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A human rights defenders' initiatives to monitor and provide online documentation on the
deliberations of the UN Commission on Human Rights.
http://www.unchr.info/
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Cook, Scott
A one armed pilot, will make an around the world flight in a restored Beech C45.
http://www.pacificcoastwings.com/
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Global March Against Child Labour
A platform to highlight and feature activists and their organisations working on child labour
issues at the grass roots level.
http://www.globalmarch.org/activist/
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Rights and Humanity
Aims to prevent and relieve human suffering by the promotion and realisation of human rights and
responsibilities. Based in Suffolk, UK.
http://www.rightsandhumanity.org/
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Guyana Indian Hertiage Association
Promotes the well being, protection of rights, dignity and pride of all Indian Guyanese. Also works
to preserve and propagate the Indian cultural heritage.
http://www.gihagy.com/
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Human Security Bulletin
Promotes human security research and policy by presenting key research findings and resources on
issues such as global security, human rights, the United Nations, and conflicts.
http://www.humansecuritybulletin.info/
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The International Commission of Jurists
Organisation dedicated to the primacy, coherence and implementation of human rights. Site features
database of trial observations, country reports and interventions. Also includes links to national
NGOs and an online resources.
http://www.icj.org/
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Center for International Policy
Founded in 1975 by former diplomats and peace activists to promote a U.S. foreign policy based on
international cooperation, demilitarization, and respect for basic human rights.
http://www.ciponline.org/
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Persecution.org
A human rights organization promoting religious freedom and assisting international Christians who
are victims of persecution and discrimination.
http://persecution.org/
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Men's Rights
A non-profit organisation for men's rights, which it asserts have been diminished in divorce
courts, the worksplace, in media, and society. Based in Queensland, Australia.
http://www.freewebs.com/mensrights/
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International Human Rights Law Group
A non profit organization of human rights and legal professionals from over twenty countries
engaged in advocacy and strategic human rights projects.
http://www.hrlawgroup.org
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Nuremberg Human Rights Center
Supports human rights worldwide. Site contains contact information and news from the institute's
various areas of activity.
http://menschenrechte.org/NMRZ/humanrights.htm
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Chairperson's Note: Global March Against Child Labour
Kailash Satyarthi, Chairperson, Global March Against Child Labour gives his forthright and personal
views on child labour, education of children and other related issues on child labour.
http://www.globalmarch.org/chairperson/
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Amnesty International USA Group 133
Boston-area activists, presently working on the death penalty, environment, and refugee issues, as
well as the situation in the Andes, Tibet, and Russia. Site includes meeting and event information,
inspirational resources, and related links.
http://www.amnesty133.org/ai/
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Global Human Rights Defence
Promotes human rights throughout the world.
http://www.ghrd.org
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Saving Women's Lives
Family Care International aims to raise awareness of human rights issues pertaining to reproductive
health, safe motherhood, poverty and economic development, violence against women, women's social
status and education.
http://savingwomenslives.org
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Friends of Cuban Libraries
Supports intellectual freedom in Cuba.
http://www.friendsofcubanlibraries.org/
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The Equality Project
Organization dedicated to promoting education and acceptance of all genders, sexualities, races and
religions.
http://equal-rights.lesbigay.com
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Jubilee Campaign USA
Advocates on behalf of persecuted Christians throughout the world. Supervises international and
regional human rights projects.
http://www.jubileecampaign.org
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Free Human Rights Advocates UK
Supports the oppressed and those whose voices have been suppressed. Exposes those who condone and
perpetrate human rights abuses.
http://web.newsguy.com/corruptjudges/
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International Justice Mission
Legal intervention and advocacy on behalf of victims of injustice internationally.
http://www.ijm.org/
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International Federation of Human Rights Leagues - FIDH
Organization promoting international solidarity for the implementation of the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights and other international instruments of human rights protection.
http://www.fidh.imaginet.fr/uindex.htm
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Center for Economic and Social Rights
An organization that protests economic injustice in the United States and around the world.
Information on events and programs, fact sheets and other resources, and how to get involved.
http://www.cesr.org/
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Hate-Crime Network
A resource for hate crime survivors, and those wanting to help fight hate crimes worldwide.
http://hate-crime.website-works.com/
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Human Rights Brief
A legal resource for the international human rights community from the Center for Human Rights and
Humanitarian Law at Washington College of Law.
http://www.wcl.american.edu/hrbrief/
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RESULTS
A nonprofit, grassroots citizens' lobby that identifies sustainable solutions to the problems of
hunger and poverty as a human rights issue, in the United States and around the world and working
to generate the resources necessary to make those solutions succeed.
http://www.results.org/
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Journalists for Human Rights (JHR)
A Canadian non-profit organization working in training African journalists about human rights.
http://members.rogers.com/jhr/
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Reporters without Borders
An organization which fights for press freedom and denounces the violations of the human rights
all over the world. Multilingual site.
http://www.rsf.org/
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World Goodwill
Working for Right Human Relations and world peace under the auspiciousness of Goodwill.
