Africa
Fund - works for
a positive U.S. policy towards Africa and supports human
rights, democracy and development.
Alaska
Human Rights Commission
- state agency which enforces the Alaska Human Rights
Law.
Amanaka'a
Amazon Network -
to support the peoples of the Amazon Rainforest in their
efforts to survive and work in harmony with their
environment.
American
Anti-Slavery Group
- Modern Day Slavery: blacks bought and sold today in
Africa, modern day abolitionist groups
Amnesty
International--Major
human-rights organization active throughout the
world.
Ansar
Burney Welfare Trust International
- advocating for human rights in South Asia.
Anti-Defamation
League
(ADL)--World-famous
organization dedicated to fighting religious hate crimes
and abuses.
Arab
Associasion For Human Rights
- ndependent, grassroots, non-governmental organization
which works to promote and protect the political, civil,
economic, and cultural rights of the Palestinian Arab
minority in Israel from an international human rights
perspective.
Arab
Organization for Human Rights
Art
for the World -
independent non-profit organization for contemporary art
serving humanitarian purposes.
Art
in Defense of Human Rights
- founded by the Danish sculptor, Jens Galschi¯t,
who wanted to erect his own sculpture, Pillar of
Shame.
Asian
Human Rights Commission
- intends to provide update information and useful
material related to Asian human rights.
Asociacion
Pro Derechos Humanos
- human rights organization.
Association
For Civil Rights in Israel, The
Assyrian
Rights Advocacy Committee
- is dedicated to ensuring that the rights of assyrians
under duress throughout the world are intact through
peaceful means.
B'Tselem
- Israeli organization which monitors and documents human
rights violations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and
engages in advocacy campaigns for positive
change.
Baltimore
Anti-Slavery Society
Bonner
County Human Rights Task Force
British
Helsinki Human Rights Group
- monitors and reports on the development of democracy
and human rights in the formerly communist countries of
eastern Europe and OSCE member states.
Canadian
Centre for Victims of Torture
(CCVT) -
charitable organization dedicated to the continuing needs
unique to survivors of torture and their families in
Canada and abroad.
Center
for Human Rights Legal Aid
- provides legal assistance and representation, free of
charge, to victims of human rights violations in
Egypt.
Center
for Law and Global Justice
- has projects worldwide that focus on the protection of
human rights, legal education, judicial training and free
and fair elections.
Center
For World Indigenous Studies
- non-profit research and education organization
dedicated to the understanding and appreciation of
indigenous peoples and the social, economic and political
realities of indigenous nations.
Coalition
Against Slavery in Mauritania and Sudan
(CASMAS)
Colombia
Support Network -
a non-governmental organization striving to improve the
human rights situation in Colombia and build solidarity
between the peoples of North America and
Colombia.
Committee
for Asian Women -
publishes a quarterly newsletter and works to voice and
represent the concerns of women workers in
Asia.
Committee
of Concerned Scientists (CCS)
- an independent organization of scientists devoted to
the protection and advancement of the human rights, as
well as the scientific and intellectual freedom of
scientists around the world.
Committee
to Protect Journalists
- dedicated to defending the rights and safety of
journalists around the world.
Consortium
for Health and Human Rights
- promotes the link between health and human rights
internationally by providing education, research, and
advocacy for professionals working in health and human
rights.
Coordinadora
Nacional de Derechos Humanos -
Peru - umbrella
organization representing human rights organizations in
Peru; site offers human rights reports and appeals. In
Spanish.
Council
for the Defence of Human Rights and
Freedoms -
documents human rights abuses in Kosova.
Cultural
Survival - helps
indigenous peoples and ethnic groups deal as equals in
their relations with national and international
societies.
CUSO
- Canadian organization supporting alliances for global
social justice.
Czech
Helsinki Committee
- human rights organization focusing on monitoring,
counseling and educational activities. Regional and
international programs.
Danish
Center for Human Rights, The
- details the organization's activites, with news from
the human rights field.
Democracy
Network of Iran (DNI)
- a net-based group of individuals committed to campaign
for promotion of democracy and improvement of human
rights conditions in Iran.
Derechos
Humanos en America Latina
- human rights information about Latin America and the
rest of the world. In Spanish and English.
East
Timor Alert Network (ETAN) Canada
- seeks to end Canadian complicity in the genocide in
East Timor.
Egyptian
Organization for Human Rights
(EOHR) -
non-governmental organization.
European
Commission Against Racism and
Intolerance -
history of the council, calendar, examples of good
practice, and educational resources.
