Human Rights

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ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law: Human Rights
http://www.asil.org/resource/humrts1.htm

The American Society of International Law was created in 1906 and incorporated by an act of Congress in 1950, and has been granted Consultative Status to the UN. Its website focuses on internet sources but also includes CD-ROMs, library catalogs, and on-line subscription/commercial services.

EISIL: Human Rights
http://www.eisil.org/index.php?sid=861279360&t=sub_pages&cat=185

Database of web links related to international human rights, sorted by subject.

Genocide – Resources for Teaching and Research
http://www.people.memphis.edu/~genocide

The University of Memphis and Penn State join together to provide links, news, and events on genocide.

Hieros Gamos: Human Rights
http://www.hg.org/human.html

Extensive guide to human rights by country, supranational organizations, publications, other bankruptcy associations, and other online resources.

LLRX: Human Rights
http://www.llrx.com/cgi-bin/llrx.cgi?function=browsetopic2&id=29

List of research guides on LLRX.com that relate to human rights.

Researching International Human Rights Law
http://www.law.umn.edu/library/tools/pathfinders/ihrnguide.html

Research guide to international human rights law from the University of Minnesota.

United Nations Documentation: Human Rights
http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/spechr.htm

Research guide to human rights and the UN, specifically charter-based bodies and treaty-based bodies.

University of Iowa’s Center for Human Rights
http://www.uichr.org/resources/index.shtml

The UICHR supports human rights research, education, and community service. Their page has links to other relevant sites and updated news.

Women’s Human Rights Resources
http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/Diana/

University of Toronto website that contains advocacy guides, research guides, resources with article abstracts and some full-text documents, and other internet links to women’s human rights.

Australian Human Rights Information Centre
http://www.austlii.edu.au/ahric

Multiple AHRC publications and other related links and resources.

Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/drl_reports.html

U.S. Department of State reports released prior to January 20, 2001.

Cambodian Genocide Program
http://www.yale.edu/cgp

Yale study of genocidal acts in Cambodia in 1975-1979, with tribunal news, databases, photographs, and other resources.

Council of Europe: Directorate General of Human Rights
http://www.coe.int/T/E/Human_rights/

Information on recent developments in the area of human rights and publications.

Department of State: Human Rights
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/hr/

U.S. government's official page on human rights, which includes reports on torture and racial discrimination, the UN Commission on Human Rights, and country reports.

For the Record 1997: the UN Human Rights System
http://www.hri.ca/fortherecord1997

Published by Human Rights Internet (HRI), contains country-by-country overview of human rights issues.

For the Record 1998: the UN Human Rights System
http://www.hri.ca/fortherecord1998

Published by Human Rights Internet (HRI), contains country-by-country overview of human rights issues.

Human Rights Library
http://www.umn.edu/humanrts/

From the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library, access to documents, search engines, and other helpful site links.

Human Rights Research and Education Centre
http://www.cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/index_e.html

The University of Ottawa provides reports, documentation, a virtual library, publications, etc. on human rights issues.

HURISEARCH
http://www.hurisearch.org/

Human rights search engine of 1300 human rights NGO sites in 58 languages.

Inter-American Court of Human Rights
http://www.corteidh.or.cr/index-ingles.html

Page contains advisory opinions, decisions, and judgments of the court, information on the composition of the court, along with bibliographies on each justice, and links to other international courts and related institutions.

Inter-American Human Rights Database
http://www.wcl.american.edu/pub/humright/digest/Inter-American/index.html

American University, Washington School of Law’s Academy on Human Rights & Humanitarian Law website contains reports of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

OAS Inter-American Court of Human Rights
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/iachr/iachr.html

University of Minnesota webpage containing documents, case law, annual reports, press releases, and links relevant to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

Online Human Rights Archive
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diana

Site contains access to the Yale Human Rights & Development Law Journal, cases, and documents significant to the topic of human rights.

Refugee Case Law
http://www.refugeecaselaw.org/Refugee/index.htm

This site contains select recent court decisions dealing with refugees from the highest courts of Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

United Nations: Human Rights
http://www.un.org/rights

Human rights section of UN includes a treaty collection, daily briefing highlights, access to the UN radio, and information on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the UN High Commission for Human Rights.

United Nations Human Rights Treaties on Bayefsky.com
http://www.bayefsky.com/

Non-UN page that is concerned with the application of the UN human rights treaty system and places on its webpage any UN documentation pertinent to this topic, which can be searched by country, category, theme or subject matter.

U.S. Deptartment of State Foreign Affairs Network
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/index.html

University of Illinois at Chicago electronic depository of information produced by the State Department between the years 1990 and 1997.

World Treaty Index
http://depts.washington.edu/hrights/Treaty/trindex.html

The World Treaty Index was created by Professor Peter Rohn at the University of Washington. The page is now testing a searchable database. Also available is a world treaty index topics thesaurus and some related sites.

