Useful Links: Human Rights Websites
Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel
http://www.adalah.org/eng/index.php
Al-Haq - Human Rights Group in Palestine
http://www.alhaq.org/
Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights - Gaza Strip-based website
http://www.mezan.org/site_en/index.php
Amnesty International - Organization working to protect human rights worldwide
http://www.amnesty.org/
Amnesty International USA Women's Human Rights
http://www.amnestyusa.org/women/index.do
Arab Association for Human Rights
http://www.arabhra.org/
The Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession
http://www.acijlp.org/
The Arab Organization for Human Rights - Calls for respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms of all citizens and residents of the Arab world.
http://aohr.org/
Arab Institute for Human Rights
http://www.aihr.org.tn/
The Arab Program for Human Rights Activists
http://www.aphra.org/
Arab Press Freedom Watch
http://www.apfw.org/indexenglish.asp
Association for Civil Rights in Israel
http://www.acri.org.il/english-acri/engine/story.asp?id=42
Betselem - The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
http://www.btselem.org/English/
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
http://www.cihrs.org/
Center of Arab Women for Training and Research
http://www.cawtar.org
Committee to Protect Journalists - Middle East/North Africa link
http://www.cpj.org/regions_04/mideast_04/mideast_04.html
DarEmar - A Syrian-based NGO that promotes raises the standards of
civic awareness in the Arab world.
http://www.daremar.org/
Doctors without Borders
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/
Egyptian Organization for Human Rights
http://www.eohr.org/
Human Rights Center for Prisoners Assistance
http://www.hrcap.org/
Human Rights First - Formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/middle_east/middle_east.htm
Human Rights Watch - Defending human rights worldwide
http://www.hrw.org/doc/?t=mideast
Institute for War And Peace Reporting - Coverage of human rights in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Central Asia
http://www.iwpr.net
International Crisis Group - Watchdog group for Human Rights abuses
http://www.icg.org/home/index.cfm?id=1096&l=1
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
http://www.ifrc.org/where/mena.asp
Iran Human Rights Documentation Center
www.iranhrdc.org
Kav La'Oved - Israeli human rights organization for workers.
http://www.kavlaoved.org.il/default_eng.asp
Land Center for Human rights
http://www.lchr-eg.org/eindex.htm
The Middle East NGOs Gateway Project - Clearinghouse for Middle East Civil Society Organizations
http://www.mengos.net/
"Millennium Development Goals in Arab Countries" - Download this important report on human development in the Arab world. Topics include female illiteracy, rural poverty, and access to safe drinking water, among many others.
http://www.undp.org.ye/arabMDGEnglish.pdf
Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue & Democracy (MIFTAH)
http://www.miftah.org/
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
http://www.pchrgaza.org/
Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Gourp - Monitors human rights abuses by Palestinian Authority.
http://www.phrmg.org/
The Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens' Rights
http://www.piccr.org/
Rabbis for Human Rights
http://www.rhr.israel.net/
Reporters without Borders - Middle East/North Africa link
http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=43
The Tharwa Project - Site dedicated to addressing aspirations and concerns of religious and ethnic minorities in the Arab world.
http://www.tharwaproject.com
U.N. Development Program regional webpage (Middle East/North Africa)
http://www.undp.org/rbas/
U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees
http://www.UNHCR.org
Women's Human Rights
http://www.whrnet.org/