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Parent topics
Civil society: The space for social activity outside the market, state and household; the arena of uncoerced collective action around shared interests, purposes and values. [e]
Subtopics
Amnesty International: International non-governmental organisation, founded in London in 1961, which draws attention to human rights abuses and campaigns for compliance with international standards. [e]- BRAC: Add brief definition or description
- CARE: Add brief definition or description
- Human Rights Watch: Add brief definition or description
- International Committee of the Red Cross: Add brief definition or description
- Médecins Sans Frontières: <noinclude>{{subpages}}</noinclude>
The English-language name of this international organization is Doctors Without Borders. [e]
- The Social Capital Foundation: A Brussels-based NGO promoting social capital and social cohesion. [e]
United Nations: An international organization that was founded in 1945 with the mission of preventing international war, protecting human rights, supporting social progress and justice, and helping with economic progress. [e]- Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, consisting of 30 articles with definitions of civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights. [e]
- Philosophy of Spinoza [r]: A systematic, logical, rational philosophy developed by Baruch Spinoza in the seventeenth century in Europe [e]
- Tet Offensive [r]: A Communist offensive in the Vietnam War, possibly part of a larger strategy, in early 1968. The attackers suffered massive casualties and held no ground, but they achieved the turning of U.S. political opinion against continuing large-scale involvement in the war. [e]