http://www.worldgoodwill.org/
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MRG - Minority Rights Group International
Works to secure the rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and indigenous peoples
worldwide, and to promote cooperation and understanding between communities.
http://www.minorityrights.org/
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The Dui Hua Foundation
A non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the protection of universally recognized human
rights in China and in the United States.
http://www.duihua.org/
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International League of Human Rights
Campaigns on international human rights issues. The site presents recent human rights news, and
contains on-line copies of several reports.
http://www.ilhr.org/
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Campaign for UC Divestment from Israel
University of California divestment petition website. Goal is to pressure Israel to respect the
human rights of the Palestinian people.
http://www.ucdivest.org
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Fair Trade Toronto
A working group established by Oxfam's volunteers that advocates for small, poor and disadvantaged
producers in developing countries through fair prices and working conditions.
http://www.fairtradetoronto.com/
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Andrei Sakharov Archives and Human Rights Center
Papers, photos, audio and video material are kept at this archives hosted by Brandeis University.
Information about Sakharov and links to articles and websites.
http://www.brandeis.edu/departments/sakharov/
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Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Researches policies and actions of governments, international organizations, and independent actors
that affect human rights globally.
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/cchrp/
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The Magnus Hirschfeld Centre for Human Rights
Non-governmental, non-profit, voluntary organization engaged in the promotion of human rights and
civil liberties under international law.
http://www.geocities.com/mhc_humanrights/
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The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity
This foundation seeks to combat indifference, intolerance and injustice. Established by Elie and
Marion Wiesel after he was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize for Peace.
http://www.eliewieselfoundation.org/
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Site for Social Action
Private, non-profit organization dedicated to ending human rights violations, war, corporate greed,
genetically modified foods and crops and environmental pollution
http://pweb.jps.net/~dcasner/
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Coalition for the Defense of Human Rights
Represents minority religious and ethnic communities from around the world in opposition to radical
Islamic intolerance and violence.
http://www.dhimmi.com/
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Temping -- A Conflict of Interest
Brief example of the abuse and discrimination of temps and contingent workers with resource and
advocacy links.
http://hometown.aol.com/stoptempabuse/myhomepage/index.html
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The Global Witness Foundation
Aims to engage in and support research and investigations into the exploitation of natural
resources and funding of human rights abuses.
http://www.globalwitness.us
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The Thomas Paine Project
Promotes and supports range of issues important to the preservation of individual freedom; and
attempts to identify and challenge individuals and organizations who would subvert the U.S. Bill
of Rights for personal, private or political gain.
http://www.wintersoldier.org/
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No Peace Without Justice
An international committee seeking an effective system of international justice. Goals include the
development and reform of existing international institutions, to ensure that human rights are
enforced, and to campaign for the establishment of an International Criminal Court.
http://www.npwj.org/
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Freedom in the World
Ranks all independent countries according their political freedoms and civil rights. Includes links
to non-independent territories.
http://www.mherrera.org/
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Electronic Resource Centre for Human Rights Education and Training
An on-line repository of human rights education and training materials, on-line forums, databases
and links to other organisations and resources.
http://www.hrea.org/erc/
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Lawyers' Commission for Human Rights
Works to promote and protect fundamental international human rights. Includes newsletter, media
alerts, lawyer-to-lawyer appeals, reports on refugee policy and asylum cases.
http://www.lchr.org/home.htm
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World Commission For Peace and Human Rights Council
Addresses human rights generally, also landmines, and biological/chemical weapons.
http://greenfield.fortunecity.com/swallowtail/408/
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MacArthur Justice Center
Non-profit public interest law firm affiliated with the University of Chicago Law School
concentrating on cases that raise constitutional or significant issues about criminal justice.
http://macarthur.uchicago.edu
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FreeEmigration.com
Highlights regimes with prohibitive emigration policies; promotes the principle of self-ownership
central to human rights, and aims to contribute to the abolition of state enslavement.
http://www.freeemigration.com/
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The Advocacy Project
Supporting community campaigners with information and information technology in their work for
social justice, human rights, and peace.
http://www.advocacynet.org
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François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights
Academic center devoted to health and human rights, based at the Harvard School of Public Health.
Programs focus on international health and human rights, humanitarian crises and human rights, and
development and human rights.
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/fxbcenter
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Scholars at Risk Network
Aids scholars outside the United States whose work is threatened by mass or individual
displacement, discrimination, censorship, harassment, intimidation, or violence.
http://scholarsatrisk.uchicago.edu
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Universal Rights Network
Created to promote the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
http://www.universalrights.net/
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Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Works to protect and promote fundamental human rights. Its work is impartial, holding all
governments accountable to the standards affirmed in the International Bill of Human Rights.
http://www.lchr.org
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Freedom House
Dedicated to promoting free institutions worldwide. Publishes surveys detailing state of civil
liberties, political rights, economic freedom, religious freedom, and press freedom around the
world.
http://freedomhouse.org
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Center for Democracy and Human Rights
CDRH presses for improvements in the human rights environment. Site includes daily news updates.
