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Cyber-X-Times - dealing with issues of human rights. Includes links to the National Civil Rights Museum and more.Declaration of the Common Rights of Humanity - web project of writing a Declaration of basic human rights. Suggestions welcome.
Derechos - English and Spanish human rights info and actions.
DIANA - International Human Rights Database - database designed to promote the creation, preservation, organization, and dissemination of primary and secondary electronic materials critical to human rights research and advocacy.
End to Global Injustice - information about various countries and populations experiencing poverty, political oppression, and environmental abuse.
European Council Human Rights Web - hosts policy papers and the text of relavant agreements; also has links to European human rights organiaztions.
European Roma Rights Center - ERRC mission statement, press releases, letters of public advocacy, human rights reports and contact addresses.
Excuses for the Truth: Disappearances and Their Consequences - practical information on the struggle against "disappearances." Site is designed to facilitate an an exchange of information and experiences for those affected by or working against disappearances.
Faith and Social Justice Page - resources, links, and articles for people of faith who are concerned about social justice issues.
Flashpoint! - human rights magazine on the internet; features articles on human rights, health and humanitarian assistance around the globe.
For the Record 1997: Human Rights in the U.N. System
Fourth World Documentation Project - making resources available to tribal governments, researchers and organizations with an interest in the Fourth World.
Global Millennium Project - invites the people of the world to participate in the largest and most ambitious global transformation project ever initiated.
Globalization & Human Rights - companion site to the PBS special focusing on the ongoing debate over whether or not human rights concerns should be linked to economic policies.
Henry Helps Page for Children's Rights - links, articles, chat, stories, and the definition as of the United Nations Children's Fund.
Human Rights and Forensic Anthropology - about the investigation of human rights abuses internationally through the use of forensic anthropology in the exhumation of mass graves in Guatemala, Rwanda, Bosnia and other places.
Human Rights Library - University of Minnesota
Human Rights Server - multilingual database containing human rights links and information sorted by country.
International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX) - network of freedom of expression organizations worldwide.
Karen Parker Page for Humanitarian Law
Lausanne Appeal - demands that at the Rome Conference (June 1998), organized criminality against children will be prosecuted and judged as a crime against humanity. Sponsored by the Terres des Hommes Foundation. In English and French.
Mining Co.: Human Rights - weekly updates and news, a message boards, and annotated links to related sites.
Oromia Support Group - formed in 1994, OSG campaigns for human rights and freedom of the Oromo people.
Power and The Passion, The - highlights and links to human rights organizations and campaigns.
Progressive Stuff - dedicated to exposing human rights abuses, social injustices and exploitation of mother earth for the short term gains of a minority. Includes lots of links.
Steward, The - offers news, views, links, and resources about labor, human, and civil rights.
Student Human Rights Law Centre - SHRLC-Newsletter: short articles, bookreviews, website-reviews, SHRLC-News.
Survival International - for tribal peoples. Includes an exclusive interview with Richard Gere.
Systematic Study Of Human Rights - SUNY Binghamton - Resources for those engaged in study of governmental abuse of human rights.
Twenty Exemplary Cases - 20 documented cases of torture by the Brazilian government and military police.
State Dept. Reports for 1996 - released January 30, 1997. Good source for information on individual countries.
State Dept. Reports for 1997 - released January 30, 1998. Good source for information on individual countries.
Video Project, The - Non-profit source for over 250 top-rated videos and CD ROMS focusing on environmental issues, human rights, and conflict resolution.
World Conference on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - marking its fiftieth anniversary in Montreal, QuÈbec on December 7-9, 1998.
World Matters - pages for topics of interest on environment, education, human rights, business ethics and Esperanto.
Worldwide Project Day of Solidarity - a human rights day involving school children around the world.
Former Yugoslavia War Crimes Tribunal
- Bulletins of the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina State War Crimes Commission - in Bosnian and English.
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia - official UN site, including a bulletin of the tribunal's activities, list of cases, basic legal documents and publications.
International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons - documents and links relevant to the International Tribunal, presneted by the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library.
UN International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia - page maintained by the Coalition for International Justice.
Genocide
- Bloodless Genocide - a political history of the Pitcairn people in Norfolk Island from 1856 to 1996.
Crime of Genocide - exploration of the definition.
Forsaken Cities - text and stills from an Amnesty International documentary video on genocide in Rwanda.
Genocide in Cambodia and Laos - from the Lao Human Rights Council.
Genocide: East Timor - essay on the view that this is the state policy in occupied East Timor.
