Human Rights

International Organizations
International Human Rights Bodies
Contacts in case of Human Rights Violations
Main Human Rights NGOs based in Geneva
Non-Discrimination
Rights of the Child
Human Rights Defenders
Training on Human Rights
Other information sites on Human Rights

International Organizations

ILO - International Labour Organization The ILO conventions cover diverse fields of Human Rights, such as for instance questions regarding the freedom of association, child work or the rights of indigenous peoples.

IOM - International Organization for Migration

International Migration Law Database

Council of Europe

European Court of Human Rights

European Committee for the prevention of torture

European Commission against racism and intolerance

UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund

Protecting Human Rights

UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund

UN Women - United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women Merger of "DAW - Division for the Advancement of Women", "INSTRAW - International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women", "OSAGI - Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women" and "UNIFEM - United Nations Development Fund for Women"

Working with the OHCHR - A Handbook for NGOs

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International Human Rights Bodies

Charter-based bodies

UN Human Rights Council replaces the "Commission on Human Rights"

Website of the former Commission on Human Rights

Complaints Procedure replaces "1503 Procedure"

Extranet of the Human Rights Council important working documents

Special Procedures "Special Rapporteurs" / "Independent Experts" / "Special Representatives of the Secretary General" and Working Groups

UPR - Universal Periodic Review

Treaty-based bodies

CAT - Committee against Torture

CCPR - Human Rights Committee

CEDAW - Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

CERD - Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

CESCR - Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

CMW - Committee on Migrant Workers

CRC - Committee on the Rights of the Child

CRPD - Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

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International Courts & Tribunals

ICC - International Criminal Court

ICTR - International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

ICTY - International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

African Court of Human Rights

European Court of Human Rights

Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Documents on the Inter-American Court

Special Court for Sierra Leone

Special Tribunal for Cambodia / Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

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Contacts in case of Human Rights Violations

OHCHR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Database of documents of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

List of Human Rights Issues and corresponding UN mechanisms

Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council

Fact sheets

Human Rights Council

Educational material

Human Rights Bodies

Complaints Procedure of the Human Rights Council

OHCHR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Human Rights Council and Treaties Division
Complaint Procedure
OHCHR-UNOG
1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Fax: (41 22) 917 90 11
E-mail: CP@ohchr.org

AI - Amnesty International

AI - Groups in Geneva

AI in Switzerland

FIDH - International Federation of Human Rights

HRW - Human Rights Watch

TRIAL - Track Impunity Always

Fact sheet on the Communications and Complaints Procedures

International Human Rights Association (India)

Procedure to submit a complaint for a human rights violation

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In cases of child work or slavery:

Main Human Rights NGOs based in Geneva

ABHR - Arab Bureau for Human Rights

AI - Amnesty International

AI - Groups in Geneva

AI in Switzerland

AIDH - Association internet pour la promotion et la défense des droits de l'homme

Alkarama for Human Rights

APT - Association for the Prevention of Torture

Arab Commission for Human Rights

Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (Forum Asia)

Baha'i International

BIRDHSO - International Bureau for the Respect o f Human Rights in Western Sahara

Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies

CCPR Centre - Centre for Civil and Political Rights

CETIM - Europe-Third World Centre

CIVICUS - World Alliance for Citizen Participation

CODAP - Youth ressource center on Human Rights

COHRE - Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions

CONGO - The Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with The United Nations

DoCip - Indigenous Peoples' Center for Documentation, Research and Information

Dominicans for Justice and Peace

EIP - World Association of School as an Instrument for Peace

FES - Foundation Friedrich Ebert

FIDH - International Federation of Human Rights

Fondation DiDé (Dignité en Détention)

