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
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 🇪🇺 🇸🇰
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 🇨🇿
On a continual basis FORUM implements the following two projects:
STRATEGIC LITIGATION
FORUM represents or supports a number of 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 victim of human rights violation. FORUM provides assistance and legal representation in 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 coordination, drafting and submitting alternative reports on the implementation of international human rights treaties at the national level. FORUM has rich experience in the reporting and participating in the hearings of the human rights bodies. The organisation is active in front of the UN treaty bodies also by means of an active advocacy directed at the members of the Committees. FORUM also supports national human rights organisations when submitting alternative reports and participating in the hearings.
Find more information in the section on ADVOCACY.