List of human rights organizations
The list of human rights organizations includes international and national organizations that advocate the protection of basic human rights.
International government organizations
- UN Human Rights Council ( United Nations Council for Human Rights ) - Assembly of representatives of several regularly elected states
Commissions and Committees
- European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights - advisory body to the European Union on human rights issues
- African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights ( African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights ) - for the organization of African States (OAU)
- European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ( Committee for the Prevention of Torture ) - Committee of the Council of Europe
- UN Committee against Torture ( United Nations Committee against Torture )
- United Nations Human Rights Committee ( United Nations Committee for Human Rights )
High commissioners, special rapporteurs and special envoys
- UNHCHR ( United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights ) United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- UN Special Envoy - various representatives of the United Nations Secretary-General for crisis areas
- UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ( United Nations Special Rapporteur on The Rights of Indigenous Peoples )
- UN Special Rapporteur on Torture
- UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary and Arbitrary Executions
International non-governmental organizations
- Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (ACAT) - political persecution for religious reasons
- Amnesty International - for political prisoners and social, economic, women's and LGBTI rights
- Anti-Slavery International - against slavery, oldest human rights organization in the world
- Arab Organization for Human Rights - Non-governmental organization for human rights issues
- Christian Solidarity International - Christian human rights organization founded in 1977 primarily advocate for persecuted and persecuted Christians
- European Association for Human Rights - campaigns against human rights violations worldwide, with a focus on the death penalty
- FIAN - FoodFirst information and action network for fighting hunger
- International League for Human Rights ( Fédération internationale des ligues des droits de l'Homme , FIDH) - oldest international human rights organization; since 1922 global umbrella organization of the human rights movement.
- Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions - umbrella organization of so-called national human rights institutions (NHRI), based in Geneva
- Helsinki Citizens' Assembly (hCa) - Association of civil rights and human rights groups from the OSCE states
- Human Rights Watch - monitors human rights abuses in various states
- International society for human rights - with a decidedly anti-communist orientation
- International Justice Mission - against slavery, human trafficking and forced prostitution
- International Commission of Jurists - Lawyers
- International Peace Observers Network - protects human rights defenders by deploying volunteer human rights monitors
- Organization Intersex International (OII) - advocates the rights of intersex people
- Peace Brigades International Peace Brigades (PBI) - protects human rights and promotes non-violent conflict resolution by sending volunteers by invitation
- Terre des Femmes - campaigns against discrimination against women worldwide
- Terre des Hommes - Children's Fund , Human Rights for Children
- UNITED for Intercultural Action - largest European network against nationalism, racism, fascism and for the support of immigrants and refugees
- World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) - Alliance Against Torture, Express Executions, Enforced Disappearances and Other Forms of Human Rights Abuses
- World Aid Organization for Human Rights .
National non-governmental organizations
Africa
Kenya
- SOLWODI (Solidarity with Women in Distress) - Solidarity with women in need
Tunisia
- Tunisian League for Human Rights - Nobel Peace Prize in the National Quartet 2015
Zimbabwe
- WOZA , Women of Zimbabwe Arise - women's organization in Zimbabwe
Arab world and Israel
Egypt
- Hisham Mubarak Legal Center (HMLC) - established in Cairo in 1999
Israel
- Adalah - Representing the interests of the Arabs in Israel
- B'Tselem
- Yesh Din - legal support for Arab Israelis
- Public Committee Against Torture in Israel
- Machsom Watch - women who watch the checkpoints between Israel and the occupied territories
- Association for Civil Rights in Israel - largest human rights organization in Israel
Lebanon
- Association Najdeh - non-governmental organization active in the fields of development and education in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon
Asia
- Acid Survivors Foundation - fights “acid attacks” on women in Bangladesh
Europe
Armenia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Germany
- Action group Indians & Human Rights - political and cultural support for indigenous peoples of North America
- Working group of German educational institutions - management of the DARE project on democracy and human rights education in Europe
- Bread for the World - Aid Organization of the Evangelical Churches in Germany
- German League for Human Rights - advocates the protection of all human rights, primarily in Germany
- German Institute for Human Rights
- Documentation Center for Human Rights in Latin America
- Human Rights Forum - a group of 40 German non-governmental organizations for human rights protection
- Save the primitive peoples - support for the last indigenous “ primitive peoples ” on earth
- Society for Threatened Peoples (GfbV) - For 50 years the Society for Threatened Peoples (GfbV) has dedicated its human rights work to the fight against genocide and displacement, persecution and discrimination of ethnic and religious communities.
