Organization consists of more than 110 people and 27 affiliated societies on the territory of Republic of Tatarstan

The Organization was officially registered on February 1996.

From 1992 to 1996 the Organization had been realizing its tasks by the TV program "Phantom" on the independent TV Company "Efir" and with the support of Association of cinematographists of Republic of Tatarstan.

Organization includes the free legal consultation, which helps to over 200 people per month.

From 1996 to 1998 Committee had been organized 32 public investigations, representatives of Committee as public observers took part in 40 suits, prepared 25 appeals on the facts of infringements of human rights in different state and public Russian and international institutes.

Organization works over the composition and distributing of independent reports about the situation of human rights, appearance in mass media, carrying out the seminars and conferences, investigations of human rights infringements, realization of free legal consultations and sociological researches.

Organization uses not traditional forms: carring out of celebrations and concerts for insanes, orphans, realization of original trainings for non-governmental institutions.

Special attention of Organization is devoted to the problems of human rights, especially of rights of women, children, insanes, confined people, invalids and pensioners, to the problems of word freedom and ecological situation in national regions of Russia.

Members of the Organization, having the journalist experience, regularly take part in the activities of Russian and foreign mass media. Organization has the following publications: brochure "Tatarstan: illegal arrest", for the first time published the real situation of human rights in this republic (1996). In 1997 was published the first report about the human rights in Republic of Tatarstan "Tatarstan: the monitoring of human rights", in 1998 was published the research "The development of non-governmental humans rights defense organizations of national republics of Russia". In 1998 Organization was included to the project "Monitoring of humans rights in Russia". In the sphere of human rights and word freedom propagation Organization realized the number of educational seminars and trainings.

In October 1996 Organization has taken part in carrying out of Europe Council seminar in the city of Kazan. It's task concerned the implementation of Europe Convention on the human rights. In May 1997 under the initiative of Organization and International Helsinki Group with the support of Westminster Fund (Great Britain) in Kazan The Second International Human Rights Protection Seminar has been organized, devoted to the relatives of the non-governmental organizations and the authorities. After the seminar Organization became the initiator of the creation of the Association of human rights protecting organizations of Republic of Tatarstan.

In June 1997 the representatives of Organization visited the Management of Europe Council of human rights in Strasbourg, where the meetings with specialists of committees and managements of Europe Council have been passed.

There the questions of human rights monitoring in Republic of Tatarstan, of protection of word and informational freedom, cooperation of authorities and human rights protecting organizations, of creation of commission on human rights of the President of Republic of Tatarstan, of forming an independent report of Committee for the protection of human rights in Tatarstan about the situation of human rights in Tatarstan.

Subsequently vice-president of Committee for the protection of human rights in Tatarstan F.Manasipov took part in seminar on problems of word freedom in Bern. In 1998 the experts of Committee for the protection of human rights in Tatarstan were invited by the Polish Helsinki Committee and Warsaw school of the human rights for participation in training on monitoring of human rights.

In November 25, 1997 the representatives of Committee for the protection of human rights in Tatarstan by the invitation of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation have taken part in work of seminar "Russian Federation and European social charter", organized within the framework of cooperation of Russia and Europe Council.

In December 9, 1997 Committee for the protection of human rights in Tatarstan with the support of European Union (Democratic program "Tasis") in Cheboksar has organized seminar "Development of non-governmental organizations for protection of human rights in former national autonomies of USSR", in which have taken part the President of Chuvash Republic N. Fedorov, the representatives of legislative, executive and judicial authority of Chuvash Republic, leaders non-governmental organizations for protection of human rights of the following republics: Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Komi, Mari El and Chuvashia. Final seminar on this task has passed on April 20, 1998 in Kazan. As a result of these seminars was created the Association of human rights of national republics of Russian Federation. As the chairman of Association was elected Dmitry Vokhmianin (Tatarstan), as the vice-chairmen - F.Manasipov (Tatarstan), O.Pavlov (Chuvash Republic), N.Didaeva (Bashkortostan), as the executive director - N.Husnutdinov (Chuvash Republic), as the secretary - S.Knyazkin (Tatarstan).

In January, 1998 The fund "National Endowment for Democracy" supported the project of Committee for the protection of human rights in Tatarstan, devoted to monitoring of the human rights, to development of non-governmental sector on defense of human rights, to creation of civil institutes of human rights defense in Tatarstan. Within the framework of these projects the proposals for the administrative bill of Republic of Tatarstan about the ombudsman in Republic of Tatarstan were developed. Now Organization actively works on the translation on the tatar language of the international conventions in the field of the human rights, on creation the Coordination and enlightening center of human rights protecting organization in Republics of Tatarstan, Mari El and Chuvash Republic.

In June 1998 the project of Committee, devoted to propagation of the European Convention on the human rights within the territory of Tatarstan and Europe Council maintained translation of the Convention on the tatar language.

In June 26, 1998 at support of Europe Council in the town of Bulgar seminar was carried out in which the representatives of Management of Europe Council on human rights, Moscow Helsinki Group, State Council of Republic of Tatarstan, non-governmental human rights protecting organizations and mass media of Republic of Tatarstan has taken part.

Within the framework of the proposal of the experts of Management of the Supreme UN Commissioner on human rights and with the support of State Council of Republic of Tatarstan Organization has organized translation of the Universal Declaration of the human rights on the tatar language. In the same year the project "Tatarstan: monitoring of the legislation" was maintained by fund "Eurasia" (USA). Within the framework of this project a database of the acts of Republic of Tatarstan in sphere of human rights and the analysis of the laws and administrative bills of Republic of Tatarstan on conformity to norms of the international and federal law were carried out.

In December 3-4, 1998 together with State Council of Republic of Tatarstan, Association of assistance to UN in Republic of Tatarstan, faculty of law of Kazan State University Organization has carried out a conference, devoted to 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of the human rights. At the conference the representatives of public organizations of the regions of Volga River district, Parliament center, Europe Council, Red Cross, of bodies of state authority and scientists from number of republics, territories and areas of Russia have taken part.

January, 1999 the fund: "National endowment of democracy" (USA) has supported the new project, devoted to a technique of preparation of the individual petitions on the facts of human rights infringements to the international organizations. Also by Institute "Open society" was maintained the project, devoted to monitoring of mass media in Republic of Tatarstan.

In March 1999 Organization has been assisted by British Foundation "BEARR Trust" in realization of seminar-training "Noncommercial organizations, bodies of state authority and mass media: informational interaction".

May, 1999 the work above a site of Committee for Human Rights Protection of Tatarstan Republic has began (http://humrights.mi.ru).

In July 1999 the fund KNOW HOW, BEARR Trust and our organization have organized competition of the mini-grants for non-governmental organizations of Tatarstan Republic, in which the organizations of women, children, physically handicapped human rights defense trade-union and noncommercial organizations have taken part.

In August 1999 our Organization has concluded the contract about social partnership with Administration of Zelenodolsk area and city Zelenodolsk in sphere of propagation of the human rights and legal help to the population.