The Magnus Hirschfeld Centre for Human Rights is
a non-governmental, non-profit, voluntary organization engaged in
the promotion of human rights and civil liberties under
international law.
Its mandate places a special emphasis on its
work in connection with defending and promoting the human rights
of vulnerable minority communities and persons placed on the
margins of power in society: i.e., women, children, minority
ethnic, racial, religious and linguistic groups, and gay, lesbian,
bisexual, and trans-gendered and HIV-positive persons, inter alia.
Employing both its own resources and those of
other human rights advocacy organizations, the Centre acts as or
in conjunction with the legal representative of individuals and
groups of individuals within the foregoing communities whose
rights under international human rights law have been violated.
