Title: Advocacy Forum--Nepal

URL: http://advocacyforum.org/

Description: Nepal-focused organization based in Kathmandu. Includes reports. In English.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Rule of law,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Qūwat al-ʻAmal li-Munāhaḍat al-Taʻdhīb

URL: http://against-torture.net/

Description: Egypt-focused organization. Task Force Against Torture is a group of bloggers, human rights defenders, activists and journalists working to stop torture in Egypt. This site was created for victims of torture and other to find information about reporting torture in Egypt.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Torture victims,  Torture,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Arab Program for Human Rights Activists

URL: http://aphra.org/

Description: Arab countries-focused non-governmental human rights organization based in Egypt. APHRA works to protect human rights defenders and provides trainings, workshops, and seminars. In Arabic and English.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Bahrain Human Rights Society

URL: http://bhrs.org/

Description: Founded in 2001, this NGO aims to engage in educational and advocacy activities for the protection of Human Rights in Bahrain. In Arabic, with some content in English.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Education,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Comisión Andina de Juristas

URL: http://cajpe.org.pe/

Description: South America-focused human rights organization based in Peru that works in support of human rights and democracy in the Andean region. Contains reports.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Democracy,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Human Rights First Society

URL: http://hrfssaudiarabia.org/

Description: Saudi Arabia-focused semi-government human rights institution based in Saudi Arabia. Includes reports. In English and Arabic.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights advocacy ,  Islamic law

Title: Human Rights Law Network

URL: http://hrln.org/hrln/

Description: India-focused legal organization based in New Delhi. Includes reports. In English.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Hub

URL: http://hub.witness.org/

Description: Globally-focused video advocacy organization based in Brooklyn, New York. "Participatory media site for human rights. Through the Hub, individuals, organizations, networks and groups around the world were able to bring their human rights stories and campaigns to global attention and to mobilize action to protect and promote human rights." Inactive since 2010. Interface in English, French, and Spanish.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights advocacy ,  Human rights in mass media,  Human rights monitoring

Title: Physicians for Human Rights

URL: http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/

Description: International human rights organization based in Cambridge, Mass. Includes reports.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Torture,  Human rights advocacy ,  Human rights--Health aspects,  Physicians,  Atrocities

Title: Rencontre africaine pour la défense des droits de l'homme

URL: http://raddho.org/

Description: Senegal-focused organization based in Senegal. Includes reports. In French and English. Newer site (see below listing for http://www.raddho.africa-web.org for older site).

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Sijill : International Condemnation of the Gaddafi Regime

URL: http://sijill.tripod.com/

Description: Collection of reports, news articles,and other information regarding human rights and Muammar Qaddafi's government in Libya.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights advocacy ,  Political prisoners,  Disappeared persons

Title: Tapol

URL: http://tapol.gn.apc.org/

Description: Indonesia-focused human rights organization based in England. Contains reports and bulletins. Old site: See tapol.org for new site.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Rights Exposure Project

URL: http://therightsexposureproject.com/

Description: The Rights Exposure Project is run by Rob Godden, who is based in Nepal. Its aim is to "to explore the use of visual media – primarily photography and video – in social activism. The project, started in January 2009, looks to engage with communities, organizations and individuals interested in using visual tools in innovative and effective ways to lever positive change." Includes images, videos, interviews and articles. In English.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights advocacy ,  Human rights in mass media,  Human rights--Press coverage,  Social action

Title: Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances

URL: http://www.afad-online.org/

Description: Asia-focused federation based in the Philippines of human rights organizations working on the issue of involuntary disappearances.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Disappeared persons,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Action Group for Health, Human Rights and HIV/AIDS (AGHA)

URL: http://www.aghauganda.org/

Description: "The Action Group for Health, Human Rights and HIV/AIDS (AGHA) is a health rights advocacy organization in Uganda dedicated to raising awareness of the human rights aspects of health, and improving the quality of health and healthcare for all Ugandans."

