Useful links

• American Anti-Slavery Group - organisation dedicated to abolishing slavery.
• Amnesty International – campaigns for internationally recognised human rights.
• Amnesty International on the war on terrorism
• Arab Association For Human Rights - Palestinian human rights organisation in Israel.
• Article 19 – International Centre which campaigns for free expression.
• Asian Human Rights Commission - provides updated information related to Asian human rights.
• Association for the Prevention of Torture – independent NGO working to prevent torture.
• British Helsinki Human Rights Group – monitors human rights and democracy world-wide.
• CARE International - confederation of agencies that delivers relief assistance to people in need and solutions to global poverty.
• Casa Alianza– non-profit organisation dedicated to the rehabilitation of street children.
• Center for Defence Information (USA) – non-profit organisation committed to independent research.
• Child Rights Information Network (CRIN) – network of organisations that aim to improve the lives of children.
• Citizens Watch – NGO that aims to prevent constitutional rights violations by security services, armed forces and police.
• Coalition for an International Criminal Court - network of 1000 NGOs advocating for an independent International Criminal Court.
• The Commonwealth – website for 54 developed and developing nations.
• Committee of Concerned Scientists - independent organisation of scientists devoted to the advancement of human rights.
• Cultural Survival - helps indigenous peoples and ethnic groups negotiate with international societies.
• Derechos - Internet-based human rights organisation.
• European Court of Human Rights
• European Platform for Conflict Prevention and Transformation – a network which works in the field of prevention and resolution of violent conflicts.
• Fair Trials Abroad Trust – seeks to help citizens of the European Union accused of a crime in a country other than their own.
• Gendercide Watch – works to conduct research on gendercide.
• Global Policy Forum – monitors policy making at the United Nations.
• Human Rights Education Associates – NGO that supports human rights learning.
• Human Rights Interactive Network - Internet launchpad for human rights, armed conflict and disaster relief.
• Human Rights Internet - international documentation centre on human rights.
• Human Rights Monitor – compiles media coverage of human rights issues.
• Human Rights Watch - NGO dedicated to protecting the rights of people.
• Institute for Human Rights (Lebanon) - specialised body within the Beirut Bar Association that offers training on human rights issues.
• Institute for War and Peace Reporting – strengthens local journalism in areas of conflict.
• Interights – human rights law centre which supports the development of legal protection for human rights and freedoms.
• International Commission of Jurists – commission dedicated to the implementation of international law and principles that advance human rights.
• International Federation of Human Rights Leagues – works to implement all human rights enshrined in UDHR.
• International Peace Bureau – international peace federation.
• International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims – health organisation that supports the rehabilitation of torture victims.
• Islamic Human Rights Commission - aims to highlight the oppression faced by Muslims worldwide.
• Lawyers Committee for Human Rights - works to promote human rights.
• Liberty – UK human rights and civil liberties organisation.
• Madre - promotes development by creating partnerships with community-based women's groups.
• Medecins Sans Frontieres - the world's largest private humanitarian relief organisation.
• Middle East Children’s Alliance – works for peace in the Middle East, and focusses on Palestine, Israel, Lebanon and Iraq.
• Oneworld.net – groups working for human rights and sustainable development.
• Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network – a network of non-profit organisations.
• Organisation of American States – works to strengthen democracy, advance human rights and expand trade.
• Oxfam International - addresses the causes of poverty and related injustice.
• Peace Brigades International – NGO which protects human rights.
• Physicians for Human Rights– promotes health by protecting human rights.
• Population Research Institute – a non-profit organisation dedicated to researching population-related issues.
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty – offers a daily report of developments in Eastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
• Red Cross/Red Crescent – the world’s largest humanitarian organisation, providing assistance without discrimination.
• Redress – non-profit legal organisation which helps torture survivors.
• Refugees International – generates lifesaving assistance for displaced people.
• Save The Children – UK charity that helps impoverished children in 70 countries.
• Saferworld - a foreign affairs think-tank working to prevent armed conflicts.
• Society for Threatened Peoples – promotes the rights of religious and ethnic minorities. The organisation has consultative status at the UN.
• South African Human Rights Commission – national institution established to entrench constitutional democracy.
• Survivors International – a non-profit organisation dedicated to providing psychological and medical services to survivors of torture.
• Survival International - works for tribal peoples' rights.
• Syrian Human Rights Committee - independent organisation aimed at defending the human rights and liberties of Syrians.
• UK Foreign Office Human Rights Policy Department – aims to spread the values of human rights and democracy through forums and bilateral relationships.
• United Nations – aims to maintain international peace; help solve economic, social, cultural and humanitarian problems; and promote respect for human rights.
• United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - helps co-ordinate action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide.
• War Child – a network of organisations working to help children affected by war.
• Westminster Foundation for Democracy - funds projects which are aimed at strengthening pluralist democracies.
• Witness - delivers video equipment to human rights organisations to expose the crimes and end impunity for human rights violators.
• Womankind Worldwide – UK-based charity dedicated to women’s development.
• Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom – NGO with national sections in 37 countries.
• World Commission for Peace & Human Rights Council - works on humanitarian assistance programmes.
• World Organisation Against Torture - coalition of NGO’s fighting against torture, summary executions and forced disappearances.
• World Views – gathers information and educational resource materials that deal with issues of peace and justice in world affairs.

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