The STPI is one of several European minority rights organizations. In December 2011, the organization had 5774 members and 675 sponsors, most of whom are based in Germany. The organization's activities are coordinated in Göttingen. Regional groups support the work of the STP-Germany in a few German cities, including Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Münster and Nuremberg. The STPI publishes press releases, organizes public demonstrations, arranges post card fund raising campaigns, prepares reports for court hearings, produces educational materials for teachers, and publishes the journal "Pogrom", which is a source of information about the situation of ethnic and religious minorities. Since its founding, a main focus of the human rights work of the STP, has been the African continent; though the STPI is not represented by a section. Since the
Yugoslav wars the STPI has been disproportionately active in
Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as
Kosovo. In Kosovo the STP-Germany paid for a team that, under the direction of the human rights worker Paul Polansky, worked for the interests of the Roma. In Bosnia and Herzegovina the support of the survivors of the
Srebrenica Massacre is particularly important for the German chapter of the STPI. Another focus of the STPI is
indigenous peoples. Renate Domnick, a volunteer for the STP-Germany, organized the first large European trip of an Indian delegation from 16 American countries. In the Middle East the Kurds play an important role for the STP: This pushed the STP-Germany to open a STPI office in the Kurdish area of northern Iraq. Prominent supporters of STP-Germany include: the writer and futurologist
Robert Jungk,, the author
Günter Grass, former German chancellor
Willy Brandt, current President of
East Timor José Ramos-Horta, and
Marek Edelman a leader in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. ==Political goals and strategies==