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Name of Organisation:
Physicians for Human Rights

Address:
The PHR National Office:
Physicians for Human Rights
Two Arrow Street
Suite 301
Cambridge, MA 02138
USA

Telephone:
00 (1) 617 695 0041

Website:
http://www.phrusa.org/

Email:
phrusa@phrusa.org

Fax:
00 (1) 617 301 4250

Type:
International

Mission / Vision Statement:
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) promotes health by protecting human rights. PHR believes that human rights are essential preconditions for the health and well-being of all people.
Using medical and scientific methods, PHR investigates and expose violations of human rights worldwide and we work to stop them.
PHR supports institutions that hold perpetrators of human rights abuses, including health professionals, accountable for their actions.
PHR educates health professionals and medical, public health and nursing students and organize them to become active in supporting a movement for human rights and creating a culture of human rights in the medical and scientific professions.

Main areas of interest:
Since 1986, PHR members have worked to:
- Stop torture, disappearances, and political killings by governments and opposition groups.
- Improve health and sanitary conditions in prisons and detention centres.
- Investigate the physical and psychological consequences of violations of humanitarian law in internal and international conflicts.
- Defend medical neutrality and the right of civilians and combatants to receive medical care during times of war.
- Protect health professionals who are victims of violations of human rights.
- Prevent medical complicity in torture and other abuses.
As one of the original steering committee members of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, PHR shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize. PHR currently serves as coordinator of the US Campaign to Ban Landmines:
http://www.banminesusa.org/

Opportunities:
There are a wide range of opportunities for getting involved with the work of PHR.
- By becoming a member [MEMBERSHIP IS OPEN TO ALL]
http://www.phrusa.org/membership/index.html
- Student activism:
http://www.phrusa.org/students/index.html
- Job opportunities & internships:
http://www.phrusa.org/about/whats_new/index.html
- Details of PHR publications:
http://www.phrusa.org/publications/index.html
- Details of donatiing to PHR:
http://www.phrusa.org/membership/donation_ways_to_give.html

Related Organisations & Links:
An index for links of organisations involved in work related to that of PHR can be seen at:
http://www.phrusa.org/links/index.php
The PHR Washington Office:
Physicians for Human Rights
1156 15th Street, NW
Suite 1001
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: 00 (1) 202 728 5335
Fax: 00 (1) 202 728 3053
email: phrusa@phrusa.org
US Campaign to Ban Landmines:
http://www.banminesusa.org/