Scriptorium

Promoting Institutional Capacity & Sustainable Development in Rural Communities

CEDSI’s ultimate goal is to eradicate poverty and improve sustainable livelihood through the application of integrated and innovative approaches in training, service delivery and researches.
CEDSI’s vision is to become the foremost and vibrant development organization successful in building capacity and improving the quality of life of the rural dwellers so that they can become productive partners in development. (about 1/2 /mission, vision).

Homepage and where we work: click on the internal links in the left column;
What we do; Values, success factors; CEDSI; Strategies, resources;

Contacts.

About 2/2 /Objectives: … In order to actualise its vision and mission, CEDSI have some laid down objectives which are:    Continuer la lecture de « Center For Development Support Initiatives EDSI »

The Whole Planet Foundation’s mission is to create economic partnerships with the poor in those developing-world communities that supply our stores with product. Through innovative assistance for entrepreneurship – including direct microcredit loans and tangible support for other community partnership projects – we seek to unleash the energy and creativity of every human being we work with in order to create wealth and prosperity in emerging economies … (about 1/2 /Our Mission).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Partners; Where we work; Get involved; Resource Center; News, Blog; Newsletter;
Address: Whole Planet Foundation, c/o Whole Foods Market, 550 Bowie Street, Austin, TX 78703-4677, USA;
Contact.

About 2/2: Our Mission: … Whole Planet Foundation’s Approach: Whole Planet Foundation, a private, nonprofit organization established by Whole Foods Market, provides grants to microfinance institutions in Latin America, Africa and Asia who in turn develop and offer microenterprise loan programs, training and other financial services to the self-employed poor.  Continuer la lecture de « Whole Planet Foundation »

Also: Tribunal pénal international pour le Rwanda (en français), and Murisanga kuri Site ya Internet y’Urukiko Nshinjabyaha Mpuzamahanga rwagenewe u Rwanda (in kinyarwanda)

… The purpose of this measure is to contribute to the process of national reconciliation in Rwanda and to the maintenance of peace in the region. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda was established for the prosecution of persons responsible for genocide and other serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in the territory of Rwanda between 1 January 1994 and 31 December 1994. It may also deal with the prosecution of Rwandan citizens responsible for genocide and other such violations of international law committed in the territory of neighbouring States during the same period … (about /introduction 1/2).

english Homepage;
Recent Development; Opportunities; Cases; Events; (many) Links;
Libary; Press; Diary; Basics;
3 Addresses:

• International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Arusha, Arusha International Conference Centre, P.O.Box 6016, Arusha, Tanzania;
• Office of the Tribunal, Kigali,Amahoro Hotel, P.O. Box 749, Kigali, Rwanda;
• The ICTR Office, The Hague, Churchillplein 1, 2517 JW, The Hague, The Netherlands.

Contact ICTR.

About the Tribunal: many links, as General Information /Introduction: Recognizing that serious violations of humanitarian law were committed in Rwanda, and acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Security Council created the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) by resolution 955 of 8 November 1994 … (Introduction 2/2).    Continuer la lecture de « International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ICTR »

(The NGO Major Group)

Linked with TWN, with ELCI, and with ANPED.

The Sustainable Development Issues Network (SDIN) is a collaborative effort of three large international networks – TWN, ELCI and ANPED – to form a global NGO network whose purpose is to promote good governance, and enhanced awareness and knowledge about environmental and sustainable development processes and to ensure global quality NGO participation in these global processes within the intergovernmental systems, primarily within the United Nations … (about 1/2 /Vision).

Homepage;
SDIN and CSD; Resources; Publications; News; History; Forum;
Contact online.

About 2/2: … Background: Third World Network TWN, headquartered in Kuala Lumpur and Penang, Malaysia; Environment Liaison Centre International ELCI, headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya; and ANPED, the Northern Alliance for Sustainability, headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, sharing an understood common value basis and approach to political issues concerning sustainable development and the environment, in 2001 together founded the international NGO network called SDIN, the Sustainable Development Issues Network.    Continuer la lecture de « Sustainable Development Issues Network SDIN »

Linked with TWN, with SDIN, and with ANPED.

ELCI is a Non Governmental membership Organization that emerged and was established from the first Earth Summit in Stockholm in 1972. This initiative was aimed at monitoring the activities of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and help Non Governmental Organizations and UNEP work more effectively … (Homepage 1/2).

East Africa Forest Certification Initiative EAFCI;
Kenya Organic Agriculture Network KOAN;
News; Discussions; Donors;
Address: Environment Liaison Center International Secretariat, International Center for Insect Physiology & Ecology Campus ICIPE, Kasarani Road, P.O.Box 72461-00200, Nairobi, Kenya;
Contact.

