Our work is based on responses to locally and regionally voiced concerns.  We work in partnership with survivors of human rights violations and their defenders, and aims to link our local and regional programmes with international advocacy initiatives. 

Where possible, we encourage strategic networking and issue-based alliances.  Joint activities frequently include the sharing of information and advice in litigation, the provision of training, human rights monitoring through trial observations and fact-finding missions, and preparation of joint reports which are circulated among national and international policy makers.

Our partners as of 2007 are:

In Turkey

Çağdaş Gazeteciler Derneği (Contemporary Journalists’ Association)

Göç Edenler Sosyal Yardımlaşma ve Kültür Derneği (Göç-Der)

İnsan Hakları ve Mazlumlar İçin Dayanışma Derneği (Mazlum-Der – The Association of Human Rights and Solidarity for the Oppressed People in Turkey) 

Toplum ve Hukuk Araştırmaları Vakfı (The Foundation for Legal and Social Studies - TOHAV ) 

İnsan Haklari Derneği (The Human Rights Association of Turkey – İHD)

Hasankeyfi Yaşatma Girişimi (The Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive)

Van Kadın Derneği ( Van Women’s Association – VAKAD)

In Iraq

Civil Development Organisation (Sulemanya)

In Armenia

Forum Law Centre (formerly Union of Armenian Lawyers)

Young Lawyers Bar Association

In Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan National Committee of Helsinki Citizen’s Assembly (HCA)

Centre for Civic Initiatives

In the UK and rest of Europe:

The Corner House

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales

The Baku-Ceyhan Campaign

World Economy, Ecology and Development (WEED - Germany)

ECA Watch (Switzerland and Austria)

FERN (Belgium)

In addition to these partners we have continued to develop our relationships with Hawlati, Khatuzeen Center for Social Action, Kurdish Human Rights Watch, Women Media and Education Centre and NAWA in Iraq; the Xorhelat Institute in Iran; the Centre for Civic Initiatives and the Human Rights Centre in Azerbaijan.

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