Human Rights resources

Human Rights country Reports (U.S.Department of State)

The UN Human Rights System (Human Rights Internet and Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade)
Extensive Review, by country and with Links, of the United Nations Human Rights System

Human Rights Watch World Report
Africa; Americas; Asia; Europe and Central Asia; Middle East and Northern Africa; Special Issues and Campaigns; USA; Arms; Children’s Rights; Women’s Human Rights

Human Rights (U.N.)
United Nations Documentation Research Guide covering Charter-based Bodies; Treaty-based Bodies; Conferences; Declarations; Pathfinder

Human Rights Links (AAAS)
Extensive Links List, with Brief Descriptions of Sites

OneWorld News Service
Current News on Regional and Global Human Rights Issues

International Law and Human Rights through the Doddel Server (Ingelse)
Very Extensive Site covering International Law, Human Rights, Prohibition of Torture, International Criminal Law , International Organizations , Law (Miscellaneous)

Human Rights Web (Hampton)
What are Human Rights; Legal and Political Documents; Resources

Human Rights Library (Minnesota)
Excellent Collection including Documents, Conventions, Declarations and other Instruments (U.N.Charter, the International Bill of Human Rights, Self-Determination, Women, Slavery, Prisoners, Torture, Juveniles, Freedom of Association, Labour, Marriage, Education , Development, Disabled, Armed Conflict, Refugees , Nationality, Regional Conventions)

Human Rights Internet
International NGO Documentation Centre, includes Documentation; Publications; U.N.Information; Resource Guides; Children’s Rights; World Calendar; Education ; Human Rights on the Internet (Links); Bulletin; What’s New

Searching the Findoc Database (Abo Akademi University)

Human Rights Watch
Research; Campaigns; Press Releases; Gopher Site

Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs (Lehman)
Detailed Guide to Resources at Columbia University. Includes Web Sites with Annotations

Vienna Declaration and Program (IGC)

United Nations Human Rights Committee Decisions (Minnesota and AustLii)
Full Text of Decisions pursuant to the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights .

High Commissioner for Human Rights (U.N.)
Organization; Programme; Treaties ; Documents; Publications; Meetings; Statements

European Court of Human Rights
General Information; Judgments; Pending Cases; Basic Texts

Combatting Racism and Intolerance (Council of Europe)
Legal Franework; Examples of Good Practice; Publications; What’s New

Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Minnesota)
Basic Documents; Case-Law; Press Releases; Search the Inter-American Court; Links to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and Organization of American States

Inter-American Human Rights Database (Guitteau)
Documents in English and Spanish of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights since 1960; Reports on Early Session of the Commission; Special Country Reports and Thematic Reports to be included

Human Rights (Essex)
Martin Hogan’s most useful one man Effort including Campaigns Update, War and Peace,, Human Rights, Government, Related Resources and Newswires

Humanitarian Home Page (Rahman)
Relief Organisations, Disaster-Related Sites, Research Groups

Hatewatch
Hatewatch monitors the Threat of Hate Group Activities on the Internet: The Hatewatch Newsletter; White Nationalists; Skinheads; Foreign Nationalists; Black Racialists; NeoNazis; Revisionists; Anti-Gay; Anti-Christain/Anti-Arab; Monitoring Hate; Who’s Who in Hate; Working Papers; Bibliography

Human Rights(Project Diana/University of Cincinnati))
Human Rights Documents by Organization and Region; Bibliographies

Human Rights (Project Diana/Yale)
Documents; Cases; Subject Areas; Search Site; Bibliographies; Links

Human Rights Links (Goldman Law library at Yale)

International Labour Organization
Constitution, Current Issues, Press Releases, Links to other ILO Sites

Sexuality, Gender and the Law (Lyonette Louis-Jacques)
Sex Laws Worldwide (General and Heterosexual/Straight); Laws Relating to Gays; Lesbians; Bisexuals; Transgendered Folks; Includes Directories; Links; Discussion Groups

UNICEF, The Progress of Nations
Annual Report on Aspects of Civil Rights; Health; Women; Industrialised Countries

Freedom in the World (Freedom House)
Tables rating Countries and Territories for Political Rights and Civil Liberties on a Scale from 1 (most free) to 7 (least free). From Freedom in the World (R.Kaplan ed.)(1997)

Human Rights Interactive Network
Focus on Human Rights and Humanitarian Assistance. Urgent Appeals; Human Rights Journal on the Internet; Consumer Alert (Purchases financing Human Rights Violations); Directory of Organizations; Links; Online News Services and Magazines

ReliefWeb(U.N. Department of Humanitarian Affairs)
Current and Archival Information. Detailed Country Profiles to help the Humanitarian Community to prepare for and respond to Complex Emergencies and Natural Disasters. Profiles include Angola, Azerbaijan, DPP Korea, Iraq, Liberia, Somalia and Sudan. Special Section on Burundi and Rwanda. Bulletin of New Developments

