Christian human rights non-governmental organisations came into existence to address the plight of the
persecution of Christians, though in historic times, various
military orders such as the
Knights Hospitaller and the
Order of the Holy Sepulchre protected Christians from bandits and criminals in non-
Christian states, giving them safe passage to the
Holy Land. At present, there are a number of Christian human rights NGOs that are usually of an
interdenominational nature that "campaign for the rights of Christians around the world." In addition to advocating for the persecuted, Christian human rights non-governmental organisations provide information to various government agencies, such as the
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, which then makes policy recommendations on issues such as the
persecution of Christians by Boko Haram in Nigeria. These Christian human rights NGOs document statistics about the persecution of Christians in various countries in order to help policy-makers set "informed decisions regarding trade, aid, visas, and related issues with a particular country." The human rights NGOs encourage "congressional delegations to [visit] areas of intense persecution" to mitigate the same. ==International non-governmental organizations==