176 PROMOTING AND PROTECTING MINORITY RIGHTS REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AFRICA African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes African Commission on Human Rights African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies Promotes human rights and democracy through training, actionoriented research, legal service, publications, documentation and networking www.accord.org.za www.achpr.org www.aict-ctia.org/courts_conti/achpr/achpr_home. html www.acdhrs.org MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA Alkarama Foundation www.alkarama.org Habitat International Coalition MENA www.hic-mena.org Swiss-based foundation that seeks to ensure the promotion and protection of human rights, especially in the Arab world Works on housing and land rights AMERICAS Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/hrights Guide to human rights resources throughout Latin America, based at the University of Texas ASIA AND PACIFIC Asian Human Rights Commission www.humanrights.asia Asia-Pacific Forum www.asiapacificforum.net South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre www.hrdc.net/ Seeks to protect and promote human rights by monitoring, investigation, advocacy, and taking solidarity actions; based in Hong Kong Australian-based regional human rights organization that seeks to advance human rights in the Asia-Pacific region through its member organizations Regional network based in New Delhi that seeks to investigate, document and disseminate information about human rights EUROPE The Balkan Human Rights Webpages www.greekhelsinki.gr/bhr/english/index.html Consortium of Minority Resources (COMIR) http://lgi.osi.hu/comir Constitutional and Legal Policy Institute (COLPI) www.osi.hu/colpi/indexie.html European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI) www.ecmi.de European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) www.errc.org Includes country-specific topics, organizations and publications Cooperative project that aims at promoting the free flow of information and dialogue in the field of ethnic relations, multicultural politics and minority rights A legal reform support programme of the Open Society Institute-Budapest whose mission is to contribute to the development of open societies in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and Mongolia through strengthening the rule of law and respect for human rights Conducts practice-oriented research, provides information and documentation, and offers advisory services concerning minority-majority relations in Europe International public interest law organization engaging in a range of activities aimed at combating anti-Romani racism and human rights abuse of Roma