Top 10 International Human rights organizations

Name: Amnesty International

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Focus area: The objective of the organization is “to conduct research and generate action to
prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have
been violated
Beneficiaries: Amnesty reports disproportionately on relatively more democratic and open
countries, arguing that its intention is not to produce a range of reports which statistically
represents the world’s human rights abuses, but rather to apply the pressure of public opinion to
encourage improvements.
Countries: Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 3 million supporters,
members and activists in over 150 countries and territories who campaign to end grave abuses of
human rights.
Financing: Amnesty International is financed largely by fees and donations from its worldwide
membership. It says that it does not accept donations from governments or governmental
organizations. According to the AI website, “these personal and unaffiliated donations allow AI
to maintain full independence from any and all governments, political ideologies, economic
interests or religions.
However, AI did receive grants from the UK Department for International Development, the
European Commissionthe United States State Department and other governments

Name: Global Rights

Focus area: Promote and protect the rights of marginalized populations through capacity
building
Beneficiaries: Global Rights is an international human rights capacity-building non-
governmental organization (NGO) that works side by side with local activists in Africa, Asia,
and Latin America to promote and protect the rights of marginalized populations. Through
broad-based technical assistance and training, they strengthen partners to document and expose
human rights abuses, conduct community outreach and mobilization, advocate for legal and
policy reform, and provide legal and programming.
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At the core of their programming is a deep commitment to increase access to justice for poor and
marginalized groups, promote women’s rights and gender equality, and advance ethnic and racial
equality. In addition to this, they have two special initiatives—lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, and intersex rights and natural resources and human rights—that allow them to
explore new program areas while targeting populations that fit within their core legal services.

Countries: Africa, Asia and Latin America e.g. Afghanistan, Algeria, Brazil, Burundi,
Colombia, Congo, Morocco, Nigeria, Peru, Sierra Leone, Uganda

Financing: Global Rights is governed by a seventeen-member board of directors comprising

senior lawyers, journalists, and academics and operated by a 70-member staff, two-thirds of
whom work outside the United States

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Name: Human Right watch

Focus areas: Human rights activism
Beneficiaries: Pursuant to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Human Rights Watch
opposes violations of what it considers basic human rights, which include capital punishment and
discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Human Rights Watch advocates freedoms in
connection with fundamental human rights, such as freedom of religion and the press.
Human Rights Watch produces research reports on violations of international human rights
norms as set out by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and what it perceives to be other
internationally accepted human rights norms. These reports are used as the basis for drawing
international attention to abuses and pressuring governments and international organizations to
reform.
Countries: Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa,
United States

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Finances: The George Soros Open Society Foundation is the primary donor of the Human
Rights Watch, contributing $100 million of $128 million of contributions and grants received by
the HRW in the 2011 financial year. The $100 million contribution from the Open Society
Foundation will be paid out over ten years in $10 million annual installments.

Name: International Committee of the Red Cross

Focus area: The official mission statement says that: “The International Committee of the Red
Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral, and independent organization whose exclusively
humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence
and to provide them with assistance.” It also directs and coordinates international relief and
works to promote and strengthen humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles.
Beneficiaries: The foundation of national relief societies for wounded soldiers, Neutrality and
protection for wounded soldiers, the utilization of volunteer forces for relief assistance on the
battlefield and the organization.
Countries: The ICRC operates in over 80 countries with a total number of 11,000 employed
people worldwide. The extensive network of missions and delegations of the ICRC can relieve
Nations that are affected by armed conflicts and other sources of violence. In 2013 the ten largest
operations worldwide are Pakistan, Mali/Niger, Afghanistan, Yemen, Iraq, Colombia, Somalia,
Israel, Somalia, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sudan.
Finances: All payments to the ICRC are voluntary and are received as donations based on two
types of appeals issued by the Committee: an annual Headquarters Appeal to cover its internal
costs and Emergency Appeals for its individual missions. Most of the ICRC’s funding comes
from Switzerland and the United States, with the other European states and the EU close behind.
Together with Australia, Canada, Japan, and New Zealand, they contribute about 80–85% of the
ICRC’s budget. About 3% comes from private gifts, and the rest comes from national Red Cross
societies.

Name: International Federation for Human Rights

Focus area: Protect human rights defenders, ensure effective human rights, and justice for all,
globalization with due respect for human rights.
Beneficiaries: The foundation of national relief societies for wounded soldiers, Neutrality and
protection for wounded soldiers, the utilization of volunteer forces for relief assistance on the
battlefield and the organization.

Countries: 178 human rights organizations in more than 100 countries. FIDH provides training
and assists in creating opportunities for dialogue with authorities. From 2004 to 2005, FIDH
undertook such programs in 32 countries in Africa, 16 in Latin America, 3 in Asia and 10 in the
North Africa/Middle Eastern region.
Finances: FIDH’s total income in 2012 was €5,362,268 (nearly US$7.1m), of which
approximately 80% came from “grants and donations”. “FIDH relies heavily on donations from
the public and from private businesses, contributions from its member organizations and on the
commitment of its voluntary workers. It also receives grants from international and national
bodies, and from foundations …”

