List of human rights organisations

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The following is a list of articles on the human rights organizations of the world. It does not include political parties, or academic institutions. The list includes both secular and religious organizations.

International non-governmental organizations

• Amazon Watch
• Amnesty International
• Anti-Slavery International
• Article 19
• Avocats Sans Frontières
• Breakthrough
• CARE
• Cara (the Council for At-Risk Academics)
• Carter Center
• CCJO René Cassin
• Center for Economic and Social Rights
• Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law
• Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE)
• Civil Rights Defenders
• Coalition for the International Criminal Court
• Committee to Protect Journalists
• Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
• CryptoRights Foundation
• Cultural Survival
• Disabled Peoples' International
• Doctors without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières)
• Enough Project
• Equality Now
• Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor
• Every Human Has Rights
• Forum 18
• Free the Slaves
• Freedom from Torture
• Freedom House
• Friends of Peoples Close to Nature
• Front Line Defenders
• Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
• Global Rights
• Gypsy International Recognition and Compensation Action
• Habitat International Coalition
• Helsinki Committee for Human Rights
• Helsinki Watch
• Hindu American Foundation
• Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation
• Humanists International
• Human Rights First
• Human Rights Foundation
• Human Rights Internet
• Human Rights Watch
• Human Rights Without Frontiers International
• HURIDOCS
• IFEX
• Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission
• Institute for War and Peace Reporting
• Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense
• International Alliance of Women
• International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists
• International Center for Transitional Justice
• International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development
• International Centre for Human Rights Research
• International Coalition against Enforced Disappearances
• International Commission of Jurists
• International Committee of the Red Cross (private, sovereign organisation)
• International Crisis Group
• International Disability Alliance
• International Federation for Human Rights
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• International Foundation for Human Rights and Tolerance
• International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (federation of 15 other human rights organizations not included in this list; now bankrupt due to fraud)
• International Human Rights Arts Movement
• International Institute of Human Rights
• International League for Human Rights
• International Movement ATD Fourth World
• International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR)
• International Property Rights Index
• International Progress Organization
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
• International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims
• International Rescue Committee
• International Service for Human Rights
• International Society for Human Rights
• International Tibet Network
• International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
• Islamic Human Rights Commission
• JUSTICE
• MindFreedom International
• Minority Rights Group International
• National Labor Committee in Support of Human and Worker Rights
• Network for Education and Academic Rights
• No Peace Without Justice
• Norwegian Refugee Council
• Peace Brigades International
• People & Planet
• Physicians for Human Rights
• Point of Peace Foundation
• Protection International
• Refugees International
• Release International
• Reporters Without Borders
• Reprieve
• Redress Trust
• Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
• Save the Children
• Scholars at Risk
• Scholar Rescue Fund
• Shia Rights Watch
• Society for Threatened Peoples
• Stop Killer Robots
• Survival International
• Tahirih Justice Center
• The Advocacy Project
• The RINJ Foundation
• The Sentinel Project for Genocide Prevention
• Tostan
• Transparency International
• UN Watch
• UNITED for Intercultural Action
• Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
• World Council of Churches
• World Organization Against Torture
• WITNESS
• Womankind Worldwide
• World Future Council
• World Organization Against Torture
• Youth for Human Rights International

Regional non-governmental organizations

• African Movement of Working Children and Youth (Africa)
• AIRE Centre (Europe)
• Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (Arab world)
• Arab Commission for Human Rights (Arab world)
• Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (Asia)
• Asian Human Rights Commission (Asia)
• Asian Centre for Human Rights (Asia)
• Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (Commonwealth nations)
• Council of Europe (Europe) (is actually a intergovernmental organization financed by its 46 member states, not a NGO)
• Council on Hemispheric Affairs (Americas)
• Ecumenical Center for Human Rights (Americas)
• EuroMed Rights (Euro-Mediterranean region)
• European Human Rights Society (Europe)
• European Roma Rights Centre (Europe)
• Federal Union of European Nationalities (Europe)
• Helsinki Citizens Assembly (Europe)
• Human Rights Trust of Southern Africa (Southern Africa)
• Incomindios Switzerland (Americas)
• International Association of Independent Journalists Inc. (Canada, England & elsewhere)
• Journalists for Human Rights (Africa)
• Kurdish Human Rights Project (Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Iran & elsewhere)
• Memorial (Ex-USSR)
• Regional Council on Human Rights in Asia (Southeast Asia)
• Unimondo (southeastern Europe)
• Washington Office on Latin America (Latin America)
• The Youth Cafe (Africa)

Non-governmental organisations with a national focus

For governmental national human rights organisations see national human rights institution.

