text: Human Rights and Democracy Network
  
  The Human Rights and Democracy Network (HRDN) is an informal grouping of 43 NGOs operating at the EU-level in the broader areas of human rights, democracy and peacebuilding.  It was created in 2004 and mainly operates in Brussels.
  
  Purpose
  
  HRDN aims at influencing the EU and its Member States’s policies and funding instruments to promote democracy, human rights and peace:
  
  ‘HRDN’s vision is that human rights and democracy are placed at the heart of the EU's internal and external policy agenda. This vision should manifest itself in an EU which effectively protects human rights at home and is a force for positive change in the world.’
  
  Activities
  
  HRDN members gather once every six weeks in Brussels to exchange information and discuss potential joint advocacy activities, for instance the preparation and publication of common positions and recommendations. Activities are coordinated by a troika, whose representatives are elected among the member organisations during the annual meetings of the network.
  
  To draft common positions or organise joint events, informal working groups are temporarily established. All member organisations of the network can join these working groups. Current policy working groups are focused on the following issues:
   the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR)
   the European Parliament
  
  Member Organisations
   Agir ensemble pour les droits de l'homme
   Amnesty International
   Association for the Prevention of Torture
   Christian Blind Mission
   Coalition for the International Criminal Court Conference of European Churches Christian Solidarity Worldwide
   CIDSE
   Club of Madrid
   DEMAS
   Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network
   European Association for the Defense of Human Rights (AEDH)
   European Partnership for Democracy
  
  European Peacebuilding Liaison Office
  
  Front Line Defenders
  
  Harm Reduction International
  
  Human Rights Watch
  
  Human Rights Without Frontiers
  
  ILGA-Europe
  
  International Centre for Transitional Justice
  
  International Dalit Solidarity Network
  
  International Federation of Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (FIACAT)
  
  International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH)
  
  International Partnership for Human Rights
  
  International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims
  
  International Rescue Committee
  
  Justitia et Pax
  
  La Strada International Association
  
  Light for the World
  
  Minority Rights Group International
  
  Open Society Foundations
  
  Partners for Democratic Change International
  
  Peace Brigades International
  
  Penal Reform International
  
  Plan EU Office
  
  Protection International
  
  Quaker Council for European Affairs
  
  Reporters Without Borders
  
  Save the Children
  
  Search for Common Ground
  
  Terre des Hommes International Foundation
  
  World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
  
  World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)
  
  World Vision International
  
  References
  
  Category:Human rights organisations based in Belgium