Survey about Human Rights Activities in National Psychology Associations

Dear colleagues,
This survey is being undertaken on behalf of the Steering Committee of the Global Network of Psychologists for Human Rights to gather information on the links and engagement that professional associations of psychologists have with the different national mechanisms and organisations that report and follow-up on human rights issues. The goal is to better understand the role of psychology and psychologists.

This survey follows from some discussions on the wide variation of engagement in this important area of practice.

The questions are to help us understand how psychology associations around the world currently connect with the formal human rights systems in their countries, or in the case of international federations, how they engage with these issues.

Please leave an email address if you are willing to be contacted for follow up questions.

Many thanks for your help,

On behalf of the Global Network Steering Group

Name

First

Last

Association about which you are reporting

Your position with respect to that association (e.g., Staff, Member, Board Member)

Association website

Is your Association a member of the European Federation of Psychologists' Associations (EFPA)?

Human Rights Activities in Your Association

Has your Association undertaken activities with respect to Human Rights? Activities might include publishing articles, developing guidelines, holding conferences, holding meetings with other human rights groups, organizing educational events, and the like.

Human Rights Structures in Your Association

Does your association have a human rights committee / board / section / division?

Human Rights in Association Documents

Does your association have a code of ethics?

Reporting Human Rights Concerns to Your Association

If a member of your association identified a human rights violation could they report this to your association?

Yes
No, there is no mechanism for that

Human Rights Reports to National and International Bodies

Human Rights Reporting / Followup

In many countries, there is access to a variety of national human rights mechanisms or organizations engaged in reporting and follow-up on human rights issues.

Many of these have connections to ongoing reporting in different UN bodies (for details see https://www.un.org/eb/sections/what-we-do/protect-human-rights/index-html)

These include organizations such as the following:

Civil Society Human Rights organizations engaged in monitoring, advocacy, reporting and followup in relation to state compliance with human rights obligations
National Preventative Mechanisms established under the Optional Protocol on Prevention of Torture (OPCAT)
National Institutions for Human Rights or Ombudsman offices, as independent entities with a mandate to promote human rights at the national level and to submit recommendations to the national government.
National Mechanisms for reporting the followup of human rights respect and implementation. These are government structures.
National Institutions to report discrimination

Below are some types of organizations that receive reports of human rights issues. Please check those which which your organization has contact

Civil Society Human Rights organizations involved in monitoring, advocacy, reporting and followup for state compliance with HR obligations
National Preventive Mechanisms established under OPCAT
National institutions for human rights
National institutions for reporting discrimination
Other government structures

Does your association have relations with any of these organizations?

Yes
No
Don't Know

Are you willing to be contacted for followup information?