Society Charities That specialise in Human rights
Discover 431 Society charities that specialise in human rights. Use the search below to filter within these results.
Institute For Human Rights & Business Limited
SocietyIHRB provide a trusted, impartial space for dialogue and independent analysis to deepen understanding of human rights challenges and issues and the appropriate role of business. We seek to address problems where the law may be unclear, where accountability and responsibility may not be well-defined, and where legitimate dispute settlement mechanisms may be non-existent or poorly-administered.
Equality Now
Beneficiary group, SocietyEquality Now works for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women and girls around the world. Working with national women's rights organisations and individual activists, we document violence and discrimination against women and girls and add an international action overlay to support their efforts to advance equality rights and defend individual women who are suffering abuse.
Lawyers For Justice In Libya
SocietyFOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, BY DEFENDING JUSTICE AND PROMOTING THE RULE OF LAW) IN LIBYA (AND, TO THE EXTENT CONSISTENT WITH THE CHARITYS PRIMARY OBJECTS, IN OTHER COUNTRIES) IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITYS TRUSTEES THINK FIT
Human Rights Watch Charitable Trust
Arts, Charitable activities, SocietyAdvancing local and international education in human rights by teaching, producing materials or by conducting or commissioning research and publishing results of such researchRaising public awareness of human rights through use of publications, lectures, human rights awards, the media, public advocacy, and other means of communication.Promoting the enforcement of domestic human rights law
The Civil Liberties Trust
SocietyProvision of support in relation to civil liberties and human rights
Resource Justice Network
SocietyEngaging with governments and companies through the multi-stakeholder EITI Promoting the use and analysis of data from the EITI and mandatory disclosure initiativesCommissioning research into natural resource extraction and value chains, Supporting civil society organisations, in particular those concerned with the promotion of human rights.
Privacy International
SocietyWe promote the human right of privacy throughout the world, specifically:- raise awareness of threats to privacy;- monitor and report on surveillance methods and tactics;- work at national and international levels toward the provision of privacy protections;- monitor measures to protect privacy, and to seek ways through information technology to protect personal information
Centre For Sport And Human Rights Limited
Leisure, SocietyThe Centre for Sport and Human Rights is a human rights organisation for the world of sport who's role is to work towards a world of sport that fully respects human rights through collective action and through the promotion of the Sporting Chance Principles.
Christian Solidarity International
Charitable activities, SocietyChristian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is a Christian organisation working for religious freedom through advocacy and human rights, in the pursuit of justice
Global Witness Trust
Charitable activities, Environment, SocietyTo advance the education of the public in environmental matters, the preservation and conservation of the natural environment and its sustainable development; andTo carry out or promote research into the maintenance and observance of human rights in places where there may have been an impact on the human rights of the inhabitants as a consequence of environmental damage
War On Want
Charitable activities, Social welfare, SocietyWar on Want fights poverty in developing countries in partnership and solidarity with people affected by globalisation. We campaign for human rights and against the root causes of global poverty, inequality and injustice.
Amos Trust
Social welfare, SocietyAMOS TRUST IS A SMALL, CREATIVE HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATION THAT:- CHALLENGES INJUSTICE,- BUILDS HOPE,- CREATES CHANGE,AMOS WORKS WITH VIBRANT GRASSROOTS PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD NURTURING INNOVATIVE LOCAL RESPONSES TO POVERTY, OPPRESSION AND CONFLICT.AMOS CREATES, LEADS AND PARTNERS WITH CAMPAIGNS FOR CHANGE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND JUSTICE.
Imkaan
Beneficiary group, Social welfare, SocietyImkaan is a UK-based, black feminist organisation dedicated to addressing violence against women and girls. As a second-tier, human rights organisation, with national membership, Imkaan represents the expertise and perspectives of front-line specialist women's services that work to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls.
