Amnesty International
Head Office, London, United Kingdom
The worldwide voluntary organisation Amnesty International has worked since 1963 to expose and combat fundamental violations of human rights by governments. Among the organisation's goals are the release of people who have been incarcerated on account of faith, origins, sex, religion, language or convictions, fair trials for political prisoners, abolishment of capital punishment, torture and other cruel and inhumane treatments of prisoners.
www.amnesty.org
Amnesty International reports on Australia each year and has commented on numerous human right issues effecting Indigenous Australians.
If you wish to contact Amnesty International section in your country you may email the International Secretariat in London at: Email: amnestyis@amnesty.org
Human Rights Institute, International Bar Association
271 Regent Street
London W1B 2AQ
Telephone +44(0)20 7629 1206
Fax +44(0)20 7409 0456
E-mail member@int-bar.org
http://www.ibanet.org/humanrights/headerpage.cfm
International organisation of lawyers concerned with the promotion, protection and enforcement of human rights worldwide. Its activities include sending missions to examine national legal systems and making recommendations for change; capacity- building, technical assistance, conducting workshops, organising conferences and developing resources in human rights.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Human Rights Policy Department
King Charles Street,
London SW1A 2AH
Telephone +44(0)20 7270 3992
Fax +44(0)20 7270 5969
www.hrpd.fco.gov.uk
"The UK Government has made human rights a central theme of its foreign policy and has undertaken to work through international forums and bilateral relationships to spread the values of humanrights, civil liberties and democracy. The Human Rgihts Project Fund supports programmes globally which help promote these values. A searchable database of projects supported by the fund is available on the web site."
QUB Human Rights Centre
School of Law
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast BT7 1NN
Telephone +44(0)28 9027 3452
Fax +44(0)28 9027 3376
www.law.qub.ac.uk/humanrights
The QUB Human Rights Centre aims to support a community of researchers in the area of human rights and to promote other academic and human rights organisations, so as to produce scholarship of excellence in this field. It organises the highly successful LL.M. Masters programme in Human Rights and Human rights and Criminal Justice, and operates Cross Border versions of these with the Irish Centre for Human rights.
International Human Rights Committee of the Law Society
113 Chancery Lane
London WC2A 1PL
Telephone +44(0)20 7242 1222
Fax +44(0)20 7831 0344
E-mail info.services@lawsociety.org.uk
www.lawsociety.org.uk
Representative and regulatory body for solicitors of England and Wales which sets professional standards and provides services and support for solicitors.
Human Rights Lawyers Association
Henderson Chambers
2 Harcourt Buildings
Temple
London EC4Y 9DB
Telephone +44(0)20 7583 9020
E-mail members@hrla.co.uk
www.hrla.co.uk/
Subscription organisation which offers membership to all solicitors, barristers, judges, legal executives, in-house lawyers, government lawyers, legal academics, pupils, trainees and students who have an interest in human rights law. Its aim is to facilitate sharing and building knowledge and ideas about human rights law, in particular by fostering communication between specialists in different areas, providing a forum for those with an interest in human rights who work in diverse disciplines. Organises seminars, lectures and workshops; publishes papers and articles; offers consultancy and advice.
Physicians for Human Rights (UK)
c/o The University Department of Forensic Medicine
The Royal Infirmary
Barrack Road
Dundee DD1 9ND
Telephone +44(0)1382 200794
Fax +44(0)1382 322094
E-mail phruk@dux.dundee.ac.uk
www.dundee.ac.uk/med&humanrights/SSM/phr/home.html
Independent organisation of doctors and health professionals, whose aim it is to direct the influence and special skills of the medical profession towards the defence of human rights throughout the world. Conducts fact-finding missions, produces a regular E-mail newsletter and offers a free on-line learning module on medicine and human rights.
The Aire Centre
74 Eurolink Business Centre
49 Effra Road
London SW2 1BZ
Telephone +44(0)20 7924 0927
Fax +44(0)20 7733 6786
www.johnmole.com/aire
Offers advice and assistance on international human rights law on a case by case basis to individuals or to lawyers representing them, general advice to public authorities., and direct legal representation before international tribunals. Provides in-house training for judges and other legal practitioners.
