INTERIGHTS, the International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights, is an international human rights law centre, established in 1982 and based in London, England. Regionally, it works in Africa, Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, and South Asia. Its thematic focus includes liberty and security of the person, equality, and the enforcement of economic, social and cultural rights. Access to justice for the most disadvantaged is a common thread in all its programmes and the majority of INTERIGHTS' work is done in cooperation with local partners.

INTERIGHTS provides legal and strategic advice and assistance on international and comparative human rights law to legal practitioners, judges, non-governmental organisations and victims of human rights abuses. This includes both direct representation and the submission of amicus briefs and third party intervenor petitions in cases before national courts and international and regional courts and tribunals, including at the UN, in Europe, Africa, the Americas and South Asia. It also organises and conducts workshops and seminars for judges, lawyers and NGOs in the techniques of using international and comparative human rights law.

An important part of INTERIGHTS' work is to disseminate information on recent developments in international and comparative human rights law to judges and lawyers. It provides current information through the quarterly Bulletin, which carries summaries of international human rights cases, the Commonwealth Human Rights Law Digest, which contains summaries of national decisions, through the Case Law Database and through its website. It also publishes expert reports and papers on a periodic basis based on current issues of concern in the legal protection of human rights. INTERIGHTS' website can be accessed at www.interights.org.

 

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