Genocide: Resources for Teaching and Research - provides annotated links, an on-line bibliography, calls for papers, and more.
Indict.Org - group of individuals and organisations created in to bring Saddam Hussein and others in the Iraqi regime before an international tribunal to face charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.
Rwandan Genocide, The - contains a picture tour of visits to Nyarubuye and Ntarama (two genocide sites), a story about that trip, links.
Child Labor - discussing the role children played in the Industrial Revolution.
Child Labor Deterence Act - bill in the US Senate.
Child Labor in America 1908-1912 - investigative photos with Lewis W. Hine's original commentary.
Child Labor in the Apparel Sector
Child Labor Information from UNICEF
Child Labor Requirements In Agriculture
Child Labor Violations Civil Money Penalties
Child Labour in India - inquiry into the state of child labour in India, examining possible causes, effects and solution.
Child Workers in Asia - information about child labor issues in Southeast Asia. Site has pictures, text, and perspective pieces.
End Child Labor and Sweatshop Abuses
Global March Against Child Labour - six-month intercontinental march which ends in Geneva to coincide with the ILO debate on children's rights.
International Child Labor Program - from the US Department of Labor.
International Labor Organization Child Labor
Kids Can Free The Children - An international youth movement.
Petition to End Child Labor and Sweatshops
Rugmark Foundation U.S.A. - a non-profit organization working to eradicate child labor around the globe.
Selected Images from the National Child Labor Committee
Stolen Dreams - photographs by David Parker, MD, MPH of children working in a variety of occupations in the United States, Mexico, Thailand, Nepal, Bangladesh, Turkey, Morocco, Indonesia, and India.
Alaska Human Rights Commission - state agency which enforces the Alaska Human Rights Law.
Amanaka'a Amazon Network - to support the peoples of the Amazon Rainforest in their efforts to survive and work in harmony with their environment.
American Anti-Slavery Group - Modern Day Slavery: blacks bought and sold today in Africa, modern day abolitionist groups
Amnesty International--Major human-rights organization active throughout the world.
Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International - advocating for human rights in South Asia.
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)--World-famous organization dedicated to fighting religious hate crimes and abuses.
Arab Associasion For Human Rights - ndependent, grassroots, non-governmental organization which works to promote and protect the political, civil, economic, and cultural rights of the Palestinian Arab minority in Israel from an international human rights perspective.
Arab Organization for Human Rights
Art for the World - independent non-profit organization for contemporary art serving humanitarian purposes.
Art in Defense of Human Rights - founded by the Danish sculptor, Jens Galschi¯t, who wanted to erect his own sculpture, Pillar of Shame.
Asian Human Rights Commission - intends to provide update information and useful material related to Asian human rights.
Asociacion Pro Derechos Humanos - human rights organization.
Association For Civil Rights in Israel, The
Assyrian Rights Advocacy Committee - is dedicated to ensuring that the rights of assyrians under duress throughout the world are intact through peaceful means.
B'Tselem - Israeli organization which monitors and documents human rights violations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and engages in advocacy campaigns for positive change.
Baltimore Anti-Slavery Society
Bonner County Human Rights Task Force
British Helsinki Human Rights Group - monitors and reports on the development of democracy and human rights in the formerly communist countries of eastern Europe and OSCE member states.
Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture (CCVT) - charitable organization dedicated to the continuing needs unique to survivors of torture and their families in Canada and abroad.
Center for Human Rights Legal Aid - provides legal assistance and representation, free of charge, to victims of human rights violations in Egypt.
Center for Law and Global Justice - has projects worldwide that focus on the protection of human rights, legal education, judicial training and free and fair elections.
Center For World Indigenous Studies - non-profit research and education organization dedicated to the understanding and appreciation of indigenous peoples and the social, economic and political realities of indigenous nations.
Coalition Against Slavery in Mauritania and Sudan (CASMAS)
Colombia Support Network - a non-governmental organization striving to improve the human rights situation in Colombia and build solidarity between the peoples of North America and Colombia.
Committee for Asian Women - publishes a quarterly newsletter and works to voice and represent the concerns of women workers in Asia.
Committee of Concerned Scientists (CCS) - an independent organization of scientists devoted to the protection and advancement of the human rights, as well as the scientific and intellectual freedom of scientists around the world.
Committee to Protect Journalists - dedicated to defending the rights and safety of journalists around the world.
Consortium for Health and Human Rights - promotes the link between health and human rights internationally by providing education, research, and advocacy for professionals working in health and human rights.
Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos - Peru - umbrella organization representing human rights organizations in Peru; site offers human rights reports and appeals. In Spanish.
