The human rights organizations market has seen considerable growth due to a variety of factors.
• The market size of human rights organizations has been on a consistent rise in recent years. The value is expected to surge from $17.76 billion in 2024 to $18.3 billion in 2025, indicating a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.1%.
The growth observed during the historical period is linked to issues of human rights violations, legal action, increased advocacy and awareness, and an influx of funding and donations.
The human rights organizations market is expected to maintain its strong growth trajectory in upcoming years.
• Expectations are that the market size of human rights organizations will exhibit consistent growth in the coming years. By 2029, it is predicted to reach a size of $20.62 billion, fueled by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.0%.
This projected growth during the forecasted period can be linked to various factors such as emerging human rights concerns, digital advocacy, grassroots activism, and corporate responsibility. Key trends for the forecast period encompass digital advocacy, online petitions coupled with crowdfunding, utilization of data and technology for human rights, and the ongoing fight for gender and LGBTQ+ rights.
An increase in hate crimes is projected to spur the market for human rights organizations. A hate crime signifies any criminal act of violence against an individual or their property, motivated entirely or partially by the perpetrator's prejudice towards race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, or gender identity. For example, the United States Department of Justice, a governmental agency in the US, reported in October 2023 that hate crime incidents had escalated by 794 in 2022, reaching a total of 11,634 cases compared to the previous year's count of 10,840.
The human rights organizations market covered in this report is segmented –
1) By Type of Organizations: Nongovernmental Organizations, Intergovernmental Organizations, Governmental Organizations, International Organizations
2) By Organization Location: Domestic, International
3) By Application: All Humans, Children, Women, Disabled, LGBTQ, Other Applications
Subsegments:
1) By Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs): Human Rights Advocacy Groups, Legal Aid Organizations, Grassroots Organizations, Community-Based Organizations
2) By Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs): United Nations (UN) and Its Specialized Agencies, European Union (EU), African Union (AU), Organization of American States (OAS)
3) By Governmental Organizations: National Human Rights Commissions, State-Supported Human Rights Bodies, Local Government Agencies Involved in Human Rights Protection
4) By International Organizations: Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch (HRW), International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Groups dedicated to human rights are putting in efforts to safeguard the digital rights of individuals. NordVPN, a cybersecurity firm, conducted a survey in 2022 which revealed that, in Australia, about 3% of people have concerns about online tracking, and 27% believe they are constantly tracked. Invasion of privacy through data collection has become a common practice as every action over the internet is tracked. To protect the rights of individuals navigating the digital world, human rights groups are raising awareness and advocating for the establishment of relevant laws.
Major companies operating in the human rights organizations market include:
• Amnesty International
• Human Rights Watch
• Civil Rights Defenders
• Human Rights Without Frontiers International
• Physicians for Human Rights
• Anti-Slavery International
• Global Rights
• UN Watch
• European Centre for Minority Issues
• International Federation for Human Rights
• Advocates for Human Rights
• ActionAid International
• Article 19
• Avocats Sans Frontières
• Brennan Center for Justice
• Center for Constitutional Rights
• International Institute of Human Rights
• International League for Human Rights
• International Movement ATD Fourth World
• International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR)
• International Property Rights Index
• International Progress Organization
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
• Human Rights in China
• Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy Tibet Egypt
• Arabic Network for Human Rights Information
• Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights
• Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
• Egyptian Organization for Human Rights
• Hisham Mubarak Law Center
• National Council for Human Rights
• Groupe d'information et de soutien des immigrés
• Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
• Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
• National Urban League
Asia-Pacific was the largest region in the human rights organizations market in 2023. North America was the second largest region in the human rights organizations market. The regions covered in the human rights organizations market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa