Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of the Republic of Macedonia

The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of the Republic of Macedonia (MHC) is a civil society organization for promoting and protecting human rights. Our mission is to protect and promote human rights and freedoms guaranteed with the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia and the international instruments for civil and political, social, economic and cultural rights as well as the 1975 Helsinki Final Document; building democratic conditions in which they can be exercised based on the rule of law. MHC monitors the situation with human rights, provides legal aid to citizens in cases of violation or limitation of their rights and freedoms, and cooperates with other organizations and public institutions for the purpose of protection and promotion of human rights and freedoms. The Committee: organises systematic monitoring of human rights in Macedonia; prepares reports on the situation with human rights; drafts, translates, prepares and distributes materials related to the theory and exercising of human rights; organizes conferences, seminars, public events and other legal forms of civil action related to protection of human rights; protects the rights of certain natural and legal persons on the territory of the Republic of Macedonia and before the international organizations; provides free legal aid for certain natural and legal persons aimed at protection of their freedoms and rights; works on the development of democracy, rule of law and civil society.