European
Court of Human Rights
- sitting justices are from member states of the COuncil
of Europe.
Focus
On Justice -
helps existing advocacy groups disseminate information
about human rights violations and furnishes information
to journalists, including updated, downloadable audio and
video.
Focus:HOPE
- civil and human rights organization
Foundation
For Human Rights
- committed to the people in Guatemala who have
suffered.
Freedom
House -
non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to
promoting democracy around the world.
Global
Exchange - human
rights organization devoted to building people-to-people
ties between first and third world nations and promoting
sustainable development.
Global
Foundation -
provides solace and compassion to hostages, political
prisoners, and detainees, by providing them with letters,
pictures, local papers, food items, and other reminders
from home.
Government
Reform Committee (GRC)
- human rights, anti-corruption, research and public
policy forum.
Human
Rights Action Group
- community of radical kiwi students committed to peace
and human rights activities worldwide.
Human
Rights Education Associates
- supports efforts aimed at introducing human rights
concepts and values into educational curricula and
teaching practices.
Human
Rights in China (HRIC)
Human
Rights Interactive Network
- an Internet launchpad for human rights, armed conflict,
disaster relief, and other resources. With links to
organizations, work/travel opportunities, action alerts
and a feature magazine.
Human
Rights Internet (HRI)
- international documentation centre and network on human
rights. Information on human rights education and
resources, the United Nations and more.
Human
Rights Organizations
Human
Rights Watch (HRW)-
nonprofit, nongovernmental organization monitoring human
rights in some seventy countries around the
world.
Icelandic
Human Rights Center - MannrÈttindaskrifstofa
Õslands -
gathering and collecting information concerning human
rights domestically as well as abroad.
Illinois
Human Rights Commission
Immigration
and Refugee Services of America
- dedicated to immigration and refugee related
information.
Institute
for Human Rights
- specialized body within the Beirut Bar Association that
proposes to organize training sessions intended for
professionals.
InterAction
- American
Council for Voluntary International Action
Intercultural
Mutual Assistance Association
(IMAA) - refugee
and immigrant service organization providing
opportunities for "those who have come before to lend a
helping hand to those who have recently
arrived."
International
Action Center -
coordinates activism and information opposing domestic
and international injustices.
International
Association for Religious Freedom
- non-governmental organization (NGO) with general
consultative status at the UN that supports religious
freedom through interfaith cooperation and local
community service and development strategies.
International
Helsinki Federation for Human
Rights -
organization with branches in 34 countries monitoring
human rights in Europe, the former Soviet Union and North
America.
Iraq
Foundation -
human rights organization covering the political, social
and economic situation under the regime of Saddam
Hussein.
Jewish
Prisoner Services International
- An outreach and advocacy agency for Jewish prisoners
and their families.
Karen
Human Rights Group (KHRG)
- volunteer group that documents the situation of the
Karen in Burma, in an effort to end human rights abuses
committed by the Myanmarese regime, the SLORC.
Kids-Right
- promoting the rights of children to have contact with
both parents. Working to change the laws of the United
States through a campaign of public action.
Lao
Human Rights Council
- features a request for human rights in the Lao
language, from Hmong refugees in Napho Camp, Nakhon
Phanom Province, Thailand.
Lawyers
Committee for Human Rights
- working to protect and promote fundamental human
rights, holding all governments accountable to the
standards affirmed in the International Bill of Human
Rights.
Los
Cimientos Alliance Maya Guatemala
- a cultural and human rights cooperative for creating a
network of friends and resources supporting the work of
the Mayan People of Guatemala.
M.
Venkatarangaiya Foundation
- MVF is a charitable non-profit trust interested in
creating awareness among the disadvantaged, building a
civil society, and abolishing child labor.
Manitoba
Human Rights Commission
Mazlumder
- organization of human rights and solidarity for
oppressed people.
Mexico
Human Rights Network
- volunteer project based in London, that works to inform
and educate the public on issues of human rights in
Mexico.
Milarepa
Fund, The -
non-profit organization started by the Beastie Boys in
1994 to raise funds for helping the Tibetan
people.
National
Association for Lebanese Detainees in Israeli
Prisons - working
to make the Lebanese Detainees a national
concern.
National
Labor Committee
National
People's Campaign
Nature
Rights International
- legal and political foundation and international
acknowledgement of the nature rights of all human
beings.
New
York Association for New Americans
- resettlement agency offers information for immigrants
and refugees, immigration policy updates, answers to
legal questions, and services for employers.
