We build a more just, supportive and inclusive society in which diversity is accepted as a value and in which each person can develop their life project. We believe in each person's capacity for change and we are committed to the most vulnerable through closeness and support. justicia social, género e interseccionalidad, impulsamos procesos transformadores que visibilizan y acompañan a comunidades históricamente excluidas con énfasis en mujeres defensoras, juventudes, personas con discapacidad, desplazadas y en situación de movilidad forzada. Nuestro trabajo se nutre de metodologías participativas e innovadoras, formación especializada y análisis académicos, para dar vida a iniciativas colaborativas de alto impacto.

Construimos una sociedad más justa, solidaria e inclusiva en la que se acepte la diversidad como un valor y en la que cada persona pueda desarrollar su proyecto de vida. Creemos en la capacidad de cambio de cada persona y nos comprometemos con las más vulnerables desde la cercanía y el acompañamiento.

Commitment with human rights and human dignity; we strive to ensure that all people have the same opportunities and obligations to decide their future and achieve individual and collective well-being.

‍Diversity acting to ensure fair treatment, inclusion and access to opportunities for all people.

‍Gender Equality promote transformations regarding inequalities and inequities in the condition, construction of the roles and position of men and women in society.

‍Independencia of any political group, religious belief or economic interest. Transparency we are accountable to the institutions we work with and to society in general.

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Code of Ethics

Work Spotlights

We are a protective and safety network that works to improve the lives of defenders
including their families, girls, boys and their communities.

Right to
upbringing

Denounce violations of access to inclusive education, promoting access to all to all people.
We work to guarantee the right to inclusive, equitable and transformative education.

Human Mobility

We accompany and defend people in situations of forced mobility in the phases of origin, transit and destination. We fight to eradicate the causes of these processes of forced mobility and to contribute to creating a culture of hospitality and reconciliation.

Equality
of Gender

We promote equality between women and men through women's empowerment, the transformation of patriarchal culture, education and the modification of gender roles.

Socio-environmental Justice

Committed to life as a whole in a context of socio-environmental crisis and unjust economic and social relations. We empower the most disadvantaged people and communities by promoting the common good, solidarity and care for nature.

Citizen participation

We promote the development of an articulated global citizenship for socio-political action. We promote innovation and social transformation through empowerment.
We promote volunteering.

Strategic Areas (2024-2029)

Education
In Emergency

Actions and methodologies to restore the right to inclusive education, creating formal and non-formal educational opportunities for people in situations of forced mobility.
With an inclusive approach, we accompany the most vulnerable people, such as boys, girls, young people, women, teachers and people with disabilities.

Humanitarian Assistance and Defense
of Human Rights

A set of actions aimed at strengthening the autonomy, dignity and well-being of people seeking international protection and refugees. Emergency funded care for social crises, psychosocial support and mental health aimed at the most vulnerable people in situations of forced mobility.

International Advocacy and Public Policies

Promote the international protection of human rights from the international arena and local governments. Protection and defense of civil society organizations and rights defenders, through advocacy with United Nations (UN), the European Union (EU) and the Organization of American States (OAS).

Transparency is one of the values that guide us and that marks the work we do and how we do it.

For the RIDHE team in all the countries where we work, it is a cornerstone to show what we are and do, clearly communicating what is relevant to our activity and management.

The RIDHE is recognized as an international non-profit association (AISBL), according to the order of the Belgian Ministry of Justice of May 10, 2019. Register of organizations of the Belgian State under number 0730618747.

As an Association, it is regulated by the Statutes (rules that regulate the operation of the entity and that have been approved by a board of directors).

We promote quality as a tool at the service of social development.

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OUR TEAM

Networks and Alliances

The RIDHE is a complex of Human Rights Defenders, social groups, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), journalists, academics and experts in rights, committed to working in networks and alliances.
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Networks

Impact Networks:
Space to share good practices in the regional social sector. We exchange information, knowledge and learning about impactful social innovation, grassroots development and sustainable communities.

Redes de Impacto
Espacio para compartir buenas prácticas en el sector social regional. Intercambiamos información, conocimientos y aprendizajes sobre la innovación social de impacto, el desarrollo de base y las comunidades sostenibles.

OSC networks:
Space for coordination that we carry out with other social organizations specializing in various subjects to, together, contribute to the strengthening and permanence of the social sector in the EU-LAC.

‍Advocacy Networks:
Collaborative working groups to build new routes for the demand of human rights, the defense of human rights before the United Nations and the European Union.