Advocacy Organizations
Advocacy Organizations
Advocacy Organizations
Advocacy Organizations Links
- Human Rights Watch 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 wartime. Investigates and exposes human rights violations and hold abusers accountable. In English with versions in six other languages.
- 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.
- RESULTS: Ending Hunger and Poverty 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.
- Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Non-profit, non-partisan organization working to protect fundamental civil liberties, including privacy and freedom of expression, in the arena of computers and the Internet.
- International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights 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 territories of the former Soviet Union.
- Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative The CHRI is a non-partisan, independent, international non-governmental organization, mandated to ensure the practical realisation of human rights within the Commonwealth.
- 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.
- Rights & Democracy 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 languages.
- Anti-Defamation League The mission of the ADL: to stop the defamation of the Jewish people, to secure justice and fair treatment for all citizens alike.
- Lao Human Rights Council Inc. Advocate for Hmong and Lao people worldwide, working toward ending human rights violations, genocide, and forced repatriation of Hmong refugees from Thailand to communist Laos where they are being systematically annhilated.
- Andrei Sakharov Foundation Civil society and democratic development in the former Soviet Union.
- Rights International US-based group, representing victims of human rights violations in international tribunals where governments violate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other treaties.
- Freedom in the World Ranks all independent countries according their political freedoms and civil rights. Includes links to non-independent territories.
- 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.
- Digital Freedom Network Promotes human rights world-wide, developing new methods of activism with Internet technology.
- Center for Democracy and Human Rights Presses for improvements in the human rights environment. Site includes daily news updates.
- Mexico-U.S. Advocates Network A binational project dedicated to improving communication and mutual education between Mexican and U.S. civil society organizations concerned with the human and labor rights aspects of migration policy and developing vehicles for joint advocacy on those issues.
- Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International International Human and Civil Rights organization advocating for justice for all, women and children's rights and against all forms of abuse and discrimination.
- 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.
- Human Rights Server, Germany Organization placing human rights within the context of the progress of the mass of humanity. Includes links to those who resist.
- Human Rights International Alliance A non-profit alliance of Individuals, NGO's, Parliamentarians and Intellectuals, dedicated to the protection and promotion of Civil & Political Rights and Economic Social & Cultural Rights, as per the United Nations Charter and the International Bill of Rights.
- Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Portrays national effort led by poor and homeless families for activism in poverty and welfare reform, as well as human rights violations in the USA.
- American Civil Liberties Union Advocating individual rights, by litigating, legislating, and educating the public on a broad array of issues affecting individual freedom.
- Forefront: Alternative Holiday Giving Information about supporting a young human rights activist in addition to, or as a meaningful break from, routine holiday shopping.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Committee for International Human Rights Inquiry This organization concentrates mainly on violations of human rights of social service workers and those they serve. Includes newsletter and annual report.
- The Advocacy Project Supporting community campaigners with information and information technology in their work for social justice, human rights, and peace.
- Reporters without Borders "Reporters without borders" is an organization which fights for the press freedom and denounces the violations of the human rights all over the world.(Click on English, French or Spanish version.)
- Article 19 - Global Campaign for Free Expression Organization named after Article 19 of theUniversal Declaration of Human Rights, working to combat censorship by promoting freedom of expression and access to official information.
- Genocide Remembrance and Prevention Network Our mission is the remembrance and prevention of genocide. We invite you to take a moment to remember all victims of genocide and think of those still grieving for them. We also invite you to join us in preventing and suppressing this scourge.
- Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities Worldwide campaigning movement dedicated to protecting the human rights of people in Bangladesh.
- Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador Organization providing solidarity to the people of El Salvador. Also, donations taken online for disaster relief from the earthquake of 2001.
- Penal Reform International (PRI) Information about PRI's activities worldwide, and its ethos.
- 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.
- Forefront An international non-profit network that supports and strengthens the work of young leaders by helping them gain skills and resources, share strategies, communicate with the international community, bring visibility to their work and respond to crises.
- FreeEmigration.com 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.
- Human Rights Institute of Canada Non-partisan, citizen based organization, concerned with equality, justice and government's responsibility to citizens.
- Derechos Human Rights Internet based international human rights organization, working for the promotion and respect of human rights world-wide.
- Green Charter International A charter for human rights and a new society. Based on the philosophy of Muammar Qadhafi, the "Green Book".
- The Partnet Project An international action and research project against social exclusion, managed by INDE with the support of European Commission. In Portuguese, English, Spanish and French.
- Human Rights Internet Information about human rights, human rights publications, children's rights, the UN human rights system, and human rights organizations world-wide.
- Focus: HOPE Non-profit civil and human rights organization that unites a multicultural community in common efforts to overcome injustice and build racial harmony.
- 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.
- Lawyers Committee for Human Rights 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.
- International Institute of Peace The International Institute of Peace aims to bring justice, peace, and mercy to the world, protecting human life, promoting human rights and civil liberties. Plus training initiative for professionals.
- World Commission For Peace and Human Rights Council Addresses human rights generally, also landmines, and biological/chemical weapons.
- François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights 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.
- 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.
- Globalization as if People Mattered Fighting for global justice in economy, human rights and ecology. GPM is currently specialising in trade watch and the Maheshwar dam in India.
- Forefront: Freedom Projects Human Rights organization campaigning for the release of Tibetan Buddhist nuns incarcerated in Tibet by the Chinese government.
- Universal Rights Network Created to promote the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- COUP 4 JIP - Community Of United People For Justice In Pay Promotes making minimum wage a living wage, and creating a maximum income and maximum wealth tied to the minimum wage. thus aiming to reduce selfishness and to protect people and planet from greed corruption.
- Office of The Americas Los Angeles-based organization documenting current events and political activism in North America and Latin America, including human rights, and United States foreign policy.
- Migrants' Rights International (MRI) Information and documents relating to the MRI organization, and its campaign to ratify the 1990 convention for migrants' human rights.
- Electronic Resource Centre for Human Rights Education and Training Information via libraries, calendars, databases and relevant web site links.
- Magnacartaplus Promotes civil liberties and provides a watch on any attempts by governments to reduce or interfere with such freedoms.
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