AIDWATCH
Ensuring Australia Aid Dollars reach the Right People and the Environment; Alerts; Newsletters; Search

Treaties /Various(UNHCR)
Extensive treaty collection on Human Rights generally

Human Rights(Trondheim)
Gopher Links; WWW Links; Newsgroups; National Documents; Other Documents

The Rule of law Outline ( Rule of law Foundation)
Justice Reform in Emerging Democracies. Includes Search of Numerous Links and Full-Text Documents

Equipo Nizkor (Lacabe/Dionis/Katz-Lacabe)
Human Rights in Each Latin American Country; Links

Impunidad(Katz-Lacabe/Dionis/Lacabe)
Impunity from Investigation and Punishment; Reports; Conferences; Impunity Newsletter; Truth Commissions; Declarations; Equipo Nizkor

Death Penalty – The Ultimate Revenge (The Bruderhof Communities)
Issues and Perspectives; Feature Articles; Death Penalty Pros and Cons; Resources

Death Penalty Information Center
State by State Information; Reports; Race; Cost; Deterrence; Innocence; Women; Juveniles; Mental Retardation; International; Links

Index on Censorship(OneWorld)
Bi-Monthly Magazine for Free Speech

Privacy and Human Rights (Global Internet Liberty Campaign)
International Survey of Privacy Law and Practice including Privacy Threats; Defining Privacy; Right to Privacy; Technologies of Privacy Invasion; Country Reports

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (U.N./Hampton)

World Food Programme
The Food Aid Organization of the U.N. Press Releases; Field Operations; Emergency Report; Transport; Disaster Mitigation; Links

States of Emergency Database (Queen’s University of Belfast)
Northern Ireland; China; El Salvador; India; Malaysia; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Turkey; East Timor

Turkey: No Security without Human Rights, 1996 (Amnesty International)
Extensive Review of Human Rights Issues in Turkey

Pinochet Case (Mining Company)
Links to Amnesty International Statements; Documents on Chile under Pinochet; Washington Post Stories; Report on Criminal Procedures against Chilean and Argentinian Repressors in Spain (Lacabe); The Disappeared in Chile; House of Lords Cases; Human Rights Watch Statements; BBC Pinochet File; 20th Century Chilean History; US Documents on Military Coup of 1973 in Chile

Free Burma Home Page
Includes BurmaNet News, Burma Action Directory, Interviews, Specific Questions Capacity, Search for Burma Information

Burma Project (Open Society Institute)
Latest News, Human Rights, Burma Resources, International Response to Burma Crisis, Facts, Related Sites, Business and Burma, Tourism, SLORC Speaks

AfroCentric Guide to the WWW(NETLiNKS)
Comprehensive Guide to African American and Canadian Web Resources:Forum; Directory; Events; Authors and Poets Archive; History Archive; Mailing Lists; Salute to Black Women

Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Web Pages of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Includes Final Report; Statements and Press Releases; News; Hearings Schedule; Amnesty Committee Decisions; Submissions; Reports; Recommended Reading (Links)

Sri Lanka: Wavering Commitment to Human Rights 1996 (Amnesty International)
Report on Human Rights Issues on Both Sides of the Struggle

Patrin (Courbet)
Detailed Review of the Rroma People (Gypsies) with Extensive Links. Includes History; Culture Traditions; Organizations; Rights; Holocaust

The Vanished Gallery
Extensive Materials on the Disappearance of Thousands of People under Military Rule in Argentina between 1976 and 1983: The Victims; The Responsible; CONADEP; Human Rights Organizations; Further Reading

Journal of the Coalition Against Dictatorship in Nigeria
Explanation of the Coalition’s Aims, Links to Sites related to Ken Saro-Wiwa and Nigeria

Dalai Lama Home Page

Human Rights in China
News Update; Freedom of Association Report; Wang Dan Materials; Wei Jingshen Materials; Information and Links on Specific Topics including Children, Hong Kong, Dissidents; Law and Rights; Media and Censorship; Religious Freedom; Tibet; Women; Workers’ Rights

TimorNet(University of Coimbra)
Information Service on East Timor covering History, Geography, Culture, News Digest, Links

Bougainville Freedom Movement
Large Collection of Press Releases and Newspaper Articles,Upcoming Events, Background Information

Western Sahara Home Page (Martinoli)
Weekly News, Latest United Nations Documents, Polisario Bulletin, Land and People, Human Rights, Bibliography

Accion Zapatista
Information on Grass-Roots Struggles in Chiapas and elsewhere in Mexico

The State and Civil Liberties in the United Kingdom and Europe (Statewatch)
Searchable database on prisons, immigration, racism, Northern Ireland, police, security and other issues

Rights for All (Amnesty International)
Campaign on the U.S. covering Violations behind Bars; Detention of Asylum-Seekers; Death Penalty; Police Brutality; Repression Trade

States of Emergency Database (Queen’s University of Belfast)
Legislation on States of Emergency in Northern Ireland, China, El Salvador, India, Malaysia, South Africa, Turkey and East Timor

Non-Governmental Organizations
Amnesty International
Major Human Rights Site with Very Extensive Collection of Recent Materials

American Civil Liberties Union
Site including Church and State, Criminal Justice, Cyber-Liberties, Death Penalty, Free Speech,HIV/AIDS, Immigrants’ Rights, Lesbian and Gay Rights, National Security, Racial Equality, Reproductive Rights, Students’ Rights, Womens ‘ Rights, Workplace Rights.

