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[vc_row el_class=”ird-section”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][mu_heading source=”post_title”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”7\/12″][iridia_quote author=”Desmond Tutu” quote=”For oppressed people, it is very important to know that they are not alone. Do not let anyone tell you that what you do is insignificant.”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”ird-section”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”medium-4″ width=”1\/3″][iridia_section_title][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”medium-8″ width=”7\/12″][vc_column_text css_animation=”right-to-left” css=””]Ir\u00eddia \u2013 Center for the Defense<\/strong> of Human Rights<\/strong> is an association that works to promote and defend human rights, especially civil and political.<\/p>\n

Our main objective is to raise human rights protection standards in relation to institutional violence, racism and migration, historical memory, deprivation of liberty and the right to protest.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”ird-section”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”medium-4″ width=”1\/3″][iridia_section_title heading=”Mission”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”medium-8″ width=”7\/12″][vc_column_text css_animation=”right-to-left” css=””]<\/p>\n

Promote and defend human rights, especially civil and political, using a methodology based on the combination of strategic litigation, psychosocial intervention, transformative communication and political advocacy from an intersectional feminist approach in order to promote changes in public policies.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”ird-section”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”medium-4″ width=”1\/3″][iridia_section_title heading=”Vision”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”medium-8″ width=”7\/12″][vc_column_text css_animation=”right-to-left” css=””]<\/p>\n

Contribute as a useful, rigorous and independent tool to the Catalan, state and international network of organizations and social movements for the defense of human rights.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”ird-section”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”medium-4″ width=”1\/3″][iridia_section_title heading=”Values”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”medium-8″ width=”7\/12″][vc_column_text css_animation=”right-to-left”]<\/p>\n

Rigour<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Our legal, communication and political advocacy actions must be based precisely on facts and data that are contrasted from a position connected to the social, economic and political reality of the moment. <\/span><\/p>\n

Social Transformation<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Our action to promote and defend rights must be oriented towards generating cultural, social, legal and\/or political changes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Independence<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

The positions of the entity will be taken independently by its members without pressure from the Administration, political parties, economic or financial powers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Global Justice<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Our organization defends civil and political rights from an economic, environmental, social, gender, and anti-racist justice framework from a global perspective.<\/span><\/p>\n

Transparency<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

The entity must give its members and citizens access to the content of strategic decisions taken, as well as economic decisions and its accounting reality.<\/span><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”ird-section”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”medium-4″ width=”1\/3″][iridia_section_title heading=”Board”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”medium-8″ width=”7\/12″][iridia_team groups=”President: Aina Estarellas Roca,Vice-president: Carles Vallejo Calder\u00f3n,Secretary: Ester Quintana Porras,Treasurer: Pau Berbel Ortega,Spokesperson: Albert Elfa Canut\/Marina Gall\u00e9s Clar\u00e0\/Blanca Garc\u00e9s\/Victoria Mu\u00f1oz Moya\/Natalia Santolaria\/Andreu Van den Eynde\/Marisela Montenegro”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”ird-section”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”medium-4″ width=”1\/3″][iridia_section_title heading=”Organizational chart”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”medium-8″ width=”7\/12″][vc_column_text css_animation=”right-to-left” css=””]Ir\u00eddia\u2019s team comprises people with different professional backgrounds: lawyers, psychologists, journalists, political scientists and sociologists that provide expertise in the field of human rights protection. We combine paid technical work with voluntary and activist work. The participation spaces are:[\/vc_column_text][iridia_team groups=”Membership meeting:,Board: President\/Vice-president\/Secretary\/Treasurer\/Spokesperson,Management: Direction\/Management,Coordination: Line references\/Axis referents,Advocacy: Line referents and advocacy,Plenary: Volunteers\/Board of directors\/Workers”][vc_single_image image=”10584″ img_size=”full” css=””][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”ird-section”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”medium-4″ width=”1\/3″][iridia_section_title heading=”Bylaws”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”medium-8″ width=”7\/12″][vc_column_text css_animation=”right-to-left”]The current bylaws of Iridia Association – Centre for the Defence of Human Rights, registered in the Register of Associations on October 19th 2018, are the attached registered Statutes<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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