Homepage 2/2: … ELCI has a membership network of over 800 NGO/CBO member organizations in over 100 countries all working towards a more sustainable world.  Continuer la lecture de « Environment Liaison Centre International ELCI, Kenya »

Earth has enough for everone’s need, but not for everyone’s greeed (M.K. Gandhi)

Linked with TWN, with ELCI, and with SDIN.

• The Northern Alliance for Sustainability (ANPED) works to empower Northern civil society in creating and protecting sustainable communities and societies world-wide.
• ANPED’s main focus is on sustainable consumption and production, the use of goods and services responding to basic human needs and bringing a better quality of life, while minimizing the use of natural resources, toxic materials and emissions of waste and pollutants over the life cycle, so as not to jeopardize the needs of future generations  … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Topics; Policy Processes; the Switch; Publications; Northen lights;
Membership; Working Groups; Marrakech Process; Policy processes,
Address: The Northern Alliance for Sustainability ANPED, PO BOX 59030, 1040 KA Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
Contact.

About 2/2: … We build capacity among Northern civil society organizations through information, knowledge and skill-sharing, and enable their participation in local, national, regional and international decision-making processes on sustainable development. Whereas our network has a worldwide reach, our member organizations are mainly located in the Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) regions.   Continuer la lecture de « Northern Alliance for Sustainability ANPED »

in english, french, spanish, german, italian, hindi

• To organise, promote, undertake all programmes for the formation of fearless and non-succumbing society on the basis of truthfulness & nonviolence
• To organise, promote, undertake, sponser, carry out all programmes for the benefit of naturally challenged persons, schedule caste, schedule tribes, people under poverty line, old-aged, widow and down trodden irrespective of caste, creed, sex and religion such as: … (full text Mission).

english Homepage;

Activities; Campaigns; Organization; Contribute; Issues: find the links down of each page;
IHRA auf wikipedia;
Address (1 of 11): Head Office IHRA, Flat No. 1, Guruprasad Building, Pimple Nilakh, Aundh Camp, Pune 411027, India;
Contact.

About: Vision:  The Vision of IHRA is the formation of fearless and non-succumbing society on the basis of truthfulness & nonviolence.   Continuer la lecture de « International Human Rights Association IHRA »

(english, français, español)

• To welcome delegates and facilitate their stay in Geneva;
• To facilitate contacts with other organisations;
• To facilitate sharing of and access to information;
• To direct requests to the competent persons … (about 1/2).

english Homepage;
News; Calendar and Agendas; Volunteering; Links; FAQs;
Address: Mandat International, 31 chemin William Rappard, 1293 Bellevue, Switzerland;
For reservations and inquiries contact e-mail; Contact.

About 2/2: The NGO Welcome Desk welcomes non governmental delegates and provides information services to facilitate their work with the UN Human Rights Council.  Continuer la lecture de « Mandat International – Welcome Desk »

Promoting Civil and Human Rights Around The World

… IAOHRA was founded in 1949 in New York. The International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies is a non-profit membership organization with its headquarters in Washington, D.C. The primary members are statutory human rights and human relations agencies with authority for enforcing a variety of human and civil rights laws in their respective jurisdictions … (full text Homepage).

Members; What’s new; Meetings; Officers; Questions, Answers; Employment Opportunities; Links;
Address: IAOHRA, 444 North Capitol Street, NW, Suite 536, Washington, D.C. 20001, USA;
Contact.

About /Mission; IAOHRA is a private non-profit  corporation headquartered in Washington, D.C. The association was founded in 1949 in New York at the annual meeting of Human Rights Agencies from four states, which was referred to as the « THE CONFERENCE OF FOUR STATE COMMISSIONS. »   Continuer la lecture de « International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies »

Together for Justice – Civil society in 150 countries advocating for a fair, effective and independent ICC – (also in Español, Français, Arabic, and documents by other languages)

The Coalition for the International Criminal Court includes 2,500 organizations around the world working in partnership to strengthen international cooperation with the ICC; ensure that the Court is fair, effective and independent; make justice both visible and universal; and advance stronger national laws that deliver justice to victims of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide … (about the coalition 1/2).

english Homepage;
About the Court: Updates, Cases, ICC structure, Assembly; ICC’s history;
Issues, campaigns; All documents; Press; Membership; Get involved; Publication; Emloyment, internship;
Addresses (1 of 2): ICCnow.org, c/o WFM, 708 3rd Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10017, USA;
Contact.

About the Coalition 2/2: … History – The Coalition was founded in 1995 by a small group of NGOs that coordinated their work to ensure the establishment of an International Criminal Court.    Continuer la lecture de « Coalition for ICC now – ICCnow.org »

AMICC is a coalition of non-governmental organizations committed to achieving through education, information, promotion and an aroused public opinion full United States support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the earliest possible US ratification of the Court’s Rome Statute. AMICC is a program of the United Nations Association of the United States of America. (Homepage).

