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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
Rights and Voice Initiative - RAVI
It is targeted at strengthening the voices of people living in poverty and who are marginalised to engage with Government on fundamental human rights issues. Ghana.
Sabrang
They stand for equal respect to all religions but are opposed to the manipulation of faith in the pursuit of power. Therefore they are opposed to both majority and minority communalism. India.
Socio-Environmental Institute
The institute's main objective is to defend social goods and rights, both collective and diffuse, relating to the environment, cultural heritage, human and peoples' rights. The English version of the site provides both news and extensive documentation on a range of Brazilian environmental issues and indigenous peoples' struggles. Brazil.
SOLIDAMOR
Solidarity organisation aimed at supporting the people in East Timor in their struggle for self-determination. Campaigns and lobby work are conducted to raise public awareness on the plight and rights of the East Timorese and to push for concrete changes of the policies of the Indonesian power holders in favour of self-determination. Indonesia.
Sosyal Haklar Dernegi (Social Rights Association)
Social Rights Association is an organization in which mainly works on social rights such as right to education, right to health, housing rights and labour rights. Turkey.
South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC)
SAHRC is an institution which derives its powers from the Constitution and the Human Rights Commission Act of 1994. The SAHRC works with government, civil society and individuals, both nationally and abroad, to fulfill its Constitutional mandate and serves as both a watchdog and a visible route through which people can access their rights. South Africa.
South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre (SAHRDC)
Network of individuals seeking to investigate, document and disseminate information about human rights. India.
Southern Africa Human Rights NGO Network (SAHRINGON)
SAHRINGON is a multi-country, cross-cultural network of human rights organisations which aim to create a dynamic human rights movement in the region and contribute to the development of a democratic Southern Africa. Headquarters in Lusaka, Zambia. There are 11 Chapters in Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Tanzania, South Africa, Mauritius, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia and Mozambique.
Strengthening Somali Civil Society
The overall objective of the project is the achievement of permanent respect for human rights, justice through rule of law, pluralism, good governance and sustainable peace in Somalia and Somaliland.
Suara Rakyat Malaysia
Human rights organisation working for a free, equal, just and sustainable society, through fighting for civil liberties that are enshrined in the Malaysian Human Rights Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Malaysia.
Task Force Detainees of the Philippines
One of the task forces of the Association of Major Religious Superiors of the Philippines, is a human rights organization that analyzes and discerns with the Filipino people their problems and aspirations, and seeks to give a meaningful response to their conditions by helping political prisoners and other victims of human rights violations caused by militarization and political repression, regardless of creed, ideology or race. Philippines.
The Association of Forty
Grassroots organization committed to the promotion of social justice in the Arab sector in Israel, and to gaining recognition for the unrecognized villages in this sector.
The Human Rights Center Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas
Organization with the objective to promote and defend human rights. It attends the cases of human rights violations presented to the Center without distinction of creed or political orientation, giving preference to those victims who are socially marginalized for their poverty. Mexico.
The Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group (PHRMG)
The PHRMG documents human rights violations committed against Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, regardless of who is responsible. Israel.
The People's Tribunal on Food Scarcity and Militarization in Burma
The Tribunal was initiated by the Asian Human Rights Commission, a Hong Kong-based organization that promotes a variety of political, economic and social rights campaigns throughout Asia.
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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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