Workers' RIghts are Human Rights

Global

Sindicatos

International Human Rights Day commemorates the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Signed and ratified by the U.S. in 1948, the treaty states, “Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.”

Fahamu

Namibia, Sudáfrica

La detención

Students for a Free Tibet (SFT)

Tibet

Esclavitud y trabajos forzados, La libertad de religión y de creencias, Pueblos originarios

Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) works in solidarity with the Tibetan people in their struggle for freedom and independence. We are a chapter-based network of young people and activists around the world. Through education, grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action, we campaign for Tibetans’ fundamental right to political freedom. Our role is to empower and train youth as leaders in the worldwide movement for social justice.

PEN World Voices Festival for International Literature

Global

Educación, La libertad de opinión y de expresión

PEN American Center, founded in 1921 is one of the world's oldest human rights organizations and the oldest international literary organization. We work to advance literature, to defend free expression, and to foster international literary fellowship. In 2004 we established the World Voices Festival, which takes place annually in New York City, as a place to explore and reinforce our core mission through literary conversations, panels, readings, and performances.

CCR

Estados Unidos de América

La discriminación racial, La independencia del poder judicial, Los crímenes de guerra

The Center for Constitutional Rights is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Founded in 1966 by attorneys who represented civil rights movements in the South, CCR is a non-profit legal and educational organization committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change.