Human Rights Internet (also referred to as HRI[1]) is a non-governmental organization (NGO), not-for-profit based in Ottawa, Canada.

Its mission is twofold: to inspire education, advocacy, and dialogue in Canada; and, to document and disseminate information on human rights.

Historically, HRI served as a non-governmental repository for English language documentation produced by human rights NGOs worldwide.

HRI has continued to collate and catalogue documents which span a broad range of human rights issues from all regions of the world.

The Initiative aimed at preventing violent conflict through co-operative, problem-solving and quiet diplomatic arrangements within regional and sub-regional inter-governmental organizations.

Publications from this Initiative included: -         Equal Women’s Participation in Peace Processes -         Land and Conflict Prevention Handbook HRI also published the Human Rights Tribune from 1992 to 2006.