Business and Human Rights Resource Center
http://www.business-humanrights.org/

Website of an independent group, in partnership with Amnesty International, with online library that can be searched by country, company, issue, law, policy, etc.

FindLaw: Journals for Civil Rights
http://stu.findlaw.com/journals/civilrights.html

Findlaw list of relevant academic law reviews and journals on civil rights.

American Civil Liberties Union
http://www.aclu.org/

National organization defending civil liberties. Website contains news, multimedia, legislative updates, Supreme Court cases, etc.

American Civil Liberties Union Pennsylvania
http://www.aclupa.org/

PA chapter of the ACLU. Website contains news, legislative updates, an online library, and other publications.

Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org/

Worldwide human rights organization. Page includes human rights information by country and region, resources, news, and online document library.

Asian Human Rights Commission
http://www.ahrchk.net/

Asian human rights portal with statements, press releases, appeals, e-newsletters, multimedia, and more.

Casa Alianza
http://www.casa-alianza.org/EN/

Casa Alianza is an organization that dedicates itself to the rehabilitation of street children in Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua.

Catholic Fund for Overseas Development
http://www.cafod.org.uk

Organization run by the Catholic Church of England and Wales that combats poverty around the world. Page contains news and events, policy and analysis, and other resources.

Derechos Human Rights
http://www.derechos.org/

Human rights organization's page that includes hot topics, news, reports, publications, readings, and related links.

Equal Justice Network
http://www.equaljustice.org

The Project for the Future of Equal Justice is project run by the National Legal Aid & Defender Association and the Center for Law and Social Policy that studies justice in America.

Human and Constitutional Rights
http://www.hrcr.org/

This page has been created to post current information on hot topics within human rights.

Humanitarian Law Center
http://www.hlc.org.yu/english/index.php

Organization of lawyers, researchers, analysts and others that research killings, disappearances, camps, torture of prisoners of war, and the patterns of ethnic cleansing. Reports and further information are available on the site.

Human Rights First
http://www.humanrightsfirst.com/

News and media available on human rights issues along with special topic programs, such as Asylum in the U.S., Human Rights Defenders, International Justice & the ICC, and more.

Human Rights Net
http://www.human-rights.net/

Index of homepages of non-governmental organizations that deal with human rights and information on their activities and publications.

Human Rights Resource Center
http://www.hrusa.org

Center that works with the University of Minnesota's Library of Human Rights Library and provides educational and training materials.

Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/

HRW is a volunteer organization of American professionals who research human rights abuses worldwide, then publish their findings in books and reports. This information is available on their webpage, either by searching the country or the global issue.

Human Rights Web
http://www.hrweb.org/

Overview of what human rights are, what is a human rights emergency, and other legal and political documents.

Index on Censorship
http://www.indexonline.org/

Online newspaper that reports on censorship issues from around the world and also contains a country by country list of free speech violations.

International Committee of the Red Cross
http://www.icrc.org/

An independent agency protecting human rights. Its online resources include publications, audio-visual materials, humanitarian law databases, historical archives, a library, and research center.

The International Human Rights Law Group
http://www.hrlawgroup.org/

Global Rights is a human rights advocacy group that partners with local activists from around the world. Their website shares statements, stories from the field, publications, press releases, and news pieces.

International Organization for Migration
http://www.iom.int/

IOM is an international organization that assists in migration management. The website contains full-text publications available for download, press releases, news, statements, and a list of related sites.

Minority Rights Group International
http://www.minorityrights.org/

An international non-governmental organization, based in London, that promotes the rights of ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities.

National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
http://www.nlchp.org

The NCLHP was created after Congress passed the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. Made up of a nine-member board of directors that includes lawyers, activists, researchers, and homeless and formerly homeless people, the NCLHP works to prevent and end homelessness.

OneWorld Online
http://www.oneworld.net/

Portal of civil society media with news, resources, multimedia, and topic and country guides.

OSCE: Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
http://www.oscebih.org/oscebih_eng.asp

Information and news on Bosnia and Herzegovina provided by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
http://www.rwi.lu.se/index.shtml

The Raoul Wallenberg Institute is an independent educational facility that provides research and resources on human rights along with access to the library for additional information.

ReliefWeb
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf

A project of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, this site includes highlights, headlines, resources, and links related to humanitarian efforts.

South Asian Women’s Network
http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet

Forum of issues that concern South Asian women such as domestic violence, divorce, health, legal issues, etc.

U.S. Committee for Refugees
http://www.refugees.org/

USCR protects and assists refugees worldwide and their webpage focuses on the hot-spots around the world, with additional information in the press gallery, publications section, glossary, key to acronyms, and other internet resources.

The World Organization Against Torture
http://www.omct.org/

OMCT is a coalition of non-governmental organizations that fight against many different forms of violence. The website contains information on their projects and activities, along with headlines, reports, and publications.

World Views
http://worldviews.igc.org/

Organization that gathers information on issues of peace and justice in the emerging nations of Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. Site contains a resource center, publications, a search and document delivery services, and an electronic information service.