Name: Norwegian Refugee Council

Focus area: The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC, Norwegian: Flyktninghjelpen) is a
humanitarian, non-governmental organization which promotes and protects the rights of people
affected by displacement. This includes refugees and internally displaced persons who are forced
to flee their homes as a result of conflict, human rights violations and acute violence, as well as
climate change and natural disasters.
Beneficiaries: NRC is politically independent and has no religious affiliation. NRC is also the
only Norwegian organization that specializes in international efforts to provide assistance,
protection and durable solutions for people affected by displacement. NRC’s employs
approximately 3500 staff members in 20 countries throughout Africa, Asia, South America and
the Middle East. NRC headquarters is located in Oslo with about 170 employees. Additionally
the organization has a presence in Brussels, Geneva, Addis Ababa and Dubai.
Countries: NRC is currently present in around 20 countries worldwide. We have projects
running in countries in Africa, America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. In addition we
maintain offices in Norway, Switzerland and Belgium.
Finances: Major donors include the Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil
Protection (ECHO); Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA); Swedish International
Development Agency (SIDA); United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Name: Refugees International

Focus area: Advocating for lifesaving assistance and protection for displaced people and
promotes solutions to displacement crises. Media attention,advocating,research through missions
to locations of displacement
Beneficiaries: Refugees International is an independent humanitarian organization that
advocates for better support for displaced people (including refugees and internally displaced
people) and stateless people. It does not accept any United Nations or government funding. It
publishes longer reports, as well as approximately twenty-five field reports throughout the year
on displacement issues, as well as comments on international aid issues around the world.
Countries: Afghanistan, Burma, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Kuwait,
Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan

Name: UN Watch
Focus areas: Monitoring the United Nations, Promoting Human Rights
Beneficiaries: UN Watch is a non-governmental organization based in Geneva whose mandate
is to monitor the performance of the United Nations by the yardstick of its own Charter. UN
Watch was established in 1993 by the legendary civil rights activist Morris B. Abram, the former
U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva. UN Watch participates actively
at the UN as an accredited NGO in Special Consultative Status to the UN Economic and Social
Council (ECOSOC) and as an Associate NGO to the UN Department of Public Information
(DPI). It reports regularly to both.
Countries: UN Watch believes in the United Nations’ mission on behalf of the international
community to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war” and provide for a more
just world. We believe that even with its shortcomings, the UN remains an indispensable tool in
bringing together diverse nations and cultures. UN Watch is keenly aware that member states
often ask the UN to fulfill mandates and tasks that are neither feasible nor within the means
provided. While it would be unrealistic to ignore the UN’s weaknesses, we advocate finding
ways to build on its strengths and use its limited resources effectively.
Finances: UN Watch receives no financial support from any government. We rely on the
generosity of charitable donations.

Name: Human Rights Foundation

Focus area: “To ensure that freedom is both preserved and promoted.” The Human Rights
Foundation (HRF) is a non-profit organization that promotes and protects human rights globally,
with a focus on closed societies
Beneficiaries: The Human Rights Foundation mission is to “unite people in the common cause
of defending human rights and promoting liberal democracy. Our mission is to ensure that
freedom is both preserved and promoted”.
Finances: HRF states that donations are accepted “with a categorical understanding that the
foundation is free to research and investigate regardless of where such investigations may lead or
what conclusions HRF may reach.” If an individual or foundation has contributed to HRF’s
work, this does not mean that HRF necessarily endorses said individual or foundation’s views or
opinions. HRF does not publish all the names of their donors, saying that some of donors fear
retaliation, others are concerned about being approached for donations, and others may disagree
with HRF.

Name: Protection International

Focus area: Protection International (PI) is an international non-profit organization dedicated to
the protection of human rights defenders (HRDs). Its stated mission is to enhance the security
and the protection of “threatened civil society actors with non-violent means, especially those
who fight for their legitimate rights and for the rights of others as they are guaranteed by the
international humanitarian law and the human rights conventions”
Beneficiaries: Protection International provides tools and strategies to people who defend
human rights, in order to protect themselves. We support individuals, organizations, networks,
and communities whose right to defend human rights is being violated through threats, judicial
harassment, stigmatization, or other forms of repression.
Countries: Over the years, Protection International has received requests for immediate and
long-term support from human rights defenders in over forty countries. Asia, Africa and Latin
America, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Honduras, Bolivia, the Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Ingushetia, Serbia, Indonesia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, India
and Thailand
Finances: Protection International is an international, non-profit organization that brings
protection strategies and security management tools to human rights defenders at risk. Since
2004, Protection International has been working with local partners in over thirty countries
throughout the world.
Protection International envisions a world where human rights and fundamental freedoms are
universally recognized and respected, and where everyone has the right to defend these rights
and freedoms without fear of threats or attack.

Number 1 organization:
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is a global movement of more than seven million people who are
independent of any type of political ideology, religion or economic interest and who take
injustice personally. The movement campaigns for the world in which human rights are enjoyed
by all.

The core activities of Amnesty International are research, advocacy and lobbying and campaigns
and action. The organization employs experts who do accurate and facts-based research into
human rights violations by governments and other actors. This analysis is, then, used to influence
and press governments and decision-makers to undertake the necessary steps to stop or prevent
human rights violations. The organization also employs the methods of campaigns and advocacy
through petitions, letters and protests to call for action. In this way, the Amnesty International
covers a big spectrum of human rights from seeking the release of political prisoners to
protecting sexual and reproductive rights.
Why Amnesty international is number 1 organization working in 2030:
In its early years, Amnesty was an effective human rights organization characterized by clarity of
purpose and focused on prisoner of conscience release. In contrast, its current mission attempts
to tackle the entire universe of human rights violations.