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.
PRODH
It Promotes, through an integral approach, a culture of respect for human rights. Mexico.
Programme on Women's Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (PWESCR)
PWESCR works to promote women's human rights, especially in the context of economic, social and cultural rights, by bringing a gender framework to policy, law and practice at local, national, regional and international levels.
Project Disappeared (Proyecto Desaparecidos)
The Project Disappeared is an attempt by diverse human rights organizations and activists to keep the memory of the disappeared alive and search for justice. It is a place to get to know and to remember both the victims of and those responsible for State terrorism in Latin America and the world. The Project also hosts the homepages of the several groups from Asia, Africa and South America.
Punden
Punden is committed to promoting human rights in the villages toward community independence and sovereignty. Indonesia.
Rape Crisis
Rape Crisis is a women's organisation committed to ending violence against women. Activities: counselling, education, training, research and lobbying. South Africa.
Resources Aimed at the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (RAPCAM)
RAPCAN is commited to developing child abuse prevention strategies to combat the patterns of abuse which affect the lives of children and adults. They do this through training adults, informing children, materials dissemination and advocacy. South Africa.
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.
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.
Source:
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.
Source:
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
