World Forum on Human Rights

International Permanent Secretariat for Human Rights and Local Governments (SPIDH) is organising the 3rd World Forum on Human Rights from June 30 to July 3, 2008 at the International Convention Center of Nantes, France.

The Forum of Nantes was created in 2004 to support and develop the networks of actors involved in the protection, the respect and the implementation of the Human Rights by strengthening the solidarity between these different actors - political leaders, activists, academics and international experts, representatives of international organisations.

The World Forum on Human Rights is a place for encounters and for free dialogue for all players in the field of human rights, gathered together on an equal footing.

The Forum enables participants to establish contacts, to instigate discussions, to create networks and to reach agreements on the possible joint actions and on their subsequent follow-up.

Open to free debate and the confrontation of opinions, its aim does not consist of adopting resolutions or agreeing to declarations. It is neither a place for enacting protection or monitoring standards with regard to the respect of human rights, this being the responsibility of the relevant authorities and institutions entrusted with such task.

In order to do so, the Forum initiates an original idea by attempting to link theoretical contributions with practical experience.

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