IBASE is a Brasilian NGO and think tank that is working on democratising globalisation, developing inclusive social processes and works for social transparency and responsibility of corporations, as well as local and regional authorities. (No Webpages in English.)

IEN is an alliance of grassroots indigenous peoples whose mission is to protect the sacredness of Mother Earth from contamination and exploitation by strengthening maintaining and respecting the traditional teachings and the natural laws.
The IEN cam,paigns include Indigenous mining and oil, native energy, nuclear pollution and toxic waste.

Rights & Democracy is an independent organization, which promotes, advocates and defends the democratic and human rights set out in the International Bill of Human Rights. Rights & Democracy initiates and supports programmes to strengthen laws and democratic institutions, principally in developing countries.
Rights & Democracy focuses its work on four thematic priorities: Democratic Development, Women's Rights, the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Globalization and Human Rights; and two special operations: International Human Rights Advocacy and Urgent Action and Important Opportunities.
The Globalization Programme undertakes research, participates in educational activities, works in coalitions and with partners in Asia and Latin America, and lobbies governments and multilateral institutions, to bring a human rights perspective to the debates around globalization.

ICTSD engages a broad range of actors in ongoing dialogue about trade and sustainable development. It facilitates interaction between policy-makers and those outside the system to help trade policy become more supportive of sustainable development. By helping parties increase capacity and become better informed about each other, ICTSD builds bridges between groups with seemingly disparate agendas.

The International Council conducts research projects on various human rights themes. The purpose is to undertake relevant and practical research that is useful to organisations working in the field of human rights.
The "spotlight" of human rights concern, traditionally focused on governments, is now turned on the conduct of companies. Most discussion and campaigning, however, centres around voluntary initiatives, such as codes of conduct promoted by companies or NGOs. As the limitations of voluntarism have emerged, however, companies, campaigners and legal experts have started to look harder at international human rights law.

The aim of the FIDH is to obtain effective improvements in the protection of victims, the prevention of Human Rights abuse and the prosecution of those responsible.
FIDH’ s mandate is to contribute to the respect of all the rights defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. FIDH aims at obtaining effective improvements in the protection of victims, the prevention of Human Rights violations and the sanction of their perpetrators. Its priorities are set by the triennial World Congress and the International Board (22 members), with the support of the International Secretariat (30 staff members).

The International League for Human Rights works to keep human rights at the forefront of international affairs. The League's special mission is to defend individual human rights advocates who have risked their lives to promote the ideals of a just and civil society in their homelands.
The Human Rights Auditing Standards and Procedures Project is the centerpiece of an innovative human rights and business program at the International League for Human Rights. Part of the auditing process already includes valuing contingent liabilities, such as pending and threatened litigation and liability for environmental damage. Adding measurable and quantifiable human rights standards to the accounting and auditing procedures will protect public companies from contingent punitive liabilities and other potential associated costs by providing them with both processes to inhibit or mitigate human rights abuses and annual feedback on their effectiveness.

The IRENE network was established in 1983 to examine the effects of international restructuring in industry and services upon jobs, the environment, technology and living and working conditions. IRENE does not maintain a Website.
Contact: 3113350253@E-FAX.nci.nl or peterpennartz@irene-network.nl

This website is designed to be a central resource for NGOs, trade unions, civil society groups working against the launch of investment negotiations in the WTO. The website serves multiple functions:
News: The website offers the latest news from the world of WTO-Investment. News articles, notifications of new position statements, events, and so on.
Critical voices: The website serves as a central hub with links to critical groups, their publications, sign-on statements, and so on.
Resources: The website carries an array of materials potentially of use to activists. This includes a technical glossary, information on the latest known positions of WTO members, information on the latest known positions of corporate lobby groups and information on forthcoming events.

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