Howard League for Penal Reform - Aims to promote humane treatment of offenders according to the international instruments; to eliminate racial, class and ethnic discrimination in penal measures; to reduce the use of prison throughout the world and to replace prison whenever possible by constructive alternatives that are meaningful to victims; also works for the abolition of the death penalty.

Innocent until proven guilty (website funded by the Persula Foundation and run by the Prison Reform Trust )

Inquest

Prison Reform Trust - Conducts campaigns and research, organises lectures and conferences on prison reform issues. Provides information and advice to prisoners, their families, staff and the legal community

Rethinking Crime and Punishment

United Families and Friends Campaign

Equality

Age Concern

British Humanist Association

Commission for Racial Equality

Disability Rights Commission

Discrimination Law Association

Equal Opportunities Commission

Equalities Review

Equality Commission for Northern Ireland

Equality and Diversity Forum

European Network Against Racism (ENAR)

European Union

Help The Aged

Runnymede Trust

Stonewall

OutRage - at petertatchell.net Peter Tatchell is a co-founder and leading activist in the queer rights direct action group OutRage!

The Age and Employment Network

The 1990 Trust

Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR) - Will come into being in October 2007. - "The new Commission will be an independent influential champion whose purpose is to reduce inequality, eliminate discrimination, strengthen good relations between people and protect human rights."

Women and Equality Unit

Europe

Council of Europe

House of Lords EU Select Committee

Statewatch

Convention for the Future of Europe

European Criminal Bar Association

Human Rights

British Institute of Human Rights - The British Institute of Human Rights has for over thirty years been educating people about the importance of human rights. Today it has a significant voice, advocating for the human rights of the most disadvantaged and vulnerable communities across the UK and striving to make human rights relevant for all.

British Irish Rights Watch

Campaign for Freedom of Information

Charter 88 - Campaigns for a modern and fair democracy and lobbies on any issues around constitutional reform and reforming democracy. Has also produced teaching materials for human rights.

European Court of Human Rights

Human Rights Watch - Aims to protect the human rights of people world-wide by the investigation and exposure of human rights violations. Lobbies governments to end abusive practices and respect international human rights law

Foreign Office Human Rights Policy Department

Human Rights Act 1998

The Human Rights Directory (University of Bristol)

Joint Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights

Kings College London Human Rights Act Research Unit

MagnacartaPlus - Site to promote civil liberties and provide information in pursuit of this objective. A watch on any attempts by governments to reduce or interfere with civil liberties and freedoms.

Justice - Organisation of lawyers and legal professionals. Aims through its research, publications, training and events to promote human rights and the fair administration of justice and to expose miscarriages of justice. UK branch of the International Commission of Jurists

Centre for the International Study of Cyberethics and Human Rights.

Victim Support - Advises and supports people affected by crime, offering emotional and practical support and information. Works through a network of local schemes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Doughty Street Chambers - The Human Rights Act Research Unit (HRARU) HRARU's purpose is to monitor and evaluate the Human Rights Act 1998.

Prison Reform Trust - The work of the Prison Reform Trust is aimed at creating a just, humane and effective penal system

United Families and Friends Campaign - The UFFC is a coalition of families and friends of those that have died in the custody of police and prison officers as well as those who are killed in secure psychiatric hospitals.

Inquest - "Provides a specialist, comprehensive advice service to bereaved people, lawyers, other advice and support agencies, the media, MPs and the wider public on contentious deaths and their investigation"

Federation Internationale des ligues des Droits de l'Homme (FIDH)
International Federation for Human Rights - A federation of some 115 national leagues and councils for human and civil rights, based in Paris. It carries out missions to different countries, produces reports and a newsletter, and represents its constituent members before the UN Human Rights Commission and other international and regional bodies.

Rights of Women - Rights of Women works to attain justice and equality by informing, educating and empowering women on their legal rights. Website includes details of their advice line, policy work and events.

Action for Prisoners' Families - National organisation acting as the voice for the concerns of prisoners' families across the UK. APF encourages the development of, and provides support to, organisations and professionals working with prisoners' families. APF campaigns for the just treatment of prisoners' families by the prison system and society, and publicises the effects of imprisonment on the whole family.

Legal Action Group

Liberty

Department for Constitutional Affairds Human Rights Pages

National Assembly for Wales Human Rights Pages

Northern Ireland Executive Human Rights Pages

Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission

Scottish Executive Human Rights Pages

Scottish Human Rights Centre - Aims to promote human rights in Scotland through education, advice, research, monitoring and reporting. Details of activities and contact information.

The Liberty Guide to Human Rights (YourRights)

The Public Law Project - A charity which aims to improve access to public law remedies for those whose access is restricted by poverty, discrimination or other similar barriers. Provides legal advice, representation and telephone advice lines, conducts research and training, and issues publications.

United Nations Commission on Human Rights

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

UN International Human Rights Documents

United Nations Human Rights Pages

Database on the United Nations human rights treaty system

International Human Rights Documents

UN International Human Rights Documents

European Convention on Human Rights as amended by Protocol 11

American Convention on Human Rights

African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights

European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights

Legal system