Society, Issues, Human Rights and Liberties, Advocacy Organizations
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 - Organization dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world, standing with victims and activists to bring offenders to justice, to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom and to protect people from inhumane conduct in wart
- Supports human rights worldwide. Site contains contact information and news from the institute's various areas of activity.
- Aims to prevent and relieve human suffering by the promotion and realisation of human rights and responsibilities. Based in Suffolk, UK.
- A Canadian non-profit organization working in training African journalists about human rights.
- CDRH presses for improvements in the human rights environment. Site includes daily news updates.
- Supports intellectual freedom in Cuba.
- Addresses human rights generally, also landmines, and biological/chemical weapons.
- Campaigns on international human rights issues. The site presents recent human rights news, and contains on-line copies of several reports.
- Organization promoting international solidarity for the implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international instruments of human rights protection.
- Non-profit public interest law firm affiliated with the University of Chicago Law School concentrating on cases that raise constitutional or significant issues about criminal justice.
- Information about PRI's activities worldwide, and its ethos.
- Aids scholars outside the United States whose work is threatened by mass or individual displacement, discrimination, censorship, harassment, intimidation, or violence.
- Supports the oppressed and those whose voices have been suppressed. Exposes those who condone and perpetrate human rights abuses.
- This membership network of nearly 60 leading grassroots human rights activists works in 30 different countries to develop effective ways to support and strengthen the work of grassroots human rights defenders by providing them with technical assistance, t
- An on-line repository of human rights education and training materials, on-line forums, databases and links to other organisations and resources.
- Family Care International aims to raise awareness of human rights issues pertaining to reproductive health, safe motherhood, poverty and economic development, violence against women, women's social status and education.
- Works to secure the rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and indigenous peoples worldwide, and to promote cooperation and understanding between communities.
- Brief example of the abuse and discrimination of temps and contingent workers with resource and advocacy links.
- Highlights regimes with prohibitive emigration policies; promotes the principle of self-ownership central to human rights, and aims to contribute to the abolition of state enslavement.
- Works to promote and protect fundamental international human rights. Includes newsletter, media alerts, lawyer-to-lawyer appeals, reports on refugee policy and asylum cases.
- International coalition of NGOs fighting against torture, summary executions, forced disappearances and all other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. Site features press releases, urgent appeals and the International Observatory of the Protect
- Non-profit civil and human rights organization based in Detroit that unites a multicultural community in common efforts to overcome injustice and build racial harmony.
- Information and documents relating to the MRI organization, and its campaign to ratify the 1990 convention for migrants' human rights.
- Aims to engage in and support research and investigations into the exploitation of natural resources and funding of human rights abuses.
- Promotes the well being, protection of rights, dignity and pride of all Indian Guyanese. Also works to preserve and propagate the Indian cultural heritage.
- Non-governmental, non-profit, voluntary organization engaged in the promotion of human rights and civil liberties under international law.
- Uses video and other technology to fight for human rights. Group works in partnership with activists around the world to document abuses and bring evidence before courts, governments, the media, and the world.
- Working for Right Human Relations and world peace under the auspiciousness of Goodwill.
- Canadian institution with an international mandate to promote human rights in four specific fields: women's rights, indigenous peoples' rights, democratic development, globalization. Works in Africa, Latin America and Asia. In English, French and Spanish
- A platform to highlight and feature activists and their organisations working on child labour issues at the grass roots level.
- Supporting community campaigners with information and information technology in their work for social justice, human rights, and peace.
- Promotes civil liberties and provides a watch on any attempts by governments to reduce or interfere with such freedoms.
- Early childhood care, risk, child labour, education, abuse, nonformal education, international development, policy development, programme development, action research, NGO management.
- The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights is a self-governing group of non-governmental, not-for-profit organizations that act to protect human rights throughout Europe, North America, and the Central Asian republics formed from the territori
- Mobilizes health professions and the public to protect the human rights of all people. A founder of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, PHR shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize.
- A human rights defenders' initiatives to monitor and provide online documentation on the deliberations of the UN Commission on Human Rights.
- The CHRI is a non-partisan, independent, international non-governmental organization, mandated to ensure the practical realisation of human rights within the Commonwealth.
- A human rights organization promoting religious freedom and assisting international Christians who are victims of persecution and discrimination.
