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- EIN 20-8902110
- 621 Maryland Ave Ne Washington DC 20002-5811 USA
- www.iradvocates.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Human Services, International, International Human Rights, Labor Unions
Mission: By creatively using international human rights law in the US court system and those of other nations, International Rights Advocates (IRAdvocates) protects and empowers individuals victimized by multinational corporations and other powerful entities that traditionally enjoy impunity or immunity. Designed to foster global operations that, at a minimum, conform to human rights principles, IRAdvocates will challenge platitudes about social responsibility and contribute to eliminating the corporate practice of imposing human rights violations on others.
Programs: IRAdvocates has two operating programs - Challenges to Impunity and US Courts. Through our Challenges to Impunity Program, we are determined to hold multinational companies and governments responsible for their actions. Secondly, through the U.S. Courts Program, IRAdvocates is establishing a precedent by basing its legal proceedings on the Alien Tort Claims Act (ACTA), a law aimed at protecting the nation's international reputation by enabling non-citizens to use federal courts to hold Americans accountable for violations of international law.