Fund For Global Human Rights UK
SocietySecuring the most basic freedoms for people requires frontline activists challenging injustice and building on-the-ground demand for change. The Fund for Global Human Rights UK helps human rights defenders get the funding needed to sustain and strengthen their work. The overall goal is to improve justice, accountability and equality and to ensure that gains are sustainable over the long term.
The Redress Trust Limited
Heritage, SocietyREDRESS is a human rights organisation that helps torture survivors obtain justice and reparation. REDRESS works with survivors to help restore their dignity and to make torturers accountable. We seek a variety of remedies, including restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction and guarantees of non-repetition.
The Human Dignity Trust
SocietyTHE HUMAN DIGNITY TRUST IS AN ORGANISATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS SUPPORTING LOCAL PARTNERS TOUPHOLD HUMAN RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW IN COUNTRIES WHERE HOMOSEXUALITY IS CRIMINALISED.THE TRUST PROVIDES PRO BONO TECHNICAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND ADVISORY SERVICES AT THE REQUEST OF, AND IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL ACTIVISTS, THEIR LAWYERS AND OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS.
Sustainable Hospitality Alliance
Beneficiary group, Crime and Justice, Economic and community development, Education, Environment, Social welfare, SocietyThe Chairty's objectives are for the public benefit, anywhere in the world to advance education, prevent and relieve poverty and to relieve unemployment, (including those with little or no education, survivors of human trafficking, people with disabilities, refugees and migrants). Advance Human rights, promote the protection & preservation of the natural environment and sustainable development.
Kaleidoscope Diversity Trust
Beneficiary group, SocietyThe Kaleidoscope Trust works to advance the human rights of LGBT people in countries where they lack their equal rights, particularly in the Commonwealth. We do this by listening, amplifying and communicating their voices to a wider audience to persuade public and political opinion and work as a catalyst for meaningful change to end discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Kanlungan Filipino Consortium
Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Health, SocietyKanlungan works for the rights and welfare of Filipinos and other Southeast and East Asian migrants in the UK. We provide information and advice on mental health, welfare, and employment and signpost for immigration support. Together with other organisations with similar objectives, Kanlungan advocates for greater equality, justice, and human rights for all migrants.
Videre Est Credere
Arts, SocietyVidere gives grassroots activists the equipment, training and support needed to gather previously unseen, verified video evidence of human rights violations and the contexts surrounding them and then strategically distributes it to those who can create change - be they mainstream media, lawyers or decision makers.
The Guardian Foundation
Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, SocietyThe charity's focus is on the charitable advancement of education, human rights and the right to information. In support of this its main activities are currently: 1. news literacy programmes for children 2. international media capacity-building programmes 3. the Scott Trust Bursary scheme and Hugo Young Award for jounalism students 4. maintenance and operation of the Guardian and Observer archive
Standing Voice
Charitable activities, Social welfare, SocietyStanding Voice's objective is to end human rights violations against marginalised groups through its Education, Health, Advocacy and Community Programmes. We currently focus on promoting the social inclusion of people with albinism in Africa, who commonly face extreme social exclusion leading to marginalisation from health and education services, social support, and witchcraft-fuelled murder.
Norfolk Coalition Of Disabled People
Charitable activities, Health, SocietyWe are a disabled people's organisation run by disabled people and their groups and provide direct payment, personal budget support, welfare rights, independent living and mental health advocacy and appeals representation. Our activities are based on a human rights and Social Model of Disability approach with a focus on achieving independence, equality and dignity.
Amnesty International Charity
Charitable activities, Societypromotion of human rights throughout the world, including by: monitoring abuses, assisting the victims of such abuses and eliminating infringements; research into human rights issues and providing technical advice; contributing to the sound administration of human rights law; raising awareness of, and promoting public support for, human rights issues; and international advocacy of human rights.
Advice On Individual Rights In Europe (the Aire Centre)
Charitable activities, SocietyProviding advice on individual rights in Europe.Providing training on aspects of EU and ECHR human rights lawPro bono advocacy at the European Court of Human Rights