What is the Leadership Council for Human Rights?
The Leadership Council for Human Rights (LCHR) is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and advancement of individual and collective freedoms as enunciated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and adopted by the United Nations. LCHR works to transform human rights conventions into tangible policy through education and the promotion of public awareness of policy makers in the United States and at international and regional institutions.
LCHR has a successful track record empowering local peoples and creating innovative alliances for action as we seek to give voice to the world’s forgotten and neglected, especially women and children.
What makes the Leadership Council for Human Rights unique?
Our approach to advocacy, education, and action is built on four essential principles which are integrated into our programs:
• The search for truth;
• Empowerment of local peoples;
• Promotion of public awareness;
• Innovative solutions to crises.
LCHR seeks to change conditions “on the ground” and directly impact people’s lives. Our programs focus on conflict resolution, confidence building measures, minority and indigenous rights, self-sufficiency and economic empowerment.
What are the Leadership Council’s priorities?
• Assistance to victims of human rights violations;
• Information dissemination – infusing the “culture” of human rights and responsibilities in government and non-government environments;
• Field programs focusing on human rights development, legal standards, freedom of expression, and enforcement of internationally recognized human rights protections;
• Democracy and civil society by dialogue, conflict resolution, and confidence building measures;
• Rights of self-determination and ethnic expression;
• Recognition of minority, gender, and indigenous peoples’ rights, and economic empowerment.
LCHR President Kathryn Cameron Porter has spent her career
working on critical human rights issues. To learn more about
Ms. Porter, please click here.
For more information about the Board of Directors, please click here.
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