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Are you looking for friendly verified services to help you on your journey to safety? AMASO is a small humanitarian, non-governmental and non-profit organization staffed by Abdul Ghafoor (Director of AMASO) and Liza Schuster. They offer migration advice and counseling to those planning to leave Afghanistan and to those recently returned (voluntarily or by force). They provide expert reports in asylum cases, prepare statements to aid refugee family reunification, and facilitate communication between lawyers, supporters and deportees. They mainly mainly help those who are referred through referrals by organizations and individuals based in Europe. They claim to provide temporary accommodation and educational workshops too. Afghanistan Migrants Advice and Support Organization was established in 2014 to address the need of an increasing number of people being deported from various European countries and Australia. Whatsapp: +93 77 520 3201 JRS provide quality education, vocational training, and emergency relief. Most signficantly, English language and computer courses, teacher training, and tertiary level education (certificate and diploma courses both online and offsite).JRS serves returnees, IDPs, and minority ethnic groups living in Kabul, Herat, Bamiyan, and Daikundi provinces. The Jesuit Refugee Service is an international Catholic organisation with a mission to accompany, serve and advocate on behalf of refugees and other forcibly displaced persons. For more than fourteen years, the BCHR has carried out many projects, including advocacy, training, workshops, seminars, media campaigns and reporting to UN mechanisms and international NGOs. The BCHR has also participated in many regional an international conferences and workshops in addition to testifying in national parliaments across Europe, the EU parliament, and the United States Congress. To encourage and support individuals and groups to be proactive in the protection of their own and others’ rights; and to struggle to promote democracy and human rights in accordance with international norms. To document and report on human rights violations in Bahrain. To use this documentation for advocacy to influence international policies according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 4553893133 Dronningensgade 14, 1420 København K, Denmark In our communities, we raise awareness of key issues by hosting events with an emphasis on bringing speakers from the Bahraini-American community and from Bahrain to the US to meet with lawmakers, US government officials, and other non-profit organizations. In the non-profit sector, we work closely with other leading human rights organizations in the US, Bahrain, and Europe to strengthen advocacy efforts. In Congress and the executive branch, we develop relationships with key legislative representatives and government officials to create sustainable improvements in US foreign policy that support and strengthen human rights in Bahrain. Internationally, we work with activists and non-governmental organizations to raise awareness of the human rights situation in Bahrain among UN officials, state representatives to the UN, and European parliament leaders. In the media, we work to increase awareness of the human rights situation in Bahrain by promoting and distributing news and information regarding events taking place within Bahrain, and by serving as a source of expertise in interviews and in written publications. In Bahrain, we support the work of leaders in the democracy and human rights movement by facilitating connections between them and US policymakers, other government officials, and leading non-profit organizations in the US. Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) fosters awareness of and support for democracy and human rights in Bahrain and Gulf Cooperation Council Countries (GCC). The psychological department of Beijing LGBT Center takes “psychological counseling” services and “training of friendly psychological counselors for sexual minorities” as its core work content, provides professional psychological counseling services to the community, and cultivates friendly psychological counselors with diverse competences. As well, The Transgender Project Department adheres to the concept of “based on the community, serving the community” and emphasizes the importance of advocacy and service in parallel. From the community service work of the “trans-child space” and the “transgender hotline” to the industry advocacy work in the medical, legal and psychological fields, in order to achieve the self-growth of the community and the establishment of a social support system, all work is in service to empowering and advocating in this logical closed loop. By creating a diverse and inclusive social environment, the Beijing Gay Center enables the gay community to enjoy equal rights and enjoy a healthy, independent, and dignified life. 010-64466970 803, Building 1, Wanda Plaza, No. 93 Jianguo Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing (near Metro Line 1, Exit D), Rm 1803, Bldg 1, Wanda Plaza, Jianguo Road No.93, Chaoyang District, Beijing Health, Advocacy, Capacity building, and Research. The Humsafar Trust (HST) was founded in April 1994 by reputed journalist Ashok Row Kavi, to reach out to LGBTQ communities in Mumbai Metro and surrounding areas. After much networking and advocacy with the Mumbai Municipal Corporation it became the first openly Gay Community Based Organisation to be allotted space in a Municipal building in Mumbai. 