ECCHR engages in litigation, using European, international, and national law to help protect human rights.

[2] The ECCHR offices are located in a large former soap factory in Berlin, along with Forensic Architecture and other investigative agencies and human rights organizations.

[3] The ECCHR gained public attention in 2017, when it filed a criminal complaint to the German Attorney General against CIA Deputy Director Gina Haspel for her alleged involvement in torture.

Areas of focus include: The Business and Human Rights program looks at three main areas: transnational corporate activities in authoritarian regimes and conflict zones, working conditions in the global supply chain and business activities that affect economic and social rights.

ECCHR's Critical Legal Training offers participants a platform for the theory and practice of international human rights law.