The only tripartite U.N. agency, since 1919 the ILO brings together governments, employers and workers of 187 Member States, to set labor standards, develop policies and devise programs promoting decent work for all women and men.
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is a regional security-oriented intergovernmental organization comprising member states in Europe, North America, and Asia. Its mandate includes issues such as arms control, the promotion of human rights, freedom of the press, and free and fair elections.
The Organization of American States uses a four-pronged approach to effectively implement its essential purposes, based on its main pillars: democracy, human rights, security, and development.
Since its establishment by Constitutional Mandate, the South African Human Rights Commission has dedicated itself to: Raising awareness of human rights issues; Monitoring and assessing the observance of human rights; Education and training on human rights; Addressing human rights violations and seeking effective redress.
The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a center for harmonizing the actions of nations.
The annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, also known as the Human Rights Reports, cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agreements.
Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Human Rights Organizations (selected)
These organizations provide analysis and reports on Human Rights issues and cases.
The International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights (INTERIGHTS) has compiled a database of digests of human rights decisions from Commonwealth and other countries.
The stated mission of the organisation is to campaign for "a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights instruments."
The group pressures governments, policymakers, companies, and individual human rights abusers to denounce abuse and respect human rights, and often works on behalf of refugees, children, migrants, and political prisoners.
Since 1976 HRI has promoted human rights and social justice through leadership opportunities and documentation projects, publications, events, and more recently though small grants.
Lawyers Without Borders is a non-profit whose mission is to advance global rule of law, build capacity and integrity in the world’s justice sectors and support transitions and development.
The Secretariat and the Commission undertake advocacy and policy work aimed at strengthening the role of lawyers and judges in protecting and promoting human rights and the rule of law.