91-22-26673800 The Humsafar Trust 3rd Floor, Manthan Plaza, Nehru Road, Vakola, Santacruz (East), Mumbai – 400 055 India The LGBBTQIA+ Initative provides inclusion and a greater understanding of sexuality, empowering members from the community to access their rights. It supports individuals to access their rights such as medical services, face-to-face and telephonic counselling and referral services. They can access the helpline to seek support on understanding their sexuality, coming out with their identity, relationship issues, safe sex practices, testing for HIV and addressing issues of discrimination. Naz also offers counselling support and home-based care to the families of the community members. Their mission is to build vibrant ecosystems that: energize and enable individuals from excluded communities to realize their potential and act as change makers/agents of change, expand partnerships, networks and linkages to catalyze a critical mass of such leaders, and engage and influence governments, businesses and other stakeholders to take this movement at scale. Delhi: +91 11 41325042 Delhi: A 86, East of Kailash Sangama is an anti-sexist, anti-classist, democratic and transparent organisation. We believe in diversity and do not see all sexuality minorities as a monolithic/uniform community. Sangama believe in an integrationist approach, i.e., to integrate non-homophobic heterosexuals and social activists in the movement for sexual rights. They also work with other social movements and believe in building alliances for a larger struggle for equality, justice and freedom. +91 9972903460 Head Office Hassan Office The functions of the Commission as stated in Section 12 of the Act and apart from enquiry into complaints of violation of human rights or negligence in the prevention of such violation by a public servant, the Commission also studies treaties and international instruments on human rights and make recommendations for their effective implementation to the Government. The National Human Rights Commission, India has been set up by an Act of Parliament under the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 for the protection and promotion of human rights. 91-11-24651330 Deputy Director (Media and Communication), Shri Jaimini Kumar Srivastava: dydir.media.nhrc@nic.in Manav Adhikar Bhawan, Block-C, GPO Complex, INA CHRI’s work focuses on the following core themes: Access to Information and Access to Justice, which includes Prison Reform, Police Reform, advocacy on media rights and the South Asia Media Defenders Network (SAMDEN) and Contemporary Forms of Slavery. CHRI additionally monitors human rights situations across the Commonwealth through its International Advocacy and Programming (IAP) unit. The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan, international non-governmental organisation working in the area of human rights. +91-11-4318-200 55A, 3rd Floor, Siddharth Chambers HRLN provides pro bono legal services to marginalized people and make justice accessible to them; undertake public interest litigation (PIL) to advance the state of human rights in the country; engage in advocacy to fight oppression, structural or by any individual or an organised group; conduct legal awareness programmes to empower the civil society with knowledge about the judiciary; undertake investigation into environment and human rights violations through Indian/Independent Peoples Tribunals; provide people access to justice through Indian/Independent People’s Tribunals (IPTs); investigate human rights violations across the country and create provisions to bring the perpetrators to justice; conduct lectures, workshops and short courses are organised for personnel of various government departments, including the police; publish ‘know your rights’ materials for civilians to inform them about their rights and participate in grassroots and social development movements. Create a justice delivery system that is accessible, efficient, accountable, affordable, and pro poor. +91-11-24374501 Socio-Legal Information Center, 576, Masjid Road They provide survivors support to ensure justice and compensation from the government while providing much needed-economic and psychological services for family. They also provide legal clinics and intervention. In addition regional trainings are also organised. National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) was founded in 1998 and is a coalition of Dalit human rights activists and academics with the aim of putting an end to caste-based discrimination. +91–11–25842249 NCDHR, 8/1, South Patel Nagar, Second Floor, New Delhi – 110 008, INDIA. Arus Pelangi is currently involved in two main streams of advocacy for LGBT: those related to legal representation and those related to public policy. For advocacy relating legal cases which emerge affecting the LGBT communities Arus Pelangi extends legal counseling and representation. Arus Pelangi advocates and lobbies with governmental institutions in order to increase the level of formal protection of LGBT through government policies and the law. For the local LGBT communities Arus Pelangi provides private counseling through a