Women's Rights as Human Rights: Local and Global Perspectives
 
Strategies and Analyses from the ICCL Working Conference on Women's Rights as Human Rights (Dublin, March 1997)
 
Edited by Niamh Reilly


Appendix ii
 
International Human Rights Key Contacts List: Governmental and UN Bodies and NGOs
Governmental and UN/European Bodies


Ireland

Department of Foreign Affairs
Human Rights Unit
St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 478 0822  Fax: (01) 478 0628
Contact: John Rowan (Head of Human Rights Unit) 

Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Mespil Road, Dublin 4
Tel: (01) 667 0344  Fax: (01) 667 0366
Contact: Frances Comerford

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Office
Old Admiralty Office
Whitehall, London SW1A 2AF, UK
Tel: (44-171) 210 6572  Fax: (44-171) 210 6537
Contact: Alan Adams

United Nations

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights 
(formerly the the UN Centre for Human Rights)
United Nations Office
Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, SWITZERLAND
Tel: (41-22) 917 1234  Fax: (41-22) 917 0123

UN Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW)
2 United Nations Plaza, Rm. DC2-1220, New York, NY 10017, USA
Tel: (1-212) 963 5086  Fax: (1-212) 963-3463

UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women
Radhika Coomaraswamy
Centre for Human Rights
United Nations Office
Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, SWITZERLAND
Tel (41-22) 917 1234  Fax (41-22) 917 0123

Commission on the Status of Women
DAW
2 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
Human Rights Programme
304 East 45th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10017, USA
Tel: (1-212) 906 6454   Fax: (1-212) 906 6705
Contact: Roxanna Carrillo

United Nations Department of Public Information
Room S-1005, UN Headquarters, New York, NY 10017, USA
Fax: (1-212) 963 4556

Europe

European Commission on Human Rights
Council of Europe
BP-431, R6-67006, Strasbourg-CEDEX, FRANCE
Tel: (33-88) 412018; 412 2000  Fax: (33-88) 412792; 412 2791
Contact:Hans Christian Kruger (Secretaire de la Commission)

European Court of Human Rights
Council of Europe
BP-431, R6-67006, Strasbourg-CEDEX, FRANCE
Tel: (33-88) 412018; 412 2000  Fax: (33-88) 412792; 412 2791
Contact: Herbert Petzold (Registrar)



Non-Governmental Organizations Working on Women's Human Rights

International

Center for Women's Global Leadership
27 Clifton Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
Tel: (1-732) 932 8782  Fax: (1-732) 932 1180
Contact: Linda Posluszny

Human Rights Watch Women's Rights Project
1522 K Street, NW, #910, Washington, D.C., 20005-1202, USA
Tel: (1-202) 371 6592  Fax: (1-202) 371 0124

International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
1360 Mission Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
Tel: (1-415) 255 8680  Fax: (1-415) 255 8662

International Women's Rights Action Watch (IWRAW)
University of Minnesota
301 19th Ave., S., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Tel: (1-612) 625 5557  Fax: (1-612) 625 3513

International Women's Tribune Center
777 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA
Tel: (1-212) 687 8633  Fax: (1-212) 661 2704

Women, Law and Development International
135 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 407, Washington, D.C. 20036-1701, USA
Tel: (1-202) 463 7477  Fax: (1-202) 463 7480

Women Living Under Muslim Laws
Boite Postal 23-34790, Grabels, Montpelier, FRANCE
Tel: (33-467) 109166  Fax: (33-467) 109167

Regional

Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF)
Zambia House, Union Avenue, PO Box 4622, Harare, ZIMBABWE
Tel: (263-4) 752105  Fax: (263-4) 781886

ISIS-WICCE Uganda
PO Box 4934, Kampala, UGANDA
Tel: (256-41) 266007/8  Fax: (256-41) 268 676

Asia Pacific Forum on Women Law and Development (APWLD)
APDC Pesiarian Duta, 9th Floor, PO Box 12224, Kuala Lumpar, MALAYSIA
Tel: (60-3) 255 0648  Fax: (60-3) 255 1160

ISIS International-Manila
PO Box 1837, Quezon City Main, Quezon City 1100, PHILIPPINES
Tel: (63-2) 967297  Fax: (63-2) 924 1065

IWRAW-Asia Pacific
2nd Floor, Block F, Anjung Felda, Jl. Maktab, 54000 Kuala Lumpar
MALAYSIA
Tel: (60-3) 291 3292  Fax: (60-3) 292 9958

CLADEM (Latin American Committee for the Defense of Women's Rights)
Jr. Estados Unidos 1295, apt., 702, Apartado Postal 11-0470, Jesus Maria, Lima II, PERU
Tel: (51-1) 463 9237  Fax: (51-1) 463 5898

ILSA (Inter-American Association for Alternative Law)
Gender and Power Programme
Calle 38 #16-24, Bogota D.C., Colombia
Tel: (57-1) 288 9061  Fax: (57-1) 268 0351

ISIS-Santiago
Esmeraldas 636, 20 Piso, Casilla 2067, Correo Central, Santiago, CHILE
Tel: (56-2) 633 4582  Fax: (56-2) 638 3182

East-East Legal Committee 
Network of East-West Women
Women's Rights Center
ul. Wilcza 60 lok. 19, 00-679 Warsaw, POLAND
Tel: (48-22) 620 7624  Fax: (48-22) 621 3537
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