- Society for Freedom Rights
- Infoe - Institute for Ecology and Action Ethnology eV - supports indigenous peoples in the defense of their human rights
- Information and documentation center for anti-racism work
- International League for Human Rights (Berlin)
- medico international - Frankfurt aid and human rights organization
- Medinetz Dresden - anonymous and free medical help for refugees and migrants without residence status
- Episcopal aid organization Misereor , which is involved in the UN Human Rights Council for the subject of "business and human rights"
- Pro Asyl - advocates for asylum seekers and refugees worldwide
- TARGET (human rights organization)
Great Britain
- Jews for Justice for Palestinians - for the rights of the Palestinians
- Privacy International
- Survival International - The Movement for Indigenous Peoples
Ireland
- Front Line Defenders - supports human rights organizations and draws attention to human rights violations in different countries
Lithuania
- European Foundation of Human Rights - campaigns for human and especially the rights of national minorities in Lithuania
Norway
- Forum 18 - on the basis of Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, aims to establish religious freedom for all, with a focus on monitoring the situation of Christian missionary work in Eastern Europe.
- Norwegian Helsinki Committee - for the Protection of Human Rights in Eastern and South Eastern Europe
Austria
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Human Rights (BIM)
- Austrian Institute for Human Rights (ÖIM)
- Ombudsman Board - As a national preventive mechanism , the Ombudsman Board is responsible for protecting and promoting human rights in the Republic of Austria
Poland
Russia
- Citizen Support - Refugee Aid Organization
- Committee for the Prevention of Torture - Care for Victims of Torture
- Memorial - coming to terms with Stalinism
- Moscow Helsinki Group - for the implementation of the Helsinki Final Act
- RAIPON - for the rights of indigenous peoples
- Soldiers' mothers - for the rights of conscripts
Sweden
- Civil Rights Defenders - supports human rights organizations in many countries, previously the Swedish Helsinki Committee
Switzerland
- Humanrights.ch - Menschenrechte Schweiz (MERS) - has been campaigning for the promotion and enforcement of human rights in Switzerland since 1999.
- Incomindios Switzerland - campaigns for the rights of indigenous people
- Infoe - Institute for Ecology and Action Ethnology eV - supports indigenous peoples in the defense of their human rights
- Swiss Helsinki Association
- UN Women National Committee Switzerland
Czech Republic
- People in Need - largest aid organization in the Czech Republic, active internationally
- Czech Helsinki Group - for compliance with the Helsinki Final Act
Hungary
- European Roma Rights Center - for the rights of Sinti and Roma
Ukraine
Belarus
- Charter 97
- Belarusian Helsinki Committee - most important human rights organization in Belarus
- Vyasna
Latin America
Argentina
- Hijos - for the victims of the Videla dictatorship
El Salvador
Jamaica
Colombia
- Fundación Nydia Érika Bautista - supports victims of murders and abductions
North America
United States
- Human Rights First - focuses on protecting refugees and human rights defenders
- Plenty International - supports people in developing countries with aid programs
Oceania
- ELSHAM - prevails against human rights violations in West Papua one
Foundations
Foundations that provide financial support to domestic and foreign human rights organizations
Germany
- Friedrich Ebert Foundation , SPD
- Friedrich Naumann Foundation , FDP
- Heinrich Böll Foundation , Alliance 90 / The Greens
- Konrad Adenauer Foundation , CDU
- Rosa Luxemburg Foundation , Die Linke
Turkey
United States
Former human rights organizations
International government organizations
- UN Human Rights Commission (until 2006)
International non-governmental organizations
- International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights ( International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights ) (1982-2007) - Former union of 46 non-governmental organizations with the aim of protecting human rights in OSCE -Staaten
National non-governmental organizations
- Vyazna , Belarus
Web links
- List of human rights organizations (guide to civil society)
- Humanrights.ch (MERS) , information platform on human rights in Switzerland