Voice of Consumers

Name: Voice of Consumers

Sunday, August 21, 2005

The Rights and Responsibilities of Consumers
http://www.crcp.org.pk/cons_right_responsi.htm

UNO Guidelines for Consumer Protection
http://www.crcp.org.pk/un_guide.htm

Consumers International (CI) defends the rights of all consumers, particularly the poor and marginalised, through empowering national consumer groups and campaigning at the international level. CI represents over 250 organisations in 115 countries.
http://www.consumersinternational.org

This April the National Consumer Council (NCC) launched a new training package that has been designed to build up the skills and self-confidence of consumer representatives - Stronger Voice. It's an initiative that has received support in the Government White Paper "Modern Markets: Confident Consumers". The Consumer Minister, Dr. Kim Howells, has described Stronger Voice as "a bold step forward in improving the training of consumer representatives" and the DTI has set NCC a target of training 5000 consumer representatives this year.
http://www.nfcg.org.uk

Lots of Material on the Problems & Questions We Consumers Run Into
http://www.lectlaw.com/tcos.html

Consumers' financial rights are protected by federal and state laws and regulations covering many services offered by financial institutions. This brochure will assist organizations which often receive complaints about banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions in referring complaints to the proper regulatory agency.
http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/rights/

Education is a key tool to prevent consumer injury. In this section of our website, you'll find publications with advice on avoiding scams and rip-offs, as well as tips on other consumer topics.
http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/consumer.htm

deploys public interest lawyers, policy experts, grassroots activists, and others to advance and protect the interests of consumers and taxpayers.
http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/

Credit and Your Consumer Rights
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/credit/crdright.htm

The National Consumer Law Center is the nation's consumer law expert, helping consumers, their advocates, and public policy makers to use powerful and complex consumer laws to assure justice for vulnerable, low income Americans.
http://www.consumerlaw.org/