At the FORUM, we cover a variety of human rights topics that we consider important. We particularly focus on protecting the rights of those groups that often remain invisible. We seek closer participation with these groups and, through various project tools, look for ways to bring about social change and improve their situation. Currently, these projects include:
- Legal aid for victims of torture, inhuman and degrading treatment
- Rights of persons with disabilities
- Rights of ethnic minorities
- Rights of children
- Rights of people on the move
- Independence of the judiciary and the rule of law
- Implementation of ECtHR judgments
Currently, FORUM is implementing the following European projects:
- ENABLE: Enabling inclusion and access to justice for defendants with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities (2022-2024) 🇪🇺 🇨🇿 🇸🇰
- COORDE: Challenging online and offline Roma discrimination in Europe (2022-2024) 🇪🇺 🇸🇰
- ROLL: Rule of Law in Europe for Lawyers (2023-2025) 🇪🇺 🇨🇿 🇸🇰
- DIS-CONNECTED: Disability-based Connected Facilities and Programmes for Prevention of Violence against Women and Children (2023-2025) 🇪🇺 🇸🇰
- LITI-GATE: Strategic Litigation as a Gateway to address the rights of Persons with Disabilities in the European Union (2023-2025) 🇪🇺 🇨🇿 🇸🇰
- RELEASE: Protecting migrant children against detention through the EU Charter (2024-2026) 🇪🇺 🇨🇿 🇸🇰
- Promoting Free Speech through European Judgments (2023-2025) 🇪🇺 🇨🇿 🇸🇰
- ACCESS: Access to Justice for Children Accused and Suspect in Criminal Proceedings (2024-2026) 🇪🇺 🇨🇿 🇸🇰
In addition to international projects, we also work on local projects:
- Legal assistance to victims of torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 🇨🇿 🇸🇰
- Combating Hate Speech on the Internet against Roma in the Czech Republic 🇨🇿
- Social services – strategic litigation (2024) 🇨🇿
- Promoting Free Speech through European Judgments
Continually, FORUM implements the following two projects:
STRATEGIC LITIGATION
FORUM represents or supports several strategic cases before national and international organs. Through strategic litigation, we seek to achieve higher standards of human protection and to secure a remedy for the victims of human rights violations. FORUM provides assistance and legal representation in the following areas:
- rights of people with disabilities
- prevention of ill-treatment, including protection of victims of ill-treatment
- children’s rights
- the rights of people on the move
- the rights of ethnic minorities
- the rights of sexual minorities
- protection against discrimination
- combating hate speech
Find more information in the section on LITIGATION.
INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY
FORUM promotes international human rights standards at the national level by coordinating, drafting and submitting alternative reports on the implementation of international human rights treaties at the national level. FORUM has rich experience in reporting and participating in the hearings of human rights bodies. The organisation is active in front of the UN treaty bodies and by means of active advocacy directed at the members of the Committees. FORUM also supports national human rights organisations when submitting alternative reports and participating in hearings.
Find more information in the section on ADVOCACY.