Sitemap;
What is the ICC; Advocacy; Members; Info; Calendar;
Address: AMICC, United Nations Association of the United States of America, 801 Second Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10017-4706, USA;
Local contacts; Contact.

About /What is the AMICC? Mission: AMICC is a coalition of non-governmental organizations committed to achieving full United States support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the earliest possible US ratification of the Court’s Rome Statute.   Continuer la lecture de « American NGO Coalition for the ICC – AMICC »

Linked with IJCentral, and with International Center for Transitional Justice Productions ICTJP, with whom we are producing a 3-year campaign to build a global grassroots movement to support an effective international justice system, with IJCentral at its core.

All pages having the same URL, please click on the internal links for: Homepage, about, our films, reviews, news blog, screenings, newsletter/e-mail updates, search.

Address: Skylight Pictures, 330 West 42nd Street, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10036, USA;
Contact.

For 25 years Skylight Pictures has been committed to producing artistic, challenging and socially relevant independent documentary films on issues of human rights and the quest for justice. Through the use of film and digital technologies, we seek to engage, educate and increase understanding of human rights amongst the public at large and policy makers, contributing to informed decisions on issues of social change and the public good. (About).    Continuer la lecture de « Skylight Pictures »

helping classrooms and communities worldwide link the past to moral choices today

Linked with Online Workshop-The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court.

Since it was founded in 1976, Facing History and Ourselves has grown from a single office in Brookline, Massachusetts, to an international organization with over 160 staff members in Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, London, Los Angeles, Memphis, New England, New York, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Toronto, and we work with educators across the United States by special arrangement. We have educational partnerships in a growing number of countries, including Northern Ireland, Israel, Rwanda, and South Africa. Facing History engages more than 1.8 million students annually through its network of 26,000 educators around the world and reaches the public and the broader educational market through community events and extensive online resources. (Where we work).

Homepage;
Educator’s resources; Professional development; Students, alumni; Events; News; Donate; Newsletter;
Publications and Resources; Pedagogy Research and Development; Community Engagement; Special Initiatives;
Office Locations (1 of 10): Facing History and Ourselves, 16 Hurd Road, Brookline, MA 02445-6919, USA;
Contact.

About / Learn more about us.    Continuer la lecture de « Facing History and Ourselves »

Linked with The Battle for the International Criminal Court, and with International Center for Transitional Justice Productions ICTJP.

• Skylight Pictures and the International Center for Transitional Justice Productions ICTJP are producing a 3-year campaign to build a global grassroots movement to support an effective international justice system, with IJCentral at its core.  By joining the IJCentral global community, you will be kept informed about developments with the ICC and other international justice cases, and your voice will be heard by our leaders and policy makers, letting them know that we want perpetrators of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide to be held to account.
• We’d love to hear what you think about IJCentral as we’re always trying to improve it.
• You can let us know what you think on the contact page. (about).

Homepage;
Blog; Videos; News;
Contact.

Take Action Now: It’s amazing that humanity finally has an International Criminal Court (ICC) that can indict a sitting head of state, as ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo recently did when he asked ICC judges to issue an arrest warrant for President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan, charging him with war crimes and genocide in Darfur.  Now let’s press our leaders to make sure that they cooperate with the ICC to fulfill its mandate to prosecute perpetrators of crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide.    Continuer la lecture de « IJCentral »

Linked with IJCentral, and with Skylight Pictures, with whom we are producing a 3-year campaign to build a global grassroots movement to support an effective international justice system, with IJCentral at its core.

• The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) assists countries pursuing accountability for past mass atrocity or human rights abuse. The Center works in societies emerging from repressive rule or armed conflict, as well as in established democracies where historical injustices or systemic abuse remain unresolved.
• In order to promote justice, peace, and reconciliation, government officials and nongovernmental advocates are likely to consider a variety of transitional justice approaches including both judicial and nonjudicial responses to human rights crimes … (about /Mission and History 1/2).

english Homepage; Sitemap:
Transnational Justice; Africa and the ICC; Where; Research, analysis; Courses; Policy, networks;
Annual reports; News, clips, publications; Newsletter; Events; Videos; Support; Links;
Addresses (1 of 9): ICTJP, 5 Hanover Square. Floor 24, New York, NY USA 10004, USA;
Contact.

About 2/2 Mission and History: … ICTJ assists in the development of integrated, comprehensive, and localized approaches to transitional justice comprising five key elements: prosecuting perpetrators, documenting and acknowledging violations through nonjudicial means such as truth commissions, reforming abusive institutions, providing reparations to victims, and facilitating reconciliation processes. Continuer la lecture de « International Center for Transitional Justice Productions ICTJP »