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Youth Human Rights Movement (YHRM) activity is structured within thematic (programs, networks and sections) and methodological (teams) directions.

PROGRAMS
Blocks of campaigns, projects and actions, united by the joint theme.

Program «Defending Civil Society in the Newly Independent States» (2007 – 2012). 

The program is aimed at supporting civil society institutions and individual civil activists (mainly – human rights activists) in the NIS countries (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Central Asia, South Caucasus and Baltic countries).

The program supposes the creation of informational resources, monitoring and analysis of the situation in NIS countries (first of all – in the sphere of fundamental human rights and the development of independent civil structures), as well as direct technical, organizational and methodical support of civil organizations and activists in those countries. It also supposes the creation of control mechanisms on the national and international levels, as well as forming of the wide solidarity movement of organizations from the region and beyond – first of all, within CIS, Council of Europe and OSCE. all>>>

Youth – For Human Rights and Human Dignity
-          Campaign “Against the Death Penalty and For Law Humanization”
-          Campaign “Law and Responsibility – for Law-enforcement Bodies”
-          Freedom of Associations,
-          Freedom of Meetings
-          etc.

Youth Rights
-          Campaign “Your Rights not to Fight”,
-          Campaign “Social-labor Rights of Youth”,
-          Campaign “Students’ Rights”
-          etc.

Youth for Justice
-          All-Russian Civic Action “To Cancel Cancellation”,
-         ”For Available and High-Quality Education”
-          etc.

AntifascismandTolerance:

1. Direction against racism and intolerance – series of actions “9 May – Day of Victory over War, Fascism and Violence”, “9-16 November. Never Again!” etc,
2. Direction against totalitarianism: International Campaign “Anti-stalinism” etc.,
3. Direction against militarism and violence cult: Campaign “Your Right not to Fight!”
4. etc.

“Solidarity”
-          Campaign “Defense of Human Rights Defenders and Civil Activists”
-          independent actions and mini-campaigns to support NGOs.

NETWORKS
Informal thematic interregional and international associations of people, groups and organizations, who realize permanent joint actions, campaigns and programs. Those networks logically continue development of thematic YHRM sections.

Youth network against racism and intolerance / YNRI
The network has grown up from antifascism groups, which started activity firstly in Voronezh (since 1996), then in Central region, and since 1999 joined section “Tolerance” of international Youth Human Rights Movement (YHRM), which in 2004 was transformed into Youth network against racism and intolerance / YNRI.
Details at: http://ynri.hrworld.ru/

Network of nonviolence and culture of peace / NNCP   
Network participants work out and realize campaigns in the sphere of humanization of public awareness, peacemaking, peace culture and nonviolence, realize educational and awareness programs in these spheres.
Campaigns: “Your Right not to Fight!”, Campaign to Abolish Death Penalty and for Law Humanization, international action “For Grozny Stydents” etc.
Details: nncp@yhrm.org

International Network of Students Rights / INSR 
Participants of the Network work out and realize campaigns on the thematic of students’ rights (including rights of foreign students), promotion of students’ unions, realize educational, awareness and consulting programs.
Details at: http://students.hrworld.ru/

Youth Network for Civic Journalistic

 
SECTIONS

Section of Vote Rights
Defense of right to vote, elections observation, awareness etc.
The youngest YHRM section, which was launched in spring 2003.

ECO-section (ecological rights section)
ECO-section of YHRM work on programs “Nuclear Safety” and “Food Safety”, which are aimed at control and public resistance to proliferation of nuclear and biological technologies, and also – to support local ecological and “green” initiatives of members and partners.
Since 1999, annual month to boycott corporations’ products take part in Voronezh, including informational actions and discussions on corporations’ policies.
Jointly with “Eco-defense” there is published Russian version of news-flash of World Information Service on Energy (WISE). This newspaper is published and disseminated widely among journalists and ecological organizations on the territory of NIS and Baltic.
Section participated in the campaign against pipe-line near Baikal (2006).

TEAMS
Team in YHRM unites participants of YHRM who joined on the basis of interest to some type/form of civic or human rights activity.

Education Team
t-educ@yhrm.org

Research and Monitoring Team
t-research@yhrm.org

Public Campaigns and Actions Team
t-campaign@yhrm.org

Public Relations Team
t-pr@yhrm.org