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.
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD)
A group originally established to oppose and resist Israeli demolition of Palestinian houses in the Occupied Territories. As a direct-action group, ICAHD is comprised of members of many Israeli peace and human rights organizations.
Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights
Palestinian human rights organization established by lawyers and members of the Palestinian community of Jerusalem. It provides legal assistance and representation to Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem subjected to discriminatory policies by the Israeli authorities.
Karen Human Rights Group
The organization is a small and independent group documenting the human rights situation of ordinary people in rural Burma. Myanmar.
Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC)
KHRC is a non-partisan, non-profit, membership NGO first organized in the US in 1991 by Kenyan exiles and activists to specifically lobby for the respect of human rights and promotion of democratization, accountability and good governance in Kenya. Since 1994, the KHRC has been registered as an NGO in Nairobi where it consistently monitors and documents human rights violations in Kenya and provides legal hosting to other human rights groups that have been denied registration by the Kenyan government.
Kenya National Commission on Human Rights - KNCHR
Independent national institution to lead in protecting and promoting human rights in Kenya. The Commission will contribute to the establishment of a society that respects human dignity, social justice and equal opportunity.
Kubatana - NGO Network Alliance Project
An online community for Zimbabwean activists. Kubatana aims to improve the accessibility of human rights and civic information in Zimbabwe. News and lists of NGOs, civil society organisations and social justice groups. Zimbabwe.
KwaZulu-Natal Programme for Survivors of Violence
The Programme aims to assist the individuals, families and communities of KwaZulu-Natal through the prevention of all forms of violence and through rendering services which are both healing and empowering. South Africa.
Land Center for Human Rights
Nongovernmental, non-profit organization working to protect the rights of farmers and agrarian laborers in Egypt.
Land Center for Human Rights (LCHR)
An NGO established in Egypt to deal with farmers', agrarian workers, and rural women's and children's issues as an important dimension for the country's Human Rights movement.
Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR)
Lawyers for Human Rights strives to promote, uphold and strengthen human rights. In recent years the organisation has been involved in human rights developments within the SADC sub-region and sub-Saharan Africa. South Africa.
Lebanese Council to Resist Violence Against Women (LCRVAW)
LCRVAW was founded in Beirut in March 1997. The Council was established in response to the alarming rate of violent acts against women in Lebanon, and the lack of legal and social support for victims of such crimes. The Council aims at carrying the concept of violence from private to public awareness. This with the goal of influencing public opinion to reject and condemn violence, as well as work on legislating laws for the protection of abused women.
Legal Research and Resource Center for Human Rights LRRC
LRRC was established in 1991 to sensitise inform the Egyptian public on the issue of human rights. It aims at emphasizing respect for legal sovereignty as well as establishing the principles of human rights as set out in international instruments. Its grassroots educational work focuses on the informal sector, targeting NGOs, lawyers, the medical profession, children, women, etc., and other sectors of society. Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.
Legal Resources Foundation
Organisation with competence in the field of human rights education. LRF mission is to enhance quality participatory human rights and legal education, promote low cost community based mechanisms for the resolution of individual and communal rights disputes, and lobby and advocate for policy and legislative changes that enhance quality access to justice. Kenya.
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
