Principles
The Human Rights Observers Network is guided by the following core principles:
- Human rights are interdependent and universal
- Human rights include civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights
- Human rights are protected through building social movements
- Human rights movements must ensure leadership by those directly affected
- Human rights advocacy must always respect the diversity within communities
- Human rights organizations must be financially responsible and accountable
The goals of the Human Rights Observers Network are four-fold:
- To increase the visibility for the HRO movement
- To build the capacity of HRO groups to carry out their work
- To strengthen links between HRO activists and movements across issues and sectors of work
- To link HRO activists with the global human rights movement
- To meet these goals the Network will establish itself as a coordinating center for organizations developing pro-active human rights alternatives to existing policies, structures, and strategies.
As a coordinating center, the Network will:
- Support collaborative efforts by human rights groups
- Develop and disseminate tangible models for the practical application of the human rights framework domestically
- Promote capacity building and information sharing among member organizations.
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