Argentina

Further information: Human rights in Argentina

• HIJOS
• Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
• Movimiento Judío por los Derechos Humanos

Armenia

Further information: Human rights in Armenia

• Europe in Law Association
• Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly–Vanadzor
• Helsinki Committee of Armenia
• Open Society Foundations–Armenia
• PanEuropa Armenia
• Pink Armenia
• Right Side NGO
• Union of Informed Citizens

Australia

Further information: Human rights in Australia

• Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
• Human Rights Law Centre

Bahrain

Further information: Human rights in Bahrain

• Bahrain Centre for Human Rights
• Bahrain Human Rights Society
• Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society
• Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights
• We Have A Right

Belgium

Further information: Human rights in Belgium

• Association belge des familles des disparus
• Liga voor Mensenrechten
• Ligue des droits de l'homme

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Association for Social Research and Communications (UDIK)

Burma (Myanmar)

Further information: Human rights in Burma

• Burma Campaign UK
• Canadian Friends of Burma
• Free Burma Rangers
• Human Rights Defenders and Promoters
• Karen Human Rights Group
• U.S. Campaign for Burma
• Women's League of Burma

Bulgaria

Further information: Human rights in Bulgaria

• Bulgarian Helsinki Committee

Cambodia

Further information: Human rights in Cambodia

• Cambodian Center for Human Rights
• The Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO)
• ADHOC

Canada

Further information: Human rights in Canada

• Child Welfare League of Canada

Chad

Further information: Human rights in Chad

• Chadian Association for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights

Chile

Further information: Human rights in Chile

• Association of Families of the Detained-Disappeared (AFDD; 1974)^[1]
• Committee of Cooperation for Peace in Chile (1973–1975)^[1]
• National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation (1990–1991); better known as the Rettig Commission
• Vicariate of Solidarity (1976–1990)^[1]

China

Further information: Human rights in China

• Civil Human Rights Front (Hong Kong)
• Empowerment and Rights Institute
• Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor (Hong Kong)
• Human Rights in China
• Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy

  Tibet

Further information: Human rights in Tibet

• Free Tibet
• International Campaign for Tibet
• Political Prisoners Movement of Tibet
• Students for a Free Tibet
• Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy

Egypt

Further information: Human rights in Egypt

• Arabic Network for Human Rights Information
• Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights
• Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
• Egyptian Organization for Human Rights
• Hisham Mubarak Law Center
• National Council for Human Rights
• Shayfeencom

Eritrea

• Human Rights Concern Eritrea

Ethiopia

Further information: Human rights in Ethiopia

• Ethiopian Human Rights Council
• KMG Ethiopia

France

Further information: Human rights in France

• GISTI
• Human Rights League (Ligue des droits de l'homme)
• MRAP (French NGO)
• SOS Racisme

Guatemala

Further information: Human rights in Guatemala

• ADIVIMA
• HIJOS

Iceland

Further information: Human rights in Iceland

• Icelandic Human Rights Centre

India

Further information: Human rights in India

• Confederation of Human Rights Organizations
• Forum for Fact-finding Documentation and Advocacy
• Honour for Women National Campaign
• Human Rights Documentation Centre
• Kashmir Human Rights Commission
• Manab Adhikar Sangram Samiti
• National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights
• Vigil India Movement

Iran

Further information: Human rights in Iran

• NUFDI
• ADFI
• Defenders of Human Rights Center
• Iran Human Rights Documentation Center

Israel

Further information: Human rights in Israel

See also: § Palestine

• Adalah (legal center)
• Association for Civil Rights in Israel
• B'Tselem
• Jerusalem Institute of Justice
• Machsom Watch
• Rabbis for Human Rights
• Physicians for Human Rights–Israel
• Yesh Din

Italy

Further information: Human rights in Italy

• Emergency

Kenya

• Cemiride
• Awareness Against Human Trafficking (HAART)
• Kenya Human Rights Commission

Lebanon

Further information: Human rights in Lebanon

• Association Najdeh

Malawi

Further information: Human rights in Malawi

• Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation

Malaysia

Further information: Human rights in Malaysia

• Bersih
• Lawyers for Liberty
• Malaysians Against Death Penalty & Torture
• National Human Rights Society
• Sisters in Islam
• Suara Rakyat Malaysia
• Women's Aid Organisation

Mali

Further information: Human rights in Mali

• Association Malienne des Droits de l'Homme

Mauritania

Further information: Human rights in Mauritania

• Association Mauritanienne des Droits de l'Homme
• https://liberals-mauritania.org

Mexico

Further information: Human rights in Mexico

Morocco

Further information: Human rights in Morocco

• Association Marocaine des Droits Humaine
• Conseil Consultatif des Droits de l'Homme
• Sahrawi Association of Victims of Grave Human Rights Violations Committed by the Moroccan State

