Global Network for Rights and Development- Spain

Global Network For Rights And Development (GNRD) is an international NGO founded in June 2008 in Norway by Loai Deeb, PhD in International Law. GNRD was created in order to support human rights and its development, and thus to improve living conditions of all citizens by increasing the freedom to live in dignity, as well as to eradicate poverty of all people. To this end, GNRD works in consultative status with the United Nations and collaborates with the European Parliament and the African Union Commission, in favour of the respect for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in all countries. Among our objectives are the strengthening of civil society and the defence and promotion of human rights, the reduction of fraud, the confidence of the electorate in the electoral process, the reduction of conflicts, the collection of testimonies of voters, and the improvement of the electoral process through the elaboration of reports that include our recommendations. We must highlight that GNRD has participated several times as an international observer during the elections in Sudan, Jordan, Algeria and Egypt, always acting according to independence, impartiality and neutrality, and ensuring the fulfilment of the mechanisms of democracy. Likewise, GNRD is an organisation that aims to fight against poverty and injustice and to promote sustainable human development with and for disadvantaged populations. This is all part of a broader global movement aimed to ensure that all human beings can fully exercise their rights and enjoy dignified lives. Objectives: Working jointly, as well as forming networks and alliances, with other organisations in the North and in the South committed to the defence of human rights and the development of peoples. • Fostering collaboration and partnership between public and private stakeholders in academic, technical and political circles, in order to promote and protect human rights. • Protecting and supporting the most vulnerable groups of population suffering from humanitarian crisis and armed conflicts, through the provision of humanitarian aid and, when needed, through the provision of mediation support; always acting in accordance with international law and International Conventions of the United Nations. • Supporting democratisation and citizen participation in the context of human rights, in order to promote greater equity and social justice. • Promoting the exercise of fundamental human rights and gender equality in developing countries as well as improving quality of life of people living in poverty and exclusion. • Identifying and implementing development cooperation and humanitarian aid projects in the poorest countries. • Promoting the human rights of women and children as an inalienable, integral and indivisible part of universal human rights, fundamental freedoms and the empowerment of women. GNRD head office is located in Stavanger (Norway), and it has regional branches in different countries: Khartoum, Sudan • Brussels, Belgium • Geneva, Switzerland • Dubai, the United Arab Emirates • Amman, Jordan • Valencia, Spain GNRD opens a delegation in Valencia, on March 2014. In the course of this first year we have carried out several activities, which may be clasified as: • International Observers • Awareness-raising activities for Human Rights • Cooperation Mission in Colombia • Collaborations with diferents partners