Africa
Fund - works for a positive U.S. policy towards Africa and supports human
rights, democracy and development.
Al
Amal Humanitarian Association - non-political, non-sectarian association
of volunteers engaged in projects for the benefit and well-being of the Iraqi
people.
Amanaka'a
Amazon Network - supports 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
American
Ex-Prisoners of War - aids America's ex-prisoners of war and their next of
kin. Includes information on entitlements, medical research, biographies, and
other POW-related items.
Andrei
Sakharov Foundation - promotes democracy and human rights in the former
Soviet Union and around the world, and runs the Andrei Sakharov Museum and
Community Center in Moscow.
Anti-Slavery
International - campaigns for the freedom of millions of people worldwide
who are trapped in situations of slavery or slavery-like practices.
Arab
Associasion For Human Rights - independent, 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.
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 Galschiøt,
who wanted to erect his own sculpture, Pillar of Shame.
ASF
France - non-profit organization who fights in order to guarantee the
respect of defense rights all over the world. Also available in French and
Spanish.
Asian
Human Rights Commission - intends to provide update information and useful
material related to Asian human rights.
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.
Beate
Klarsfeld Foundation, The - established to bring Nazi criminals to
justice, to oppose crimes against humanity, to help Jewish people where
persecuted, and to identify important documentation and preserve a historic
record.
Belgrade
Centre for Human Rights, The - organization dedicated to the development
of democracy and humanitarian law in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Also
in Serbian.
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
Human Right Foundation (CHRF) - non-profit, non-governmental organisation
dedicated to the defense and promotion of human rights through education, in
Canada and around the world.
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.
Citizens
Commission on Human Rights - Scientology organization dedicated to
exposing and eradicating criminal acts and human rights abuses by psychiatry.
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.
Consumer's
Choice Council - non-profit association of organizations dedicated to
protecting the environment and promoting human rights and basic labor
standards through ecolabeling.
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.
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
- Internet-based human rights organization that works for the promotion and
respect of human rights worldwide.
Global
Education Associates (GEA) - non-governmental organization (NGO) working
to enable global citizens to understand and respond to the crises and
opportunities of today's interdependent world.
Global
Exchange - human rights organization devoted to building people-to-people
ties between first and third world nations and promoting sustainable
development.
HealthWrights
- workgroup for people's health and rights.
Hivos -
supports organizations that enable people to assert their rights and improve
access to decision-making.
Human
Dignity Coalition - working to safeguards human rights, teach the value of
diversity, and achieving political change and social justice in Central
Oregon.
Human Right
International Alliance (HRIA) - non-profit alliance of individuals, NGO's,
parliamentarians, and intellectuals dedicated to the protection and promotion
of Human Rights.
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 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.
Institute
for Human Rights - specialized body within the Beirut Bar Association that
proposes to organize training sessions intended for professionals.
InterAction (1) - 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
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
Human Rights Trust - promotes respect for the norms of international human
rights law. Promotes education and research to stimulate discussion on human
rights issues and the advancement of effective training for the achievement of
human rights change.
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.
Liberty
- independent human rights organization which works to defend rights and
freedoms in England and Wales.
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.
Madre -
promotes social justice and development around the world by developing
partnerships with community-based women's groups.
Mazlumder
- organization of human rights and solidarity for oppressed people.
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.
PeaceNet
- repository for current information on a range of issues from disarmament to
human rights and events and actions around the world.
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.
Project
Respect - a citizens group working to expand the circles of respect,
equality, justice and human rights in the local area.
Quixote
Center, The - faith-based social justice center working in the US, Haiti,
and Nicaragua.
Reporters
without Borders - information about journalists worldwide who have been
subjected to violence or are currently imprisoned. Site may be viewed in
English, French, or Spanish.
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.
Seva
Foundation - sponsors projects throughout the world that help relieve
suffering.
Social
Justice Committee - works toward education and advocacy for the protection
of human rights in central America and Mexico, and for global economic justice
and the elimination of poverty.
Soulutions
Now - progressive institute promting renewal in response to environmental,
spiritual, economic, social and political systems collapse.
Tibetan
Sponsorship Project - nonprofit charitable organization founded to assist
Tibetan nuns, monks, and children in need of financial support.
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.
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.
Verité -
a non-profit organization dedicated to eliminating labor and human rights
abuses from US companies using global outsourcing.
Voice
of the Martyrs Inc. - organization dedicated to helping Christians who are
being persecuted for their faith.
Voices
in the Wilderness - promoting a campaign to end the economic sanctions
against the people of Iraq. Includes photographs, news releases, and articles.
White
Rose International - seeking to reclaim and promote the
authentic Christian response to totalitarianism -- principled resistance --
which characterized the original movement during WW II.
Witness -
delivering communications equipment to human rights organizations.
Witness
for Peace - human rights and economic justice organization providing
monitoring, documentation, and volunteer opportunities in Central America and
the Caribbean Basin.
