The Advocates for Human Rights is an organization dedicated to the promotion and protection of internationally recognized human rights. With the help of the more than 600 active volunteers who contribute an estimated $3.4 million annually of in-kind services, the Advocates document human rights abuses, advocates on behalf of individual victims, provides education on human rights issues, and conducts trainings to address and prevent human rights violations. The organization conducts research, advocacy and education on general human rights and issues relating to the human rights of refugees and asylees, women, and youth, the death penalty, and transitional justice.

Since 1993, the Advocates’s Human Rights Education Program has provided education on human rights issues through school and community-based programming, as well as professional development. In 2007 the Education Program launched an Institute for Human Rights Education. The institute seeks to contribute to the domestic human rights movement through three areas of work: 1) education that shapes values, attitudes, and behavior on international human rights standards; 2) advocacy that links U.S. civil society to the broader human rights movement; and 3) training that provides knowledge and skills for practical application of human rights standards.