 |
/ Home
/ Web Directory / Society / Issues / Human Rights and Liberties / Advocacy Organizations (265)
Sub-Categories in Advocacy Organizations
Web Sites in Category Advocacy Organizations
Displaying: 1 – 50 (79 total) Next Page >>
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.
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.
Amnesty International USA Group 133 - Boston-area activists, presently working on the death penalty, environment, and refugee issues, as well as the situation in the Andes, Tibet, and Russia. Site includes meeting and event information, inspirational resources, and related links.
Andrei Sakharov Archives and Human Rights Center - Papers, photos, audio and video material are kept at this archives hosted by Brandeis University. Information about Sakharov and links to articles and websites.
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.
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.
Campaign for UC Divestment from Israel - University of California divestment petition website. Goal is to pressure Israel to respect the human rights of the Palestinian people.
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy - Researches policies and actions of governments, international organizations, and independent actors that affect human rights globally.
Center for Democracy and Human Rights - CDRH presses for improvements in the human rights environment. Site includes daily news updates.
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.
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.
Chairperson's Note: Global March Against Child Labour - 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.
Coalition for the Defense of Human Rights - Represents minority religious and ethnic communities from around the world in opposition to radical Islamic intolerance and violence.
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.
Cook, Scott - A one armed pilot, will make an around the world flight in a restored Beech C45.
Derechos Human Rights - Internet based international human rights organization, working for the promotion and respect of human rights world-wide.
Digital Freedom Network - Promotes human rights world-wide, developing new methods of activism with internet technology.
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) - 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 act as a defender of those liberties.
Electronic Resource Centre for Human Rights Education and Training - An on-line repository of human rights education and training materials, on-line forums, databases and links to other organisations and resources.
Fair Trade Toronto - A working group established by Oxfam's volunteers that advocates for small, poor and disadvantaged producers in developing countries through fair prices and working conditions.
Focus: HOPE - 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.
Forefront - 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, technology, networking and advocacy.
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.
Free Human Rights Advocates UK - Supports the oppressed and those whose voices have been suppressed. Exposes those who condone and perpetrate human rights abuses.
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.
Freedom in the World - Ranks all independent countries according their political freedoms and civil rights. Includes links to non-independent territories.
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.
Friends of Cuban Libraries - Supports intellectual freedom in Cuba.
Global Human Rights Defence - Promotes human rights throughout the world.
Global March Against Child Labour - A platform to highlight and feature activists and their organisations working on child labour issues at the grass roots level.
Guyana Indian Hertiage Association - Promotes the well being, protection of rights, dignity and pride of all Indian Guyanese. Also works to preserve and propagate the Indian cultural heritage.
Hate-Crime Network - A resource for hate crime survivors, and those wanting to help fight hate crimes worldwide.
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.
Human Security Bulletin - 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.
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.
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.
International Human Rights Law Group - A non profit organization of human rights and legal professionals from over twenty countries engaged in advocacy and strategic human rights projects.
International Justice Mission - Legal intervention and advocacy on behalf of victims of injustice internationally.
International League of Human Rights - Campaigns on international human rights issues. The site presents recent human rights news, and contains on-line copies of several reports.
Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) - A Canadian non-profit organization working in training African journalists about human rights.
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.
Jubilee Campaign USA - Advocates on behalf of persecuted Christians throughout the world. Supervises international and regional human rights projects.
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.
Lawyers' Commission for Human Rights - Works to promote and protect fundamental international human rights. Includes newsletter, media alerts, lawyer-to-lawyer appeals, reports on refugee policy and asylum cases.
MacArthur Justice Center - 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.
Magnacartaplus - Promotes civil liberties and provides a watch on any attempts by governments to reduce or interfere with such freedoms.
Men's Rights - A non-profit organisation for men's rights, which it asserts have been diminished in divorce courts, the worksplace, in media, and society. Based in Queensland, Australia.
Migrants' Rights International (MRI) - Information and documents relating to the MRI organization, and its campaign to ratify the 1990 convention for migrants' human rights.
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.
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.
Displaying: 1 – 50 (79 total) Next Page >>
Related Categories:
Society > Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual > Organizations > Human Rights Campaign
Society > Issues > Human Rights and Liberties
Society > Law > Organizations > Civil Liberties
Society > Philanthropy > Organizations
|
|
|
|