http://International.lawandorder.com/
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Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Based in San Francisco, EFF is a donor-supported membership organization working to protect
fundamental rights regardless of technology; to educate the press, policymakers and the general
public about civil liberties issues related to technology; and to act as a defender of those
liberties.
http://www.eff.org/
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Digital Freedom Network
Promotes human rights world-wide, developing new methods of activism with internet technology.
http://dfn.org/
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Globalization as if People Mattered
Fighting for global justice in economy, human rights and ecology. GPM is currently specialising in
trade watch and the Maheshwar dam in India.
http://www.gpm-international.de/english/english_homepage.htm
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World Organisation Against Torture
International coalition of NGOs fighting against torture, summary executions, forced disappearances
and all other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. Site features press releases, urgent
appeals and the International Observatory of the Protection of Human Right Defenders.
http://www.omct.org/
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Physicians For Human Rights
Mobilizes health professions and the public to protect the human rights of all people. A founder of
the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, PHR shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize.
http://www.phrusa.org
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Derechos Human Rights
Internet based international human rights organization, working for the promotion and respect of
human rights world-wide.
http://www.derechos.org/
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Mexico-U.S. Advocates Network
A binational project dedicated to improving communication and mutual education between Mexican and
U.S. civil society organizations concerned with the human and labor rights aspects of migration
policy and developing vehicles for joint advocacy on those issues.
http://www.mexicousadvocates.org/
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Office of The Americas
Los Angeles-based organization documenting current events and political activism in North America
and Latin America, including human rights, and United States foreign policy.
http://officeoftheamericas.org
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The Social Justice Committee
From Montreal, this organization fights poverty and human rights abuses. Education and advocacy for
human rights protection in Central America and Mexico, and for economic justice in the Third World.
http://www.s-j-c.net/
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International Child Development Initiatives (ICDI)
Early childhood care, risk, child labour, education, abuse, nonformal education, international
development, policy development, programme development, action research, NGO management.
http://www.icdi.nl
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International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights is a self-governing group of
non-governmental, not-for-profit organizations that act to protect human rights throughout Europe,
North America, and the Central Asian republics formed from the territories of the former Soviet
Union.
http://www.ihf-hr.org/index.htm
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Rights & Democracy
Canadian institution with an international mandate to promote human rights in four specific fields:
women's rights, indigenous peoples' rights, democratic development, globalization. Works in Africa,
Latin America and Asia. In English, French and Spanish languages.
http://www.ichrdd.ca/
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Witness
Uses video and other technology to fight for human rights. Group works in partnership with
activists around the world to document abuses and bring evidence before courts, governments, the
media, and the world.
http://www.witness.org/
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Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International
International human and civil rights organization advocating justice for all, for women and
children's rights and against all forms of abuse and discrimination.
http://www.ansarburney.org
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Migrants' Rights International (MRI)
Information and documents relating to the MRI organization, and its campaign to ratify the 1990
convention for migrants' human rights.
http://www.migrantwatch.org/
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Magnacartaplus
Promotes civil liberties and provides a watch on any attempts by governments to reduce or
interfere with such freedoms.
http://magnacartaplus.org/
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Forefront
This membership network of nearly 60 leading grassroots human rights activists works in 30
different countries to develop effective ways to support and strengthen the work of grassroots
human rights defenders by providing them with technical assistance, technology, networking and
advocacy.
http://www.forefrontleaders.org/
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Rights International
US-based group, representing victims of human rights violations in international tribunals where
governments violate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other treaties.
http://www.rightsinternational.org/
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Jubilee Action
UK human rights charity supporting aid and awareness programmes for children and families at risk
in places such as Burma, Brazil, the Philippines, Thailand, India and Liberia.
http://www.jubileeaction.co.uk/
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Penal Reform International (PRI)
Information about PRI's activities worldwide, and its ethos.
http://www.penalreform.org/english/frset_pre_en.htm
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Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
The CHRI is a non-partisan, independent, international non-governmental organization, mandated to
ensure the practical realisation of human rights within the Commonwealth.
http://www.humanrightsinitiative.org/
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Youth Coalition
An international coalition of young people committed to promoting adolescent and youth sexual and
reproductive rights at the national, regional and international levels.
http://www.youthcoalition.org/
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Focus: HOPE
Non-profit civil and human rights organization based in Detroit that unites a multicultural
community in common efforts to overcome injustice and build racial harmony.
http://www.focushope.edu/
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Human Rights Watch
Organization dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world, standing with
victims and activists to bring offenders to justice, to prevent discrimination, to uphold political
freedom and to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime. Investigates and exposes human
rights violations and hold abusers accountable. In English with versions in six other languages.
http://www.hrw.org/
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Anti-Defamation League
The mission of the ADL is to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and
fair treatment for all citizens alike.
http://www.adl.org/
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Advocates for Religious Rights and Freedoms
ARRF is a consociation of ministers of the International Community of Christ that seeks to
preserve, protect and defend freedom of religion and to protect the right of individuals to
religious expression.
http://www.arrf.org
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