Confederation of Human Rights Organizations
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Confederation of Human Rights Organizations (CHRO) is a human rights organisation based in Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 which watches human rights and human rights violations in Kerala and also all over India.

It has brought many research reports and papers with the help of other international human rights organisations like Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. Its headquarters are in New York City and it has offices in Berlin, Beirut, Brussels, Chicago, Geneva, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Moscow, Paris, San Francisco, Tokyo,...

 International

Main activities

Confederation of Human Rights Organizations (CHRO) stands to protect, uphold and strengthen the rights of traditionally exploited and oppressed marginalized social segments of Tribals, Dalits, Minorities, Backward Castes, Women, Children and victims of State Violations.

CHRO has conducted public trials and fact finding session at different places of Kerala where judiciary and Police has failed to bring the human rights violators.

History

CHRO was formed in 1997. Mukundan C. Menon was its founder and secretary general

It then started coordinating individuals and groups all over Kerala who were working for human rights.

CHRO has been working for the past few years independently without receiving any funding from any governmental and foreign organisations and individuals.

It works with international human rights organisations like Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. Its headquarters are in New York City and it has offices in Berlin, Beirut, Brussels, Chicago, Geneva, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Moscow, Paris, San Francisco, Tokyo,...

to help international society on international human rights issues.
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