hotline service, as well as group trainings such organization building and public advocacy. Arus Pelangi strives to affect the societal norms and perceptions towards the LGBT communities in such a way as to create a higher level of equality and respect for LGBT in Indonesia, and to increase an overall awareness of the rights of the LGBT communities as human beings and citizens. IRQR conducts regular workshops for refugees in different Turkish cities and facilitates the exchange of local-condition information to strengthen the knowledge shared throughout the underground queer railroad and strengthen the LGBT Iranian activist network worldwide. As well, through the Refugee Program, the IRQR helps each refugee with his/her asylum claim by meeting with the refugee. The IRQR also assists those refugees whose claims are granted and who are referred to Canada for resettlement with completing the immigration application forms that the refugees must submit to immigration officers at the Canadian Embassy in Turkey. And The IRQR provides relief for these impoverished refugees by providing them with financial assistance to cover their food, shelter, clothing and medical services through their SHER program. IRQR’s mission is to relieve poverty for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) refugees living in Turkey by providing the basic necessities of life; and to relieve poverty by sponsoring, providing financial and resettlement assistance to LGBT refugees in Turkey who have fled because of persecution for their sexual orientation or gender identification and, as victims of human rights abuses; and to undertake activities ancillary and incidental to the attainment of the above charitable purpose. Their efforts fall under three categories: documenting and reporting the situation of Iranian refugees, especially where they are most under-protected and their rights are abused; empowering refugees to assert their rights, particularly in countries where effective legal assistance is unavailable or scarce, by providing legal information, advice, translation, and representation; and providing financial support to those in need in countries where the right to employment and social support for refugees is severely restricted or nonexistent. Iranian Refugees’ Alliance, Inc. (IRA-INC) is a US-based international non-governmental organization preserving and promoting the human rights of Iranian refugees irrespective of their race, religion, gender, political persuasion or sexual orientation. (212) 260 7460 IRA Inc. Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) is the press association established in 2009 by Iranian human rights advocates in order to report and disseminate daily news of human rights violations in Iran. HRAI seeks to provide direct, legal assistance to the victims of human rights violations using attorneys and legal entities at its disposal. These services are provided pro bono. They also take necessary legal actions to defend and protect the victims. As well, HRAI strives to educate the public and groups on the principles of human rights and how to protect them in the community. HRAI’s mission is to protect the human rights of all Iranian citizens regardless of their religion, political views, social status, gender or ethnicity. The organization defends freedom of speech, association and press. They oppose capital punishment including stoning. They strive to protect the environment and are advocates of women’s rights, children’s rights, labor rights, gay rights, and the rights of ethnic and religious minorities. The organization condemns the expulsion of college students as a form of punishment for their political beliefs and fights for the right to education. JFI conducts fact-findings, initiates judicial and semi-judicial actions and carries out campaign and advocacy at national, regional and international levels. JFI aims to hold the perpetrators of serious human rights violations, including but not limited to crimes against humanity, torture, enforced disappearances, war crime and genocide which have been committed in Iran or by the Iranian officials, accountable. JFI focuses on the right to truth for individual victims and the whole society, and pursues right to justice for those who belong to the most marginalised groups such as women, ethnic and religious minorities, LGBTIs and political dissidents. Youth Speak brings together youth activists from conflict-affected areas and international partners to support and mentor the ideas of young people into a sustainable reality. Youth Speak provide training and skill building, women empowerment programs, and art and culture workshops. Youth Speak’s mission is to develop a community space to serve as a civic engagement incubator for youth in conflict-affected parts of the world. Youth Speak will provide resources and support to young people to develop and implement cultural, artistic, and social projects that promote a more active, equal, and peaceful community. +964 751 055 2319 The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) provides free legal help to refugees and displaced people. IRAP’s litigation department brings systemic litigation to help refugees and others in need of a safe home. We believe that all people should have the right to a safe passage and the opportunity to thrive. RAP builds non-traditional, non-partisan coalitions