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights advocacy ,  AIDS (Disease),  HIV infections

Title: Association for Human Rights Legal Aid

URL: http://www.ahrla.org/

Description: Egypt-focused human rights organization based in Egypt. "Association for Human Rights Legal Aid is a non governmental, non profit organisation formed by a group of human rights activists. It was licensed on 18th December 1999 to provide legal aid for victims of human rights' violations, work on spreading human rights' culture and to try to remove legislation that is not in accordance with the Egyptian constitution or to the ratified agreements and conventions on human rights." In Arabic.

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Subject:   Legal aid,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Algeria-Watch

URL: http://www.algeria-watch.org/

Description: Algeria-focused human rights institution based in Germany. Algeria-Watch is an association campaigning for human rights in Algeria. The two objectives of Algeria-watch are to gather information about the civil war in Algeria, and to take and support any intitiatives aimed at restoring peace, truth, and justice. Includes reports and image galleries.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Disappeared persons,  War crimes,  Torture,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Asian Legal Resource Centre

URL: http://www.alrc.net/

Description: Asia-focused organization based in Hong Kong. "The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) is an NGO having General Consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. It is a body committed to the development of legal self-reliance and empowerment of people. The ALRC [works] to develop effective legal resources for the poor and disadvantaged of Asia, especially those who are subjected to multiple forms of oppression, such as women."

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Subject:   Human rights,  Legal aid,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Association marocaine des droits humains

URL: http://www.amdh.org.ma/

Description: Morocco-focused human rights organization based in Rabat. "The Association works for the preservation of human dignity, the respect for all human rights in their universality and their globality and for the protection, the defense and the promotion of these rights." In French, with limited content in English, German, and Spanish.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Arabic Network for Human Rights Information

URL: http://www.anhri.net/

Description: "The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information is a central repository for human rights information and websites in Arabic throughout the Middle East and North Africa." In Arabic and English.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights advocacy ,  Documentation

Title: Munaẓẓamah al-ʻArabīyah lil-Iṣlāḥ al-Jināʼī

URL: http://www.aproarab.org/

Description: Arab countries-focused non-governmental organization based in Cairo, Egypt. The Arab Penal Reform Association (APRO) seeks to reform the legislative structure and penal codes in Egypt and the Arab World to protect human rights. In Arabic and English.

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Subject:   Prisoners,  Human rights advocacy ,  Prisoners--Civil rights

Title: Arab Association for Human Rights

URL: http://www.arabhra.org/

Description: Israel-focused human rights organization based in Nazareth that "works to promote and protect the political, civil, economic, and cultural rights of the Palestinian Arab minority in Israel." Contains reports.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights advocacy ,  Non-governmental organizations

Title: Associazione per la Tutela dei Diritti Umani del Popolo Eritreo

URL: http://www.asper-eritrea.com/

Description: Eritrea-focused organization based in Naples, Italy. Association for the Defense of Human Rights of the Eritrean People/ASPER (Associazione per la tutela dei diritti umani del popolo Eritreo) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of the human rights of the Eritrean people. ASPER works "to coordinate and promote initiatives that can help Eritrean immigrants in Italy to obtain information, documentation and regularization of their position." Includes reports and newsletters.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Emigration and immigration,  Refugees,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Bahrain Center for Human Rights

URL: http://www.bahrainrights.org/

Description: Bahrain-focused organization located in Manama, Bahrain. "The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization, registered with the Bahraini Ministry of Labor and Social Services since July 2002. Despite an order by the authorities in November 2004 to close it, the BCHR is still functioning after gaining a wide internal an external support for its struggle to promote human rights in Bahrain."

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Subject:   Human rights,  Freedom of speech,  Race discrimination,  Human rights advocacy ,  Migrant labor

Title: Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights

URL: http://www.byshr.org/

Description: The Bahrain Youth Society For Human Rights (BYSHR) is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization. Mission Statement: to encourage and support young people learning about human rights and push them to participate actively in the protection of human rights cases, and the struggle to promote human rights among young people in accordance with international standards.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in the Arabian Peninsula

URL: http://www.cdhrap.net/

Description: Arabian Peninsula-focused human rights organization based in Saudia Arabia. "The Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in the Arabian Peninsula (CDHRAP) is an independent, nongovernmental committee founded in 1992 , aims to promote human rights, and according to its believing that fundamental principles of human rights guaranteed by the international treaties and conventions so long as they do not contradict with Islamic Laws." In Arabic and English.

