Featured partners

Latin-American family organisations that fight against enforced disappearances, the Dutch CEDAW Network, an African institute on corporate social responsibility: Aim for human rights cooperates with many different organisations and companies to promote human rights. On this page you can find examples of our partners.

International Commission on Missing Persons - Bosnia Herzegovina

International Commission on Missing Persons identifies persons that 'disappeared' in Srebrenica during the bloodshed in 1995. The project 'Zwervers op het Asfalt' visited this partner of Aim for human rights and made a short video.

Piet Sprengers of ASN Bank, the Netherlands

"How can we create an equilibrium between the economy and what the earth has to offer? And how can we reach a fair division that takes human rights into account?" These are the fundamental questions that motivate Piet Sprengers, head of the Sustainability Policy department of ASN Bank. Read more

Irina Krasovskaya of We Remember, Belarus

"It is my moral obligation to my husband, my family, my daughters and grandchildren, but also to the people of Belarus, to continue searching for the truth behind the disappearance of my husband and at the same time to fight for a free Belarus." This is Irina Krasovskaya, co-founder of civil initiative We Remember. Read more

Mohammad Kowthar of Al-Rahma network, Iraq

"I do this work for the love of my country, my family and my fellow citizens. My brother disappeared in 2006 and still hasn't been found. My father disappeared for four years during the Sadam regime. If I think about what happened to them, I want to try to do something to prevent disappearances in the future." Read more

Tagbo Agbuzue of AICC, South Africa

Tagbo Agbazue promotes corporate social responsibility in South Africa. "Problems in the area of human rights prevalent in the country include discrimination, bad working conditions, problems with land, environmental problems and abuses by for example security forces. I see a huge role for the private sector that, if they can run their businesses in a socially responsible way, can push the development of African countries." Read more

Marie Busck of DIHR, Denmark

"It is very encouraging to see that in the 5 years I have worked in the Human Rights and Businesses department of DIHR, companies have become more and more aware that they have a responsibility with regard to human rights. We are now being approached by companies that I previously never would have expected to approach us.” Read more

Bernice Sam of WILDAF, Ghana

Bernice Sam is currently the National Programme Coordinator of WILDAF (Women in Law and Development) Ghana. “We want to explore how we can use CEDAW (the UN convention against discrimination of women) and other international human rights instruments to actually get our government to implement the new Domestic Violence Act.” Read more

Punya Bhandari of Youth Action Nepal

“Human rights are the ideal. What really happens on the ground and what the government should do can be made clear by HeRWAI. This tool helps us to lobby for change in Nepal.” Punya Bhandari works for Youth Action Nepal, an NGO that is active for youth rights, women's rights and sexual and reproductive rights. Read more

Maco Garavito of Liga Guatemalteca de Higiene Mental, Guatemala

"For many years already, since the time I spent with the revolutionary movement in Guatemala, I'm very close with the poorest and most vulnerable people of my country. I want to improve their lives. They have so many good things, but they need support. Even when I'm tired mentally and physically of the work, the people I'm doing it for are like vitamins for me. I have to create a dream and believe in it." Read more

Short project film

Our partners talk about domestic violence in their country.