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Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights
Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights is a non-governmental, 501(c)3 organization dedicated to the promotion and protection of internationally recognized human rights. With the help of the more than 600 active volunteers who contribute an estimated $3.4 million annually of in-kind services, Minnesota Advocates documents human rights abuses, advocates on behalf of individual victims, educates on human rights issues, and provides training and technical assistance to address and prevent human rights violations. 

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Featured Project

Legal Reform in Bulgaria

Minnesota Advocates staff and volunteers train judges and police in Bulgaria
On March 16, 2005, the Bulgarian Parliament passed “The Law on Domestic Violence”. The law, modeled after Minnesota’s Order for Protection law, is one of the first of its kind in the region to include Order for Protection provisions. Minnesota Advocates is now working to train judges and police in Bulgaria on issues regarding Order for Protection remedies and an improved justice system response to domestic violence.  Read more.

What's New

Minnesota Advocates Concludes Fact-Finding Mission to Bulgaria (July 2007)
8/7/2007 10:27 AM

Minnesota Advocates Testifies at Congressional Briefing on Medical Treatment at Immigration Detention Centers
7/10/2007 9:59 AM

"Journey to Safety" at National Criminal Justice Conference
7/10/2007 8:41 AM

Volunteer Penny Parker Presents a Report to the UN on the Current Status of the UN Treaty System
6/20/2007 11:00 AM

Women's Program Selected to Conduct Human Sex Trafficking Needs Assessment for the State of Minnesota
6/4/2007 1:20 PM

Events

Challenged to Educate Equally
8/16/2007

Voices From Silence: Personal Accounts of the Long-Term Impact of 9/11
8/22/2007 11:30 AM

Minnesota Advocates at the 2007 State Fair!
8/23/2007

 

Women's Program Fall House Party/Fundraiser
9/6/2007 5:30 PM

The Andre Thomas Death Penalty Case Serious Mental Illness on Trial (or not?)
9/13/2007 12:00 PM

In The News

Latin American student leaders visit University
7/25/2007 11:18 AM

VOA Interviews Michele Garnett McKenzie on Problems with Immigration Detainee Health Care
7/16/2007 8:09 PM

Star Tribune Publishes Letter to the Editor by Cheryl Thomas and Angela Bortel of Minnesota Advocates' Women's Program
7/16/2007 10:08 AM

MPR Midmorning Show Discusses Guantanamo Bay with James Dorsey, Board Member of Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights
6/21/2007 9:00 AM

Michele Garnett McKenzie speaks to BBC World Service about Increasing Use of DNA Testing in Immigration Cases
4/30/2007 10:37 PM

Atlanta Journal-Constitution Features Article on Liberia TRC Project
4/24/2007 1:00 AM

Post 9/11 Project
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Liberian Truth & Reconciliation Project
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Immigration Resources
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Minnesota Advocates StopVAW Website


Join the Torture Destroys Us All Campaign!
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Read the Human Rights Observer

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