Human Rights Watch (HRW)
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Founded
1987 USA
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Report on human rights practices; document imprisonment, censorship, disappearances, due process of law, murder, prison conditions, torture, violation of laws of war and other abuses of internationally recognized human rights; by documenting and publicizing discrepancies between pretence and practice use public embarrassment to press governments to cease abusive practices; create multiple and reinforcing sources of pressure to curb human rights violations.
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Observer status with: E-XE0982 - African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR); B-XB1112 - International Organization for Migration (IOM). Accredited by: E-XE7552 - United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV). European division is participant in Fundamental Rights Platform of: D-XM3280 - European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). Links with: E-XE6050 - Committee Against Torture (CAT); E-XE1310 - Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD); E-XE0429 - Human Rights Committee (CCPR); E-XE7981 - Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR); F-XF8702 - Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (Corte IDH); E-XE3042 - OSCE - Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR); E-XE3016 - UNHCR; E-XE6904 - United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR). Associated with Department of Global Communications of the United Nations.
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Member of:
- F-XM4925 - ATHENA Network (ATHENA);
- F-XJ8318 - Campaign to Stop Killer Robots;
- E-XE1429 - Child Rights Connect;
- F-XF4594 - Child Rights International Network (CRIN);
- E-XE0409 - Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO);
- G-AA1252 - Council for Global Equality;
- F-XF1672 - EarthAction (EA);
- B-XJ9387 - ETO Consortium (ETOs);
- F-XJ9954 - European NGO Platform Asylum and Migration (EPAM);
- F-XJ5478 - Girls not Brides;
- E-XJ3476 - End Corporal Punishment;
- G-XJ7424 - Global Network Initiative (GNI);
- F-XJ3541 - Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC);
- F-XM1641 - Human Rights and Democracy Network (HRDN);
- F-XF3406 - IFEX;
- F-XM4895 - International Campaign to Ban Landmines - Cluster Munition Coalition (ICBL-CMC);
- E-XM4210 - International Coalition against Enforced Disappearances (ICAED);
- E-XJ8591 - International Code of Conduct Association (ICoCA);
- E-XE4255 - International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN);
- F-XM1901 - International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC);
- F-XM4891 - International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW);
- F-XM1259 - International NGO Platform on the Migrant Workers' Convention (IPMWC);
- F-XM0877 - International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC);
- E-XM3631 - NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security (NGOWG);
- E-XM3774 - PMNCH;
- F-XF2719 - UNITED for Intercultural Action - European Network Against Nationalism, Racism, Fascism and in Support of Migrants and Refugees (UNITED);
- G-XM6114 - Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict (Watchlist);
- F-XF7017 - World Coalition Against the Death Penalty.
Founding member of: U-XF5938 - Consortium of Minority Resources (COMIR); E-XJ8127 - International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect (ICRtoP); E-XJ5501 - International Coalition to Stop Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea (ICNK). Participates in: E-XJ7693 - Global Partnership on Children with Disabilities (GPcwd); F-XJ9505 - International Working Group on Satellite-Based Emergency Mapping (IWG-SEM). Steering Committee member of: F-XJ5878 - International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR). Associate member of: F-XF4881 - EuroMed Rights. Signatory to the 'Publish What You Pay' appeal of: F-XG9468 - Publish What You Pay Coalition (PWYP). Cooperates with: F-XM1809 - African Democracy Forum (ADF); B-XB0054 - Amnesty International (AI); F-XJ0689 - Crisis Action; C-XC0013 - ICASO; C-XD7249 - ILGA World (International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association); G-XN8553 - REDRESS. On Board of: F-XJ2185 - Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA). Instrumental in setting up: E-XJ0898 - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P). Supports: F-XJ4337 - Global Call for Action Against Poverty (GCAP). Links with:
- F-XF3247 - Andean Information Network (AIN);
- C-XD0058 - Anti-Slavery International;
- E-XE0182 - Arab Institute for Human Rights (AIHR);
- D-XD9700 - Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR);
- F-XF0918 - Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD);
- B-XE2863 - Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT);
- F-XF5401 - Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF);
- E-XE2802 - Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC);
- E-XM0702 - Global Campus of Human Rights;
- F-XF0239 - Ford Foundation;
- F-XF5575 - Free Vietnam Alliance (FVA);
- E-XE3845 - Global Campaign for Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers;
- E-XE2982 - Gulf Centre for Strategic Studies (GCSS);
- G-XG8862 - Human Rights First - through Americas Division;
- G-XM1072 - Humanitarian Coalition on Small Arms (HCSA);
- F-XM1901 - International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC);
- B-XD1841 - International Federation for Human Rights;
- E-XE2287 - International Institute for Human Rights, Environment and Development (INHURED International);
- E-XE0440 - International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development (INFID);
- C-XD2692 - International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT);
- D-XM1643 - La Strada International (LSI);
- F-XF0172 - Minority Rights Group International (MRG);
- F-XF4373 - No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ);
- G-XG5912 - Reebok Human Rights Foundation;
- F-XF5485 - Reporters sans frontières (RSF);
- F-XF2965 - Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights (SII);
- E-XF1424 - South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre (SAHRDC);
- F-XF1794 - Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO);
- F-XF0479 - World Sikh Organization (WSO);
- B-XB3604 - World University Service (WUS).
Links indicated by: F-XF0466 - Committee for Asian Women (CAW); E-XE6009 - Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW); F-XF4881 - EuroMed Rights; F-XF3144 - Franciscans International (FI); E-XJ5891 - International Coalition to End Torture (ICET); E-XJ4938 - UPR Info; D-XM8111 - West African Bar Association (WABA).
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