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- 4HumanRights - Annotated guide to human rights links from 4anything.com.
www.4humanrights.com
- 8th Day Center for Social Justice - A multi-issue, social justice center supported and staffed by 30 congregations of nuns, priests and brothers which promotes analysis and action.
www.8thdaycenter.org
- AccessHR - A portal to human rights resources on the Internet.
www.hrdc.net/accesshr
- Advanced Organizational Behaviour - Aims to draw attention to various covert practices and to stimulate discussion of their human rights implications. Underlying principles are explained and UK case studies are supplied.
www.beck6mw.freeserve.co.uk
- Artists for a New South Africa - ANSA is a non-profit organization founded and supported by artists, activists and others dedicated to furthering democracy and equality in South Africa and civil rights in the U.S.
www.ansafrica.org
- Bayefsky.com - Encompasses the full range of data concerning the application of the UN human rights treaty system by its monitoring treaty bodies since their inauguration.
www.bayefsky.com
- Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change - A research center dedicated to advancing the understanding and pursuing the goals of the American civil rights movement.
benhooks.memphis.edu
- Bodhi Journal Human Rights - A collection of links, news and info on human rights with an emphasis on Tibet.
www.geocities.com/bvgftr2/bjhr.html
- Boycott Beijing 2008 - Argues that with its record on human rights at home and in Tibet, China should not host the Olympic Games in 2008. Calls for a boycott by countries and individuals.
uk.geocities.com/boycott2008/index.html
- Civil Liberties - From About.com - Columns, link libraries, polls, and discussions about personal liberty issues.
civilliberty.about.com
- ColorQ's Human Rights Page - Features stories and links on worldwide human rights violations, particularly issues that receive little attention from the Western media.
www.colorq.org/HumanRights/HumanRights.htm
- Commission on Human Security - Two broad areas of research and related consultative processes inform the Commission's deliberations: human insecurities resulting from conflict and violence; and the links between human security and development.
www.humansecurity-chs.org
- Comparative Democratization Project, Stanford - Human Rights - Links to Internet resources on human rights.
democracy.stanford.edu/hum_rights.html
- Concise Guide to Human Rights on the Internet - Resource for finding information about human rights on the internet. Links to organizations worldwide addressing human rights issues.
www.derechos.org/human-rights/manual.htm
- Derechos Cafe - A Human Rights Hangout - News, articles, links and chat groups about human rights issues.
www.derechos.net
- Discovering America As It Is (Book) - Argues that the U.S. extreme capitalist system represents an even greater threat than Soviet mock-communism to the well-being of the world. Written by former anti-Soviet dissident.
www.efn.org/~rolanda/discovering/america.html
- Essays Examining Xenophobia by William W. Berry of Buffalo, New York - Opinion pieces, including sympathetic descriptions of the May, 2000 Adirondack Mountain celebration of John Brown's 200th birthday, and an October, 1968 Viet Nam protest at MIT, among others.
hometown.aol.com/esberry/myhomepage/news.html
- Freedom Magazine: In Support of Human Rights - Explores the role of investigative reporting in restoring human rights.
www.humanrightsfreedom.org
- Friends of People Close to Nature - Network of individuals and groups concerned with the survival of savage tribal peoples, in particular hunter-gatherers.
www.fpcn-global.org
- Gendercide Watch - Confronts gender-selective atrocities against men and women worldwide. Includes a growing database of historical and contemporary case-studies of gendercide, research materials, and up-to-date media coverage.
gendercide.org
- Global Witness homepage - Highlighting the links between environmental exploitation and human rights abuses, particularly where natural resources such as timber, diamonds and oil are used to fund conflict.
www.globalwitness.org/indexhome.html
- Globalizaction - Action alerts and campaigns on economic and social rights, from around the world.
www.globalizaction.org
- Greater Los Angeles Federation for a Democratic China - Promotes the ideals of democracy, human rights, freedom, and rule-by-law in Chinese communities.
www.lafdc.org
- Hate Crime Premise - Opinion paper discussing the assumptions behind the trend toward outlawing hate crimes, and the similarity to Orwell's concept of "thoughtcrime."
unquietmind.com/hate_crime.html
- Human Rights - Resource on United States human rights issues including asylum, the death penalty, land mine manufacturers, police brutality, and prison conditions.
humanrights.about.com/culture/issuescauses/humanrights/msub36.htm
- Human Rights - Charity resource with particular emphasis on those dealing with human rights in the former soviet union.
www.human-rights.org.uk
- Human Rights & Human Welfare: An International Review - An international review of books and other publications in the area of global human rights. Published at the Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver.
www.du.edu/gsis/hrhw
- Human Rights Alerts - From Peace Brigades International.
www.igc.apc.org/pbi/ern.html
- Human Rights and Liberties Page - Links to articles, resources, organizations, and primary documents dealing with all facets of human rights and freedoms.
www.freespeech.org/unlimitedfreedom/civilrights.html
- Human Rights and Peace Campaign - This is an interactive online human rights server.
