Human Rights in France - Human Rights Organizations

Human Rights Organizations

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  • Amnesty International (AI)
  • Human Rights Watch (HRW)
  • Ligue des droits de l'homme (LDH, Human Rights League – created during the Dreyfus Affair at the end of the 19th century)
  • MRAP anti-racist NGO
  • SOS Racisme
  • CIMADE (the only organization authorized to visit internment camp for illegal aliens (sans-papiers, literally "without-papers", that is people who do not possess identity documents)
  • GISTI (immigrants support NGO)
  • etc.

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