Ihprex

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The Institute of Human Rights and Prevention of Extremism and Xenophobia (IHRPEX) was established in 2010. It is a non-governmental, nonprofit, scientific and educational organization focused on bringing the fundamental human rights and freedoms in our country to conformity with the highest global standards.

The Institute was founded by public activists, politicians and scientists united by the common task: to protect ethnic, religious and other minorities, as well as to prevent the spreading of xenophobia and extremism in Ukraine and European countries.

With this purpose, together with the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS), the workers of IHRPEX regularly carry out analysis of the situation around observance of human rights and rights of national minorities in Ukraine, and implement various practical programs to prevent possible violations in this area. Due to the fact that this activity united a great number of top-ranked specialists from many countries and areas, IHRPEX has an opportunity to fulfill its mission implementing the best practices in the area of protection of constitutional freedoms.

It should be noted that IHRPEX cooperates with the International Network Against Cyber Нate and the range of other organizations. Within the framework of the activity of IHRPEX in European Parliament, the EU-Ukraine Forum is held with the purpose of rapprochement of the peoples of Europe and Ukraine. In addition, the meeting of the board of the International Interfaith Forum are held on a regular basis with support from the Ukrainian Jewish Committee and the European Council of Religious Leaders.

The Institute works in several areas simultaneously:

1. Research of the condition of human rights, as well as the rights of national, language, religious and other minorities; analysis of main problems and tendencies; preparation and publication of regular reports; conduct of social studies in the area of human and minority rights observance.
2. Study of the reasons for appearance of religious, race, ethnic intolerance, its forms and tendencies; research of extremist radical trends and the development of the means of their prevention.
3. Conduct of analysis, comparison of legislative and practical protection of human and minority rights in Ukraine, Russia, the USA, the EU and the Middle East countries, and the countries of the other regions; study of received information and exchange of experience with foreign experts.
4. Interethnic and interfaith dialogue, support of proper representation of national and religious minorities in state authorities and local self-governments, political parties and public organizations.
5.Public discussion of the questions of tolerance; implementation of the projects aimed at creation of tolerant environment in Ukraine and Central and Eastern Europe; conduct of trainings aimed at prevention of human rights violation; spreading of knowledge about citizens’ reaction to the demonstration of xenophobia and intolerance.