hurpeconline.com
- Human Rights Discussion List - Active mail list and discussion on subject. Bilingual, English y Español.
www.derechos.org/human-rights/hrights.html
- Human Rights Education Buffalo Project - On-Line Resource Center including an interactive classroom and links to other Human Rights information.
www.hrebp.org
- Human Rights Education Resource Centre - Includes searchable databases, full-text education and training materials and interactive distance learning tools on human rights.
www.hrea.org
- Human Rights Forum - Covers important philosophers as well as current issues in human rights today. Interactive with activities and a message board.
hrightsforum.hypermart.net
- Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems - HURIDOCS is a global network of organisations concerned with human rights. Functions as a decentralised network in which organisations can handle and exchange information according to their own requirements.
www.huridocs.org
- Human Rights Initiative - Multiyear research and dialogue project of the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs. Aims to provide critical perspective of what happens when international human rights confront realities on the ground.
www.cceia.org/themes/humanrights.html
- Human Rights Internet - Provides human rights publications, information on children's rights and the UN human rights system, and listing of human rights organizations worldwide.
www.hri.ca
- Human Rights Law and Issues at Suite 101 - A site of passion on human rights law and issues, as well as humanity for all mankind. Various concepts of human rights law and issues, and country-specific insider views on specific incidents.
www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/human_rights
- Human Rights Network International ( - HRNi publishes academic and reference materials pertaining to a wide range of human rights issues.
www.hrni.org
- Human Rights Reporting - Information about an annual seminar at Columbia University surveying the cutting-edge issues in promoting human rights, with a focus on reporting techniques.
www.humanrightsreporting.com
- Human Rights Voice - Non profit organization involved in the sphere of international human rights, global security, economic development, economic justice and international justice, business and economic rights, and conflict resolution.
www.hrv.20m.com
- Human Rights Watch World Report 2001 - Human Rights Watch's eleventh annual review of human rights practices around the globe - covers developments in 70 countries. The report reflects extensive investigative work conducted in 2000 by the Human Rights Watch staff, usually in close partnership with human rights activists in the countries in question.
www.hrw.org/wr2k1/index.html
- Human Rights Watch World Report 2002 - Twelfth annual review of human rights practices around the globe. It addresses developments in sixty-six countries, covering the period from November 2000 through November 2001. Most chapters examine human rights developments in a particular country; the response of global actors; and the freedom of local human rights defenders to conduct their work.
hrw.org/wr2k2
- Human Rights: Critique and Reform - Objections to the human rights movement and human rights institutions from a point of view favoring decentralism and tradition, with proposals for reform.
rightsreform.net
- Human Strategies for Human Rights - Human rights non-profit that provides organizational capacity building, skills training and human rights education to grassroots NGOs.
www.hshr.org
- Humanlex - Categorised links related to the field of international law and international human rights law. In English and French.
humanlex.tripod.com
- IntellectualLoafing.com Running Debates: Torture Can Be Morally Justfiable? - User debate: This House believes that torture can be morally justifiable. The discussion centers around the value of human rights and if governments have the moral right to violate them in defence of human lives.
www.intellectualloafing.com/discussionsfolder/runningdebatesfolder/torture.htm
- International Dalit Solidarity Network - Group works globally against discrimination by work and descent. Provides support and assistance for the Dalits of India as well as any form of caste discrimination.
uk.geocities.com/internationaldalitsolidarity
- International Human Rights - Features college papers, posters and links to web sites about international human rights' issues.
cda.mrs.umn.edu/~john/jamboree
- International Human Rights Respect - Articles and resources for individuals concerned and interested in all aspects of human rights.
www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/international_human_rights
- International Human Rights: The Pursuit of an Ideal - The goal of this site is to present an objective view of human rights. Topics that have been researched include the history of human rights and the pioneers responsible for it, and issues germane to the topic.
library.thinkquest.org/C0126065
- International Network for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights - ESCR-Net brings together diverse groups and activists committed to human rights and social justice in order to share information and strategies, establish stronger links across border and disciplines, develop a collective voice, and facilitate collaborative work among members.
www.escr-net.org
- Look Into My I :The Freedom Paintings - Rebecca Barrington's plea for privacy in the public sector. Eight powerful freedom paintings from the LuLu Eccentrix Art Gallery depicting the loss of freedom.
www.angelfire.com/extreme/artgirl/index.html
- Muslim Voices in the Human Rights Debate - Human Rights Quarterly - Paper examines the relationship between the ideals of modern human rights and traditional Islamic norms.
muse.jhu.edu/demo/human_rights_quarterly/17.4bielefeldt.html
- Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) - Studies and gathers human rights documentation.
www.law.uu.nl/english/sim
- NGO Translation Project - Translation bureau in Russia offers free translation services to non-profit and organisations (NGOs).
