Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Human Rights Watch

The 20 closest human rights advocacy alternatives to Human Rights Watch, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 15 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Human Rights Watch? The closest matches are Amnesty International, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and ProPublica. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch hrw.org

Human Rights Watch | Defending Human Rights Worldwide

Human Rights Watch defends the rights of people in 100 countries worldwide, spotlighting abuses and bringing perpetrators to justice

Wikidata: international human rights advocacy and research non-governmental organization

Top 10K · #3,417 English 15 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
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Summary by Claude

International nonprofit that investigates and publishes reports on human rights abuses in about 100 countries and lobbies governments to change policy and hold perpetrators accountable; funded by donations.

Who it’s for
Public, journalists, policymakers, donors
Business model
Donations

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Human Rights Watch’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

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Archive of Our OwnCDCWorld Health OrganizationUNICEFAmerican Civil Liberties UnionUnhcrProPublicaAmnesty International

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Human Rights Watch

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Human Rights Watch, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    Amnesty International amnesty.org Top 10K English

    Amnesty International

    We are a global movement of more than 10 million people in over 150 countries who campaign campaign for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all.

  2. 02

    UN department that promotes human rights under international law

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    ProPublica propublica.org Top 10K English

    ProPublica — Investigative Journalism and News in the Public Interest

    ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.

  4. 04
    Unhcr unhcr.org Top 10K English

    UNHCR - the UN Refugee Agency

    UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organisation dedicated to saving lives and protecting the rights of refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.

  5. 05
    American Civil Liberties Union aclu.org Top 10K English

    American Civil Liberties Union | The ACLU dares to create a more perfect union — beyond one person, party, or side. Our mission is to realize this promise of the United States Constitution for all and expand the reach of its guarantees.

    The ACLU dares to create a more perfect union — beyond one person, party, or side. Our mission is to realize this promise of the United States Constitution for all and expand the reach of its guarantees.

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    Our World in Data ourworldindata.org Top 10K English

    Our World in Data

    Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems.

  7. 07
    UNICEF unicef.org Top 10K English

    UNICEF, for every child

    UNICEF works in the world’s toughest places to reach the most disadvantaged children and to protect the rights of every child, everywhere.

  8. 08
    Brookings brookings.edu Top 10K English

    Brookings - Quality. Independence. Impact.

    The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. Our mission is to conduct in-depth research that leads to new ideas for solving problems facing society at the local, national and global level.

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    Council on Foreign Relations cfr.org Top 10K English

    Council on Foreign Relations

    The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan member organization, think tank, and publisher.

  10. 10
    World Health Organization who.int Top 1K English

    World Health Organization (WHO)

    The United Nations agency working to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable

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    UN Women unwomen.org Top 10K English

    Welcome | UN Women – Headquarters

    UN Women is the global champion for gender equality, working to develop and uphold standards and create an environment in which every woman and girl can exercise her human rights and live up to her full potential. We are trusted partners for advocates and decision-makers from all walks of life, and a leader in the effort to achieve gender equality.

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    Radio Free Asia rfa.org Top 10K English

    Radio Free Asia

    US government-funded broadcaster in Asia

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    International Labour Organization ilo.org Top 10K English

    ILO Homepage | International Labour Organization

    The official website of the International Labour Organization (ILO), dedicated to promoting social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights.

  14. 14
    United States Department of Justice justice.gov Top 10K English

    Department of Justice | Homepage | United States Department of Justice

    Official website of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). DOJ’s mission is to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime; to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior; and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.

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    United Nations Development Programme undp.org Top 10K English

    Home | United Nations Development Programme

    UNDP works to eradicate poverty and reduce inequalities through sustainable and inclusive development, in more than 170 countries and territories.

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    Greenpeace greenpeace.org Top 10K English

    Greenpeace

    Greenpeace

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    Council of Europe coe.int Top 10K English

    International organisation founded in 1949

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    CDC cdc.gov Top 1K English

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC

    United States government public health agency

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    Archive of Our Own archiveofourown.org Top 10K English

    Request temporarily denied. | Archive of Our Own

    nonprofit online fanfiction repository operated by the Organization for Transformative Works

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    Pew Research Center pewresearch.org Top 10K English

    Pew Research Center | Nonpartisan, nonadvocacy, public opinion polling and data-driven social science research

    Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to hrw.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Human Rights Watch uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Human Rights Watch is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

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  • Drupal header x-generator: Drupal 11 (https://www.drupal.org)
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Hosting
  • Pantheon header x-pantheon-styx-hostname: styx-us-a-684cbff7d7-9psc8
Web servers
  • nginx header server: nginx
Languages & backends
  • PHP implied by Drupal (header x-generator: Drupal 11 (https://www.drupal.org))
Email hosting
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Adobe TXT adobe-sign-verification=f2a1da5c409e584f392104d66fecb7c6
  • Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=DmCqzYVDXHuJi7BD
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=q0w7pa9KBdlQMq2tG4vbbUrG7I10fILpilFDhfj…
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  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=TSRsiqG0hu4_xua-70pu-MVB2Elagcpgy9X-MwFGB0o
  • Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_GFnk1iUNTp-5DwRhE5xW9w

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