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Subject:   Human rights advocacy ,  Religion,  Islamic law

Title: Markaz al-Tawthīq wa-al-Iʻlām wa-al-Takwīn fī Majāl Ḥuqūq al-Insān

URL: http://www.cdifdh.org.ma/

Description: Morocco-focused organization based in Rabat. "The Human Rights Information and Training Resource Center (HRITRS), placed under the aegis of the Advisory Council of Human Rights since the June 2004 cabinet reshuffle, is vested with an advisory mission that consists in formulating proposals and giving impetus as regards issues referring to the promotion of the Human rights culture in Morocco."

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Centre for the Development of People (Malawi)

URL: http://www.cedepmalawi.org/

Description: Malawi-focused human rights organization based in Malawi. "CEDEP is a registered human rights organisation dedicated to addressing the needs, improving the lives, and providing support for some of Malawi's most neglected minority groups through civic education, training, capacity building, networking and research." In English.

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Subject:   AIDS (Disease),  Minorities,  Education,  Prisoners,  Human rights advocacy ,  Sex workers

Title: Centro de Justicia para la Paz y el Desarrollo

URL: http://www.cepad.org.mx/

Description: Jalisco-focused human rights organization based in Guadalajara, Mexico. Includes reports.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Civil rights,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Center for Economic and Social Rights

URL: http://www.cesr.org/

Description: Globally-focused organization with offices in Madrid, Spain and Brooklyn, New York. "CESR's mission is to work for the recognition and enforcement of economic and social rights as a powerful tool for promoting social justice and human dignity. CESR exposes violations of economic and social rights through an interdisciplinary combination of legal and socioeconomic analysis." In English and Spanish.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Social justice,  Human rights advocacy ,  Economic development

Title: Markaz Qaḍāyā al-Marʼah al-Miṣrīyah

URL: http://www.cewla.org/

Description: Egypt-focused organization based in Cairo, Egypt. The Center for Egyptian Women's Legal Assistance was founded in 1995 to provide legal support to Egyptian women and to raise awareness of the violations of women's rights.

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Subject:   Women's rights,  Women--Crimes against,  Legal aid,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Canadian Friends of Burma

URL: http://www.cfob.org/

Description: Burma-focused pro-democracy organization based in Canada.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Democracy,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Citizenship Rights in Africa Initiative

URL: http://www.citizenshiprightsinafrica.org/

Description: CRAI is a campaign dedicated to ending statelessness and the arbitrary denial of citizenship in Africa. CRAI is a joint project of the Global Pan African Movement, the International Refugee Rights Initiative and the Open Society Justice Initiative

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Subject:   Human rights,  Refugees,  Human rights advocacy ,  Statelessness

Title: Coordinadora de Derechos Humanos del Paraguay

URL: http://www.codehupy.org/

Description: Paraguay-focused human rights organization based in Paraguay. Includes reports.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Civil rights,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Comité de Familiares de Detenidos-Desaparecidos en Honduras

URL: http://www.cofadeh.org/

Description: Honduras-focused human rights organization based in Tegucigalpa. Includes reports.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Disappeared persons,  Civil rights,  Human rights advocacy ,  Missing persons

Title: Comité pour le respect des libertés et des droits de l'homme en Tunisie

URL: http://www.crldht.info/

Description: Site active 2010-present. Old URL: www.crldht.org. Tunisia-focused human rights organization based in Paris, France. The Comité pour le respect des libertés et des droits de l'homme en Tunisie (CRLDHT) was established in 1996 to raise awareness of the oppressive conditions in Tunisia and to advocate for change. In French.

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Subject:   Democracy,  Torture,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Comité pour le respect des libertés et des droits de l'homme en Tunisie

URL: http://www.crldht.org/

Description: Site active 1996-2010. New URL: http://www.crldht.info. Tunisia-focused human rights organization based in Paris, France. The Comité pour le respect des libertés et des droits de l'homme en Tunisie (CRLDHT) was established in 1996 to raise awareness of the oppressive conditions in Tunisia and to advocate for change.