North
America Project -
includes sections on international human rights treaties,
full text of recent publications on democracy and human
rights in the Americas, referrals to experts and links to
related sites.
Norwegian
Helsinki Committee, The
- democracy and human rights in Europe.
Office
of the Americas -
featuring analysis of current events in the Americas,
including the War on Drugs, immigration, and human
rights.
Pacific
Regional Human Rights Education Resource
Team - RRRT is a
British Aid Programme devoted to improving legal literacy
in the Pacific Region.
Palm
Beach County Human Rights Council, Inc.
Pax
Christi International --peace
movement involved in the fields of demilitarization and
security, human rights, ecology, economic justice and
reconciliation.
Peace
Brigades International(PBI) -
a grassroots organization exploring and implementing
nonviolent approaches to peacekeeping and support for
basic human rights.
- PBI
North America Project
- provides upon request international human rights
observers for Native American communities in Canada
and the United States.
PeaceNet
- repository for current information on a range of issues
from disarmament to human rights and events and actions
around the world.
Peru
Peace Network -
defending and promoting the human rights of Peruvians;
nonviolent action will be taken in the United States to
show solidarity with Peruvians working for peace and
justice.
Physicians
for Human Rights (PHR)
- mobilizes the health professions and enlists public
support to protect and promote the human rights of all
people.
Plowshare
Peace and Justice Center
- education and resource center committed to the creation
of a just world peace which recognizes the dignity and
worth of every human being.
Quixote
Center, The -
faith-based social justice center working in the US,
Haiti, and Nicaragua.
Rainbow/PUSH
Coalition -
founded by Jesse Jackson.
Refuse
& Resist! -
says no to the war on women, concentration camps for
immigrants, censorship of the arts, resurgent racism,
police state measures, gay bashing, and compulsory
patriotism.
Resource
Center of the Americas
- nonprofit organization working for peace, justice and
human rights in the Americas. Connection to the Americas,
a monthly Latin American and Caribbean news digest,
available on-site.
Schiller
Institute -
Applies Friedrich Schiller's ideas to issues of human
rights, the nation-state, development of culture.
Affiliated with Lyndon LaRouche.
Seva
Foundation -
sponsors projects throughout the world that help relieve
suffering.
Solidarity
in Italy -
information, addresses, events, and meetings of voluntary
organizations in Italy.
Soulutions
Now - progressive
institute promting renewal in response to environmental,
spiritual, economic, social and political systems
collapse.
Sub
Ocean Safety -
exposes the human rights issues of diver abuse in
developing nations while providing hyperbaric medical
training, equipment, and diver training in remote coastal
areas.
Survivors
International -
providing specialized medical and psychological treatment
for victims of political torture from all over the
world.
Swiss
Society for the European Convention on Human Rights
(SGEMKO) -
private non-profit organization spreading information in
German language about the European Convention for the
Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedom
(ECHR).
Syrian
Human Rights Commitee
- provides the international community with information
on the human rights situation.
Task
Force Detainees of the Philippines
- involved in research, documentation of human rights
violations in the Philippines.
Tibetan
Women's Association
TransAfrica
Forum - foreign
policy institution founded to provide for the collection,
analysis and dissemination of information about Africa
and the Caribbean and about U.S. policies affecting
them.
U.S.
Citizens Human Rights Commission
UNESCO
Clubs - Join the
clubs' cyber trek, "Cyber Raid", explore the UNESCO world
heritage list, and win trips, CD-roms.
United
In Peace -
non-profit organization that deals with the release of
political prisoners like Larry Hoover.
United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Universal
Society -
Constitutes a free and non-violent voluntary " Energy
Association" organized of individuals cooperating in a
positive, creative and harmonious manner.
Ventures
In Peace -
non-profit membership corporation comprised of people
dedicated to world peace through active cooperation and
communication.
Voice
of the Martyrs Inc.
- organization dedicated to helping Christians who are
being persecuted for their faith.
White
Rose International
Witness
- delivering communications equipment to human rights
organizations.
World
Algeria Action Coalition (WAAC)
- dedicated to raising international awareness of the
political and economic conditions in Algeria.
World
Organisation Against Torture
- programmes include urgent appeals, victim assistance
and children.
Worldview
Rights -
promoting democracy and human rights by means of media
and communication.
Yellow
Ribbon, The - An
internet resource for information and support for the two
U.S. citizens currently being held in an Iraqi
prison.
