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Special Links on Human Right
Books
Journals
Organizations
- Center For
World Indigenous Studies - non-profit research and education
organization dedicated to the understanding and appreciation of indigenous
peoples and the social, economic and political realities of indigenous
nations.
- Global
Exchange - human rights organization devoted to building
people-to-people ties between first and third world nations and promoting
sustainable development.
- Human Rights
Internet (HRI) - international documentation centre and network on human
rights. Information on human rights education and resources, the United
Nations and more.
- Freedom
House - non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting
democracy around the world.
- Cultural
Survival - helps indigenous peoples and ethnic groups deal as equals in
their relations with national and international societies.
- Derechos
- Internet-based human rights organization that works for the promotion and
respect of human rights worldwide.
- Physicians
for Human Rights (PHR) - mobilizes the health professions and enlists
public support to protect and promote the human rights of all people.
- PeaceNet
- repository for current information on a range of issues from disarmament
to human rights and events and actions around the world.
- Africa
Fund - works for a positive U.S. policy towards Africa and supports
human rights, democracy and development.
- East
Timor Action Network - group urging action against the Indonesian
invasion and occupation of East Timor.
Other
- Excuses
for the Truth: Disappearances and Their Consequences - practical
information on the struggle against "disappearances." Site is
designed to facilitate an an exchange of information and experiences for
those affected by or working against disappearances.
- Karen
Parker Page for Humanitarian Law - documents and analyses pertaining to
current armed conflicts and human rights violations worldwide.
- About:
Human Rights - weekly updates and news, a message boards, and annotated
links to related sites.
- El
Rescate - offers a range of services to refugees from El Salvador,
including free legal and social services. Also run campaigns against abuses
of human rights.
- End
to Global Injustice - information about various countries and
populations experiencing poverty, political oppression, and environmental
abuse.
- Global
Petitions - donate money and sign petitions online for human rights
issues around the world.
- Globalization
& Human Rights - companion site to the PBS special focusing on the
ongoing debate over whether or not human rights concerns should be linked to
economic policies.
- Human
Rights and Forensic Anthropology - about the investigation of human
rights abuses internationally through the use of forensic anthropology in
the exhumation of mass graves in Guatemala, Rwanda, Bosnia and other places.
- Human
Rights Server - global human rights news, updates, and links sorted by
country.
- Human
Rights Situation in Pakistan - offers a collection of reports that deal
with human rights abuses faced by Ahmadis, due to the Blasphemy Law.
- Human
Rights Web - includes history of the human rights movement, information
on prisoners of conscience, and more.
- One
World Photography and Documentary Production Studios - photography,
news, and documentary production company specializing in human rights
issues.
- Radio
Netherlands: Human Rights - provides background facts and updates on
problem areas around the world.
- Speak
Truth to Power - dedicated to the promotion of human rights awareness.
Includes profiles of human rights activists from around the world, news, and
related resources.
- Universal
Declaration of Human Rights - offers translated version of the statement
in several languages.
- Universal
Rights Network - created to promote the 50th anniversary of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Includes people's stories, news, and
heroes.
- Witness
Rights Alert - video and text testimonials to incidents of human rights
abuses around the world.
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