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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Scholars at Risk
 * Scholar Rescue Fund
 * Shia Rights Watch
 * Society for Threatened Peoples
 * 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 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

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

Armenia

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

Australia

 * Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
 * Human Rights Law Centre

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

 * 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)

 * 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

 * Bulgarian Helsinki Committee

Cambodia

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

Canada

 * Child Welfare League of Canada

Chad

 * Chadian Association for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights

Chile

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

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

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

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

 * Ethiopian Human Rights Council
 * KMG Ethiopia

France

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

Guatemala

 * ADIVIMA
 * HIJOS

Iceland

 * Icelandic Human Rights Centre

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

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

Israel

 * 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

Palestinian territories

 * Al-Haq
 * Al Mezan Center for Human Rights (Gaza Strip)

Italy

 * Emergency

Kenya

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

Lebanon

 * Association Najdeh

Malawi

 * Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation

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

 * Association Malienne des Droits de l'Homme

Mauritania

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

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

 * Amnesty Nepal
 * INSEC
 * THRD Alliance

Niger

 * Timidria

Nigeria

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

North Korea

 * Chosun Journal
 * Liberty in North Korea

Pakistan

 * Asian Human Rights Development Organization

Peru

 * Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos

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

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

Russia

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

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

 * Home for Human Rights
 * NESOHR
 * University Teachers for Human Rights

Sweden

 * Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

Syria

 * al-Marsad

Taiwan

 * Taiwan Association for Human Rights

Thailand

 * Amnesty International Thailand
 * Anjaree
 * EMPOWER

Tunisia

 * Tunisia Monitoring Group

Uganda

 * Resolve Uganda

Ukraine

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

United Kingdom

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

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

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

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