Human Rights are a major theme globally as well as in Switzerland. The International Human Rights Forum Lucerne (IHRF) aims to support and develop the debate on Human Rights. It also wants to promote Human Rights in the public agenda through giving the different players (politics, science, the private sector, interest groups and the media) a forum where they can meet and discuss current Human Rights issues together. For this purpose, various formats of discourse and dialog will enable contact and fruitful exchange between the groups. A clear goal for the Forum is to ensure that not only dialog will be established but also that concrete projects will be initiated and carried through.