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  • Recognizing Problems
  • Accountability
  • Research & Advocacy
  • Policy Decisions
  • The Future

  • ABOUT THE PROJECT
    • Introducing “Human Rights Advocacy and the History of Human Rights Standards”
    • What Is International Human Rights Policy?
    • Your Questions
  • USING THE SITE
  • Instructors
  • Students
  • Advocates
  • Researchers
  • Contact


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All Topics

  • RECOGNIZING PROBLEMS
    • Recognizing Human Rights Problems
    • Torture
    • Enforced Disappearances
    • Invoking Standards of International Humanitarian Law
    • Interdependence and Indivisibility of Economic and Political Rights
  • ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ABUSE
    • Establishing Accountability for Human Rights Abuse
    • Government Obligations
    • Armed Insurgent Groups and Other Non-State Actors
    • Individual Criminal Accountability
    • Corporate Accountability
    • Women’s Rights: Due Diligence, Private Actors, and Domestic Violence
  • RESEARCH FOR ADVOCACY
    • Methods of Research and Advocacy
    • A Basic Approach to Human Rights Research
    • Forensic Evidence and Human Rights Reporting
    • Research in Conflict Zones and Military Forensics
  • MAKING POLICY DECISIONS
    • Making international Human Rights Policy Decisions
    • The UN and Human Rights Policy
    • The Human Rights Movement – Advocacy for Policy Change
  • THE FUTURE
    • The Future: Frontiers in Human Rights Policy

Human Rights Glossary

Non-Governmental Organization

NGO – Non-governmental organization.  In the human rights context, NGOs are organizations comprised of private individuals working to protect and promote human rights, either domestically or internationally.

See more human rights glossary terms…

Human Rights Policy Resources

  • Core Human Rights Treaties and Monitoring Bodies
  • UN Special Procedures
  • UN Treaty Collection
  • Universal Human Rights Instruments

Human Rights: From Practice to Policy

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