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Aboriginal Mapping Network Active Citizenship Allavida - Alliances for voluntary initiatives and development ![[Safe and Free: Safe and Free: Safe and Free in Times of Crisis]](http://www.aclu.org/graphics/safe.gif) American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)American Anti-Slavery Group - American organisation dedicated to abolishing slavery worldwide. Amnesty International Amnesty International on the war on terrorism ANIMAR - Associação Portuguesa para o Desenvolvimento Local ANPED, the Northern Alliance for Sustainability Anti-Slavery International Arab Association For Human Rights - Palestinian human rights organisation in Israel. Arms Reduction Coalition Article 19 Asbo Concern Asian Human Rights Commission - intends to provide update information and useful material related to Asian human rights. Association for Community Networking Association of Chief Executives in the Voluntary Sector Bank Information Centre Bank Information Center's Participation webpage Belgrade Centre for Human Rights - organisation dedicated to the development of democracy and humanitarian law in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Also in Serbian. Black Cultural Archives: This organisation is based on Lambeth, South London, and has links with the London Borough of Lambeth. Bonn International Center for Conversion: BICC is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting peace and development through the efficient and effective transformation of military-related structures, assets, functions and processes. British Youth Council Camden Federation of Tenants and Residents Associations Campaign Against Criminalising Communities (CAMPACC) Campaign for Freedom of Information Campaign for Planning Sanity Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom Campaign to Protect Rural England Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives CARE International - a confederation of 10 agencies that delivers relief assistance to people in need and long-term solutions to global poverty. Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics Center for Economic and Political Research for Community Action - CIEPAC (Chiapas, Mexico). Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: One of the USA's premier policy organizations working at the federal and state levels on fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income families and individuals. Centre for Budget and Policy Studies: India: The mission of the Society is to contribute through research to understanding and implementing a process of sustainable and equitable development in India, with a focus on the local level. Centre for Working Class Studies Charities Aid Foundation Children's Rights Alliance England Citizen Soldier - prepared to challenge US militarism in the new millenium Citizen Works Citizens Watch Citizens Advice (formerly National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux) Civicus Civil Society Building Civil Society International Coalition for an International Criminal Court - network of over 1000 NGOs "advocating for the creation of an effective, just and independent International Criminal Court". Committed to Equality Committee of Concerned Scientists - an independent organisation of scientists devoted to the protection and advancement of the human rights, as well as the scientific and intellectual freedom of scientists around the world. Communities Taking Control Community Development Exchange Community Matters Community Technology: Based in South London. Provides recycled PCs to community organisations and training. Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility Critical Resistance Join the struggle to end the Prison Industrial Complex. Cultural Survival - helps indigenous peoples and ethnic groups deal as equals in their relations with national and international societies. Damocles Network: the legal arm of Reporters Without Borders. Democracy Unlimited in Wisconsin Derechos - Internet-based human rights organisation that works for the promotion and respect of human rights worldwide. Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability Disciplined Minds: building on the ideas in the book of the same name by Jeff Schmidt. Don't believe the type Refugee Council site on asylum seekers. ETC Group - Dedicated to the conservation and sustainable advancement of cultural and ecological diversity and human rights. European Civil Liberties Network Federation of Stadium Communities friends of People close to Nature Habitat Platform Haiti Support Group Hear us now Human Rights Education Associates Human Rights Interactive Network - an Internet launchpad for human rights, armed conflict, disaster relief, and other resources. With links to organisations, work/travel opportunities, action alerts and a feature magazine. Human Right International Alliance - non-profit alliance of individuals, NGO's, parliamentarians, and intellectuals dedicated to the protection and promotion of Human Rights. Human Rights Internet - international documentation centre and network on human rights. Human Rights Monitor Human Rights Watch Independent Sector Information Commons Institute for Human Rights - specialised body within the Beirut Bar Association that proposes to organise training sessions for professionals. Institute for Volunteering Research Institute for War and Peace Reporting Institute of Cultural Affairs Institute of Race Relations Institute of Social and Ethical AccountAbility Intercooperação e Desenvolvimento Intermediate Technology Development Group: has been renamed Practical Action International Alliance for Indigenous Tribal Peoples International Budget Project: builds civil society budget capacity, enhances participation and combats poverty. International Commission of Jurists International Network of Engaged Buddhists International Simultaneous Policy Organisation International Society for Third Sector Research International Union of Tenants Interights International Budget Project: builds civil society budget capacity, enhances participation and combats poverty. Iraq Body Count Islamic Human Rights Commission Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays Journal of Community Informatics Jubilee Research Jubilee 2000 Justice for Jean Charles de Menezes Campaign KICK-AAS - Kick All Agricultural Subsidies Law Works Lawyers Committee for Human Rights - working to protect and promote fundamental human rights. Liberty Ligali: equality for African people London Tenants Federation Madre - promotes social justice and development around the world by developing partnerships with community-based women's groups. Make Trade Fair Mast Sanity Medecins Sans Frontieres - the world's largest private humanitarian relief organisation. MediaChannel Memorial Society Millions for Reparations Minority Rights Group National Association for People Abused in Childhood National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux. See Citizens Advice. National Association of Councils for Voluntary Service National Consumer Council National Council for Voluntary Organisations National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS) National Federation of Tenant Management Organisations Neighbourhood Initiatives Foundation New Economics Foundation No Logo: The book that became a movement. Nonprofit Open Source Initiative: Promoting the use of low cost open source computer software. Non Profit Quarterly North America Project - treaties and publications on democracy and human rights in the Americas. Odious Debts OMB Watch One World International Open Democracy Optimum Population Trust Organisation of American States Organizacion Mundial Contra Tortura (World Organisation Against Torture) Organizers' Collaborative Oxfam International - addressing the structural causes of poverty and related injustice. Panos PEN International Plymouth Federation of Tenants and Residents Associations PR Watch Practical Action Preservation Institute Privacy International Privaterra: securing human rights. Probe International Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy (POCLAD) Project Underground Public Voice Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs The real cost of prisons project: a weblog. Red Cross/Red Crescent Redefining Progress Redress Refugee International Rural Litigation & Entitlement Kendra (RLEK) Saferworld - an independent foreign affairs think-tank working to identify, develop and publicise more effective approaches to tackling and preventing armed conflicts. Salon Voices - bridging the digital divide through salons. Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI) Social Entrepreneurial Organisations, The directory for South African Human Rights Commission southernlinks supporting the southern poor for global justice South Asian Human Rights Research and Development (SAHRRAD) - promotes human rights, humanism, and democracy. Statewatch Stop and search Survival International Sustainable Economics Syrian Human Rights Committee Tescopoly: 'Every little hurts' 3WE: Third World & Environment Broadcasting Project Third World Network Tolerance.org Tourism Concern Transparent Budget: in Russian. Transport 2000 UK Foreign Office Human Rights Policy Department UNED Forum UNPO: Unrepresented People's Organisation VolResource Voluntary Action History Society We are what we do Westminster Foundation for Democracy - funds projects around the world which are aimed at building and strengthening pluralist democracies. Witness - delivering video equipment to human rights organisations to expose the crimes, right the wrongs, and end impunity for human rights violators. Womankind Worldwide World Commission for Peace & Human Rights Council - humanitarian assistance programmes. World Development Movement World Organisation Against Torture - urgent appeals, victim assistance and children. World Rainforest Movement World Social Forum Worldwatch Institute A selection of locally-based community rights organisations Camden Square Area Tenants and Residents Association Public Sector bodies directly relevant to community rights Community Interest Companies European Court of Human Rights Information Commissioner Trading Standards Institute |
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updated:
14 Jan
2007