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American Association for the Advancement of Science:  AAAS Science and Human Rights Program.  http://shr.aaas.org
 
American Civil Liberties Union: www.aclu.org
 

Association for the Prevention of Torture:  www.apt.ch  (Geneva-based NGO with programs to prevent torture through transparency in detention policies and facilities, support for effective national and international legal torture prevention instruments, and training of individuals and institutions in torture prevention).

 
Center for Constitutional Rights: www.ccrjustice.org
 
Center for Victims of Torture:  www.cvt.org
 
Human Rights First:  www.humanrightsfirst.org
 
Human Rights Watch:  www.hrw.org
 
International Committee of the Red Cross:  www.icrc.org

 

National Religious Campaign Against Torture:  www.nrcat.org
 
Physicians for Human Rightswww.physiciansforhumanrights.org
 
School of the Americas Watch:  www.soaw.org  (Advocacy organization founded in 1990, dedicated to closing the School of the Americas, now called the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, Ft. Benning, Columbus, GA.  SOA/WHISC is the training site for Latin American military and paramilitary personnel in counter-insurgency, military intelligence and counter-narcotics operations, and is notorious after leaks of its "torture training manuals.")

 

Witness Against Torture: www.witnesstorture.org

World Organization Against Torture:   www.omct.org  (Geneva-based international network of organizations dedicated to the prevention and treatment of torture.)