Organizations
A growing number of international, regional, national, and local organizations have units working specifically for the support, promotion and protection of human rights defenders and the right to defend human rights. They include:
- Amnesty International
- Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)
- Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development
- Association for Women's Right in Development (AWID)
- Civil Society Watch
- East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project
- Equitas
- Front Line Defenders
- Habitat International Coalition (HIC)
- Human Rights First – Defenders Alert Network
- International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
- International Service for Human Rights
- The Observatory for Human Rights Defenders
- Peace Brigades International
- Protection International
- Reporters sans Frontières
- Scholars at Risk Network
- Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights
- Women Human Rights Defenders Action Alerts
If you know of other organizations working to promote the protection and defense of human rights defenders please let us know!
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