International Network of Human Rights | Europe

The International Network of Human Rights | Europe (RIDHE, from its Spanish name Red Internacional de Derechos Humanos Europa) is an international non-profit organisation and bi-regional network that connects Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. According to its official website, RIDHE works at the intersection of human rights, social innovation, education, human mobility, socio-economic inclusion, environmental protection and climate resilience, developing solutions together with communities and strengthening their capacity to adapt to new challenges. The network links civil society, universities, institutions, human rights and environmental defenders, the private sector and new generations, creating bridges between knowledge, advocacy, social investment and community action. RIDHE describes itself as a bi-regional network of 60 connected actors across Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean: 26 institutions, universities, CSOs and human rights and environmental defenders in the European Union, and 34 institutions, universities, CSOs and human rights and environmental defenders in Latin America and the Caribbean. This network allows it to connect local experiences with international decision-making spaces, generate alliances between different sectors and develop more sustainable responses to democratic, social, economic, humanitarian and environmental challenges. The organisation's stated purpose moves from protection to autonomy, from education to opportunities, from innovation to community impact, and from cooperation to new alliances for development. It promotes freer, more resilient, more inclusive communities prepared to build their own future. Its work is organised around four capacities for transformation, with a focus on rights, education in emergencies, humanitarian assistance and the defence of human rights, and international advocacy and public policies. RIDHE's programme areas include Education in Emergencies, which promotes inclusive and quality education especially for people in situations of forced mobility, humanitarian crises and at risk of social exclusion; Humanitarian Assistance and Defence of Human Rights, which strengthens the autonomy, dignity and well-being of international protection applicants and refugees through a set of cross-cutting actions; and International Advocacy and Public Policies, which drives the international protection of human rights from the international sphere and local governments. The organisation also runs campaigns such as "Apadrina un Preso Político" (Sponsor a Political Prisoner), providing humanitarian support to prisoners and their families in Nicaragua. Recent news items on its website cover transnational repression in Nicaragua, sexual violence as a pattern of repression and political control in Venezuela, and indigenous Chiquitanos denouncing the impact of extractivism in Bolivia at the UN. In September 2025, RIDHE promoted the first regional meeting of the Disability Inclusion Network, where organisations launched a joint action plan on inclusion and disability in Latin America. The network's work is carried out from a collective and horizontal approach, promoting the human rights of the most vulnerable people.

The International Network of Human Rights | Europe (RIDHE) is an international non-profit organisation and a bi-regional network that connects Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. According to its official website, RIDHE works at the intersection of human rights, social innovation, education, human mobility, socio-economic inclusion, environmental protection and climate resilience. It develops solutions together with communities and strengthens their capacity to adapt to new challenges. The network links civil society, universities, institutions, human rights and environmental defenders, the private sector and new generations, creating bridges between knowledge, advocacy, social investment and community action. RIDHE describes itself as a bi-regional network of 60 connected actors across Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean: 26 institutions, universities, CSOs and human rights and environmental defenders in the European Union, and 34 institutions, universities, CSOs and human rights and environmental defenders in Latin America and the Caribbean. This network allows it to connect local experiences with international decision-making spaces, generate alliances between different sectors and develop more sustainable responses to democratic, social, economic, humanitarian and environmental challenges. The organisation's stated purpose moves from protection to autonomy, from education to opportunities, from innovation to community impact, and from cooperation to new alliances for development. It promotes freer, more resilient, more inclusive communities prepared to build their own future. Its work is organised around four capacities for transformation, with a focus on rights, education in emergencies, humanitarian assistance and the defence of human rights, and international advocacy and public policies. RIDHE's programme areas include Education in Emergencies, which promotes inclusive and quality education especially for people in situations of forced mobility, humanitarian crises and at risk of social exclusion; Humanitarian Assistance and Defence of Human Rights, which strengthens the autonomy, dignity and well-being of international protection applicants and refugees through a set of cross-cutting actions; and International Advocacy and Public Policies, which drives the international protection of human rights from the international sphere and local governments. The organisation also runs campaigns such as "Apadrina un Preso Político" (Sponsor a Political Prisoner), providing humanitarian support to prisoners and their families in Nicaragua. Recent news items on its website cover transnational repression in Nicaragua, sexual violence as a pattern of repression and political control in Venezuela, and indigenous Chiquitanos denouncing the impact of extractivism in Bolivia at the UN. In September 2025, RIDHE promoted the first regional meeting of the Disability Inclusion Network, where organisations launched a joint action plan on inclusion and disability in Latin America. The network's work is carried out from a collective and horizontal approach, promoting the human rights of the most vulnerable people.

• First regional meeting of the Disability Inclusion Network, promoted by RIDHE, where organisations agreed a joint action plan on inclusion and disability in Latin America.

• Publication of news about the launch of the action plan on inclusion and disability in Latin America.

A bi-regional non-profit network connecting Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean to protect rights, strengthen democracies and transform cooperation into opportunities, innovation and resilience.

• Education in Emergencies

  Promotes inclusive and quality education, especially for people in situations of forced mobility, humanitarian crises and at risk of social exclusion.

• Humanitarian Assistance and Defence of Human Rights

  Strengthens the autonomy, dignity and well-being of international protection applicants and refugees through a set of cross-cutting actions.

• International Advocacy and Public Policies

  Drives the international protection of human rights from the international sphere and local governments.

• Disability Inclusion Network

  A project to advance collective solutions to the systematic exclusion of people with disabilities and propose actions based on concrete recommendations for states, institutions and civil society.

1. 1Red Internacional de Derechos Humanos Europa | RIDHEridheuropa.org
2. 2Sobre qué es RIDHEridheuropa.org
3. 3Organizaciones lanzan plan de acción sobre inclusión y discapacidad en Latinoaméricaridheuropa.org
4. 4International Network of Human Rights | Europewikidata.org