Knowledge: human rights and liberties
Links
- The Human Rights Web
http://www.hrweb.org/ - Human rights resources including links to relevant documents.
- Human Rights Internet
http://www.hri.ca/ - Provides human rights publications, information on children's rights and the UN human rights system, and listing of human rights organizations worldwide.
- Concise Guide to Human Rights on the Internet
http://www.derechos.org/human-rights/manual.htm - Resource for finding information about human rights on the internet. Links to organizations worldwide addressing human rights issues.
- Gendercide Watch
http://gendercide.org - 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.
- Human Rights Alerts
http://www.igc.apc.org/pbi/ern.html - From Peace Brigades International.
- Freedom Magazine: In Support of Human Rights
http://www.humanrightsfreedom.org - Explores the role of investigative reporting in restoring human rights.
- Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM)
http://www.law.uu.nl/english/sim/ - Studies and gathers human rights documentation.
- Civil Liberties
http://civilliberty.about.com/ - From About.com - Columns, link libraries, polls, and discussions about personal liberty issues.
- Human Rights Education Resource Centre
http://www.hrea.org - Includes searchable databases, full-text education and training materials and interactive distance learning tools on human rights.
- World Audit of Democracy and Human Rights
http://www.worldaudit.org/ - 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.
- Human Rights Discussion List
http://www.derechos.org/human-rights/hrights.html - Active mail list and discussion on subject. Bilingual, English y Español.
- Humanlex
http://humanlex.tripod.com - Categorised links related to the field of international law and international human rights law. In English and French.
- Human Rights Watch World Report 2001
http://www.hrw.org/wr2k1/index.html - 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.
- United Nations Agreements on Human Rights
http://www.hrweb.org/legal/undocs.html - Summary page with links to full document.
- The International Association for Religious Freedom
http://www.geocities.com/~iarf/ - 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.
- International Network for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
http://www.escr-net.org - 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.
- International Human Rights
http://cda.mrs.umn.edu/~john/jamboree/ - Features college papers, posters and links to web sites about international human rights' issues.
- 8th Day Center for Social Justice
http://www.8thdaycenter.org - A multi-issue, social justice center supported and staffed by 30 congregations of nuns, priests and brothers which promotes analysis and action.
- Speak Truth To Power
http://www.speaktruth.org - 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.
- Comparative Democratization Project, Stanford - Human Rights
http://democracy.stanford.edu/hum_rights.html - Links to Internet resources on human rights.
- The United States and 'The Challenge of Relativity'
http://www.zmag.org/chomsky/articles/9708-UD-relativity.html - 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.
- Human Rights Law and Issues at Suite 101
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/human_rights - 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.
- Friends of People Close to Nature
http://www.fpcn-global.org/ - Network of individuals and groups concerned with the survival of savage tribal peoples, in particular hunter-gatherers.
- Human Rights & Human Welfare: An International Review
http://www.du.edu/gsis/hrhw - 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.
- Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change
http://benhooks.memphis.edu/ - A research center dedicated to advancing the understanding and pursuing the goals of the American civil rights movement.
- Look Into My I :The Freedom Paintings
http://www.angelfire.com/extreme/artgirl/index.html - 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.
- Artists for a New South Africa
http://www.ansafrica.org - 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.
- Access Human Rights
http://www.hrdc.net/accesshr/ - A portal to human rights resources on the net, including news, government bodies, law, and treaties.
- Strategic Choices in the Design of Truth Commissions
http://www.truthcommission.org - 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.
- IntellectualLoafing.com
http://www.intellectualloafing.com/discussionsfolder/runningdebatesfolder/torture.htm - Discusses value of human rights and whether or not governments have the moral right to violate them in defence of human lives.
- International Human Rights: The Pursuit of an Ideal
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0126065 - 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.
- Human Rights Voice
http://www.hrv.20m.com - 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.
- Rights Advocates
http://www.rightsadvocates.com - An interactive medium for expression of breaches of human rights. Also information and advice on human rights can be found here.
- University of Minnesota Human Rights Meta Search Engine
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/lawform.html - 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.
- U.S. Report Stresses Religious Rights
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?slug=rite&date=19... - 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.
- Rights Consortium
http://www.rightsconsortium.org - A team of Non-Governmental Organizations dedicated to promoting the rule of law and human rights worldwide.
- Human Rights Watch World Report 2002
http://hrw.org/wr2k2/ - Twelfth annual review of human rights practices and developments in sixty-six countries, covering the period from November 2000 through November 2001.
- Bayefsky.com
http://www.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.
- United Human Rights Council
http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/ - 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.
- Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems
http://www.huridocs.org/ - 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.
