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ACT Alliance
"ACT is an alliance of 125 churches and related organisations that work together in humanitarian assistance, advocacy and development."
"ACT is an alliance of 125 churches and related organisations that work together in humanitarian assistance, advocacy and development."
"International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) is dedicated to protecting the basic legal rights of ordinary individuals in developing countries. Specifically, IBJ works to guarantee everyone the right to competent legal representation, the right to be protected from cruel and unusual punishment, and the right to a fair trial. IBJ was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Geneva."
"The FIFDH is one of the most important events dedicated to cinema and human rights. Since 2003, it has been held every year in the heart of Geneva, the international capital of human rights, in parallel with the main session of the UN Council. For 10 days, the FIFDH proposes films followed by debates that address and denounce human rights violations wherever they occur. Activists, NGOs, professors, diplomats, artists, activists, journalists and the general public are invited to gather and confront their points of view in this unique place.
"The Centre for Civil and Political Rights aims to promote, facilitate and develop NGO engagement with the UN Human Rights Committee. The CCPR Centre’s activities target national and regional NGOs (including regional NGO networks) as well as thematic NGOs whose mandates relate to the ICCPR. The main areas of activities are the following: Promotion of the role and the participation of the NGOs in the HR Committee’s reporting procedure; Build the capacity and support NGOs in their activities related to the HR Committee, including the follow-up to the concluding observations."
"The World Federation of United Nations Associations, WFUNA, is a global nonprofit organization working for a stronger and more effective United Nations. Established in 1946, we represent and coordinate a membership of over 100 United Nations Associations (UNAs) and their thousands of members. We work to build a better world by strengthening and improving the United Nations through the engagement of people who share a global mindset and support international cooperation – global citizens.
"Established in 2002, the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) is the leading organisation promoting child protection in cocoa-growing communities. ICI works with the cocoa industry, civil society and national governments in cocoa-producing countries to ensure a better future for children and contribute to the elimination of child labour."
"The Gulf Research Center Foundation is a non-profit organization which aims to gather and disseminate knowledge about the political, economic, social, and security issues defining the Gulf region. The Foundation's numerous public events promote and facilitate communication and dialogue between citizens of the Gulf region and those outside the region, notably through media, conferences and workshops."
"The Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF), a non-governmental organisation established in 1989 and located at the Human Rights House Oslo, Norway and in Geneva, Switzerland, is the Secretariat of the HRH Network. The Secretariat works to protect, strengthen and support human rights organisations and unite them in an international network of Human Rights Houses."
"The FSD is a humanitarian organization founded in Geneva in 1997. FSD experts destroy landmines and unexploded ordnance, decontaminate sites polluted by toxic waste and support populations affected by armed conflict and instability. Since its inception, FSD has conducted operations in some 30 countries on four continents."
"The RET was founded in December 2000 by Mrs Sadako Ogata, then United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The organisation is committed to assisting communities to meet the educational needs, in the broadest sense, of young people made vulnerable by displacement, violence, armed conflict and disasters, through providing education and self-reliance, and contributing towards durable solutions, sustainable development, reconstruction, peace and stability in the affected regions of the world."