Human Rights International Alliance
153 Boundary Road
Woking
Surrey GU21 5BT
Telephone +44(0)1483 767654
Fax +44(0)1483 721616
E-mailHumanRights@HRIA.net
http://hria.net/index.html
An association of member organisations and individuals, working to promote peace and human rights through research, education and rehabilitation. It organises conferences and other events on various human rights issues. It also helps individual human rights activists by making them available for interviews, speaking engagements and seminars.
Human Rights Watch
2nd Floor
2-12 Pentonville Road
London N1
Telephone +44(0)20 7713 1995
Fax +44(0)20 7713 1800
E-mail hrwuk@hrw.org
www.hrw.org/home.html
UK branch of a US organisation. Aims to protect the human rights of people world-wide by the investigation and exposure of human rights violations. Lobbies governments to end abusive practices and respect international human rights law.
Interights (International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights)
Lancaster House
33 Islington High Street
London N1 9LH
Telephone +44(0)20 7278 3230
Fax +44(0)20 7278 4334
E-mail 101737.1436@compuserve.com
www.interights.org
Works in the development of legal protection for human rights and freedoms through the effective use of international and comparative human rights law.
British Institute of Human Rights, King's College London
King's College
8th Floor
75-79 York Road
London SE1 7AW
Telephone +44(0)20 7401 2712
Fax+44(0)20 7401 2695
E-mail bihr@kcl.ac.uk
www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/rel/bihr
Aims to secure better human rights protection at home and abroad by public education and by conducting research aimed at influencing policy where such policy is, or could be, related to human rights. Also a member of the British and Irish Human Rights Network.
The Netherlands Humanist Committee on Human Rights
Lucasbolwerk 7
3512 EG Utrecht
Postal address: PO Box 114
3500 AC Utrecht
Telephone: +31 30 233 40 27
Fax: +31 30 236 71 04
E-mail: hom@hom.nl
www.linkingsolidarity.org
The Netherlands Humanist Committee on Human Rights (Humanistisch Overleg Mensenrechten, HOM) is a non-governmental human rights organisation (NGO) that is committed to strengthening the respect and the implementation of human rights in the broadest sense: universal, indivisible and interdependent. It is engaged in projects of awareness raising in the Netherlands and abroad.
Other
- Human Rights Internet Human Rights World Calendar
- Human Rights Education Calendar
- International Court of Justice
- International Commission of Jurists
- McGrigor Donald Rights
International consultancy and advisory service on human rights.
- Cultural Survival
Started in 1972, Cultural Survival is a non-profit organization dedicated to defending “the human rights and cultural autonomy of Indigenous people and oppressed ethnic minorities”. David Maybury-Lewis, an anthropology professor at Harvard, formed this group in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Cultural Survival is currently run in affiliation with Harvard’s Weatherhead for International Affairs, an advocacy and research group (data.fas.harvard.edu/cfia/pncs/index.htm).
- GlobalAware
- IMADR (International Movement Against all forms of Discrimination and Racism)
International non-profit, non-governmental human rights organization devoted to eliminating all forms of discrimination around the world, forging international solidarity among discriminated minorities and advancing the international regime of human rights.
- Professors World Peace Academy
- International Federation of Human Rights Leagues - FIDH
- Pax Christi
- Reporters without Borders
- Papua Human Rights Website
- Science For Humanity
- OneWorld UK
- The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
- Global Witness
- One World Action
- The Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
International network of civil society organisations dedicated to empowering and supporting groups and individuals working for peace, human rights, development and protection of the environment, through the strategic use of information and communication technologies (ICTs), including the Internet.
- BBC World Service International Human Rights information
This site helps you understand your rights. Choose an article for a case study from around the world.
- Human Rights Server
Global human rights news, updates, and links sorted by country.
- Human Rights Web
Includes history of the human rights movement, information on prisoners of conscience, and more.
- Human Rights International (HRI)
Founded in 1976, Human Rights International (HRI) is a leader in the exchange of information within the worldwide human rights community. Launched in the United States, HRI has its headquarters in Ottawa, Canada. From Ottawa, HRI communicates by phone, fax, mail and the Internet with more than 5,000 organizations and individuals around the world working for the advancement of human rights.
» See also International information
news | action | information | events | contact | search 