Nepal

Further information: Human rights in Nepal

• Amnesty Nepal
• INSEC
• THRD Alliance

Niger

Further information: Human rights in Niger

• Timidria

Nigeria

Further information: Human rights in Nigeria

• Devatop Centre for Africa Development
• National Association of Seadogs
• Youths For Human Rights Protection And Transparency Initiative
• Hope Behind Bars Africa

North Korea

Further information: Human rights in North Korea

• Chosun Journal
• Liberty in North Korea

Pakistan

Further information: Human rights in Pakistan

• Asian Human Rights Development Organization

Palestine

Further information: Human rights in Palestine

See also: § Israel

• Al Haq (West Bank)
• Al Qaws (Queer)
• Aswat (feminist)
• Al Mezan Center for Human Rights (Gaza Strip)
• B'Tselem (Israeli organisation focused on Palestine)

Peru

• Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos

Philippines

Further information: Human rights in Philippines

• Amnesty International Philippines
• Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances
• Campaign for Human Rights in the Philippines
• Free Legal Assistance Group
• International Peace Observers Network
• Karapatan
• Nonviolent Peaceforce
• Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates
• Philippine Human Rights Information Center
• Philippines–Canada Task Force on Human Rights
• Task Force Detainees of the Philippines

Poland

Further information: Human rights in Poland

• Movement for Defense of Human and Civic Rights (20th century)

Russia

Further information: Human rights in Russia

• Glasnost Defense Foundation
• Moscow Research Center for Human Rights
• SOVA Center
• Chechnya:
  • Chechnya Advocacy Network

Saudi Arabia

Further information: Human rights in Saudi Arabia

• ALQST
• Association for the Protection and Defense of Women's Rights in Saudi Arabia
• Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia
• European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights
• Human Rights First Society
• Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association
• Society for Development and Change

South Korea

• Database Center for North Korean Human Rights

Sri Lanka

Further information: Human rights in Sri Lanka

• Home for Human Rights
• NESOHR
• University Teachers for Human Rights

Sweden

• Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

Syria

Further information: Human rights in Syria

• al-Marsad

Taiwan

Further information: Human rights in Taiwan

• Taiwan Association for Human Rights

Thailand

Further information: Human rights in Thailand

• Amnesty International Thailand
• Anjaree
• EMPOWER

Tunisia

Further information: Human rights in Tunisia

• Tunisia Monitoring Group

Uganda

Further information: Human rights in Uganda

• Resolve Uganda

Ukraine

Further information: Human rights in Ukraine

• Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group
• Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union

United Kingdom

Further information: Human rights in United Kingdom

• Liberty
• Peter Tatchell Foundation
• Northern Ireland:
  • Committee on the Administration of Justice

United States

Further information: Human rights in United States

• ACLU
• Alliance for Human Research Protection
• Avaaz
• Center for Constitutional Rights
• Center for Victims of Torture
• Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
• Empowering Spirits Foundation
• Hands Up United
• Human Rights Campaign
• Human Rights Commission of Salt Lake City
• Human Rights Initiative of North Texas
• Humanitarian Law Project
• International Justice Mission
• Jewish Voice for Peace
• Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute
• National Youth Rights Association
• Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice
• Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
• Society for Human Rights (Disbanded)
• Southern Poverty Law Center
• US Human Rights Network
• Workplace Fairness

Venezuela

Further information: Human rights in Venezuela

• PROVEA (1988) Spanish acronym for the Venezuelan Education-Action Program on Human Rights
• Venezuelan Observatory of Social Conflict (2010)

Zimbabwe

Further information: Human rights in Zimbabwe

• Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights

United Nations Bodies

• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
• United Nations Security Council
• Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
• United Nations Human Rights Council
• United Nations Commission on Human Rights (disbanded)
• International Criminal Court
• OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
• UNESCO
• United Nations Parliamentary Assembly

Human rights treaty bodies

• Human Rights Committee
• Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
• Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
• Committee Against Torture
• Committee on the Rights of the Child

Other multilateral organisations

• African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
• African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
• American Convention on Human Rights
• Arab Organization for Human Rights
• Commissioner for Human Rights
• Committee for the Prevention of Torture
• Commonwealth of Nations
• European Court of Human Rights
• OAS Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression
• Subcommittee on Human Rights
• Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
• Inter-American Court of Human Rights

See also

• List of human rights awards
• List of civil rights leaders
• List of indigenous rights organizations
• List of LGBT rights organizations
• List of women's organizations
• List of women's conferences

References

1. Ensalaco, Mark (2000). Chile Under Pinochet: Recovering the Truth. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 59–60. ISBN 0-8122-3520-7. OCLC 460219602. Retrieved 21 September 2018.