Human Rights First

Human Rights First

formerly known as  Lawyers Committee for International Human Rights 

       nongovernmental organization founded in New York City in 1978 to defend human rights worldwide. HRF aims to promote laws and policies that protect the universal freedoms of all individuals—regardless of political, economic, or religious affiliation. The organization is headquartered in New York and Washington, D.C.

      HRF seeks to protect the rights of people at risk, including political refugees, victims of discrimination and crimes against humanity, and human rights advocates who are persecuted for their attempts to protect the rights of others. The group works to hold the governments of all countries accountable for enforcing the standards of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (human rights) (1966), and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (human rights) (1966), collectively known as the International Bill of Human Rights.

      HRF issued reports and sponsored campaigns on a wide range of concerns, including hate crimes (hate crime) in Europe and the United States, the persecution of civilians in the civil war in The Sudan, and the treatment of prisoners held by the U.S. military in Iraq and Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The group also criticized China's record on workers' rights and the arrest of Chinese labour activists.

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