HRA is a human rights organization based in Berkeley, California. We are dedicated to promoting and protecting international human rights.
HRA participates actively in the work of various United Nations human rights bodies, using its status as a fully accredited Non-Governmental Organization. We are most involved at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights and its Sub-Commission, the Commission on the Status of Women, the Commission on Sustainable Development. We also participate in UN Conferences, including the women's conference in Beijing, China, the racism conference in Durban, South Africa and the Conference on the rights of the child in New York, NY.
HRA addresses the panoply of human rights issues, including minority and bodies on the human rights aspects of such issues as: minority and peoples' rights; the rights of the child; the juvenile death penalty; trafficking in women and children; migrant worker rights; the right to housing; the right to food; and human rights and the environment.