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IHRAAM serves as an umbrella organization to facilitate and coordinate the efforts

of individuals, minorities and community organizations to gain access to

international law and its enforcement mechanisms.

In addition to Consultative Status with ECOSOC, IHRAAM also holds Associate

Status with the UN Department of Public Information, and Observer Status with

The

African Commission on Human & Peoples' Rights and several other

international

organizations.

IHRAAM was founded in 1985 at The Hague Academy of International Law in the

Netherlands by African American students. It was incorporated in 1988 in Chicago,

in 1996 in London, and in 1997 in Canada.

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MINORITIES

"I cannot imagine how difficult and futile (HRC review of state reports under the

ICCPR) would be if we did not have the active cooperation of NGOs like yours. I only

hope that the International Human Rights Association of American Minorities will

continue to work with the Human Rights Committee in the protection of Human

Rights

worldwide."

Francisco Jose Aguilar-Urbina

Chairman, Human Rights Committee, United Nations

"The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Center for Human

Rights attach great importance to the protection of minority groups in all countries.

this regard, we encourage IHRAAM's efforts to promote and protect the

fundamental

human rights of African- Americans in the United States. My Office and

the Centre

stand fully prepared to provide you with all the necessary information

and

mechanisms available to the United Nations human rights system."

Jose Ayala-Lasso, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights letter to IHRAAM,

October 5, 1995

IHRAAM's initiatives constitute a very important contribution to the mobilisation that

the

crusade for the respect of human rights implies."

El Hadj Amadou Niang, Conseiller Juridique

African Commission on Human & People's Rights, The Gambia