Council for the Defence of Human Rights and Freedoms - documents human rights abuses in Kosova.
Cultural Survival - helps indigenous peoples and ethnic groups deal as equals in their relations with national and international societies.
CUSO - Canadian organization supporting alliances for global social justice.
Czech Helsinki Committee - human rights organization focusing on monitoring, counseling and educational activities. Regional and international programs.
Danish Center for Human Rights, The - details the organization's activites, with news from the human rights field.
Democracy Network of Iran (DNI) - a net-based group of individuals committed to campaign for promotion of democracy and improvement of human rights conditions in Iran.
Derechos Humanos en America Latina - human rights information about Latin America and the rest of the world. In Spanish and English.
East Timor Alert Network (ETAN) Canada - seeks to end Canadian complicity in the genocide in East Timor.
Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) - non-governmental organization.
European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance - history of the council, calendar, examples of good practice, and educational resources.
European Court of Human Rights - sitting justices are from member states of the COuncil of Europe.
Focus On Justice - helps existing advocacy groups disseminate information about human rights violations and furnishes information to journalists, including updated, downloadable audio and video.
Focus:HOPE - civil and human rights organization
Foundation For Human Rights - committed to the people in Guatemala who have suffered.
Freedom House - non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting democracy around the world.
Global Exchange - human rights organization devoted to building people-to-people ties between first and third world nations and promoting sustainable development.
Global Foundation - provides solace and compassion to hostages, political prisoners, and detainees, by providing them with letters, pictures, local papers, food items, and other reminders from home.
Government Reform Committee (GRC) - human rights, anti-corruption, research and public policy forum.
Human Rights Action Group - community of radical kiwi students committed to peace and human rights activities worldwide.
Human Rights Education Associates - supports efforts aimed at introducing human rights concepts and values into educational curricula and teaching practices.
Human Rights Interactive Network - an Internet launchpad for human rights, armed conflict, disaster relief, and other resources. With links to organizations, work/travel opportunities, action alerts and a feature magazine.
Human Rights Internet (HRI) - international documentation centre and network on human rights. Information on human rights education and resources, the United Nations and more.
Human Rights Watch (HRW)- nonprofit, nongovernmental organization monitoring human rights in some seventy countries around the world.
Icelandic Human Rights Center - MannrÈttindaskrifstofa Õslands - gathering and collecting information concerning human rights domestically as well as abroad.
Illinois Human Rights Commission
Immigration and Refugee Services of America - dedicated to immigration and refugee related information.
Institute for Human Rights - specialized body within the Beirut Bar Association that proposes to organize training sessions intended for professionals.
InterAction - American Council for Voluntary International Action
Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association (IMAA) - refugee and immigrant service organization providing opportunities for "those who have come before to lend a helping hand to those who have recently arrived."
International Action Center - coordinates activism and information opposing domestic and international injustices.
International Association for Religious Freedom - non-governmental organization (NGO) with general consultative status at the UN that supports religious freedom through interfaith cooperation and local community service and development strategies.
International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights - organization with branches in 34 countries monitoring human rights in Europe, the former Soviet Union and North America.
Iraq Foundation - human rights organization covering the political, social and economic situation under the regime of Saddam Hussein.
Jewish Prisoner Services International - An outreach and advocacy agency for Jewish prisoners and their families.
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) - volunteer group that documents the situation of the Karen in Burma, in an effort to end human rights abuses committed by the Myanmarese regime, the SLORC.
Kids-Right - promoting the rights of children to have contact with both parents. Working to change the laws of the United States through a campaign of public action.
Lao Human Rights Council - features a request for human rights in the Lao language, from Hmong refugees in Napho Camp, Nakhon Phanom Province, Thailand.
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights - working to protect and promote fundamental human rights, holding all governments accountable to the standards affirmed in the International Bill of Human Rights.
Los Cimientos Alliance Maya Guatemala - a cultural and human rights cooperative for creating a network of friends and resources supporting the work of the Mayan People of Guatemala.
M. Venkatarangaiya Foundation - MVF is a charitable non-profit trust interested in creating awareness among the disadvantaged, building a civil society, and abolishing child labor.
Manitoba Human Rights Commission
Mazlumder - organization of human rights and solidarity for oppressed people.
Mexico Human Rights Network - volunteer project based in London, that works to inform and educate the public on issues of human rights in Mexico.
Milarepa Fund, The - non-profit organization started by the Beastie Boys in 1994 to raise funds for helping the Tibetan people.
