Human Rights First

Human Rights First
Formation1978
HeadquartersNew York, New York
President/CEO
Uzra Zeya (human rights policy expert)
Websitehumanrightsfirst.org

Human Rights First (formerly known as the Lawyers Committee for International Human Rights) is a nonpartisan, 501(c)(3), international human rights organization based in New York City, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. The organization was renamed the Lawyers Committee for International Human Rights in 1986 and, in May 2004, changed its name again to Human Rights First. Its work centers on four main issue areas: authoritarianism, extremism, systemic injustice and the abuse of technology. It closely works with lawyers, veterans and security experts, technologists, and allied advocates to further its policy agenda. In 2004, it launched an "End Torture Now" campaign. The organization also runs the Fighting Discrimination program which focuses on hate crimes.[citation needed]

In January 2026, it became known that the organization had been declared an undesirable in Russia.

Board of directors

Human Rights First is governed by a board of directors composed of 92 members, including a 30-person Board of Advocates and a 13-person Emeritus Board.

Members of the board include:

Selected publications

References

  1. ↑ IRS Form 1023 Application for Recognition of Exemption. (1982). Human Rights First website Archived 2016-10-15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "Human Rights First". Charity Watch. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  3. ↑ "About Us", Human Rights First
  4. ↑ "Human Rights First Leader to Speak". Duke Today. 14 March 2007. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  5. ↑ Нежелательные организации пополнились 21 января
  6. ↑ "Board Archives". Human Rights First. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  7. ↑ Oprysko, Caitlin (3 February 2021). "FARA Chief Leaves DOJ". POLITICO. Retrieved 2021-05-17.