X International Human Rights Colloquium participants/2008

Mission

Conectas is a non-governamental and not-for-profit organization founded in São Paulo/Brazil in September 2001.

Conectas´ mission is to promote the realization of human rights and consolidation of the Rule of Law in the Global South - Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Conectas was accorded consultative status with the ECOSOC-UN in 2006, and observer status with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in 2009.

Vision

A more just world, with a truly global, diverse and effective human rights movement, where national institutions and the international order are more transparent, effective and democratic.

Partnerships

Conectas Human Rights believes in working collaboratively and maintains a number of partnerships with other national, regional and international organizations. It currently participates in the following networks:

• Brazilian Human Rights and Foreign Policy Committee
• Brazilian Network for the Integration of Peoples (REBRIP)/Working Group on Intellectual Property (GTPI)
• Criminal Justice Network
• DHESCA Brazil Platform
• Forum of National Human Rights Organizations (FENDH)
• International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) 
• Justice and Human Rights Forum (JusDH) 
• Latin American Coalition of NGOs
• Plataform for a New  Civil Society Organizations Framework
• UN Human Rights Council Network (HRC Net)

The organization is also member of the Civil Society Watch´s board (Civicus, South Africa).