Anti-Defamation League
The World’s Leading Organization fighting Anti-Semitism. Site covers Latest News, Annual Report, Newsletter, Press Releases, Report Summaries, Search Home Page by Subject

Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
What’s New; Lawyer-to Lawyer Network; Witness; NGO Access to International institutions ; Enforcing the Rule of Law; Refugees ; Advocacy Campaigns; Publications; Newsletter

Avocats sans Frontieres
Attorneys without Borders is an International Network of Lawyers, with headquarters in Belgium, dedicated to ensuring the right to equitable justice

Redress
Legal and Human Rights Organization to help Torture Survivors use Available Legal Remedies and to Campaign for Effective Remedies. Includes What’s New; Research and Information; Law Reform; Public Awareness; Case Work; Redress Network; Advocacy and Campaigning; News; Links

Religion
The Holy See

Freedom of Religion Links (American Communication Association)

Religion or Belief Network: ROBIN (Tandem Project)
Extensive Documentation and Materials relating to the implementation of the U.N.Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief

Religious Human Rights in the World Today
The Spring 1996 Emory International Law Review. Religious Perspectives on Religious Human Rights: Bible; Judaic Tradition; Qur’an; Religious Dimensions of Human Rights. Legal Perspectives on Religious Human Rights; Germany; United Kingdom; Eastern Europe; Middle East and North Africa; Africa; Latin America; United States

The Religious Freedom Page (Hadden)
Religious Freedom Around the World; Nation Profiles; Religious Freedom Reports; Contemporary Crises; Sacred Texts; Religious Freedom in the USA; The Constitution; Court Decisions; Religion in Public Life; Minorities and New Religions; Organizations; Universal Principles; Freedom Alert

MOST Clearing House: Religious Rights (UNESCO)
Introduction; Discussion Forum; National Constitutions ; International Legal Instruments; Bibliography

Religious Freedom (ICRF)
Reports on Religious Freedom by Country

Jewish law Report (Touro)
Refugees
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Basic Information on UNHCR and Refugees; Country-Specific Information; Photographs; Press Releases; Route to Articles by Topic; Refugees Magazine; Official Documents of UNHCR; Basic Reference Material

RefWorld(UNHCR)
Collection of Databases of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees including the 1951 Refugee Convention and 1967 Protocol, UNHCR Handbook for Determining Refugee Status and International Law Cases on Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Refugees International
Documentation and Links on Recent Refugee Issues

U.S. Committee for Refugees
News and Updates; Worldwide Refugee Information; Search by Region and Country; FAQ; Issues and Topics; USCR Publications and Resources

Crisis in Central Africa (Interaction)
Documents and Information from Non-Governmental Organizations; U.N. Bodies; News Agencies

Australian Refugee Review Tribunal (AustLII)
Decisions Bulletins, How to apply to the Tribunal, Searchable Decision Database, Annual Report, Press Releases
Children
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Newsline; About UNICEF; Information; UNICEF Worldwide; Child Rights; Child Labour; Voices of Youth

State of the World’s Children 1999 (UNICEF)
Focus on Education; Summary; News Features; Fact Sheets; Full Text of the Report;

Impact of Armed Conflict on Children (Graca Machel/UNICEF)

Convention on the Rights of the Child (Wiretap)

Child Rights (UNICEF)
About the Convention on the Rights of the Child ; The Process; Its Status; Resources; Current Issues; Making a Difference

Child Rights Floor (Children’s House)
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CROC); CROC Ratifications List; Protocol to Amend the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children; Infanticide in China; Links

Database on Research and Information on Children’s Rights (Childwatch International)
Searchable Database

Child Labour Today
Includes Photo Library; Lives of Child Workers; Statistics; News; Research and Reports; The Bigger Picture

Prohibition of Torture (Doddel Server/Ingelse)
Committee against Torture (1994 Annual Report, Comments on State Reports, Decisions, Guidelines, Press Releases, Document Search), Convention against Torture, European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture , Protection from Torture, Ill-Treatment and Disappearance, Rights of Prisoners and Detainees, Annual Report of Special Rapporteur on Torture 1994, U.N. Standards, Guidelines and International Instruments

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Advocacy, Annotations, Constitutions, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Education, Human Rights Committee, Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, International Criminal Law, International Family Law, International Lawyers Associations 3, International Organizations, International institutions, Jewish law, Law library, List of international online resources, Refugees, Revenge, Rule of law, Treaties, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, country.