- Dedicated to promoting free institutions worldwide. Publishes surveys detailing state of civil liberties, political rights, economic freedom, religious freedom, and press freedom around the world.
- An organization which fights for press freedom and denounces the violations of the human rights all over the world. Multilingual site.
- A nonprofit, grassroots citizens' lobby that identifies sustainable solutions to the problems of hunger and poverty as a human rights issue, in the United States and around the world and working to generate the resources necessary to make those solutions
- ARRF is a consociation of ministers of the International Community of Christ that seeks to preserve, protect and defend freedom of religion and to protect the right of individuals to religious expression.
- Based in San Francisco, EFF is a donor-supported membership organization working to protect fundamental rights regardless of technology; to educate the press, policymakers and the general public about civil liberties issues related to technology; and to a
- Represents minority religious and ethnic communities from around the world in opposition to radical Islamic intolerance and violence.
- Private, non-profit organization dedicated to ending human rights violations, war, corporate greed, genetically modified foods and crops and environmental pollution
- An international committee seeking an effective system of international justice. Goals include the development and reform of existing international institutions, to ensure that human rights are enforced, and to campaign for the establishment of an Interna
- Legal intervention and advocacy on behalf of victims of injustice internationally.
- Works to protect and promote fundamental human rights. Its work is impartial, holding all governments accountable to the standards affirmed in the International Bill of Human Rights. Formerly called Lawyers Committee for Human Rights.
- This foundation seeks to combat indifference, intolerance and injustice. Established by Elie and Marion Wiesel after he was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize for Peace.
- Researches policies and actions of governments, international organizations, and independent actors that affect human rights globally.
- Internet based international human rights organization, working for the promotion and respect of human rights world-wide.
- An organization that protests economic injustice in the United States and around the world. Information on events and programs, fact sheets and other resources, and how to get involved.
- Los Angeles-based organization documenting current events and political activism in North America and Latin America, including human rights, and United States foreign policy.
- Promotes human security research and policy by presenting key research findings and resources on issues such as global security, human rights, the United Nations, and conflicts.
- Ranks all independent countries according their political freedoms and civil rights. Includes links to non-independent territories.
- The mission of the ADL is to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment for all citizens alike.
- Kailash Satyarthi, Chairperson, Global March Against Child Labour gives his forthright and personal views on child labour, education of children and other related issues on child labour.
- University of California divestment petition website. Goal is to pressure Israel to respect the human rights of the Palestinian people.
- Organisation dedicated to the primacy, coherence and implementation of human rights. Site features database of trial observations, country reports and interventions. Also includes links to national NGOs and an online resources.
- Papers, photos, audio and video material are kept at this archives hosted by Brandeis University. Information about Sakharov and links to articles and websites.
- US-based group, representing victims of human rights violations in international tribunals where governments violate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other treaties.
- Promotes human rights throughout the world.
- A non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the protection of universally recognized human rights in China and in the United States.
- Founded in 1975 by former diplomats and peace activists to promote a U.S. foreign policy based on international cooperation, demilitarization, and respect for basic human rights.
- International human and civil rights organization advocating justice for all, for women and children's rights and against all forms of abuse and discrimination.
- Promotes human rights world-wide, developing new methods of activism with internet technology.
- Academic center devoted to health and human rights, based at the Harvard School of Public Health. Programs focus on international health and human rights, humanitarian crises and human rights, and development and human rights.
- An international coalition of young people committed to promoting adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive rights at the national, regional and international levels.
- Promotes and supports range of issues important to the preservation of individual freedom; and attempts to identify and challenge individuals and organizations who would subvert the U.S. Bill of Rights for personal, private or political gain.
- Advocates on behalf of persecuted Christians throughout the world. Supervises international and regional human rights projects.
- A legal resource for the international human rights community from the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at Washington College of Law.
- From Montreal, this organization fights poverty and human rights abuses. Education and advocacy for human rights protection in Central America and Mexico, and for economic justice in the Third World.
- Created to promote the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- A resource for hate crime survivors, and those wanting to help fight hate crimes worldwide.
- UK human rights charity supporting aid and awareness programmes for children and families at risk in places such as Burma, Brazil, the Philippines, Thailand, India and Liberia.
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