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Subject:   Democracy,  Torture,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Centre for War Victims and Human Rights

URL: http://www.cwvhr.org/

Description: Globally-focused organization based in Canada. "Centre for War Victims and Human Rights (CWVHR) is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan, human rights organization. Our primary focus and activity is monitoring and documenting human rights violations. We encourage and support the universal values of human rights. Through evidence collection and verification, we aim to assist the war victims in pursuit of justice against their perpetrators."

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights advocacy ,  War victims,  Documentation

Title: European Roma Rights Centre

URL: http://www.errc.org/

Description: Europe-focused human rights organization based in Hungary fighting discrimination against Roma. Includes reports. In English, Hungarian, and Russian.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Discrimination,  Human rights advocacy ,  Romanies--Civil rights

Title: FOHRID National Protection Working Group

URL: http://www.fohridnetwork.org/

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Subject:   Human rights advocacy ,  Nonprofit organizations

Title: HakiElimu

URL: http://www.hakielimu.org/

Description: HakiElimu's vision is that every child in Tanzania is able to enjoy her or his right to basic education in schools that respect dignity, foster creativity and critical learning, and advance human rights and democracy.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Children's rights,  Human rights advocacy ,  Right to education

Title: Fidirāsyūn-i Sarāsarī-i Panāhandagān-i Īrānī

URL: http://www.hambastegi.org/

Description: Sweden-based organization focused on Iranian refugees and asylum seekers. "The International Federation of Iranian Refugees (IFIR) is committed to organizing the protests of Iranian refugees and asylum seekers in support of political and social campaigns." In Arabic, English, and Swedish.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Refugees,  Human rights advocacy ,  Political refugees,  Exiles

Title: HaMoked--Center for the Defence of the Individual

URL: http://www.hamoked.org/

Description: "HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual is an Israeli human rights organization whose main objective is to assist Palestinians of the Occupied Territories whose rights are violated due to Israel's policies. This site contains information relating to these human rights violations. It gives the texts of Israeli laws and regulations, including those of the Military Government; international conventions; petitions to the Israeli High Court of Justice; claims for compensation for damages; decisions by Israeli and other courts; and other official documents and reports." In Arabic, English, and Hebrew.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Palestinian Arabs,  Human rights advocacy ,  Prisoners--legal status

Title: Héritiers de la justice

URL: http://www.heritiersdelajustice.org/

Description: Africa-focused human rights organization based in Bukavu, DR Congo, which specializes in "matters concerning human rights and peace promotion in the Great Lakes Region." Contains reports. In French with some content in English.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Human Rights Education Institute of Burma

URL: http://www.hreib.com/

Description: Burma-focused human rights organization based in Thailand. Includes reports.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Asian Human Rights Commission

URL: http://www.humanrights.asia/

Description: "The AHRC is an independent non-governmental body which seeks to promote greater awareness and realization of human rights in the Asian region and mobilize Asian and international public opinion to obtain relief and redress for the victims of human rights violations. Its website gives information about the commissions's structure, charter and programs, electronic versions of its publications and appeals, and updates on developments in the region." In English.

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Subject:   Human rights advocacy ,  Human rights monitoring

Title: National Human Rights Commission of Korea

URL: http://www.humanrights.go.kr/

Description: South Korea's national human rights institution.

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Subject:   Human rights advocacy ,  National human rights institutions

Title: International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission

URL: http://www.iglhrc.org/

Description: International organization based in the United States committed to gay, lesbian and transgender rights. Changed its name in 2015 to OutRight Action International

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights advocacy ,  Gay rights,  Transgender people

Title: Human Rights Joint Platform

URL: http://www.ihop.org.tr/

Description: Human Rights Joint Platform (Insan Haklari Ortak Platformu) "has defined its mission as one of strengthening the capacity of the human rights movement in Turkey, any and all cooperation between its elements, and its general impact."

