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| Arabic version of United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. | |
| International legal publishers offering periodicals, books, and CD ROMS concerning law in Eastern and Central Europe, and human rights. Includes a description of each title along with purchasing details. | ||
| Information about the independent research and publishing organisation which works to broaden public understanding of social, economic justice and human rights issues in Latin America and the Caribbean. Includes an online bookshop, and information on embassies, languages, music and travel. | ||
| Offers original articles and features about human rights, plus annotated links to selected relevant Internet resources, compiled by a subject specialist, a subject specific bulletin board, and details of related news and events. Covers human rights issues in the Balkans, Burma, Guatemala, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Rwanda and Tibet. Other topics include the International Criminal Court, government and non-governmental agencies, refugees, torture, trades unions and women's issues. Includes links to Amnesty International publications. | ||
| Links to online Buddhist publications, publishers, and human rights information in Buddhist countries including Tibet, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Burma. | ||
| A coalition of over 180 organisations committed to the protection of civil and human rights in the United States. These organisations include groups representing people of colour, women, labour unions, persons with disabilities, older Americans, major religious groups, gays and lesbians, and civil liberties and human rights groups. | ||
| A news summary covering the United Nations, global affairs, and key international issues. Topics include health, environment and sustainable development, women and population, international human rights, UN Reform, and peacekeeping and security. | ||
| Directories of international organisations, links and documents on human rights law, tribunals, journals, mailing lists and also news of recent conferences. Available in English or Spanish. | ||
| Describes the nine principles drafted at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 1999, intended to encourage business leaders to unite the power of markets with universal ideals relating to human rights, labour standards, and the environment. Also suggests ways in which the principles can be put into practice. | ||
| International organisation, documentation and publishing centre concerned with human rights. | ||
| Full text of 89 international treaties, commentaries on the four Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols, with a list of signatories and ratifications. Documents can be browsed by treaty and by country or state. | ||
| Detailed assessment of human rights practices in United Kingdom. Topics assessed include torture, arbitrary detention or exile, fair public trial, freedom of speech and press, freedom of assembly, movement and religion; democratic rights, worker rights, and discrimination based on race, sex, religion, disability, language, or social status. | ||
| Campaigns against unnecessary secrecy and for a Freedom of Information Act, monitoring existing access rights and offering practical guides to help people use them. A series of private members' bills in Parliament have also been promoted, several of which have become law, providing new rights of access to personal files and other information. | ||
| Provides links to other civil rights, African American and Martin Luther King Internet sites. The rest of the Seattle Times site can be accessed, which includes newspaper articles reflecting on the life and achievements of King. | ||
| Organisation whose mission is to protect and advance the human rights of all people and communities subject to discrimination or abuse on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or HIV status. Worldwide press releases tackling issues such as lesbian rights, race and sexuality, and the Nazi persecution of gays are published to this end. | ||
| Biographical information, quotes, and full text speeches pertaining to, and delivered by, the prominent civil rights activist. Also gives details of Martin Luther King day, as celebrated in the US on the third Monday in January. | ||
| Features the tales of children caught in war zones across the world, told in their own words. Includes quotations, RealAudio selections in a variety of languages, transcripts, and letters organised into categories such as child soldiers, wounded children, lost children, child headed households, and child workers. | ||
| An annotated listing of resources on the subject of humanism, arranged by category. Covers renaissance or classical humanism, humanities, romanticism, Marxism, and post modernism. | ||
| Set of resources providing news and historical information about Turkestan and the Uzbek capital, Tashkent. Offers a general discussion on human rights in Central Asia and more detailed accounts of conditions throughout Uzbekistan, Kazakstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan and Eastern Turkestan. | ||
| Includes an introduction to human rights, a short history of the human rights movement, and biographies of prisoners of conscience. | ||
| The UDHR is the primary international statement of the fundamental rights of all people on the planet. It was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948 and represents the first comprehensive agreement among nations as to the specific rights and freedoms of all human beings. These include these the right to equality before the law, to a fair trial, to freedom of movement, freedom of thought, conscience, religion, opinion and expression. | ||
