LTDH registers each complaint it receives, and transmits each to a member of the Executive Bureau, who, in turn, investigates the complaint and reports the findings to the Bureau. Authorities are approached about violations. Where the response is inadequate, cases are taken to court, or the organization launches a press campaign by sending communiques to newspapers, radio and television stations. Finally, they inform the international community and ask that international NGOs and others take action such as sending letters to the authorities, press releases, etc. The organization does not yet have legal status.
Members risk their lives every day in doing the work.
The President, who received threatening letters, has fled the country. The organization has no paid staff and no office. It uses the same facilities as the Ligue Togolaise des Droits de l'Homme . In the past few months members have been working with the private press on a common concern about the disappearance of the free press. They have issued an international alert on this subject.