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Iran Human Rights Voice

URL: http://www.ihrv.org/

Description: Switzerland-based organization focused on Iran. "Iran Human Rights Voice (IHRV), founded in 2008, is a web-based media outlet that monitors, reports, and provides news and analysis of cases of human rights violations among Iranian social and political activists, students, women, ethnic minorities, religious minorities, labor unions, and immigrant communities." Contains reports and news items.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Political prisoners,  Human rights advocacy

Title: International League for Human Rights

URL: http://www.ilhr.org/

Description: International organization based in the United States. Includes reports and case studies. In English.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Civil rights,  Human rights advocacy

Title: INDICT

URL: http://www.indict.org.uk/

Description: INDICT was established in late 1996 to campaign for the creation of an ad hoc International Criminal Tribunal - similar to those established for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda - to try leading members of the former Iraqi regime on charges of war crimes. Last updated 2003.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Genocide,  War crimes,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Iraqi Human Rights Group

URL: http://www.irag.org.uk/

Description: "The Iraqi Human Rights Group (IRAG) is an Organisation that was established to study and deal with the issue of Human Rights in Iraq." In Arabic and English.

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Subject:   Human rights advocacy

Title: International Service for Human Rights

URL: http://www.ishr.ch/

Description: International human rights organization based in Switzerland. Includes reports. In English; some content in French.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights workers,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Kurdish Human Rights Project

URL: http://www.khrp.org/

Description: Kurdish Human Rights Project is an independent, non-political human rights organisation dedicated to the promotion and protection of the human rights of all persons in the Kurdish regions of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria and elsewhere.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights advocacy ,  Kurds

Title: Law & Society Trust

URL: http://www.lawandsocietytrust.org/

Description: Sri-Lanka focused organization based in Colombo. In English.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Civil rights,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Law & Society Trust

URL: http://www.lawandsocietytrust.org/web/

Description: Sri Lanka-focused human rights organization based in Colombo. Includes reports. In English.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Civil rights,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Lawyers Centre for Legal Assistance (Sierra Leone)

URL: http://www.lawcla.org/

Description: LAWCLA is an independent public interest human rights law centre, which among other things provides free legal services to the poor. It works to make justice more accessible to indigent members of the public through legal advice, impact litigation and research.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Legal aid,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Land Center for Human Rights (Egypt)

URL: http://www.lchr-eg.org/

Description: Egypt-focused non-governmental organization based in Egypt representing farmer's issues. The Center aims to help improve the agrarian laborers' economic and social condition in rural Egypt. In Arabic and English.

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Subject:   Agricultural laborers,  Human rights advocacy ,  Farmers--Social Conditions,  Agriculture and state,  Land use, Rural

Title: Network for North Korean Democracy and Human Rights

URL: http://www.nknet.org/

Description: Seoul-based organization focused on North Korea. "The Network for North Korean Democracy and Human Rights, NKnet, a Seoul-based nonprofit organization, was formed by a group of citizens who wish to alleviate the suffering of the people of North Korea and to realize universal values by promoting human rights and democracy in North Korea."

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Subject:   Human rights,  Democracy,  Human rights advocacy

Title: NAMRIGHTS

URL: http://www.nshr.org.na/

Description: Namibia-focused human rights NGO based in Windhoek, Namibia. Formerly known as National Society for Human Rights. NAMRIGHTS "is a national private, independent, non-profit making and non-partisan human rights monitoring and advocacy organization. Founded on December 1 1989 by concerned citizens, the Organization envisages a world free of human rights violations and its mission is to stop human rights violations in Namibia and the rest of the world."

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights advocacy ,  Human rights monitoring

Title: National Unity and Reconciliation Commission

URL: http://www.nurc.gov.rw/

Description: "The National Unity and Reconciliation Commission (NURC) is a national institution, provided for by the National Constitution adopted by Rwandans in June 2003. The main objective for such a commission was to assist the government of national unity then anticipated, to foster unity and reconciliation among the people of Rwanda who had experienced long periods of bad governance characterized by divisions, discriminations, human rights abuse and acts of violence."

