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Founding Members /
Working Fields /
Statute /
Helsinki Citizens' Assembly /
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Aims and Brief History of Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly
Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly [hCa] is a non-governmental organization, working on the notions of fundamental rights and freedoms, peace, democracy and pluralism.
hCa, works independently from political parties, government and states, aims to;
* introduce the basic rights and freedoms accepted in international
agreements and outlined by universal standards into daily life
* to promote peaceful processes for the resolution of problems through mutual understanding dialogue and peace
* to improve pluralist democratic bodies and civil society initiatives
* to ensure the supremacy of law and to defend an economic system that
promotes the well-being of human life and the environment.
hCa acts with the basic premise that citizens should have a say on the
actions and decisions that are directly affecting their life. It takes
special care to create a space where differing sides can discuss their
problems and produce solutions in the resolution of social problems. It
tries to constitute a chain of contact, dialogue and mutual
understanding, leading to cooperation and peaceful co-existence.
The Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly, an international conference which is
the basis of HCA Turkey’s work, is an inter-communal cooperation and
communication network working within the framework of peace, human
rights, an economy that is promoting the environment, the supremacy of
law and international democracy.
The Helsinki Final Act, which has founded the basis for the improvement
of the necessary conditions of a peaceful environment in Europe,
proclaimed human rights to be a common value that every community had
to respect throughout the world. The word “Helsinki” in our title
refers to the exceptional importance of this agreement. hCa aims to
extend the Helsinki process, which continues along with OSCE
(Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) and the Charter
of Paris, as well as at the level of states and governments. It
believes that the goals, principles and values defined by the Act and
other similar international instruments can only be realized from the
grass-root level, and that inter-communal dialogue must be enriched.
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