Human Rights League

Several organisations are named Human Rights League in English:

  • Registered with the International Federation of Human Rights, abbreviated from its name in French Fédération internationale des droits de l'homme as FIDH, established in 1922 and having its headquarters in Paris
  • Human Rights League in Belgium for speakers of Dutch, Liga voor Mensenrechten (LVM)
  • Human Rights League in Belgium for speakers of French, Ligue des droits de l'homme (LDH or LDHB)
  • Human Rights League in the Czech Republic, for Czech language Liga lidských práv (also referred to as 'Czech League for Human Rights')
  • Human Rights League in France, for French language 'Ligue des droits de l'homme' (LDH) though both the FIDH and AEDH registrations add 'et du citoyen' (In English, a French 'Human and Civil Rights League' hardly occurs.)
(Most of the more than 150 registered organisations usually refer to a country as a part of their name like an Human Rights League, or have an entirely different kind of name.)
  • Argentine Human Rights League Foundation or in Spanish Fundación Liga Argentina por los Derechos Humanos (FLADH) — vs. 'Argentinian League for Human Rights' (LADH)

Other organisations have a very similar name or part thereof in English, League for Human Rights:

  • European League for Human Rights, abbreviated from its name in French Association Européenne pour la défense des Droits de l'Homme as AEDH – Member leagues, associated with the FIDH.
  • International League for Human Rights (ILHR), founded in 1942 and based in New York, not associated with the FIDH.
  • 'International League for Human Rights' is also the translation of Internationale Liga für Menschenrechte (ILMR) in Germany, associated with the AEDH / FIDH .
  • Citizens League for Human Rights, a Greek web site with articles on Human Rights
  • Women’s League for Human Rights (Swadhikar/Nari Swadhikar Manch) Development Orissa, India
Determining which of the following cultural, national or regional leagues might be associated with a federation, or might alternatively be referred to as e.g. an Human Rights League, falls beyond the scope of this disambiguation page:
  • League for Human Rights for French language Ligue pour la défense des Droits de l'Homme (LDDH) in Benin
  • League for Human Rights in Nigeria
  • League for Human Rights at London
  • League for Human Rights at Cleveland, OH
  • League for Human Rights of B'nai Brith Canada
  • Chadian League for Human Rights (LTDH)
  • Algerian League for Human Rights (LADH), Argentinian League for Human Rights or Liga Argentina por los Derechos del Hombre (LADH) — vs. 'Argentine Human Rights League Foundation' (FLADH), Austrian League for Human Rights, Bulgarian League for Human Rights (BLHR), Dutch League for Human Rights (LVRM), Finnish League for Human Rights (FLHR), German League for Human Rights, Hellenic League for Human Rights (LHDH or HLHR), Hungarian League for Human Rights, Iranian League for Human Rights (FIDH), Israeli League for Human Rights, Ivorian League for Human Rights (LIDHO or LIDO), Libyan League for Human Rights, Mexican League for Human Rights, Mozambican League for Human Rights for Spanish Liga Mocanbicana dos Direitos Humanos (no abbrev.), Togolese League for Human Rights (LTDH), Tunisian League for Human Rights (LTDH), Zairian League for Human Rights, (etc.)
  • Belarus Republican League for Human Rights (including 'Republican' since 1999)
  • Iraqi Humanitarian League for Human Rights

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