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Subject:   Genocide,  Conflict management,  Human rights advocacy ,  Truth commissions,  Reconciliation

Title: Qalna, Eritrean Human Rights Group Toronto

URL: http://www.qalna.com/

Description: Eritrea-focused organization based in Toronto. Qalna is focused on raising awareness about human rights abuses in Eritrea and campaigning to end those abuses.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Refugees,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Ramallah Center for Human Rights Studies

URL: http://www.rchrs.org/

Description: Palestine-focused organization based in Ramallah. The mission of RCHRS is to promote democratic values among the Palestinian people. RCHRS also documents and raises awareness of human rights violations in Palestine.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Palestinian Arabs,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Shan Women's Action Network

URL: http://www.shanwomen.org/

Description: Burma-focused women's rights organization based in Thailand. Includes reports and newsletters.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Women's rights,  Human rights advocacy ,  Shan (Asian people)

Title: Jamʻīyah al-Waṭanīyah lil-Taghyīr

URL: http://www.taghyeer.net/

Description: Egyptian National Association for Change. Web site of the opposition coalition pushing for constitutional reform in Egypt. In Arabic.

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Subject:   Civil rights,  Elections,  Human rights advocacy ,  Constitutional law,  Constitutional reform

Title: Konsort︠s︡ium zhenskikh nepravitelʹstvennykh obʺedineniĭ

URL: http://www.wcons.org.ru/

Description: Russia-focused women's rights organization based in Moscow. Includes reports. In Russian, with shorter English version.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Women's rights,  Women,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Women for Afghan Women

URL: http://www.womenforafghanwomen.org/

Description: Afghanistan-focused organization based in the United States. "WAW is a grassroots civil society organization dedicated to securing and protecting the rights of disenfranchised Afghan women and girls, particularly their rights to develop their individual potential, to self-determination, and to be represented in all areas of life: political, social, cultural and economic." Includes newsletters.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Women's rights,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Women Journalists Without Chains

URL: http://www.womenpress.net/

Description: NGO advocating the rights of journalists to publish articles about government interference in freedom of the press in Yemen. In Arabic and English.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Freedom of the press,  Human rights advocacy ,  Human rights in mass media

Title: Marṣad al-Yamanī li-Ḥuqūq al-Insān

URL: http://www.yohr.org/

Description: Yemen-focused human rights organization based in Yemen. The Yemen Observatory for Human Rights (Marṣad al-Yamanī li-Ḥuqūq al-Insān)is an independent, non-profit NGO that monitors and issues reports on human rights violations in Yemen. In Arabic.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Yemeni Human Rights Network

URL: http://yhrn.org/

Description: Yemen-focused organization based in Ṣanʻāʼ, Yemen. "A non-profit organization which seeks to promote respect for and awareness of human rights, freedom of expression, democracy." In Arabic and English.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Civil rights,  Freedom of speech,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression

URL: https://afteegypt.org/

Description: Egypt-focused independent association based in Egypt "interested in issues related [to] the protection of freedom of thought and expression." Includes publications. In Arabic and English.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Civil rights,  Human rights advocacy ,  Freedom of expression,  Intellectual freedom,  Freedom of association

Title: El Nadim Center

URL: https://alnadeem.org/

Description: Egypt-focused organization based in Cairo, Egypt. "Established in August 1993, al Nadim Centre provides psychological rehabilitation to victims of torture; issues medicolegal reports whenever necessary; publishes reports, participates in campaigns and in mobilization of different societal sectors against the practice of torture, and violence against women; it promotes other issues in support of democracy and freedom of Civil Society in Egypt." In Arabic and English.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Civil rights,  Torture victims,  Torture,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency & Refugee Rights

URL: https://badil.org/

Description: Israel-based organziation focused on Palestinian refugees. "Badil takes a rights-based approach to the Palestinian refugee issue through research, advocacy and support of community participation in the search for durable solutions." In Arabic and English; some content in Spanish, Italian, French, and Hebrew.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Refugees,  Palestinian Arabs,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Bahrain Center for Human Rights

URL: https://bahrainrights.net/

Description: Bahrain-focused organization located in Manama, Bahrain. "The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization, registered with the Bahraini Ministry of Labor and Social Services since July 2002. Despite an order by the authorities in November 2004 to close it, the BCHR is still functioning after gaining a wide internal an external support for its struggle to promote human rights in Bahrain."