Franciscans International

GHR - Geneva for Human Rights

Henry Dunant Foundation Latinamerica

HRW - Human Rights Watch

ICHRP - International Council on Human Rights Policy

ICJ - International Commission of Jurists

ICVA - International Council of Voluntary Agencies

Interfaith International

ISHR - International Service for Human Rights

Ligue Suisse des droits de l'Homme

New Human Rights

Nord-Sud XXI - ONG des Droits de l'Homme

Norwegian Refugee Council

IDMC - Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre

OIDEL - The Right to Education and Freedom of Education

OMCT - World Organization Against Torture

PFHS - Plate-Forme Haïti de Suisse

Quaker United Nations Office

RADDHO - African Assembly for the Defense of Human Rights

SGI - Soka Gakkai International

Soroptimist International

The Human Rights House Foundation

TRIAL - Track Impunity Always

UFER - International Movement for Fraternal Union among Races and Peoples

Union of Arab Jurists

UPR-info.org Aims at raising awareness on the Universal periodic review (UPR) and providing capacity-building tools to the different actors.

WILPF - Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

For Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health, see here

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Non-Discrimination

ARIS - AntiRacism Information Service

Association romande contre le racisme

CONGO Committee on Racism and Racial Discrimination

CSI - Christian Solidarity International

EAFORD - International Organzation for the Elimination of All Forms of Racia Discrimination

IMADR - International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism

Interfaith International

LICRA - Ligue Internationale contre le Racisme et l'Anti-sémitisme

NCBI - National Coalition Building Institute

UFER - International Movement for Fraternal Union among Races and Peoples

CRAN - Carrefour de Réflexion et d'Action Contre le Racisme Anti-Noir

ENAR - European Network Against Racism

ICERD - International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

SOS Racisme

UNITED for Intercultural Action European network against nationalism, racism, fascism and to promote the rights of refugees, minorities and migrants.

European Address Book against Racism

For Asylum Seekers and Refugees, see Asylum Seekers and Refugees

For Human Rights of Women, see Women

For Indigenous Peoples and Minorities, see Indigenous Peoples and Minorities

For LGBT, we invite you to visit the page: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender/Transsexual people

For rights of disabled people, see Disability

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Rights of the Child

UNICEF

UNICEF - Innocenti Research Centre

ILO/IPEC - International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

Action for the Support of Deprived Children

Aide et Action Suisse

Association Anna Di Giusto pour l'enfance

BICE - International Catholic Child Bureau

Casa Alianza Suisse

CRC - Committee on the Rights of the Child

CRIN - Child Rights Information Network

DCI - Defence for Children International

Enfants du Monde

Focal Point Against Sexual Exploitation of Children

IBFAN - International Baby Food Action Network

NGO Group for the Convention on Rights of the Child

SCA - Save the Children

Terre des Hommes - International Federation

Terre des Hommes Switzerland

Terre des Hommes Foundation

Institut International des droits de l'Enfant

Step - Fair trade carpets label

CDI - Centre for Defence Information

Children and Armed Conflict

Childwatch International Research Network

Coalition to stop the use of child soldiers

Child Soldiers Global Report

Convention on the Rights of the Child

Convention on Worst Forms of Child Labour (ILO Convention no. 182)

Covenant House

Handbook on the Rights of the Child

Plan International

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Human Rights Defenders

FIDH - International Federation of Human Rights

ISHR - International Service for Human Rights

OMCT - World Organization Against Torture

PBI - Peace Brigades International

Procedure to submit a complaint for a human rights violation

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Training on Human Rights

IHEID - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Campus de la Paix

CODAP - Youth ressource center on Human Rights

CONGO NGO Working Group on Human Rights Education & Learning

EIP - World Association of School as an Instrument for Peace

Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights formerly "University Centre for International Humanitarian Law"

GIHR - Geneva Institute for Human Rights

GMEDIA CENTER

Henry Dunant University College Summer school in human rights and the right to education

Human Rights Tools Various human rights training courses all over the world

HURIDOCS Training in information management related to human rights

International Center for Transitional Justice - Fellowship programs

ISHR - International Service for Human Rights

OMCT Complaints Workshops Training for human rights advocates in the presentation of individual communications to UN treaty bodies for torture victims

Institut International des droits de l'Enfant

PWS - Peace Watch Switzerland

IIDH - The Inter-American Institute of Human Rights

Witness - Video Advocacy Institute

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