National Association for Lebanese Detainees in Israeli Prisons - working to make the Lebanese Detainees a national concern.
Nature Rights International - legal and political foundation and international acknowledgement of the nature rights of all human beings.
New York Association for New Americans - resettlement agency offers information for immigrants and refugees, immigration policy updates, answers to legal questions, and services for employers.
North America Project - includes sections on international human rights treaties, full text of recent publications on democracy and human rights in the Americas, referrals to experts and links to related sites.
Norwegian Helsinki Committee, The - democracy and human rights in Europe.
Office of the Americas - featuring analysis of current events in the Americas, including the War on Drugs, immigration, and human rights.
Pacific Regional Human Rights Education Resource Team - RRRT is a British Aid Programme devoted to improving legal literacy in the Pacific Region.
Palm Beach County Human Rights Council, Inc.
Pax Christi International --peace movement involved in the fields of demilitarization and security, human rights, ecology, economic justice and reconciliation.
Peace Brigades International(PBI) - a grassroots organization exploring and implementing nonviolent approaches to peacekeeping and support for basic human rights.
PeaceNet - repository for current information on a range of issues from disarmament to human rights and events and actions around the world.
Peru Peace Network - defending and promoting the human rights of Peruvians; nonviolent action will be taken in the United States to show solidarity with Peruvians working for peace and justice.
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) - mobilizes the health professions and enlists public support to protect and promote the human rights of all people.
Plowshare Peace and Justice Center - education and resource center committed to the creation of a just world peace which recognizes the dignity and worth of every human being.
Quixote Center, The - faith-based social justice center working in the US, Haiti, and Nicaragua.
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition - founded by Jesse Jackson.
Refuse & Resist! - says no to the war on women, concentration camps for immigrants, censorship of the arts, resurgent racism, police state measures, gay bashing, and compulsory patriotism.
Resource Center of the Americas - nonprofit organization working for peace, justice and human rights in the Americas. Connection to the Americas, a monthly Latin American and Caribbean news digest, available on-site.
Schiller Institute - Applies Friedrich Schiller's ideas to issues of human rights, the nation-state, development of culture. Affiliated with Lyndon LaRouche.
Seva Foundation - sponsors projects throughout the world that help relieve suffering.
Solidarity in Italy - information, addresses, events, and meetings of voluntary organizations in Italy.
Soulutions Now - progressive institute promting renewal in response to environmental, spiritual, economic, social and political systems collapse.
Sub Ocean Safety - exposes the human rights issues of diver abuse in developing nations while providing hyperbaric medical training, equipment, and diver training in remote coastal areas.
Survivors International - providing specialized medical and psychological treatment for victims of political torture from all over the world.
Swiss Society for the European Convention on Human Rights (SGEMKO) - private non-profit organization spreading information in German language about the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedom (ECHR).
Syrian Human Rights Commitee - provides the international community with information on the human rights situation.
Task Force Detainees of the Philippines - involved in research, documentation of human rights violations in the Philippines.
TransAfrica Forum - foreign policy institution founded to provide for the collection, analysis and dissemination of information about Africa and the Caribbean and about U.S. policies affecting them.
U.S. Citizens Human Rights Commission
UNESCO Clubs - Join the clubs' cyber trek, "Cyber Raid", explore the UNESCO world heritage list, and win trips, CD-roms.
United In Peace - non-profit organization that deals with the release of political prisoners like Larry Hoover.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Universal Society - Constitutes a free and non-violent voluntary " Energy Association" organized of individuals cooperating in a positive, creative and harmonious manner.
Ventures In Peace - non-profit membership corporation comprised of people dedicated to world peace through active cooperation and communication.
Voice of the Martyrs Inc. - organization dedicated to helping Christians who are being persecuted for their faith.
Witness - delivering communications equipment to human rights organizations.
World Algeria Action Coalition (WAAC) - dedicated to raising international awareness of the political and economic conditions in Algeria.
World Organisation Against Torture - programmes include urgent appeals, victim assistance and children.
Worldview Rights - promoting democracy and human rights by means of media and communication.
Yellow Ribbon, The - An internet resource for information and support for the two U.S. citizens currently being held in an Iraqi prison.
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms - full text of the 1950 treaty.Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1981)
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Human Rights Documents - from Tufts University.
Human Rights Treaties and Other Instruments - from the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library.
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1966)
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1976)
International Food Security Treaty - seeking to end hunger with the force of law.
UN Convention on the Political Rights of Women (1953)
UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Web Directory: Human Rights Treaties and Conventions - from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
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