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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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