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Advocates for Religious Rights and Freedoms
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.
http://www.arrf.org/
Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International
International human and civil rights organization advocating justice for all, for women and children's rights and against all forms of abuse and discrimination.
http://www.ansarburney.org/
Anti-Defamation League
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.
http://www.adl.org/
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Researches policies and actions of governments, international organizations, and independent actors that affect human rights globally.
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr
Center for Economic and Social Rights
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.
http://www.cesr.org/
Center for International Policy
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.
http://www.ciponline.org/
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
governmental organization, mandated to ensure the practical realisation of human rights within the Commonwealth.
http://www.humanrightsinitiative.org/
Derechos Human Rights
wide.
http://www.derechos.org/
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
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 act as a defender of those liberties.
http://www.eff.org/
Electronic Resource Centre for Human Rights Education and Training
line forums, databases and links to other organisations and resources.
http://www.hrea.org/erc/
Focus: HOPE
profit civil and human rights organization based in Detroit that unites a multicultural community in common efforts to overcome injustice and build racial harmony.
http://www.focushope.edu/
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.
http://harvardfxbcenter.org/
Freedom House
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.
http://www.freedomhouse.org/
Freedom in the World
independent territories.
http://www.mherrera.org/
Friends of Cuban Libraries
Supports intellectual freedom in Cuba.
http://www.friendsofcubanlibraries.org/
Global Human Rights Defence
Promotes human rights throughout the world.
http://www.ghrd.org/
Human Rights Brief
A legal resource for the international human rights community from the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at Washington College of Law.
http://www.wcl.american.edu/hrbrief/
Human Rights First
lawyer appeals, reports on refugee policy and asylum cases.
http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/
International Child Development Initiatives (ICDI)
Early childhood care, risk, child labour, education, abuse, nonformal education, international development, policy development, programme development, action research, NGO management.
http://www.icdi.nl/
International Federation for Human Rights - FIDH
governmental organization representing a network of 155 human rights organisations throughout the world. Source of daily news concerning international law and international issues.
http://www.fidh.org/
International Justice Mission
Legal intervention and advocacy on behalf of victims of injustice internationally.
http://www.ijm.org/
International League of Human Rights
line copies of several reports.
http://www.ilhr.org/
International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT)
An independent, international health professional organization, founded upon the medical response to torture. Promotes and supports the rehabilitation of torture victims and works for the prevention of torture worldwide.
http://www.irct.org/
International Society for Human Rights (ISHR)
profit organisation provides details of education projects, international campaigns and other activities.
http://www.ishr.org/
Jubilee Action
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.
http://www.jubileeaction.co.uk/
Jubilee Campaign USA
Advocates on behalf of persecuted Christians throughout the world. Supervises international and regional human rights projects.
http://www.jubileecampaign.org/
MRG - Minority Rights Group International
Works to secure the rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and indigenous peoples worldwide, and to promote cooperation and understanding between communities.
http://www.minorityrights.org/
Magnacartaplus
Promotes civil liberties and provides a watch on any attempts by governments to reduce or interfere with such freedoms.
http://magnacartaplus.org/
Migrants' Rights International (MRI)
Information and documents relating to the MRI organization, and its campaign to ratify the 1990 convention for migrants' human rights.
http://www.migrantwatch.org/
No Peace Without Justice
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 International Criminal Court.
http://www.npwj.org/
Nuremberg Human Rights Center
Supports human rights worldwide. Site contains contact information and news from the institute's various areas of activity.
http://menschenrechte.org/
Office of The Americas
based organization documenting current events and political activism in North America and Latin America, including human rights, and United States foreign policy.
http://officeoftheamericas.org/
Persecution.org
A human rights organization promoting religious freedom and assisting international Christians who are victims of persecution and discrimination.
http://www.persecution.org/
Physicians For Human Rights
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.
http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/
RESULTS
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 succeed.
http://www.results.org/
Reporters without Borders
An organization which fights for press freedom and denounces the violations of the human rights all over the world. Multilingual site.
http://www.rsf.org/
Rights and Humanity
Aims to prevent and relieve human suffering by the promotion and realisation of human rights and responsibilities. Based in Suffolk, UK.
http://www.rightsandhumanity.org/
Scholars at Risk Network
Aids scholars outside the United States whose work is threatened by mass or individual displacement, discrimination, censorship, harassment, intimidation, or violence.
http://scholarsatrisk.nyu.edu/
The Advocacy Project
Supporting community campaigners with information and information technology in their work for social justice, human rights, and peace.
http://www.advocacynet.org/
The Dui Hua Foundation
profit organization dedicated to advancing the protection of universally recognized human rights in China and in the United States.
http://www.duihua.org/
The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity
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.
http://www.eliewieselfoundation.org/
The International Commission of Jurists
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.
http://www.icj.org/
The Social Justice Committee
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.
http://www.s-j-c.net/
Universal Rights Network
Created to promote the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
http://www.universalrights.net/
Witness
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.
http://www.witness.org/
World Goodwill
Working for Right Human Relations and world peace under the auspiciousness of Goodwill.
http://www.worldgoodwill.org/
World Organisation Against Torture
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 Protection of Human Right Defenders.
http://www.omct.org/
Youth Coalition
An international coalition of young people committed to promoting adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive rights at the national, regional and international levels.
http://www.youthcoalition.org/