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	INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MINORITIES

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.

"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. In 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