Human Rights

Resources in this category:

Amnesty International External Country Reports
http://www.amnesty.org/

Amnesty International provides a variety of information about violations of human rights around the world. You can read detailed reports on human rights violations and you can read about campaigns that have been launched to put an end to those injustices.

Amnesty International Report 2005
http://www.amnesty.org/

An annual report covering human rights issues and violations around the world. The report is divided by region, and contains a general overview for each region, with links to reports for individual countries. Topics include the death penalty and executions, war and refugees, imprisonment, and political dissent.

Andrei Sakharov: Soviet Physics, Nuclear Weapons and Human Rights
http://www.aip.org/history/sakharov/

This site is devoted to the "father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb", the "Soviet physicist who became ... a spokesman for the conscience of mankind." "This exhibit tells about Sakharov¹s extraordinary life," including information about his history, his work in nuclear physics, his views on democracy and human rights, and links to other sites. The site includes photographs and audio clips of Sakharov speaking.

Bikini Atoll
http://www.bikiniatoll.com/

This site is devoted to the history of the Bikini Atoll, and the efforts of its people to resettle it. It includes information on its history, the resettlement program, and a diving and tourism program the Bikini people have set up to try and reclaim their island.

Civil Rights Digital Library
http://crdl.usg.edu/voci/go/crdl/home

The CRDL is a digital collection based on the Civil Rights Movement in Georgia, featuring newspapers, letters, videos, photographs and other archival materials. A very comprehensive sight who's focus it to bring awareness to the subject, and to provide access points for education.

Clara Barton in Dansville NY, 1866 and 1876 -1886
http://dansville.lib.ny.us/clara.html

Read about Clara Barton's work during her years in Dansville, New York, recognized as the site of the first local Red Cross Society of the United States.

Equality and Human Rights Commission
http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/

"The independent advocate for equality and human rights in Britain, the Equality and Human Rights Commission aims to reduce inequality, eliminate discrimination, strengthen good relations between people, and promote and protect human rights" by consulting with private groups, initiating political policy change and engaging the public.

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

Human Rights Watch is dedicated to the universal protection of human rights. Their site offers an online version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, research on human rights infractions around the world, links to other human rights sites, information about how you can get involved, and updates on various Human Rights Watch campaigns.

International Freedom of Expression eXchange
http://www.ifex.org/

The International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX) is a global network of organizations that promote and defend freedom of expression. IFEX runs an alert service that monitors attacks on journalists, writers and others. Users can find current information on human rights abuses arranged by region. The website is available in English, French and Spanish.

Pambazuka News
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/about.php

A newsletter about human rights in Africa. Exploring issues from women's rights and elections, to health care. This weekly Fahamu publication allows you to read articles, contribute your opinion, and download and listen to podcasts.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
http://www.rferl.org/

Articles, archives, special reports, and live radio broadcasts pertaining to Europe and European nations. Over 25 languages offered. "RFE/RL operates one of the most comprehensive news operations in the region, with 24 bureaus across 11 time zones of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union and over 1,000 freelancers reporting local news and current affairs. "

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
http://www.rawa.org/

This site belongs to the oldest political/social organization of Afghan women, struggling for peace, freedom, democracy, and women's rights in Afghanistan. The site contains a biography of Meena, founding member of RAWA, who was murdered in 1987 by agents of the KHAD (the Afghanistan branch of the KGB.)

Student Movements in the Sixties
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48532

This IPL pathfinder was created to help users find reliable information about student movements in the 1960's. Topics include the Civil Rights Movement, Berkeley Free Speech Movement, Anti-War Movement and more. Both print and Internet sources are provided.

Tolerance.org
http://www.tolerance.org/

"The mission of Tolerance.org is to create a national community committed to human rights. Its goal is to awaken people of all ages to the problem of hate and intolerance, to equip them with the best tolerance ideas and to prompt them to act in their homes, schools, businesses and communities... Tolerance.org is structured for easy access to news, solutions and engaging exercises that teach and prompt personal soul-searching." Includes a map and profiles of hate groups in the United States; a map and profiles of U.S. human rights groups; Tolerance and Hate in the News; tests to explore your personal biases; a Civil Rights Movement exhibit; and ways to fight hate.

U.S. Civil War History
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48451

This IPL pathfinder organizes prominent print and Internet resources on the United States Civil Way. With so many resources available, knowing where to start research the American Civil War can be a daunting task.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
http://www.unhcr.org/

The UNHCR contains a large amount of information about refugees from around the world. Information includes basic data about who UNHCR helps and how, what a refugee is and what rights they have, refugee statistics, photos of refugee life, press releases and other timely information, a clickable image map linking to data by region, publications, an issues forum, and a curriculum guide for teachers. A link is also provided to WITNESS, a site offering online dialogue with refugees.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights Home Page
http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/index.htm

"This website contains the most comprehensive collection of translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December 1948. Over 250 different language versions are available in HTML, PDF and graphical forms."

University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/

"Contains a collection of over ninety of the most important international human rights treaties and other instruments; general comments, recommendations, decisions, and views of human rights treaty bodies; material on the work of other U.N. human rights bodies, including the Commission and its Sub-Commission; the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda; decisions and advisory opinions of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; material from the Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Asylum Branch of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service; material on human rights in Africa, human rights education materials, human rights bibliographies; and links to other human rights sites. The treaties and general comments are accessible through a WAIS search device."

War in the Former Yugoslavia: 1991-1999
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48550

This IPL pathfinder is a starting point for research on wars between 1991 and 1999 in the former Yugoslavia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and now Kosovo. It is designed for high school, college-level students, and the general public. Both print and Internet sources are provided.

Women's Alliance For Peace and Human Rights in Afghanistan
http://www.wapha.org/

"Women’s Alliance for Peace and Human Rights in Afghanistan (WAPHA) mission is to achieve the following goals among others: Full restoration of Afghan women and girls’ human rights. Afghan women’s full participation in the peace processes and future government of Afghanistan. Afghan women’s full participation in every aspect of Afghan socio-cultural system that includes educational, political, economical and medical systems. Afghan Women’s full participation in reconstruction of Afghanistan."

WomenWatch- The UN Internet Gateway on the Advancement and Empowerment of Women
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/

WomenWatch is an inter-agency United Nations website, begun in March 1997, to provide Internet space for global gender equality issues. It aims to promote the empowerment of women throughout the United Nations system.

Your Rights-UK
http://www.yourrights.org.uk/

Your Rights is an "online guide to human rights law in England and Wales." Read the rights of children, protesters defendants, workers, prisoners and more, and get the latest information on legislation and lobbying efforts for individual rights.