The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) welcomed 14 new organisations , on the occasion of its 42nd Congress, which took place in Bogotá at the end of October. The federation now has 194 members in 120 countries. These memberships strengthen the federation’s universal local presence, giving it indisputable legitimacy to defend human rights across the planet.
Paris, Bogota, 14 November 2025. Of varied origins, cultures, organisations, issues and sizes, yet united by a common struggle: the universal defence of human rights. These 14 memberships demonstrate the vitality of the human rights movement across the world, the relevance of the growth of an international federation dedicated to this universalist cause, and the need to bring together the strengths of civil society worldwide in the face of the challenges it is faced with. Local struggles, global problems, the organisations of FIDH find within the federation a space of solidarity where they can exchange ideas and collectively develop solutions to the shrinking civic space observed throughout the world.
“With these new arrivals, our federation is growing and becoming stronger, particularly on the Asian continent,” says Alexis Deswaef, President of FIDH, elected at the same congress in Bogotá. “This is an indicator of vitality for the movement, but also a sign of the times: while the dangers weighing on democracy and respect for rights are being felt everywhere in the world, including in countries considered democratic, civil society is not standing idle. It is organising, innovating, regrouping and putting forward proposals. In a word, it is fighting. FIDH is the place where this struggle is organised.”
Organisations from across the world
ASIA
– Database Center for North Korean Human Rights - NKDB (North Korea). Founded in 2003, NKDB is a human rights organisation with solid experience in documenting human rights violations in North Korea. NKDB has been working with FIDH for more than 10 years. Between 2021 and 2025, FIDH and NKDB collaborated on the submission of eight key documents to the United Nations (the Human Rights Council, treaty bodies, among others). In December 2024, FIDH took part in a webinar organised by NKDB entitled “North Korea and Russia: Complexity of crimes, victim status and the fight against impunity in armed conflicts”. In January 2025, FIDH supported NKDB’s participation in the first World Congress on Enforced Disappearances in Geneva.
– Transitional Justice Working Group - TJWG (South and North Korea). Founded in 2014, TJWG is primarily engaged in human rights issues in North Korea, but also closely monitors the situation in South Korea. In December 2022, TJWG submitted, together with FIDH, a contribution addressed to the South Korean President in support of the abolition of the death penalty, followed in January 2025 by a submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) concerning discrimination against people who have fled North Korea.
– South Asia Justice Campaign - SAJC (India). SAJC was founded in 2020 in the United Kingdom as an exile NGO working to protect human rights, democracy and diversity in India. Its documentation work is particularly strong and well recognised, especially regarding the rights of minorities in Uttar Pradesh and Assam, as well as in other states where Muslim minorities are under threat. SAJC and FIDH have been collaborating since 2023 on international advocacy efforts related to India, notably through several strategic discussions, a joint seminar with members of the diplomatic corps in November 2024, and joint advocacy activities in Brussels and Geneva in January and February 2025.
– Info Birmanie (Myanmar). A French non-profit association (under the 1901 law), founded in 1996 and dedicated to the defence of human rights in Myanmar, it works to support opponents and victims of the ruling military junta. After joint efforts concerning the withdrawal of TotalEnergies, FIDH and Info Birmanie worked together on the responsibility of banks, companies and financial institutions by co-signing letters and organising information webinars. Since June 2025, a joint documentation project has been launched on violations of sanctions related to the aviation industry in Myanmar, AF17 (research into the diversion of civilian equipment for military purposes, the provision of maintenance services, and the supply of dual-use goods and potential military-grade weapons).
– Afghanistan Democracy and Development Organization - Addo (Afghanistan). Addo is an NGO dedicated to promoting human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Afghanistan, founded in 2013 in Kabul. Its expertise lies particularly in transitional justice. Although forced into exile, its members continue to carry out documentation and advocacy work at the international level.
LATIN AMERICA
– Urnas Abiertas (Nicaragua). Urnas Abiertas is a research and citizen-monitoring observatory engaged in the defence of democracy, human rights and the fight against corruption in Nicaragua. Many members of Urnas Abiertas are victims of the regime’s repression, which has forced them into exile since 2019. Since 2023, Urnas Abiertas has been working in partnership with FIDH. The latter has provided technical support aimed at strengthening its capacity to document serious crimes committed in Nicaragua. In addition, the two organisations have shared international advocacy spaces, such as during the mobilisation for the renewal of the resolution on Nicaragua in 2023 and 2025.
– Instituto de Abogados para la Protección del Medio Ambiente, Instituto de Abogados para la Protección del Medio Ambiente - Insaproma (Dominican Republic). Created in 2013, Insaproma works on the right to a healthy environment. Since 2023, Insaproma has maintained an active collaboration with FIDH in the context of complaints filed for human rights and environmental violations related to the operation of the Punta Catalina Thermal Power Plant (CTPC) in the Dominican Republic. This cooperation resulted in the joint preparation of a technical and legal report, submitted to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on 5 September 2023. The report documents the Dominican State’s failure to prevent and address the impacts of the CTPC on children’s health and the environment. It is based on verified field data, supported by an interdisciplinary team of experts, and backed by international academic institutions.
WEST AFRICA
– Public Law Center - Pilc (Chad). Pilc is a Chadian non-governmental organisation founded in 2007. The Chadian organisation has been collaborating with FIDH since 2008, particularly with ATPDH and LTDH, its member organisations in Chad. Since 2019, Pilc has contributed to several actions led by FIDH on the human rights situation in Chad and the Sahel, as well as on the promotion of women’s rights in Africa.
MAGHREB
– Riposte Internationale - RI (Algeria). RI publishes regular reports on the human rights situation in Algeria and defends the rights of minorities and oppressed populations, including the Amazigh in Algeria. RI and FIDH have taken several joint positions on human rights violations in Algeria, the shrinking of civic space, and threats against human rights defenders.
– Beity (Tunisia). Founded in 2012, Beity works to combat discrimination, gender-based violence, and the economic and social vulnerability of women. Beity has been a partner of FIDH since its creation in 2012, and together they have organised several meetings focused on combating violence against women in Tunisia, the Maghreb, and the MENA region. Since the coup d’état of 25 July 2021, Beity has distinguished itself through its critical stance against authoritarian drift. Despite the pressures exerted on the association’s president, it has continued to denounce attacks on democracy and the rule of law.
CENTRAL ASIA
– Kadyr-Kasiyet – Dignity (Kazakhstan). Founded in 2009, Dignity works to protect and ensure the safety of human rights defenders in Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries. Highly active despite the repressive climate in Kazakhstan, Dignity is engaged in long-term partnerships with international human rights organisations, including FIDH.
EASTERN EUROPE
– Truth Hounds (Ukraine). Truth Hounds (TH) specialises in documenting war crimes and crimes against humanity and has been investigating thousands of cases of violence linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine since 2014. The organisation has conducted 20 field missions and recorded over 13,000 acts of violence in 2023 alone. FIDH began a fruitful collaboration with them eight years ago.
ANTILLES
– Kimbé Rèd FWI (France / Antilles / Overseas Territories). Kimbé Rèd carries out legal work and advocacy, both nationally and internationally, in close collaboration with FIDH and LDH, with the aim of compelling France to extend the protection granted by the European Social Charter to its overseas territories. This legal work has relevance beyond the French context and challenges the territorial exclusion of such territories from the application of international human rights protection instruments.
