List of human rights organisations
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The following is a list of articles on the human rights organizations of the world. It does not include political parties, or academic institutions. The list includes both secular and religious organizations.
International non-governmental organizations edit
- Amazon Watch
- Amnesty International
- Anti-Slavery International
- Article 19
- Avocats Sans Frontières
- Breakthrough
- CARE
- Carter Center
- CCJO René Cassin
- Center for Economic and Social Rights
- Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law
- Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE)
- Civil Rights Defenders
- Coalition for the International Criminal Court
- Committee to Protect Journalists
- Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
- CryptoRights Foundation
- Cultural Survival
- Disabled Peoples' International
- Enough Project
- Equality Now
- Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor
- Every Human Has Rights
- Forum 18
- Free the Slaves
- Freedom from Torture
- Freedom House
- Friends of Peoples Close to Nature
- Front Line Defenders
- Fund for Global Human Rights
- Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
- Global Rights
- Gypsy International Recognition and Compensation Action
- Habitat International Coalition
- Helsinki Committee for Human Rights
- Helsinki Watch
- Hindu American Foundation
- Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation
- Humanists International
- Human Rights First
- Human Rights Foundation
- Human Rights Internet
- Human Rights Law Foundation
- Human Rights Watch
- Human Rights Without Frontiers International
- HURIDOCS
- IFEX
- Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission
- International Human Rights Administration (IHRA)
- International Human Rights Association (IHRA)
- Institute for War and Peace Reporting
- Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense
- International Alliance of Women
- International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists
- International Center for Transitional Justice
- International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development
- International Centre for Human Rights Research
- International Coalition against Enforced Disappearances
- International Commission of Jurists
- International Committee of the Red Cross (private, sovereign organisation)
- International Crisis Group
- International Disability Alliance
- International Federation for Human Rights
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- International Foundation for Human Rights and Tolerance
- International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (federation of 15 other human rights organizations not included in this list; now bankrupt due to fraud)
- International Human Rights Arts Movement
- International Institute of Human Rights
- International League for Human Rights
- International Movement ATD Fourth World
- International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR)
- International Property Rights Index
- International Progress Organization
- International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
- International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims
- International Rescue Committee
- International Service for Human Rights
- International Society for Human Rights
- International Tibet Network
- International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
- Islamic Human Rights Commission
- JUSTICE
- MindFreedom International
- Minority Rights Group International
- National Labor Committee in Support of Human and Worker Rights
- Network for Education and Academic Rights
- No Peace Without Justice
- Norwegian Refugee Council
- Peace Brigades International
- People & Planet
- Physicians for Human Rights
- Point of Peace Foundation
- Protection International
- Refugees International
- Release International
- Reporters Without Borders
- Reprieve
- Redress Trust
- ResearchX
- Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
- Scholars at Risk
- Scholar Rescue Fund
- Shia Rights Watch
- Society for Threatened Peoples
- Survival International
- Tahirih Justice Center
- The Advocacy Project
- The RINJ Foundation
- The Sentinel Project for Genocide Prevention
- Tostan
- Transparency International
- UN Watch
- UNITED for Intercultural Action
- Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
- World Council of Churches
- World Organization Against Torture
- WITNESS
- Womankind Worldwide
- World Future Council
- World Organization Against Torture
- Youth for Human Rights International
Regional non-governmental organizations edit
- African Movement of Working Children and Youth (Africa)
- AIRE Centre (Europe)
- Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (Arab world)
- Arab Commission for Human Rights (Arab world)
- Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (Asia)
- Asian Human Rights Commission (Asia)
- Asian Centre for Human Rights (Asia)
- Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (Commonwealth nations)
- Council on Hemispheric Affairs (Americas)
- Ecumenical Center for Human Rights (Americas)
- EuroMed Rights (Euro-Mediterranean region)
- European Human Rights Society (Europe)
- European Roma Rights Centre (Europe)
- Federal Union of European Nationalities (Europe)
- Helsinki Citizens Assembly (Europe)
- Human Rights Trust of Southern Africa (Southern Africa)
- Incomindios Switzerland (Americas)
- International Association of Independent Journalists Inc. (Canada, England & elsewhere)
- Journalists for Human Rights (Africa)
- Kurdish Human Rights Project (Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Iran & elsewhere)
- Memorial (Ex-USSR)
- Regional Council on Human Rights in Asia (Southeast Asia)
- Unimondo (southeastern Europe)
- Washington Office on Latin America (Latin America)
- The Youth Cafe (Africa)
Non-governmental organisations with a national focus edit
For governmental national human rights organisations see national human rights institution.
