Helsinki Committee for Human Rights

Helsinki Committee for Human Rights
PredecessorInternational Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
Legal statusNon-governmental organization
FocusHuman rights
Region served
Europe, Central Asia, North America
MethodsAdvocacy

Helsinki Committees for Human Rights exist in many European countries (and in the wider OSCE region) as volunteer, non-profit organizations devoted to the protection of human rights. It was presumably named after the Helsinki Accords. It was formerly organized into the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF), based in Vienna.