ADC is a non-profit, non-governmental and non-partisan organization. It was founded in 1995 in Argentina with the purpose of contributing to the establishment of a legal and institutional culture that would guarantee fundamental rights to the inhabitants of our country, based on respect for the Constitution and the democratic values.

OUR OBJECTIVES
- To promote and advocate for respect for the fundamental rights
- To defend the rights of the inhabitants of our country, especially those who have limited access to justice due to discrimination
- To contribute to the strengthening of democratic institutions, with special emphasis on the justice system

MEMBERS

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
- Alejandro Carrió/ President
- María Eugenia Urquijo/ Vice President
- Atilio Killmeate/ Deputy Secretary
- María Isabel Azaretto/ Vocal
- Carlos Rosenkrantz/ Treasurer
- Beatriz Kohen/ Deputy Treasurer

ACTIVE MEMBERS
- Martín Bohmer
- Alberto Garay
- Hernán Gullco
- Beatriz Kohen
- Atilio Killmeate
- Guillermo Moncayo
- Natalia Monti
- Mónica Román
- Mario Rejtman Farra
- George Christopher Roger
- Roberto Saba
- Sebastián Schvartzman
- María Eugenia Urquijo

ADVISORY COUNCIL
- Jorge Bacqué
- Gustavo Bossert
- Alejandro Garro

HONORARY MEMBERS
- Genaro Carrió (+)
- Agustín Gordillo
- Adriana Labatón (+)

OUR ISSUES
RIGHTS
- Freedom of Expression
- Right of Access to Information
- Right to Health
- Sexual and Reproductive Rights
- Political Rights
- Equal Treatment and the Right not to be Discriminated
- Gender, Age, Physical handicaps, Sexual orientation, Political or religious beliefs, Nationality, Ethnic origin, Social condition.
- Constitutional rights and criminal law


INSTITUTIONS AND DEMOCRACY

• The Judicial Power
• Federal Courts
• The Supreme Court
• Provincial Courts Systems
• The Legislative Power
• Monitoring voting in the National Congress
• Promoting recording voting in Congress
• The Executive Power
• Constitutional limits to the power of the Executive Branch
• Public Broadcasting and Democracy
• Transparency in Government/Access to public information

OUR STRATEGIES/ OUR ACTIONS

• PROPOSALS/ PROJECTS for legislative and institutional reforms
• MONITORING the functioning of institutions
• DEFENSE of constitutional rights (Public Interest Litigation)
• PROMOTING AND ADVOCATING for rights

ALLIANCES
Alliances with local, foreign, and international organizations

ADC works with governmental, nongovernmental and academic actors that share its public interest goals, coordinating efforts that allow for wider impacts in our thematic public interest areas and more efficient ways of effecting political reforms.

In these collaborative efforts, ADC is working with important local organizations on topics related to reform of the justice system: The Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS), Citizen Power Foundation , The Foundation for Environmental and Natural Resources (FARN), The Institute of Comparative Studies in Penal and Social Sciences (INECIP), and The Consumers Union.

ADC has also developed a network with organizations from different regions of the country. With these organizations, is working to promote the public interest in themes as broadcasting and democracy, and defense of legal rights. These organizations include: Citizen Participation (Ushuaia), Political for political Management (Rosario), Foundation of Families of Defenseless Victimes (Mendoza), Association for the Development of Social Communication, and Center of Human and Environmental Rights (Cordoba).

With foreign and international organizations, ADC is collaborating on projects with Article 19 (UK), the British Council (UK), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Interamerican Dialogue (USA), IPYS (Peru), and others.


SUPPORT
ADC receives support from:
THE FORD FOUNDATION
Institutional Development Project
Proposals for Judicial Reform Project

OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE (JUSTICE INICIATIVES)
Access to Public Information Regional Project
Freedom of Expression and the use of Public Advertising as a mechanism for Indirect Censorship Project

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY (NED)
Promotion of recorded voting in the Legislative Branch and Monitoring of voting in the National Congress Project

INITIATIVE PROGRAM

Monitoring the Supreme Court Project

BRITISH EMBASSY

Public Broadcasting and Democracy. Project (Functioning of Public Radio and Public Television).

BRITISH COUNCIL
Activities linked to the Right of Access to Public Information and Human Rights and Gender.

TIDES FOUNDATION
Civil Rights and Policies on the Fight against Drugs Project