Our Mission
We connect individuals and organizations with our mission to advance human rights.
International Human Rights Consortium (IHRC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded over 30 years ago by visionary founder Wilda Spalding.
‘Sphere within a Sphere’ Arnaldo Pomodoro (1926 – ) United Nations Art Collection
Positive People for Positive Change.
Positive People for Positive Change.
Commission on the Status of Women meeting in NYC UN HQ
IHRC NGO CSW67 Forum parallel event - Mar 2023
IHRC NGO CSW Forum delegation with Houry Geudelekian, Chairwoman of NGO Committee on the Status of Women (NGO CSW/NY), after presentation of Medaille d' Excellence to NGO CSW/NY in honor of their 50th anniversary - March 2023
Medaille D'Excellence
IHRC NGO CSW68 Forum parallel event flyer - Mar 2024
Kahani Sunao (' To Tell a Story') passion project - empowering marginalized youth in Pakistan with the skills to fight cultural division by telling uplifting, bridge-building stories
Kahani Sunao storytelling bootcamp in Pakistan
A student in Kahani Sunao's storytelling bootcamp
Kahani Sunao Relief Aid in Pakistan - 2023
Kahani Sunao Emergency Earthquake Relief Aid in Pakistan 2023
Former IHRC Passion Project supporting Menstrual Equity - 2019
First Medicines passion project, whose mission is "to reduce suffering and enhance health worldwide through traditional and integrative therapies"
First Medicines Supporting Climate Refugees
First Medicines treating an infant survivor of the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
First Medicines providing stress relief treatment in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina
Valhalla Macadamia Farm passion project, Guatemala. Native Plant Exchange
Valhalla Macadamia Farm in Guatemala distributing macadamia tree seedlings
Winston-Salem Permaculture Collective's Southside Food Forest former / incubated passion project
Groundbreaking for the Southside Food Forest in Winston-Salem, NC USA - 2018
Southside Food Forest with the WS Little Free Seed Library at Cobblestone Farmers Market in NC, USA
Southside Food Forest 'Summer Seedlings' camp participants learning about SDGs - Summer 2023
Interfaith: The Musical passion project, full libretto read-thru - Sep 2022
Art Affair for Development Goals' Sanitary Pad Drive and Empowerment Program passion project - Feb 2025
Recipients of sanitary products through Art Affair for Development Goals' Sanitary Pad Drive and Empowerment Program - Feb 2025
Donated supplies from Art Affair for Development Goals' Sanitary Pad Drive and Empowerment Program - Feb 2025
The United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
Founder Wilda Spalding at the United Nations working to help mediate peace during the Oka/Mohawk Mercier Bridge crisis in Quebec - Summer 1990
Founder Wilda Spalding in White House Rose Garden as an honorary invitee celebrating the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act - July 1992
Founder Wilda Spalding presenting the Medaille d' Excellence
Global Education Institute (GEI) UN Team in Geneva, Switzerland, circa 2002
Ralph Bunche, winner of 1950 Nobel Peace Prize and first Nobel laureate of African descent. Involved in early formation and early administration of the United Nations.
Our Vision:
Born of the essence of our founder Wilda Spalding’s philosophy, our vision is of a world in which the uniqueness & intrinsic excellence of every individual is honored and celebrated for its capacity to add to the overall quality of human experience & human responsibility for all life on our precious planet.
Recent News
June 2024 - ECOSOC Accreditation
IHRC received our UN Economic and Social Council’s Special Consultative Status, which will allow us to engage directly “with ECOSOC and its subsidiary bodies, the Human Rights Council and, under specific conditions, some meetings of the General Assembly… as well as with the United Nations Secretariat.” This was a major step in our history, and will enable IHRC as an organization to present interventions on the floor of the UN, among other activities. We are truly excited about this opportunity to expand our voice and participate more actively in UN policy making.
September 2024 - Summit of the Future
Thanks to our generous supporters, IHRC was able to send a delegation to the Summit of the Future Action Days, as well as the Summit of the Future UN convening (Sept 22-23), where member states voted to adopt the Pact for the Future, a global document… and each member state had an opportunity to deliver remarks. Watching President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speak after traveling from Ukraine for the event was particularly inspiring. For more information and photos, check out our Summit of the Future page.
March 2025 - NGO CSW69 / Beijing+30 Forum
This past March IHRC participated in the NGO Forum virtually, highlighting our newest passion project, FemFEAST, a program that leverages STEM and general business education to increase women’s empowerment globally.