| ORGANIZATION |
INFORMATION |
| Amnesty
International |
The
site includes a Library
containing many resources,
including country reports
and annual reports. |
| Center
for the Study of Human Rights
(Columbia University) |
The
Center seeks to promote
human rights research, education,
and training on a multi-disciplinary
basis at Columbia University
and overseas. |
| Human
Trafficking |
The
Web site's purpose is to
bring Government and NGOs
in the East Asia and Pacific
region together to cooperate
and learn from each other’s
experiences in their efforts
to fight against human trafficking. |
| Human
Rights in the United States
and the International Community |
This
is a module that was designed
to help people interested
in human rights to gain
a basic understanding of
why they need human rights,
what they are, and what
it takes to protect them. |
| Free
the Slaves |
Free
the Slaves is a non-profit
organization working to
end slavery worldwide. |
| Communication
Law |
Resources
on topics such as academic
freedom, freedom of speech,
freedom of the press, privacy,
etc., assembled by the American
Communications associations. |
| Digital
Freedom Network |
A
human rights organization
site containing news and
work by human rights dissidents. |
| Fourth
World Documentation Project |
Access
to documents relevant to
the study of the rights
of indigenous peoples. |
| Holocaust
- Simon Wiesenthal Center |
International
center for Holocaust remembrance
and the defense of human
rights and the Jewish People. |
| Human
Rights Library - University
of Minnesota |
Searchable
collection of documents
relevant to the study of
human rights, including
treaties, reports, legislation,
etc. |
| Human
Rights Internet (HRI) |
A twenty year old organization
based in Ottawa, Canada,
it states its mission is
"to support the work
of the global non-governmental
community in its struggle
to obtain human rights for
all." |
| Human
Rights Watch |
Non-profit,
non-governmental organization
that monitors human rights
throughout the world. |
| Institute
for War and Peace Reporting |
The
site provides news, media
monitoring, special reports
and analysis. Many links
to other resources are provided. |
| International
Gay and Lesbian Human Rights
Commission |
News,
resources, reports relevant
to the rights of gays and
lesbians. The site contains
many links to other resources. |
| International
Humanitarian Law |
Commentaries
on the Geneva Conventions
and their Protocols, with
current lists of signatories. |
| Middle
East Research and Information
Project (MERIP) |
A
non-profit, non-governmental
organization that provides
resources, including links,
to many resources about
the Middle East. |
| Orville
H. Schell, Jr. Center for
International Human Rights
at Yale Law School |
The
Schell Center's program
has three interlocking components:
scholarship, education and
advocacy. |
| Rights
International |
Fights
for those rights recognized
by the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights and other
international human rights
treaties. |
| The
Carter Center |
One
of the founding principles
of The Carter Center is
the commitment to human
rights. "Human rights"
is a broad term, encompassing
freedom from oppression
and freedom of speech, to
the right to food and health. |
| The
Ethics Connection - Human
Rights |
The
Center's popular "Framework
for Ethical Decision Making"
features links to related
articles and sites. |
| The
Human Rights Center (University
of California) |
Established through the
generosity of The Sandler
Family Supporting Foundation,
the faculty and staff of
the Human Rights Center
conduct interdisciplinary
research on emerging issues
in international human rights
and humanitarian law. |
| The
Human Rights Center (University
Minnesota) |
The
principal focus of the Human
Rights Center is to help
train effective human rights
professionals and volunteers. |
| The
Human Rights Centre (University
of Essex) |
The
Centre has good relations
with the United Nations
Human Rights Centre, and
international and national
NGOs. It has special interests
in Europe, including the
institutions of the OSCE,
the Council of Europe and
the European Union, and
the Commonwealth. |
| The
Human Rights Program (Harvard
University Law School) |
The
Human Rights Program (HRP)
has become an indelible
feature of Harvard Law School
as it aspires to enrich
the education of students,
strengthen the human rights
movement and train future
participants and, indeed,
leaders of the movement. |
| The
International Human Rights
Studies Center |
On
this site, we will provide
you with the dataset used
in a recent study by Poe
and Tate which probes the
violations of human rights
to personal integrity in
the 1980's (Poe and Tate
1994). The findings in this
study are reported in the
1994 December issue of American
Political Science Review. |
| The
Joseph R. Crowley Program
in International Human Rights
(Fordham University) |
Founded
in 1997, Fordham Law School's
Joseph R. Crowley Program
in International Human Rights
is dedicated to the memory
of Professor Joseph R. Crowley,
who served on the Fordham
Law School faculty from
1957 to 1985. By focusing
on international human rights,
the program continues his
work promoting human dignity
and justice. |
| U.S.
Institute of Peace |
Conflict
resolution resources. |
| United
Nations and other international
organizations |
Links
to non-U.N. resources. |
| United
Nations System Pathfinder |
Access
to major publications of
the U.N., especially current
major issues of: international
security and peace keeping;
economic and social development;
environment; disarmament;
international law; and human
rights. |
| Universal
Declaration of Human Rights |
A
celebration of this organic
document of international
human rights, providing
history, lesson plans, and
other resources. |
