- Inuit Circumpolar Conference
- Region: Canada, Noth America
- Issues: Capacity Building, Human Rights
- Mission Statement: Founded in 1977 by the late Eben Hopson of Barrow,
Alaska, the Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC) has flourished and grown
into a major international non-government organization representing approximately
150,000 Inuit of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and Chukotka (Russia). The organization
holds Consultative Status II at the United Nations.
To thrive in their circumpolar homeland, Inuit had the vision to realize they must speak with a united voice on issues of common concern and combine their energies and talents towards protecting and promoting their way of life.
- Kenya National Commission on Human Rights
- Region: Kenya, Africa
- Issues: Human Rights
- Mission Statement: The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (the National Commission) is an independent national human rights institution established by the government through an Act of Parliament, namely the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights Act 2002. It's core mandate is to further the protection and promotion of human rights in Kenya. Many countries have similar bodies that audit the government on human rights. The UN encourages governments to create national human rights institutions as a strategy towards enhancing protection and promotion of human rights.
- Amnesty International Film Festival
- Region: U.S.A., North America
- Issues: Human Rights, Media
- Mission Statement: Few artistic media have the power to reach across
cultures, languages, and even time itself to influence millions of people
in the language of our daily lives. Film has such power. Each year dozens
of talented filmmakers work against long odds, short finances, and threatening
politics to bring to the screen powerful stories of human struggle, sacrifice,
and triumph.
Some documentary filmmakers have risked their very lives so that we may be moved by far-off stories that, once told, seem very much closer to home. The Amnesty International Film Festival is dedicated to bringing these stories to our communities so that our colleagues, neighbors, and friends can see for themselves the full-range of challenges facing people in every part of the world.
- UNICEF, Colombia
- Region: Colombia, South America
- Issues: Children & Youth, Human Rights
- Mission Statement: UNICEF is the driving force that helps build
a world where the rights of every child are realized. We have the global
authority to influence decision-makers, and the variety of partners at grassroots
level to turn the most innovative ideas into reality. That makes us unique
among world organizations, and unique among those working with the young.
We believe that nurturing and caring for children are the cornerstones of human progress. UNICEF was created with this purpose in mind - to work with others to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease and discrimination place in a child's path. We believe that we can, together, advance the cause of humanity.
- UNICEF, Uganda
- Region: Uganda, Africa
- Issues: Children & Youth, Human Rights
- Mission Statement: UNICEF is the driving force that helps build
a world where the rights of every child are realized. We have the global
authority to influence decision-makers, and the variety of partners at grassroots
level to turn the most innovative ideas into reality. That makes us unique
among world organizations, and unique among those working with the young.
We believe that nurturing and caring for children are the cornerstones of human progress. UNICEF was created with this purpose in mind - to work with others to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease and discrimination place in a child's path. We believe that we can, together, advance the cause of humanity.
- Asociacion Civil de Igualdad y de Justicia
- Region: Argentina, South America
- Issues: Capacity Building, Human Rights
- Mission Statement: The Civil Association for Equality and Justice
(ACIJ) is a nonpartisan and nonprofit organization, acting as a place where
citizens can participate, generating proposals, training and converge their
enthusiasm to build a more just and equitable society.
Founded in early 2002 by a group of youths committed to the development of the country, strengthening of institutions, respect for the Constitution and law enforcement, and at the same time, worried about social inequality, corruption and lack of transparency that affect our democracy. Our mission is to contribute to the strengthening and stabilization of the Argentine institutions, promote respect for fundamental rights and work for the defense of the most vulnerable groups of society.
- Inst. for Human Rights Development Africa
- Region: Gambia, Africa
- Issues: Human Rights, Transitional & Restorative Justice
- Mission Statement: The Institute for Human Rights and Development
in Africa (the Institute) was founded and established in 1997 in Banjul,
The Gambia, by two human rights lawyers who had previously worked for the
Secretariat of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. The
vision for the Institute was a Pan-African non-governmental organization
with the specific objective of advancing the respect for human rights in
Africa.
The Institute's mandate is to increase the effectiveness and accessibility of the human rights protection mechanisms of the African Union, since the most imminent challenge blocking the effectiveness of the African human rights system is a lack of awareness concerning its procedures. The Institute has undertaken to promote respect for human rights on the continent by strengthening the human rights institutions in Africa, ensuring compliance with the existing norms and making the system widely accessible to victims of human rights violations and other actors of civil society.
The Institute believes that African human rights law can be a powerful tool for advocacy and justice if civil society has the necessary information and training to use treaties effectively. The Institute also believes that sustainable development must harness the existing will, energies, and vision of the population. Accordingly we strive to promote awareness of human rights and development concerns in Africa and to create an environment that is conducive for the full realization of development by means of the advancement of human security for all Africans through the effective implementation of the African human rights instruments.