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Subject:   Human rights,  Race discrimination,  Human rights advocacy ,  Migrant labor

Title: Center for Democracy & Human Rights in Saudi Arabia

URL: https://cdhr.info/

Description: The Center for Democracy \& Human Rights in Saudi Arabia (CDHR) was established to accentuate the importance of democratizing Saudi Arabia through a peaceful transformation of its existing political, religious, educational, economic and social institutions.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Democracy,  Human rights advocacy ,  Islam and politics

Title: Center for Justice and International Law

URL: https://cejil.org/

Description: America-focused (i.e. North and South America) organization based in Washington, D.C. Includes reports. In English and Spanish.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez

URL: https://centroprodh.org.mx/

Description: Mexico-focused human rights organization based in Mexico. The organization "works towards attaining the structural conditions in society such that the people of Mexico can enjoy and exercise without discrimination their fundamental human rights." Contains reports. In Spanish with some content in English.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Center for Justice and Accountability

URL: https://cja.org/

Description: International human rights organization based in the United States. Dedicated to ending torture. Includes reports and case studies. In English and Spanish; some content in French.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Torture victims,  Impunity,  Human rights advocacy ,  Torture (International law)

Title: Committee of Concerned Scientists

URL: https://concernedscientists.org/

Description: An independent organization based in the United States of scientists, physicians and engineers dedicated to the protection and advancement of the human rights and scientific freedom of colleagues throughout the world. Includes reports. In English.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights advocacy ,  Scientists--Civil rights,  Medical scientists--Civil rights,  Science and state

Title: Forensic Anthropology Foundation of Guatemala

URL: https://fafg.org/

Description: Guatemala-focused organization based in Guatemala that uses forensic anthropology to investigate and document human rights violations. Includes reports.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Forensic anthropology,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor Office

URL: https://hcav.am/

Description: Armenia-focused human rights organization based in Armenia. Contains reports.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Non-governmental organizations,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Human Rights Concern Eritrea

URL: https://hrc-eritrea.org/

Description: Eritrea-focused organization based in the UK. Human Rights Concern Eritrea (HRCE)"is dedicated to the promotion and protection of the human rights of Eritreans at home and all over the world. HRCE believes that all human beings are equal regardless of race, religion, gender and political affiliation and strives for a peaceful Eritrea where fundamental human rights are respected." Aggregates news related to Eritrea.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Human Rights Council of Australia

URL: https://hrca.org.au/

Description: Australia-focused human rights organization based in Sydney.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Malawi Human Rights Resource Centre

URL: https://humanrights.mw/

Description: "MHRRC is a Human Rights NGO that is committed to promoting a human rights culture in Malawi and SADC Region by working with Civil Society Organizations and other institutions through Capacity Building. The MHRRC works with civil society organizations to effectively support the developing democracy in the country. MHRRC contributes towards the consolidation of channels of free expression and other rights for the citizens by working with and building the capacity of NGOs and CSOs working on human rights."

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Subject:   Education,  Human rights advocacy ,  Documentation,  Civil society

Title: Iran Human Rights

URL: https://iranhr.net/

Description: Iran-focused organization, based in Iran and other parts of the world. "We are a group of human rights activists living in different parts of the world. Most of us have Iranian origin or live inside Iran. The aim of this site is to put focus on the human rights situation in Iran and in this way, hopefully contribute to its improvement. We try to cover as many as possible human rights-related news, but we are aware of our limitations and believe that what we present here is just a portion of what is actually happening in Iran." In English, Persian, Arabic, and Japanese; some content also in Italian, French, and Spanish.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Political prisoners,  Human rights advocacy ,  Capital punishment

Title: Kontras

URL: https://kontras.org/

Description: Indonesia-focused coalition of human rights organizations based in Indonesia. Dedicated to human rights and "protection of the people from disappearances and violence."

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Subject:   Human rights,  Disappeared persons,  Human rights advocacy ,  Political atrocities

Title: Mu'assasat al-Marah al-Jadīdah (Egypt)

URL: https://nwrcegypt.org/

Description: Egypt-focused human rights organization based in Egypt. "The New Woman Foundation is an Egyptian non-governmental organization established to formulate strategies for fighting oppression and discrimination against all women." In Arabic. Limited content in English.