Argentina edit
Armenia edit
- Europe in Law Association
- Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly–Vanadzor
- Helsinki Committee of Armenia
- Open Society Foundations–Armenia
- Pink Armenia
- Right Side NGO
- Union of Informed Citizens
Australia edit
- Australian Council for Human Rights Education
- Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
- Human Rights Law Centre
Bahrain edit
- Bahrain Centre for Human Rights
- Bahrain Human Rights Society
- Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society
- Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights
- We Have A Right
Belgium edit
Bosnia and Herzegovina edit
Burma (Myanmar) edit
- Burma Campaign UK
- Canadian Friends of Burma
- Free Burma Rangers
- Human Rights Defenders and Promoters
- Karen Human Rights Group
- U.S. Campaign for Burma
- Women's League of Burma
Bulgaria edit
Cambodia edit
- Cambodian Center for Human Rights
- The Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO)
- ADHOC
Canada edit
Chad edit
Chile edit
- Association of Families of the Detained-Disappeared (AFDD; 1974)[1]
- Chilean Human Rights Commission [es; fr] (1978)[1]
- Commission for the Rights of the People [es] (CODEPU; 1980)[1]
- Committee of Cooperation for Peace in Chile (1973–1975)[1]
- Committee for the Defense of Human Rights (Chile) [es] (CODEH; 1970)[2]
- Families of the Executed for Political Reasons (1974)[1]
- Foundation for Social Assistance of the Christian Churches [es] (FASIC; 1975)[1]
- National Commission Against Torture[1]
- National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation (1990–1991); better known as the Rettig Commission
- Sebastian Acevedo Movement Against Torture [es] (MCTSA; 1983–1990)[1]
- Vicariate of Solidarity (1976–1990)[1]
China edit
- Civil Human Rights Front (Hong Kong)
- Empowerment and Rights Institute
- Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor (Hong Kong)
- Human Rights in China
- Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy
Tibet edit
Egypt edit
- Arabic Network for Human Rights Information
- Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights
- Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
- Egyptian Organization for Human Rights
- Hisham Mubarak Law Center
- National Council for Human Rights
- Shayfeencom
Eritrea edit
Ethiopia edit
France edit
- GISTI
- Human Rights League (Ligue des droits de l'homme)
- MRAP (French NGO)
- SOS Racisme
Guatemala edit
Iceland edit
India edit
- State Human Rights Organisationप्रदेश मानवाधिकार संगठन
- International Human Rights Administration
- Confederation of Human Rights Organizations
- Forum for Fact-finding Documentation and Advocacy
- Honour for Women National Campaign
- Human Rights Documentation Centre
- Kashmir Human Rights Commission
- Manab Adhikar Sangram Samiti
- National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights
- Vigil India Movement
Iran edit
Israel edit
Israel edit
Palestinian territories edit
Italy edit
Kenya edit
Lebanon edit
Malawi edit
Malaysia edit
- Bersih
- Lawyers for Liberty
- Malaysians Against Death Penalty & Torture
- National Human Rights Society
- Sisters in Islam
- Suara Rakyat Malaysia
- Women's Aid Organisation
Mali edit
Mauritania edit
Mexico edit
Morocco edit
- Association Marocaine des Droits Humaine
- Conseil Consultatif des Droits de l'Homme
- Sahrawi Association of Victims of Grave Human Rights Violations Committed by the Moroccan State
Nepal edit
Niger edit
Nigeria edit
- Devatop Centre for Africa Development
- National Association of Seadogs
- Youths For Human Rights Protection And Transparency Initiative
- Hope Behind Bars Africa
North Korea edit
Pakistan edit
Peru edit
Philippines edit
- Amnesty International Philippines
- Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances
- Campaign for Human Rights in the Philippines
- Free Legal Assistance Group
- International Peace Observers Network
- Karapatan
- Nonviolent Peaceforce
- Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates
- Philippine Human Rights Information Center
- Philippines–Canada Task Force on Human Rights
- Task Force Detainees of the Philippines
Poland edit
- Movement for Defense of Human and Civic Rights (20th century)
Russia edit
Saudi Arabia edit
- ALQST
- Association for the Protection and Defense of Women's Rights in Saudi Arabia
- Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia
- European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights
- Human Rights First Society
- Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association
- Society for Development and Change
South Korea edit
Sri Lanka edit
Sweden edit
Syria edit
Taiwan edit
Thailand edit
Tunisia edit
Uganda edit
Ukraine edit
United Kingdom edit
United States edit
- ACLU
- Alliance for Human Research Protection
- Avaaz
- Center for Constitutional Rights
- Center for Victims of Torture
- Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
- Empowering Spirits Foundation
- Hands Up United
- Human Rights Campaign
- Human Rights Commission of Salt Lake City
- Human Rights Initiative of North Texas
- Humanitarian Law Project
- International Justice Mission
- Jewish Voice for Peace
- Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute
- National Youth Rights Association
- Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice
- Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- Society for Human Rights (Disbanded)
- Southern Poverty Law Center
- US Human Rights Network
- Workplace Fairness
Venezuela edit
- PROVEA (1988) Spanish acronym for the Venezuelan Education-Action Program on Human Rights
- Venezuelan Observatory of Social Conflict (2010)
Zimbabwe edit
United Nations Bodies edit
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- United Nations Security Council
- Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights (disbanded)
- International Criminal Court
- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
- UNESCO
- United Nations Parliamentary Assembly
Human rights treaty bodies edit
Other multilateral organisations edit
- African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
- African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
- American Convention on Human Rights
- Arab Organization for Human Rights
- Commissioner for Human Rights
- Committee for the Prevention of Torture
- Commonwealth of Nations
- European Court of Human Rights
- OAS Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression
- Subcommittee on Human Rights
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
- Inter-American Court of Human Rights
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Ensalaco, Mark (2000). Chile Under Pinochet: Recovering the Truth. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 59–60. ISBN 0-8122-3520-7. OCLC 460219602. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ Cleary, Edward L. (1997). "4 Contemporary Democracy and the Efflorescence of Human Rights Organizing". The Struggle for Human Rights in Latin America. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-275-95980-7. OCLC 875522486. Retrieved 23 September 2018.