Article 2

Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.

Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

Human Rights Atlanta - Mission

The mission of Human Rights Atlanta is to promote awareness of the human rights framework; foster inclusive and sustainable collaboration among human rights organizations and activists in metro Atlanta; and contribute to an ongoing human rights movement that can challenge unjust policies and institutions at home and abroad.

about us

what we do

we are organizations and individual advocates joining together to work on a common cause:
human rights for all.

who we are

below are some of the participating and/or supporting organizations of Human Rights Atlanta
(this list is not necessarily up-to-date: contact joinus@humanrightsatlanta.org with any comments):

• 50 artists - www.50artists.org
• 9to5, national association of working women - www.9to5.org
• aclu of georgia - www.acluga.org
• african american human rights foundation
• african women health, education and empowerment center - www.awheec.org
• alterna - www.alternacommunity.com
• american constitution society of georgia - www.acslaw.org/chapters/lawyer/georgia
• american friends service committee (afsc)
  - www.tamejavi.com/southeast/atlanta.htm
• amnesty international - atlanta local group 75 - www.amnestyatl.org
• amnesty international - southern office - www.amnestyusa.org
• atlanta progressive news network - www.atlantaprogressivenews.com
• atlantans building leadership for empowerment (able) - www.gamaliel.org/able
• brazil atlanta - www.brazilatlanta.com
• center for pan-asian community services (cpacs)- www.icpacs.org
• center for torture and trauma survivors - www.dekalbhealth.net/PDFs/torture.pdf
• coalition for the peoples agenda - www.gcpagenda.org
• coalition of latino leaders (clila) - www.lidereslatinos.org
• cobb immigrant alliance - www.laboroflovecampaign.org
• council on american-islamic relations - georgia chapter - www.cair.com
• digital arts entertainment lab - dael.gsu.edu
• disability resource group - www.gaada.info
• evangelicals for human rights - www.evangelicalsforhumanrights.org
• feminist outlawz - www.feministoutlawz.com
• first iconium baptist church - www.firsticonium.org
• frederick douglass family foundation - www.fdff.org
• georgia appleseed - www.gaappleseed.org
• georgia association of latino elected officials (galeo) - www.galeo.org
• georgia asylum and immigration network (gain) - www.georgiaasylum.org
• georgia citizen's coalition on hunger - www.ga-hungercoalition.org
• georgia detention watch - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GADetentionWatch/
• georgia equality - www.georgiaequality.org
• georgia for democracy - www.georgiafordemocracy.org
• georgia human rights union - c_pittmanmisty@comcast.net
• georgia latino alliance for human rights (glahr) - www.glahr.org
• georgia living wage coalition - www.georgialivingwage.org
• georgia peace and justice coalition/atlanta - www.georgiapeace.org
• georgia rural urban summit - www.georgiasummit.org
• georgia state conference NAACP - www.ganaacp.org
• georgians for alternatives to the death penalty - www.gfadp.org
• good shepherd services of georgia
  - www.goodshepherdsistersna.com/Agencys/gss-ga.htm
• healthcare-now - www.healthcare-now.org
• hernan, taylor & lee, llc - www.htlweb.com
• international action center - atlanta chapter - www.iacenteratlanta.org
• international center of atlanta - www.icatlanta.org
• jobs with justice - www.jwj.org/coalitions.html#GA
• joining hands for justice -
• latin american and caribbean community center - www.lacccenter.org
• maldef - www.maldef.org
• men stopping violence - www.menstoppingviolence.org
• metro atlanta democratic socialists of america - www.dsa-atlanta.org
• metro atlanta taskforce for the homeless - www.homelesstaskforce.org
• national council of jewish women - atlanta section - www.ncjwatlanta.org
• national lawyers’ guild-georgia chapter - www.nlg.org
• not for sale campaign - georgia - www.notforsalecampaign.org/state-directors.html
• ph:acts - people’s history collective
• project south - www.projectsouth.org
• queer progressive agenda
  - www.sovo.com/2004/12-31/news/localnews/forum.cfm
• raksha - www.raksha.org
• refugee family services - www.refugeefamilyservices.org
• refugee resettlement & immigration services of atlanta (RRISA) - www.rrisa.org
• refugee women's network - www.riwn.org
• sisterlove, inc. - www.sisterlove.org
• southern center for human rights - www.schr.org
• southern christian leadership conference - www.sclcnational,org
• sourthern partners fund - www.spfund.org
• southern poverty law center immigrant justice project
  - www.splcenter.org/legal/ijp.jsp
• tapestri - www.tapestri.org
• trikone atlanta - www.trikoneatlanta.org
• us human rights network - www.ushrnetwork.org
• veterans for peace, chapter 125 - www.veteransforpeace.org
• voting rights project - www.aclu.org/votingrights
• vsa arts of georgia - www.vsaartsga.org
• women’s policy group/women’s policy education fund - (link)
• women’s watch afrika - www.womenwatchafrika.org

individual advocates

• fernando andrade - email: fernan_andrade@humanrightsatlanta.org

join us