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Subject:   Women's rights,  Discrimination,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East

URL: https://raipon.info/

Description: Russia-focused human rights organization based in Moscow, Russia. "RAIPON unites 41 indigenous groups whose total population is around 250,000 people. These people are represented by 34 regional and ethnic organizations that have the authority to represent these groups both in Russia and in the international community." In English and Russian.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Indigenous peoples,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Red Nacional de Organismos Civiles de Derechos Humanos

URL: https://redtdt.org.mx/

Description: Mexico-focused human rights organization based in Mexico. Includes reports.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Sociedad Mexicana Pro Derechos de la Mujer, A.C

URL: https://semillas.org.mx/

Description: Mexico-focused women's rights organization based in Mexico. Dedicated to "human rights, sexual and reproductive rights, labor rights, gender violence and access to justice, economic autonomy and institutional strengthening." Includes reports.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Women's rights,  Reproductive rights,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Shan Women's Action Network

URL: https://shanwomen.org/

Description: Burma-focused women's rights organization based in Thailand. Includes reports and newsletters.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Women's rights,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Sin Fronteras IAP

URL: https://sinfronteras.org.mx/

Description: Mexico-focused human rights organization based in Mexico City dedicated to immigration and refugee issues. Includes reports.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Refugees,  Human rights advocacy ,  Immigrants

Title: University Teachers for Human Rights

URL: https://uthr.org/

Description: Sri-Lanka-focused human rights organization based in Jaffna. Includes reports.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Human rights advocacy ,  Tamil (Indic people)

Title: Access to Justice

URL: https://www.accesstojustice-ng.org/

Description: Nigeria-focused organization based in Lagos. "Founded in 1999, AJ is a justice advocacy group working to defend the rights of equal and non-discriminatory access to courts of law, expand access of marginalized people to equal and impartial justice, attack corruption in justice administration, support legal struggles for human dignity and disseminate legal resources that help achieve these purposes."

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Subject:   Human rights,  Legal aid,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Amman Center for Human Rights Studies

URL: https://www.achrs.org/

Description: Arab-countries-focused human rights advocacy and research center based in Jordan. ACHRS "is an independent, regional, scientific, advocacy center for studies, research and training on issues of human rights and democracy. In pursuit of contributing to the dissemination of a culture of human rights, our work and activities aim at strengthening civil society in Jordan and in the Arab World, and at inducing a change to the general level of awareness and sensibility towards human rights and democracy." Contains news and publications. In Arabic and English.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Democracy,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Association for Civil Rights in Israel

URL: https://www.acri.org.il/

Description: "The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) is Israel's oldest and largest human rights organization and the only one that deals with the entire spectrum of human rights and civil liberties issues in Israel and the Occupied Territories. ACRI's work encompasses litigation and legal advocacy, education, and public outreach as the most effective way in which to build toward our long-term vision of a just and democratic society that respects the equal rights of all its members." In English and Hebrew.

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Subject:   Civil rights,  Legal aid,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Coalition for an Effective African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights

URL: https://www.africancourtcoalition.org/

Description: African Union-focused network of individuals, non-governmental organizations and independent national human rights institutions based in Arusha, Tanzania. "The objectives of the Coalition are to have full ratification of the protocol establishing the African Court by all 53 member states of the African Union (AU); to enhance transparency in the nomination and election of judges; provide a platform for sustainable civil society participation in the creation of the African Court; and provide technical support to the AU and the African Court."

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Subject:   Human rights,  Transparency in government,  Human rights advocacy ,  African Court on Human and People’s Rights

Title: Association for the Prevention of Torture

URL: https://www.apt.ch/

Description: International human rights organization based in Switzerland focused on the prevention of torture. Includes reports. In English; selected publications available in multiple languages.

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Subject:   Human rights,  Torture,  Human rights advocacy

Title: Association pour le respect des droits de l'homme à Djibouti

URL: https://www.ardhd.org/

Description: "L'Association (apolitique et bénévole) a pour objectifs : d'obtenir la libération de tous les prisonniers politiques à Djibouti; d'agir pour un retour à la démocratie, à la Paix civile et à une justice équitable pour tous; de dénoncer et de faire cesser tous les actes de torture et de violation des Droits de l'Homme, qui sont commis chaque jour, par le régime dictatorial de M. Ismaël Omar Guelleh."

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Subject:   Human rights,  Political prisoners,  Torture,  Human rights advocacy