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The Advocacy
Project
The Advocacy Project was created in the summer of 1998 by a group
of individuals with a commitment to human rights and an interest in
information technology.
Amnesty International
"Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning
movement that works to promote all the human rights enshrined in the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards."
Human Rights Watch
"Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting
the human rights of people around the world. We stand with victims
and activists to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom,
to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders
to justice. We investigate and expose human rights violations and
hold abusers accountable. We challenge governments and those who hold
power to end abusive practices and respect international human rights
law. We enlist the public and the international community to support
the cause of human rights for all."
Lawyers Committee for
Human Rights
"Since 1978, the Lawyers Committee for Human
Rights has worked to protect and promote fundamental human rights.
Its work is impartial, holding all governments accountable to the
standards affirmed in the International Bill of Human Rights."
Physicians
for Human Rights
"Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) mobilizes
the health professions and enlists support from the general public
to protect and promote the human rights of all people."
Prevent
Genocide International
Prevent Genocide International is a nonprofit educational organization
established in 1998 with the purpose of bringing about the elimination
of the crime of genocide.
United Nations Human Rights Website
Official site of the UN High Commissioner for
Human Rights
Vietnam Veterans
of America Foundation
Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation (VVAF) is a Washington, D.C.
based international humanitarian organization that addresses the causes,
conduct, and consequences of war through its rehabilitation projects
for victims of war, its landmine survey projects that assess the socio-economic
consequences of landmines in some of the worlds most mine-affected
nations and its public education and advocacy programs that deal with
the changing nature of conflict as well as the effectiveness of international
constraints on conflict.
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