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1. IFHHRO - International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organisations
The International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organisations (IFHHRO) promotes the realisation and protection of health-related human rights, including the Right to the highest attainable standard of Health. IFHHRO focuses on the important role of health professionals in this regard.
IFHHRO believes that there lies a vast potential in the health profession that could be mobilised for the promotion and protection of human rights and for the prevention of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment, by applying medical expertise.
To increase the involvement of doctors, nurses, paramedics and other health workers, IFHHRO stimulates international cooperation between health and human rights organisations in various countries. Our members are doctors’ associations interested in human rights work, nurses’ organisations, human rights groups paying attention to health-related rights violations, or organisations that have been especially created to mobilise health professionals for human rights protection.
IFHHRO provides an international platform for these organisations. Being part of an international network, health and human rights organisations from all over the world can share their experiences, provide support to each other and connect with international and regional bodies.
A report released by an indepented task force in the US confirms that the interrogation and treatment of many detainees in US custody since 9/11 amounted to torture.
Since December 2012, over 20 health workers involved in a polio vaccination campaign have been killed in Pakistan, presumably by the Taliban.
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