Human Rights Organisations

List of Human Rights Organisations

Amnesty International

Founded in London in 1961
By the lawyer Peter Benenson.
Awarded Nobel Prize on 1977

Helsinki Watch

Founded in 1978
Private American NGO devoted to monitoring implementation

Human Rights Watch

Founded in 1978
Headquarters: New York City, United States

UN Watch

Founded in 1993
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland

Amazon Watch

Founded in Sanfrancisco California in 1996s
It works to protect the rainforest and advance the rights of indigenious people in the Amazon Basin.

International Human Rights Day: 1993 December 10

IIndian Human Rights Commissioner: Jst. K. G. Balakrishnan