Mission & Vision
The Sikh Human Rights Group is an NGO with UN ECOSOC status promoting pluralism, environment, diversity, human rights and responsibilities.
It is based on Sikh philosophy.
With an emphasis on pluralism, SHRG champions good intentions and diverse approaches that can be found within different civilisations, cultures and peoples.
If you would like to exchange ideas and information with the Sikh Human Rights Group please email us at info@shrg.ngo
All human beings and communities co-exist with dignity and in harmony with each other with nature and with the cosmos as taught by Sikhi. To promote the principles of Sikh philosophy in the fields of voluntary sector activities, research and human rights work through projects and by supporting, funding and working in partnership with other organisations and individuals regardless of their belief, religion, race or nationality.
SHRG’s mission is to contribute to international policy, advocacy, and public understanding through a Sikh lens that is grounded in dignity, responsibility, and service. We work to ensure that communities, especially those whose wisdom is often overlooked in global decision-making, are able to participate meaningfully in shaping debates on human rights, sustainable development, pluralism, and governance.
Our vision is of a world in which different civilisations, traditions, and communities are not asked to abandon their distinctiveness in order to belong. We believe a more peaceful and sustainable future depends not on uniformity, but on learning how to live together with depth, honesty, and mutual respect.
This is why SHRG engages the United Nations and other international forums. We believe these spaces matter. They are places where language is shaped, norms are formed, and priorities are set. Our task is to help ensure that these processes are informed not only by institutional power, but also by ethical traditions, lived experience, and the knowledge held within communities.
