The Advocates for Human Rights works to create public policy that respects, protects, and fulfills human rights obligations in our home community and around the world.

Priorities

• Defending the human rights of asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrants; 
• Protecting the human rights of women and girls; 
• Supporting the work of human rights defenders; 
• Working to abolish the death penalty; and
• Ending impunity for human rights violations.

Strategies

• Using international human rights mechanisms, including those of the United Nations, to highlight human rights violations and advocate for policy change;
• Advocating for public policy changes in Minnesota, the United States, and our partner countries;
• Providing direct legal advocacy to asylum seekers, trafficking survivors, and detained immigrants and amicus curiae briefing in priority human rights cases; 
• Advancing our priorities by working in partnerships and coaltions; and
• Confronting and dismantling white supremacy, white nationalism, and racism.

Partners

The Advocates for Human Rights works in state, national, and global partnerships and coaltions dedicated to advancing our priority issues.