For the right to rights

Our project focus

In a deeply divided world with a global economy which excludes millions of people socially and economically, and even makes them 'surplus', medico stands by those who defend and implement indivisible social, political and economic human rights. All aid has to be judged on whether and how far it contributes to restoring people to their rights.  
This means that the fight for social justice, education and health is also a fight against circumstances which create structural restrictions on these rights.

Niger

Free Moussa Tchangari!

Moussa Tchangari

The journalist, political analyst and Secretary-General of Alternative Espaces Citoyens has been one of the leading voices of social movements and left-wing civil society in the Sahel region for many years. Moussa Tchangari has spent the last year and a half in prison.

Iran

An Unfolding Collective Trauma

Skelette und Kunstblut auf einer iranischen Flagge.

The Islamic Republic massacred Thousands of Demonstrators.

Attack on Iran

Dog-eat-dog world

If you talk about peace, you have to actually do something to achieve it.

Interview

Colonial fantasy

The 2803 resolution of the UN Security Council on Gaza contains dramatic consequences for the Palestinians' right to self-determination.

Niger

Free Moussa Tchangari!

Moussa Tchangari

The journalist, political analyst and Secretary-General of Alternative Espaces Citoyens has been one of the leading voices of social movements and left-wing civil society in the Sahel region for many years. Moussa Tchangari has spent the last year and a half in prison.

Attack on Iran

Dog-eat-dog world

If you talk about peace, you have to actually do something to achieve it.

Iran

An Unfolding Collective Trauma

Skelette und Kunstblut auf einer iranischen Flagge.

The Islamic Republic massacred Thousands of Demonstrators.

Interview

Colonial fantasy

The 2803 resolution of the UN Security Council on Gaza contains dramatic consequences for the Palestinians' right to self-determination.

Transnational human rights work

Project Funding 2024

  • Development of a strategic partnership between ECCHR and medico international / European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
  • A safe place for the Mena Prison Forum / UMAM D&R

Project Funding 2024: € 115,000.00

Projects – Projections

All articles on the topic of human rights

27.05.2024 Namibia
So all good again now?

German remembrance policy is patting itself on the back. In Namibia we are seeing just how deficient it actually is.

23.05.2024 Freedom of expression
Am I a Berliner?

The policy of raison d'état [reason of state] is also tantamount to a frontal attack on the capital of the Arab exile communities. By Yassin al-Haj Saleh.

27.03.2024 War on Gaza
Tumble into the abyss

Gaza is being starved and the world is watching. An immediate reversal is needed.

15.02.2024 Lead article
In the fog of morality

How people in this country are growing accustomed to war. The lead article in medico circular 01/2024. By Katja Maurer.

23.01.2024 Israel/Palestine
Stop Arms Transfers!

International Humanitarian and Human Rights Organisations Call to Stop Arms Transfers to Israel, Palestinian Armed Groups.

19.01.2024 War on Gaza
Never again means never again for all!

For the German government, international law apparently only applies when it serves its own interests.

10.11.2023 Position
End the horror in Gaza

The crimes committed by Hamas do not absolve Israel of its own responsibility under international humanitarian law. The war must end.

25.10.2023 Syria
In the shadow of the shadow

Violence is escalating in Northwest Syria. Civilians are at massive risk – from the brutal military operations as well as from the lack of international publicity.

09.10.2023 Israel/Palestine
State of emergency times two

The deadly Hamas attacks are heavily impacting our partners in Israel. We talked to Guy Shalev, Director of Physicians for Human Rights, about the situation and their work with survivors.

09.10.2023 Israel/Palestine
Under shock and bombs

Due to heavy bombardments our partners in Gaza are not in a position to give an interview. Therefore, we spoke with our colleague Chris Whitman, who is in regular contact with them.