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.
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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.
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.
Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS)
CELS is an Argentine NGO founded in 1979 - during the military dictatorship that ruled the country from 1976-83 - to foster and protect human rights and to strength the democratic system and the Rule of Law in Argentina. Today, CELS continues to denounce human rights violations, influence public policy-making and encourage a greater exercise of these rights by the most vulnerable sectors of society. Headquarters in Buenos Aires.
La Via Campesina: call to action on the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
D.R. Congo: Tracking the Eastern Congo Conflict
Support the women in India brutally attacked by the police
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Human Rights
- Mon Dec 01 2008
Rights is the answer: Social Watch Report 2008
An approach based on human rights is the only way to overcome the current crisis, argues Social Watch, a worldwide coalition of civil society organizations.
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Social Watch
Human Rights
/Sexual diversity
- Tue Nov 25 2008
Burundi: government moves to criminalize homosexuality
The National Assembly of Burundi passed a law on Friday November 21, 2008, making same-sex acts punishable for the first time in the history of the country.
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IGLHRC
The unusual combination of financial crisis, food crisis, energy and climate crisis requires a new approach based on human rights, argues the international Social Watch coalition in its 2008 report, launched during the United Nations Conference on Financing for Development being held in Doha, Qatar, from 29 November to 2 December. Next December 10, as the report remembers, the 60th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights will be commemorated and the title of the Social Watch Report 2008 is, precisely, "Rights is the Answer".
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Social Watch
