rights International implements its activities through its in-country attorneys, subject matter experts, and partners. We use litigation, alternative dispute resolution, education, and humanitarian aid to achieve our mission.
Our human rights legal professionals will fight for individuals and groups when their basic human rights and freedoms are violated. We operate under the principle that human rights are universal because everyone is born with and possesses the same rights, regardless of where they live, their gender, race, or religious, cultural or ethnic background. Below are the rights and freedoms we defend:
- Right to life
- Right to liberty and security
- Right to Health
- Right of detained persons to be treated with humanity.
- Patients’ rights/ human rights violations resulting from medical malpractice.
- Right to a fair trial
- Environmental rights/right to a healthy environment
- Digital rights
- Right to equality before the law and non-discrimination
- Right to form and join trade unions.
- Children’s rights
- Rights of persons with disability
- Labor rights/workers’ rights
- Freedom of thought, conscience and religion
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of assembly
- Freedom of movement
- Freedom of association
- Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or Punishment
- Freedom from slavery, servitude and forced labor.
“The happiest people are those who do the most for others.”
Booker T. Washington