{"id":1531,"date":"2018-09-04T17:22:19","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T15:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.iridia.cat\/qui-som\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T12:50:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T11:50:13","slug":"qui-som","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iridia.cat\/en\/qui-som\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"

[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”]Ir\u00eddia is an association that works in Catalonia to defend human rights, primarily civil and political. We are committed to combining direct intervention in situations of violation of rights with the development of processes of political and social incidence whose objective is to promote changes in public policies; all this through a stable, sustainable and independent structure.[\/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”]<\/p>\n

To promote and defend human rights, especially civil and political rights, using a methodology based on a combination of strategic litigation, psychosocial intervention, transformative communication, and political advocacy from an intersectional feminist approach.<\/span><\/p>\n

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To contribute as a useful, rigorous, and independent tool in the state and international Catalan network of social organizations and movements in defence of human rights.<\/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=”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: Ester Quintana Porras,Secretary: Jordi de Senespleda Puigdef\u00e0bregas,Treasurer: Pau Berbel Ortega,Spokesperson: Albert Elfa Canut\/Marina Gall\u00e9s Clar\u00e0\/Blanca Garc\u00e9s Mascare\u00f1as\/Victoria Mu\u00f1oz Moya\/Natalia Santolaria Carcelller\/Carles Vallejo Calder\u00f3n\/Andreu Van den Eynde”][\/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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