- Special Rapporteur on the Situation on Human Rights Defenders http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/SRHRDefenders/Pages/SRHRDefendersIndex.aspx
- UN Human Rights Council http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/Pages/HRCIndex.aspx
- Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Pages/WelcomePage.aspx
- African Commission on Human and People’s Rights http://www.achpr.org
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/
- Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights http://www.coe.int/t/commissioner
- Focal Point for Human Rights Defenders within the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe http://www.osce.org/odihr/44936
- International Criminal Court http://www.icc-cpi.int/EN_Menus/icc/Pages/default.aspx
- Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org
- Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org
- Human Rights First http://www.humanrightsfirst.org
- International Service for Human Rights (supporting and facilitating the work of human rights defenders with the United Nations human rights system and regional human rights systems; works at national, regional and international levels) http://www.ishr.ch
- Coalition for the International Criminal Court http://www.iccnow.org
- Concern (international humanitarian organization dedicated to working with the world’s poorest people to transform their lives) https://www.concern.net
- International Network for Economic, Social & Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net Members around the world advance economic, social and cultural rights by facilitating mutual learning and strategy sharing, developing new tools and resources, engaging in advocacy, and coordinating information-sharing and networking) http://www.escr-net.org
- Fahamu (strengthens and nurtures the movement for social justice in Africa) http://www.fahamu.org
- Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems (international NGO helping human rights organisation use information technologies and documentation methods to maximise the impact of their advocacy work) http://www.huridocs.org
- IFEX (advocates for free expression rights) http://www.ifex.org
- International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (advocacy on behalf of people who experience discrimination or abuse on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or expression) http://www.iglhrc.org
- Human Rights Internet (promoting human rights and social justice, through providing opportunities to prepare human rights leaders of the future, practicing ‘quiet diplomacy’, and preserving human rights documentation) http://www.hri.ca
- Archives of International Council on Human Rights Policy (reports and working papers on various topics) http://www.ichrp.org
- International Crisis Group (committed to preventing and resolving deadly conflict) http://www.crisisgroup.org
- International Federation of Journalists (promotes international action to defend press freedom and social justice through strong, free and independent trade unions of journalists) http://www.ifj.org/en
- International Human Rights Network (providing practical, expert, support to organizations applying Human Rights Based Approaches) http://www.ihrnetwork.org
- International League for Human Rights (defending individual human rights advocates who have risked their lives to promote the ideals of a just and civil society in their homelands) http://www.ilhr.org/ilhr/defenders/index.html
- World Organization Against Torture http://www.omct.org