What is International Society for Human Rights?
{{Infobox organization | name = International Society for Human Rights | logo = | logo_size = 158px | logo_caption = Logo for the International Society of Human Rights | alt = Logo for the International Society of Human Rights | abbreviation = <div>ISHR</div> | formation = [[1972]] | type = [[International organization|International]], [[non-governmental organization]] | members = 30,000–35,000 | headquarters = [[Frankfurt]], [[Germany]] | leader_title = President of the International Council | leader_name = [[Thomas Schirrmacher]] | website = {{URL|www.ishr.org}} }} [[File:Joachim Gauck IGFM 01.jpg|thumb|Human rights activist [[Joachim Gauck]] at a press conference of the International Society for Human Rights]] The '''International Society for Human Rights''' ('''ISHR''') ({{lang-de|Internationale Gesellschaft für Menschenrechte}}, IGFM) is an international [[Non-governmental organization|non-governmental]], [[non-profit]] [[human rights]] organization with Participative Status with the [[Council of Europe]]. It is a member of the Liaison Committee of the Non-Governmental Organizations at the Council of Europe. The ISHR has a right to watch for the [[African Commission of Human and Peoples' Rights]]. It is a friend of the Department of Public Information of the [[United Nations]] and can speak right to the [[United Nations Economic and Social Council]]. The house of the ISHR is in [[Frankfurt|Frankfurt am Main]], [[Germany]]. The organization was made in [[West Germany]] in 1972. It was named the Society for Human Rights ({{lang-de|die Gesellschaft für Menschenrechte}}). The organization became the International Society for Human Rights in 1982, when its branches in [[Austria]], [[Switzerland]], the [[United Kingdom|UK]], and [[France]] were made. Since then it has got bigger to be made up of 47 National Sections, National Groups, Regional Committees, and Affiliated Organisations [[worldwide]].<ref>[https://ishr.org/regions/ All ISHR sections can be found in the map on this site.]</ref><ref>[htt