Organisation for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights

Human Rights for Change is a group of human rights activists and international legal scholars who seek to promote the protection of human rights through reporting and documenting human rights issues, increasing awareness through the dissemination of information, advocacy and lobbying, creative action, education, monitoring the media and by providing legal assistance, in particular to NGOs in the developing world. This group believes that global inequalities and imbalances can be redressed through the protection and promotion of universal human rights.

Recent documents: 07 Nov 07: The Human Right to Housing in Burma: What Happens When the State Simply Does Not Care? 25 Oct 07: Flexible Labour? Contemporary Slavery in Burma 17 Jul 07: Colorism In South America 13 Jul 07: The Right to Habeas Corpus and U.S. Obligations 13 Jul 07: The Right to Habeas Corpus and U.S. Obligations 26 Jun 07: Saving the Hadzabe of Tanzania 26 Jun 07: Saving the Hadzabe of Tanzania 12 Jun 07: Trafficking of Women and Children in Malawi [ New document ]

Issues / Areas: Middle East Irish and European Society Migrant Workers Corporate Responsibility and Development International Law and the UN Asia [ New issue ]

News – June 2007 Human Rights for Change ongoing weekly human rights opinion series is gathering pace. We hope that this series will provide a fresh perspective on a variety of contemporary issues, framing the role which international human rights law can play in contemporary campaigns for the realisation of human rights and justice, as well as giving updates on various campaigns from around the globe which Human Rights for Change is involved in. And speaking of campaigns, a seminar was held on 19th April 2007 in the London School of Economics which examined the issue of migrant workers' rights in the United Arab Emirates. More information on the event is available at http://www.mafiwasta.com/. News October 25th, 2007 HRfC has started a "Blog" at: http://humanrightsforchange.blogspot.com/ This will allow our members to continually update the website on their current activities around the world. One member of HRfC is currently working in North Western Thailand with political activists from Burma on a number of pressing issues ranging from human rights education to activism against the development of exploitative natural resource extraction. He will report on the situation at regular intervals on the "Blog". [ Edit text ]