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International human rights law (IHRL) is the body of international law designed to promote human rights on social, regional, and domestic levels. As a form of international law, international human rights law is primarily made up of treaties, agreements between sovereign states intended to have binding legal effect between the parties that have agreed to them; and customary international law.
Global Rights. Global Rights is an international human rights capacity-building non-governmental organization ( NGO ). [ 1] Founded in Washington, D.C., in 1978 with the name International Human Rights Law Group, the organization changed its name to Global Rights: Partners for Justice in 2003 on the occasion of its 25th anniversary. [ 2]
The International Commission of Jurists ( ICJ) is an international human rights non-governmental organization. It is a standing group of 60 eminent jurists—including senior judges, attorneys and academics—who work to develop national and international human rights standards through the law. Commissioners are known for their experience ...
Human Rights Watch. Human Rights Without Frontiers International. HURIDOCS. IFEX. Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission. Institute for War and Peace Reporting. Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense. International Alliance of Women. International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists.
The Republic of Nicaragua v. The United States of America (1986) [ 2] was a case where the International Court of Justice (ICJ) held that the U.S. had violated international law by supporting the Contras in their rebellion against the Sandinistas and by mining Nicaragua's harbors. The case was decided in favor of Nicaragua and against the ...
International human rights instruments are the treaties and other international texts that serve as legal sources for international human rights law and the protection of human rights in general. [ 1] There are many varying types, but most can be classified into two broad categories: declarations, adopted by bodies such as the United Nations ...
amnesty.org. Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom. The organization says it has more than ten million members and supporters around the world. [ 1]
10 December, the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration, is celebrated annually as World Human Rights Day or International Human Rights Day. The commemoration is observed by individuals, community and religious groups, human rights organizations, parliaments, governments, and the United Nations.