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Hi everyone, my name is Melissa Lusk. I work for a non-profit human rights organization.
Human rights activities of NGOs
Why should I go to the offices of public organizations when my rights are violated?
Your rights must be secured and protected (each in a different way) by state bodies and officials such as: Parliament, the President, the Government, the courts, the Human Rights Ombudsman, the prosecutor’s office, the police, as well as lawyers who belong to the non-state human rights protection system. Protection of rights is their duty under the law.
What are the peculiarities of the human rights activities of public organizations?
First, in that it is carried out in the interests of:
vulnerable people – the poor, the unemployed, the elderly, minors, people with disabilities, single women, single mothers, widows, members of single-parent, large and dysfunctional families, orphans, people with severe and incurable diseases, residents of remote villages
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