to advocate for the rights of refugees and displaced persons. And they also play a major role in including refugees in U.S. immigration legislation, advocating for procedural protections for refugees, implementing trauma-sensitive policies for LGBTI individuals and refugees who are survivors of torture, and extending protections for Iraqi and Afghan wartime allies of the U.S. Government. The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) organizes law students and lawyers to develop and enforce a set of legal and human rights for refugees and displaced persons. Mobilizing direct legal aid, litigation, and systemic advocacy, IRAP serves the world’s most persecuted individuals and empowers the next generation of human rights leaders. International Refugee Assistance Project Harikar NGO, pay special attention to human rights, as regards to equity between males and females, maternity, childhood, extreme poor/ disadvantaged and vulnerable children through organizing awareness courses on civil rights. Harikar NGO strives toward the fulfillment of human and women rights in Dohuk Governorate as stipulated in the new Iraqi constitution of 15th October 2005. +964 750 761 9837 Salah Yaseen Majid, Program Coordinator: harikar_harikar@yahoo.com Media Quarter/Australia St, 99448 Duhok, KRI-Iraq MIZAN provide many service through their projects. The Protection of People and Human Rights project aims to raise the capacity of lawyers in the field of legal protection offered to victims of human rights violations and to help provide redress and end injustice caused to victims by providing legal counseling and legal assistance to those who are in need, especially to vulnerable or marginalized categories such as children, women and the elderly. The Ending Preventative Detention of Women at Risk project aims to raise the capacity of lawyers and specialists to provide legal, psychological and social counseling for women at risk and to enable and motivate them to seek and have access to a safe refuge from violence and to pursue redress. In addition, MIZAN offers the WE’AM Program for Reconciliation and Family and Social Reintegration. Mizan is a Jordanian non-governmental organization established on 5th August 1998 by a group of female and male lawyers and registered as a non-profit company at the Ministry of Industry and Trade under no.3. It aims at promoting, protecting and monitoring human rights in Jordan to ensure respect for human dignity. The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) provides free legal help to refugees and displaced people. IRAP’s litigation department brings systemic litigation to help refugees and others in need of a safe home. We believe that all people should have the right to a safe passage and the opportunity to thrive. RAP builds non-traditional, non-partisan coalitions to advocate for the rights of refugees and displaced persons. And they also play a major role in including refugees in U.S. immigration legislation, advocating for procedural protections for refugees, implementing trauma-sensitive policies for LGBTI individuals and refugees. The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) organizes law students and lawyers to develop and enforce a set of legal and human rights for refugees and displaced persons. Mobilizing direct legal aid, litigation, and systemic advocacy, IRAP serves the world’s most persecuted individuals and empowers the next generation of human rights leaders. International Refugee Assistance Project Rainbow Street fills the gap by connecting queer and trans clients with the service providers who can competently and discreetly address the unique needs of queer and trans people. They pair LGBTQ people who cannot be fully out and are struggling with their identity with the peer support they need. As well, Rainbow Street is committed to fulfilling stable shelter for as many struggling LGBTQ people as possible. Rainbow Street is an international protection organization for LGBTQ people in the Middle East & North Africa. They concentrate on giving straightforward solutions and providing legal advice and representation that assist and allow companies and individuals to achieve and fulfill their sought after objectives while minimizing legal risk. Jaradat & Associates is a leading multi-practice law firm in Jordan, established by Mr. Mohammad Jaradat in the year 2000, to provide effective and efficient legal services to meet the distinctive needs of local and international clients as well as public sector entities. (962) 79 777 1260 Wasfi At-Tall St. 163, Amman – Jordan Their programs aim to mobilize the untapped potential of our societies in the Arab region and outside to contribute positively to their journey towards the renaissance, by encouraging dialogue, research, education, training, youth empowerment, gender justice, social and economic development, in addition to the provision of relief, social protection services and direct legal assistance. ARDD is a Civil Society Organization that aims to achieve social, economic, and political justice and assisting vulnerable segments of society in acquiring their rights. 96264617277 HQ: Third Circle, Jabal Amman – Zuhair Malhas St #8, Amman, Jordan AZRAQ CAMP OFFICE 1: Reception Area, Next to The Sharia Court, Azraq Camp, Jordan ZRAQ CAMP OFFICE 2
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