- U.S. State Department on religious intolerance
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/09/05/state.dept.religion/index.html - 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.
- Derechos Cafe - A Human Rights Hangout
http://www.derechos.net - News, articles, links and chat groups about human rights issues.
- U.S. State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/hrp_reports_mainhp.html - The reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Updated annually.
- Human Rights Network International (
http://www.hrni.org/ - HRNi publishes academic and reference materials pertaining to a wide range of human rights issues.
- Commission on Human Security
http://www.humansecurity-chs.org/ - 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.
- International Human Rights Respect
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/international_human_rights - Articles and resources for individuals concerned and interested in all aspects of human rights.
- Bodhi Journal Human Rights
http://www.geocities.com/bvgftr2/bjhr.html - A collection of links, news and info on human rights with an emphasis on Tibet.
- Human Rights Reporting
http://www.humanrightsreporting.com - Information about an annual seminar at Columbia University surveying the cutting-edge issues in promoting human rights, with a focus on reporting techniques.
- For the Record: The UN Human Rights System
http://www.hri.ca/fortherecord2002/ftrchoice.html - Country-by-country summary of the work of UN human rights mechanisms.
- Development Gateway Youth Portal
http://www.developmentgateway.org/node/182233/ - Brings young people together to interactively discuss the environment, Youth in Conflict, HIV AIDS, and other development topics. Links to articles on youth and human rights.
- Human Rights Watch World Report 2003
http://hrw.org/wr2k3/ - Thirteenth annual review of human rights practices around the globe. Identifies positive and negative trends within the sphere of human rights in fifty-eight countries, covering the period from November 2001 through November 2002.
- Human Rights Net
http://human-rights.net/ - Non-profit organisation introducing human rights concepts and values into educational curricula and teaching practices. Host to a number of human rights sites, and a listing of resources.
- HB-Rights.org
http://www.hb-rights.org/ - Provides an overview of individual rights, including parent, student, cyber, property and privacy rights.
- Earth As It Is
http://the-stewardship.org/earth.htm - Features political, censorship and human rights news from around the world.
- The Business of Torture
http://samvak.tripod.com/brief-torture01.html - Article by Dr. Sam Vaknin describes some examples of the business of torture in various countries.
- Human and Constitutional Rights
http://www.hrcr.org/ - Includes constitutional rights charts, links to human rights and constitutional rights websites, news, and resources.
- Directory of Human Rights Resources on the Internet
http://shr.aaas.org/dhr/ - Compiled by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Includes brief descriptions of organizations and contact information.
- Global Witness homepage
http://www.globalwitness.org/ - 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.
- ColorQ Human Rights Corner
http://www.colorq.org/HumanRights/ - Features stories and links on worldwide human rights violations, particularly issues that receive little attention from the Western media.
- Anita Roddick
http://www.anitaroddick.com/ - The founder of the Body Shop reports and comments on activism, ethical business, human rights and environmentalism in a global perspective.
- The Observer - Special Reports: Liberty Watch
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/libertywatch/0,1373,560511,00.html - Covers international events and issues about balancing civil liberties and security, featuring an ongoing collection of news, analysis and comment.
- International Protection
http://www.international-protection.org - NGO devoted to the promotion of human rights and development policies.
- The Center for Justice and Accountability
http://www.cja.org/ - Works to deter torture and other severe human rights abuses around the world by helping survivors hold their persecutors accountable.
- Martus Project
http://www.martus.org/ - An open-source technology tool that assists nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) collect information on human rights abuses.
- White Rose
http://whiterose.samizdata.net/ - Protest blog collective focusing on civil liberties in the United Kingdom and the rest of world.
- Hope 2005 International Conference on Human Rights
http://internationalconference2005.com/hope2005/india/humanrights/humanrights.html - The Hope 2005 International Conference on Human Rights will be convened on the 3rd to 5th November 2005, at The Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai, India.
- United Nations Human Rights Day 10 December 2005
http://www.un.org/events/humanrights/2005/ - Official site includes calendar of events, messages, information on the World Programme for Human Rights, documents and information on past observances.
- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
http://www.ohchr.org/ - Conectas
http://www.conectas.org/en/ - International organization, based in Sao Paolo, Brazil, conducting research and legal action related to human rights in the Global South. [English/Portuguese]
- The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
http://www.rwi.lu.se/ - An independent academic institution based in Lund, Sweden, which promotes human rights. Information about research and education, development cooperation projects and publications.
Newsgroups
| Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web. |
| Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor |
Knowledge.com ™ directory, provided by Knowledge Matters Limited.
"Knowledge.com" is a Registered Trademark of Knowledge Matters Limited.