www.obmen.org/perevod/e
- Peaceful Action: A place to speak out - Offers a forum and news about human rights related and environmental issues. It is a platform where anyone can voice his or her opinion.
www.peacefulaction.org
- Rights Advocates - An interactive medium for expression of breaches of human rights. Also information and advice on human rights can be found here.
www.rightsadvocates.com
- Rights Consortium - A team of Non-Governmental Organizations dedicated to promoting the rule of law and human rights worldwide.
www.rightsconsortium.org
- Seeds of Peace - Seeds of Peace is a non-profit, non-political organization that helps teenagers from regions of conflict learn the skills of making peace.
www.seedsofpeace.org
- Serendipity: Human Rights - Sections on Jury Nullification, Genocide, East Timor, Mass Starvation of Germans (1945-1950), Political Prisoners in America, The War on Drug Users, Civil Asset Forfeiture and Privacy.
serendipity.magnet.ch/hr.html
- Silent Voices Speak - An art exhibition and lecture series on the Holocaust and Social Injustice Today. Was held at the Herbst Exhibition Hall, San Francisco Presidio from April 1-May 15, 2001
www.silentvoicesspeak.com
- Speak Truth To Power - Dedicated to the promotion of human rights awareness. A not-for-profit organization that seeks to proactively engage the general public in an ongoing series of issue-related programs and events.
www.speaktruth.org
- Stop Abuse of Vulnerable People - Stopping abusive institutions, exposing abusers and helping survivors, uncovering pedophile rings in Childrens Homes and protesting abusive mental health treatment.
stopabuse.org
- Strategic Choices in the Design of Truth Commissions - Site seeks to aid decision makers in societies interested in establishing a Truth Commission via analysis of the structure, design choices, and impacts of past Commissions.
www.truthcommission.org
- The Human Rights Initiative at Georgia Institute of Technology - This site is dedicated to publishing information on human rights, technology and globalization at Georgia Tech and in the wider world.
humanrights.gatech.edu
- The Human Rights Web - Human rights resources including links to relevant documents.
www.hrweb.org
- The International Association for Religious Freedom - Supports freedom of religion and belief as defined by international law. The IARF has general consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
www.geocities.com/~iarf
- The International Monitor Institute Archives - Advanced media research for human rights. Video, audio and photography pertaining to human rights worldwide, particularly in the former Yugoslavia, Burma, Cambodia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and the Middle East.
www.imisite.org
- The Journalism and Films of John Pilger - International human rights abuses committed and aided by the West, especially the UNs sanctions against Iraq, are detailed in the largest John Pilger online archive.
pilger.carlton.com
- The United States and 'The Challenge of Relativity' - Review by US political dissident Noam Chomsky of the United States' own appalling record on human rights - not in the distant past, but in the last 50 years and continuing right up to this day.
www.zmag.org/chomsky/articles/9708-UD-relativity.html
- Together against Torture - Describes the horrible crime of torture, and the passivity of bystanders. Offers ideas and links to take action, and links to U.S. and international organizations.
www.origami.no/stoptorture
- Torture by Proxy - Karen L. Snell,a specialist in constitutional litigation and international extradition, comments on Kenneth Starr's comments in The Washington Post suggesting the U.S. should cast aside traditional civil liberties in the fight against terrorism.
www.law.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=law/View&c=Article&cid=ZZZISLXZITC&live=true&cst=1&pc=0&pa=0
- U.S. Report Stresses Religious Rights - In releasing the annual assessment of human rights in other countries, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright pledged to make the promotion of religious liberty a top priority of U.S. foreign policy.
archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?slug=rite&date=19970131
- U.S. State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - The reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Updated annually.
www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/hrp_reports_mainhp.html
- U.S. State Department on religious intolerance - Details from the second annual report on international religious freedom from the U.S. State Department. Examples of religious intolerance provided. Article dated Sept 2000.
www.cnn.com/2000/US/09/05/state.dept.religion/index.html
- U.S. State Dept. Human Rights Reports - Reports for 1995 to 1999.
www.usis.usemb.se/human/index.htm
- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights -
www.unhchr.ch
- United Human Rights Council - Works toward correcting the human rights violations of those governments who distort, deny, and delude their own history to disguise genocides, massacres, and human rights violations. Includes sections on various cases.
www.unitedhumanrights.org
- United Nations Agreements on Human Rights - Summary page with links to full document.
www.hrweb.org/legal/undocs.html
- University of Minnesota Human Rights Meta Search Engine - Meta search engine for searching multiple human rights sites. Library contains a large collection of international human rights, and links to other human rights and international law sites.
www1.umn.edu/humanrts/lawform.html
- University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna), Sri Lanka - Challenges the external and internal terror engulfing the Tamil community as a whole by attempting to make the perpetrators accountable.
www.uthr.org
- World Audit of Democracy and Human Rights - Focus is on democracy, human rights, press freedom, corruption and the rule of law. Daily news on democracy and human rights, links and e-commerce facilities for human rights publications.
www.worldaudit.org
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