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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Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR)
Multi-disciplinary South African organisation dedicated to making a meaningful contribution to peaceful and fundamental transformation in South Africa, and in the Southern African region.
Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Organization dedicated to began monitoring the human rights situation along the borders with India and Bangladesh.
Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO)
They work monitoring the condition of human rights and civil liberties in Nigeria, and to issue report and bulletins thereon.
Civil Resource Development and Documentation Centre (CIRDDOC)
Independent, non-governmental and not-for-profit organisation based in Nigeria that aims to promote and protect human rights through the strengthening of civil society and the provision of access to justice.
Coalition on Violence Against Women (COVAW)
COVAW is a membership-based non-partisan, secular, feminist network of individuals and organizations who are committed to eradicating violence against women. Kenya.
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI)
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative is an international NGO focused on Human Rights education and advocacy. CHRI aims to raise awareness of and adherence to internationally recognised human rights instruments and declarations made by Commonwealth Heads of Governments, and most particularly those embodied in the Harare Principles. Offices in New Delhi, London and Accra.
Conectas
Conectas is an NGO based in Sao Paulo with a mission to enhance respect to human rights through dialogue and collaboration leading to mutual strengthening of civil society organizations in the South.
Constitutional Rights Project (CRP)
CRP monitors and reports on the human rights situation in Nigeria, provides legal assistance to victims of human rights abuse and engages in human rights education.
Democracy and Workers´ Rights Centre
The Center was established by a group of academics, lawyers, trade unionists, and prominent political figures. Its programme includes: legal aid and human rights; elimination of unemployment and poverty; and training and education rights. Palestine.
Derechos Chile
This site presents a selection of on-line documents, articles, bibliographic references and other material which provide a comprehensive account of the human rights situation in Chile during the period of military rule (1973-1990) and of events that followed. Headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
DITSHWANELO - The Botswana Centre for Human Rights
It plays a role in the protection and promotion of human rights in Botswana society. The organisation seeks to educate, research, counsel and mediate on human rights issues, with particular reference to people who are marginalised and disempowered.
Egyptian Center For Housing Rights- ECHR
NGO that specializes in claming and defending the right to adequate housing, particularly for the most disadvantaged sectors of society. Egypt.
Egyptian Organization for Human Rights
Guided by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and all other international human rights instruments, EOHR monitors the human rights situation in Egypt and defends the rights of Egyptian citizens against human rights violations.
Eritrean Movement for Democracy and Human Rights (EMDHR)
EMDHR aims to promote the values of human rights and democratic principles established in the Universal declaration of human rights, African charter on human and peoples’ rights and other relevant international instruments; through community education and advocacy of the respect of human rights and rule of law.
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
Selected news
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
