Society for Threatened Peoples

Society for Threatened Peoples International (STPI)
Founded1970
FounderTilman Zülch
TypeNon-governmental organization
FocusReligious and ethnic minorities and indigenous peoples
Location
Area served
Germany, Bosnia, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Iraq
Websitehttp://www.gfbv.de/index.php?change_lang=english
News conference with the Yezidian Academy in August 2014 concerning the terror of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Iraq.

The Society for Threatened Peoples International STPI (German: Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker-International, GfbV-International) is an international NGO and human rights organization with its headquarters in Göttingen, Germany. Its aim is to create awareness of and protect minority peoples around the world who are threatened by oppressive governments. The society states that it "campaigns against all forms of genocide and ethnocide." It has consultative status with the United Nations, participatory status with the Council of Europe, and has branches in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Iraqi Kurdistan.

The Secretary General of the Society for Threatened Peoples International (STPI) and Society for Threatened Peoples-Germany (STP) is Tilman Zülch.[1] The society awards the Victor Gollancz Prize. The Society for Threatened Peoples has a strong focus on Eastern Europe and other parts of Eurasia, including Russia and the Balkans, but it also works with countries in Africa and the Middle East.

  1. ^ Gfbv.de Archived 7 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine