Its aims are:
- to support, proclaim and implement the principles of the Final act of the CSCE and other documents of the CSCE/OSCE process
- to strenghten, promote and control the implementation of Helsinki documents in Slovenia and other member countries of the OSCE
- to support the development of democratic institutions, legal state and the rule of law, legitimy, the values of universal justice, fair attitude, solidarity, human rights and basic freedoms, as well as education for such values
- to organize research and documentary activities in the field of human rights 
- to monitor systematically the degree of implementation, fulfillment and protection of human rights on the territory of the Republic of Slovenia
- to aid the victims of violations of human rights.

Honorary Member

Dipl. iur. Franc Miklavcic
Ivan Zvonimir Cicak
Dr. Jurij Zalokar

Members of Executive Committee
prof. Stanko Klinar
prof. dr. Dragi Stefanija
dr. Jure Mrzel

Members
Milan Gorjanc
Ali Bislimaj
Milovan Cikic
Stjepan Barukcic
Tugomer Kušlan
Pajo Doronja
Joze Logar
dr. Vaso Predojevic
Lambro Pejov
Stefan Sarkezi

Human Rights, Fundamental Freedoms and the Rule of Law in Belarus, Moldova and the Ukraine: A Cooperative Program with Human Rights NGOs. Partners: Helsinki Committee of Belarus, "Helsinki-90" Ukrainian Committee, Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Moldova, Danish Helsinki Committee, Czech Helsinki Committee, Austrian Helsinki Committee. Co-financed by the TACIS Programme of the European Union; with matching funds from the Open Society Institute and the Council of Europe.

This two-year project began in 1997 with a series of seminars in Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova, including an international conference in December in Minsk on crea ting "Freedom and Prosperity from the Baltic to the Black Sea". The objective of the project is to help strengthen the capacities of the Helsinki committees in the three countries to monitor human rights violations; to report such violations to intergovernmental organizations, and to advocate effectively with their own governments for human rights. 

Strengthening Human Rights Activity in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Principal Partner: Almaty Helsinki Committee. Partners: Tajik Center for Information and Analysis on Human Rights, Uzbek Center for Political Studies, IHF. Co-financed by TACIS.

The Almaty Helsinki Committee and the IHF aim to improve the monitoring of human rights violations in the three Central Asian countries, and to strengthen the communication links between human rights groups in the area and European institutions. In May 1998, an international fact-finding mission and a seminar in Almaty are planned. 

The Caucasus. In cooperation with the Council of Europe and local groups, the IHF is organizing a seminar in Azerbaijan to strengthen cooperation with local groups and to encourage their application of international human rights standards.

The Baltic States. The IHF is also a partner in two continuing projects in the Baltics (co-financed by PHARE): 

Integration through Reconciliation: A Baltic-Russian-Scandinavian Cooperation Project. Principal Partner: Latvian Center for Human Rights and Ethnic Studies.

Compliance with International Standards Regarding the Rights of the Child in the Baltic States. Principal Partner: Latvian UN Association.

B. National Projects

Albania. In cooperation with the Albanian Helsinki Committee, missions will be undertaken to twelve principal municipalities in Albania, in which Helsinki Committee monitors and international representatives will meet with local officials to recommend improvements in police administration, the judiciary, and other aspects of the rule of law. The project (financed by the Austrian Federal Chancellor’s Office) will include briefings by the Albanian Helsinki Committee before intergovernmental organizations.

Slovakia. The IHF is supporting the Slovak Helsinki Committee in a project dealing with violence against Roma. The Slovak Helsinki Committee is planning field missions to those areas in the country in which anti-Roma activities are the most wide-spread. The same project will support the Young Initiative of the Slovak Helsinki Committee in designing and installing an Internet web-page, on which information about the anti-Roma violence and other violations of human rights in Slovakia can be given broad circulation. This project is also financed by the Austrian Federal Chancellor’s Office.

Bosnia-Herzegovina. The IHF has applied for funds to support the continuation and extension of a successful 1996-97 program in Bosnia & Herzegovina. In that program, the IHF assisted the Helsinki Committee of Bosnia-Herzegovina, as well as the Helsinki Committee of Republika Srpska and other human rights groups. The program will include fact-finding missions, public meetings (two of which will be undertaken in cooperation with the Council of Europe), human rights education, publications and legal assistance. 

Serbia. The IHF and its affiliates in Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro are seeking funds for a program of "confidence-building measures" in the form of a series of meetings including members of the Serbian, Albanian, and Montenegrin communities. 

Russia. The IHF and the Moscow Group are undertaking a series of fact-finding missions in "deep Russia", and reports to intergovernmental organizations (with funding from the Council of Europe).

Germany. A task force sponsored by the IHF will investigate the alleged discriminatory rules against participation of "Scientologists" in public life.

Turkey. The IHF is planning a program of public-information meetings concerning Turkey’s international human rights commitments.

In the past year, fact-finding missions and trial observations in the framework of this program have been undertaken in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Belarus, Croatia, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Greece, Russia, and Turkey. Other missions have been for the purpose of meetings with officials, groups and individuals to advocate for compliance with international human rights norms.

Other parts of the Advocacy Program include interventions, international meetings, and the continuing production of press releases, appeals, and reports.

The IHF’s Advocacy Program is financed partially by a grant from the European Commission.

In 1998, an important part of the Advocacy Program will be preparation for an IHF conference on "Setting Objectives to 2010 for the Human Rights Movement in the OSCE Area," which will occur at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center in early 1999. 

Human Rights and Civil Society. 
A major newsletter will be published quarterly in 1998, covering developments in the two IHF regional projects, Belarus/Ukraine/Moldova and Kazakhstan/Uzbekistan/Tajikistan.

Helsinki Monitor. 
This quarterly journal is published in cooperation with the Netherlands Helsinki Committee.

IHFaxletter.
Internal newsletter for the Helsinki committees.

IHF Website.
Newly established, the IHF Website includes new on current developments in human rights, recent publications, and connections to the websites and e-mail addresses of affiliates, as well as a project data-base. 

--The IHF and the Serbian Helsinki Committee are working on plans for a conference in Belgrade concerning human rights problems in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY).

--The IHF and its US affiliate Human Rights Watch/Helsinki are considering a program of activities aimed at analyzing current US compliance with the Helsinki Accords and presenting the information to the US Congress and Administration, as well as to the public.

--The IHF is considering developing an on-line data-bank on attacks on human rights defenders in the OSCE region.