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Its main purpose is to produce, organize, and disseminate knowledge about sexuality from a human rights perspective, in order to help fight gender inequality and to contribute to the struggle against the discrimination of sexual minorities in the region.
Not for profit human rights organization whose core objective is to foster a culture of human rights in Zimbabwe.
Its aim is to work for a society that is peaceful, free, equal, just and sustainable by a process of empowering people and building a mass movement to uphold human rights. Malaysia.
The Children's Rights Centre is committed to establishing a sustainable children's rights culture in the context of human rights principles. South Africa.
A human rights and relief organisation which is non-governmental (NGO), non-political, and non-discriminating, with the vision of working for the practical realization of human rights in Cameroon by protecting the country’s vulnerable and deficient population. Cameroon.
NGO sites
Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances
Coalition gathering organizations that work for the "disappeared" in several South Asian countries. It's core members include the Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearances from the Philippines, the Organization of Parents and Family Members of the Disappeared (OPFMD) from Sri Lanka, the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) in the Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir and the KONTRAS of Indonesia.
Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development
FORUM-ASIA facilitates collaboration among human rights organizations in Asia so as to develop a regional response for the promotion of human rights and democracy in the region.
Asian Human Rights Commission
Founded by a group of jurists and human rights activists, the AHRC promotes greater awareness and realisation of human rights in the Asian region, and to mobilise Asian and international public opinion to obtain relief and redress for the victims of human rights violations.
Asian Network for Free Elections - ANFREL
ANFREL is a Bangkok-based regional network of election monitoring and human rights organisations with a mandate to support democratisation and related initiatives in Asia.
Asian Regional Resource Center for Human Rights Education (ARRC)
Regional organization founded to serve as an institute and a network for human rights education in the Asia-Pacific region providing human rights training workshops; development and exchange of instructional and other relevant materials; research, and HRE campaigns.
Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)
Human rights organization dealing with the entire spectrum of human rights and civil liberties issues in Israel and the Occupied Territories. Israel.
Association of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo (Argentina)
Organized in 1975 as an association of mothers and relatives of political prisoners and disappeared victims of the Argentine military dictatorship, which became famous because of the weekly demonstrations held on the "May Square" (Plaza de Mayo) in downtown Buenos Aires. The association is still active promoting human rights to keep the events of the 1970s from ever being repeated, as well as demanding justice and truth regarding the fate of their family members.
Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA)
Its vision is to create a child friendly society, where all children are free from exploitation and receive free and quality education. India.
Bhutan Women and Children Organisation (BWCO)
BWCO was established in 1990 in exile by the Bhutanese women to organise themselves for the protection, promotion and defence of women’s and child rights, and advancement and empowerment of women in Bhutan.
Bil'in Village
Bil'in is a Palestinian village that is struggling to exist. It is fighting to safeguard its land, its olive trees, its resources… its liberty.
Birmania Libre - Free Burma
Campaign for the Freedom of Peoples of Burma which aims to raise public awareness as a contribution to the international debate on Burma, and to build a feeling of sympathy towards the movement for democracy and freedom in this Asian country.
Black Sash
They work to ensuring the recognition and protection of citizens´ human rights. Black Sash began as women´s anti-apartheid movement opposed to the gross human rights violations practised under apartheid in South Africa.
Burma Lawyers' Council
They promote and assist in the educating, implementating, restoring, and improving basic human rights, democratic rights, and the rule of law in Burma.
B´Tselem: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
B´Tselem endeavors to document and educate the Israeli public and policymakers about human rights violations in the Occupied Territories, combat the phenomenon of denial prevalent among the Israeli public, and help create a human rights culture in Israel. As an Israeli human rights organization, B'Tselem acts primarily to change Israeli policy in the Occupied Territories and ensure that its government, which rules the Occupied Territories, protects the human rights of residents there and complies with its obligations under international law.
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies - CIHRS
Regional research center specialized in the field of human rights. Egypt.
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Israel under review by the UN Human Rights Committee
Mon Jul 12 2010 - Source: Al-Haq
The UN Human Rights Committee will review Israel’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Covenant). Despite that the Committee has reiterated to Israel that it has a duty to implement the Covenant in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Israel continues to deny its responsibilities.
US-Mexico: Lethal force on the border
Thu Jul 01 2010 - Source: Americas Program
Sergio Hernandez Guereca’s short life revolved around the U.S.-Mexico border that ultimately led to his death. A US Border Patrol agent shot the 15-year-old in the face in Mexican territory between Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, and El Paso, Texas.
A more inclusive strategy needed for the MDGs
Mon Jun 28 2010 - Source: Third World Network
A fundamental problem in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has been the lack of a more inclusive strategy of economic development that could integrate and support its "human development" ambitions, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

 
Migrations - Wed Jun 23 2010
Migration policies across the world are driven by three core concerns: border and law enforcement, economic interest, and protection. A new report by the NGO December 18 argues that official policies are failing partly because protection has been marginalised. Intensified efforts to suppress migration have not deterred people from seeking security or opportunity abroad but drive many into clandestinity.
Fuente: December 18

Durban Review Conference 2009 Children's rights The war on terror: a war on human rights Rights of persons with disabilities
Intellectual Property Rights Internally Displaced Persons Gender-based violence Migrations
Global labour rights Civil and political rights Economic, social and cultural rights - ESCR International Criminal Court
The right to communicate Sexual and reproductive rights The right to adequate housing Child soldiers

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