| Photographic archive commemorating the work of Charles Moore, with additional information on Moore's career. The images represent 1960s America and the civil rights issues of the time, providing important visual historical data. The collection features images of events such as Ku Klux Klan gatherings, the actions of Martin Luther King, and the Freedom March of 1963. Explanatory text accompanies each photograph. | ||
| A clearing house for resources in the field of international relations and security. Includes sections on specific regions of the world, current conflicts, resources in areas such as government, political science, human rights and communication. | ||
| UNHCR has responsibility to lead and co ordinate international action for the worldwide protection of refugees and the resolution of refugee problems. Provides news, environmental and country-specific information, images, publication details and maps. | ||
| Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to human rights. | ||
| Report from Amnesty International describing violations of the human rights of women incarcerated in the United States. Includes details of sexual misconduct and abuse by prison officials, mistreatment of pregnant prisoners, discrimination, and inadequate medical care. Recommendations are given, along with factsheets and personal stories. | ||
| This resource facilitates the study of the student protest movement at the University of California, Berkeley, 1964 65, by providing related full text documents, oral histories, journals, newsletters, books, legal papers, and minutes of meetings. | ||
| Amnesty International plays a specific role in the international protection of human rights. Its activities focus on prisoners: seeking the release of prisoners of conscience, working for fair and prompt trials for all political prisoners and opposing the death penalty and torture of prisoners. Information on current campaigns, activities and membership are available as well as reports and publications. | ||
| Extensive collection of African links covering art and culture, business, education, politics and international relations, history, human rights, religion, literature and recreation. Resources are organised by topic and by region and are accompanied by a brief abstract. | ||
| Extensive information about the history of East Timor since 1974, with key documents, information on human rights and on East Timorese leaders, with speeches, statements, interviews and major news items. | ||
| Material providing information about the civil rights of women in today's society in relation to employment, marriage and family life, nationality and citizenship, politics, housing, prostitution, race and gender, immigration, religion and culture, sexual orientation, slavery, and violence. Includes articles and documents such as UN and NGO reports corresponding to each issue. | ||
| Full text articles on a variety of issues relating to the sociology of religion. Topics include religious values, human rights, social integration, public policies and religious diversity. | ||
| European and international news and discussion of the problem of racism, with links to a directory of addresses for anti racism, migrant and refugee organisations in Europe, and the Crosspoint database of intercultural groups in over 100 countries throughout the globe. | ||
| Journal of OneWorld Online, a partnership of over 100 organisations working for human rights and sustainable development. Provides news arranged by country and theme. | ||
| The Refugee Council gives practical help and promotes the rights of asylum seekers and refugees, in the UK and abroad. | ||
| Organisation that prepares analytical reports for the media, the public, and Congress on issues concerning capital punishment in the US. Facts, statistics, and full text reports are available on topics such as race and the death penalty, public opinion, and international perspective. | ||
| An international human rights database including documents from the UN, the Organization for African Unity and HURIDOCS and bibliographies on international terrorism, hostages and public international law. | ||
| Searchable collection of international human rights treaties and instruments, bibliographies, United Nations documents and human rights organisations. | ||
| Draws together comparative data relating to the level of democracy in over 200 countries and dependencies, using criteria such as political rights, press freedom, level of corruption, civil liberties, and human rights. Presents democracy rankings for country groupings such as the OECD, the European Union, G7, and the Arab League, and an overall ranking of nations with populations over 1 million. | ||
| A collection of texts, finding aids, data sets, maps, and pointers to print and electronic information. Subject coverage includes disarmament, economic and social development, environment, human rights, international relations, international trade, peacekeeping, population and demography. | ||
| Provides summaries of human rights concerns in countries throughout Africa, the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa during 1998. Includes information on abuse committed by security forces and armed opposition groups, and instances of arrest, detainment and imposed death sentences. Regional indexes offer details of Amnesty International's work and concerns within individual countries. | ||
| Overview of human rights issues in all United Nations countries, with links to relevant legislative documents. | ||
| PeaceNet serves peace and social justice advocates around the world in such areas as human rights, disarmament, and international relations. A number of alternative news services provide a range of information about these and other topics from around the world. Other important issues covered include: African American Networking, Asian Community Networking, and prisoner rights. | ||
| Organisation dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. Offers information on campaigns, publications and news. | ||
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