OTHER ORGANISATIONS

1) WORLD BANK

2) AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

The Amnesty International was formed in July 1961, in London, United Kingdom by the lawyers-Peter
Benenson and Philip James.

Amnesty International is a non-governmental organization that works for the upliftment of human rights
and has a supporter list of close to 7 million around the world. There are members of Amnesty
International in more than 140 countries and territories around the world.

AI throws light on human rights violations by governments, armed political groups, companies, etc., via
different sources like newsletters, annual reports, and background papers

VISION -

Its vision is of 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 standards.

In pursuit of this vision, AI’s mission is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and
ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and
expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES-

All AI’s work is guided by the principles of:

International solidarity,

Effective action for the individual victim,

Global coverage,

Universality and indivisibility of human rights,

Impartiality and independence,

Democracy and mutual respect.

3) UNICEF