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Amnesty International: 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.
Author: Amnesty International
Subjects: civil liberties, death, human rights
DeweyClass: 323
Resource type: institution, news
Annotated Webliography of Humanism: An annotated listing of resources on the subject of humanism, arranged by category. Covers renaissance or classical humanism, humanities, romanticism, Marxism, and post-modernism.
Author: Derkx, Peter
Subjects: human rights, marxism, moral philosophy
DeweyClass: 144
Resource type: index
Arabic Version of United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Arabic version of United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Author: boes.org
Subjects: arabic, human rights
DeweyClass: 341.481
Resource type: document
Campaign for Freedom of Information: 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.
Author: Campaign for Freedom of Information
Subjects: british government, freedom and privacy, human rights
DeweyClass: 323
Resource type: documents
Children of Conflict: 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.
Author: BBC
Subjects: child abuse, child welfare, human rights
DeweyClass: 362.7
Resource type: documents, images, sounds
Death Penalty Information Center: 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.
Author: Death Penalty Information Center
Subjects: crime, death, human rights
DeweyClass: 364.66
Resource type: documents
EHRC: European Human Rights Centre: Represents over 100 non-governmental and other not-for-profit organisations interested in the promotion of Human Rights throughout Europe and beyond.
Author: European Human Rights Centre
Subjects: human rights
DeweyClass: 323.4
Resource type: institution
For the Record 1998: Human Rights in the United Nations System: Overview of human rights issues in all United Nations countries, with links to relevant legislative documents.
Author: Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Subjects: human rights
DeweyClass: 323
Resource type: document collection
Free Speech Movement: 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.
Author: University of California, Berkeley Library
Subjects: freedom and privacy, human rights, united states history - local
DeweyClass: 323.7
Resource type: document collection
Global Compact: 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.
Author: United Nations
Subjects: business ethics, economic development, employment, environmental philosophy, human rights
DeweyClass: 330
Resource type: documents
Human Rights in Turkestan: 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.
Author: Turk Fedederasyon
Subjects: human rights, kazakhstan, turkmenistan, uzbekistan
DeweyClass: 323.5
Resource type: document index
Human Rights Internet: International organisation, documentation and publishing centre concerned with human rights.
Author: Human Rights Internet
Subjects: civil liberties, human rights
DeweyClass: 323
Resource type: documents
Human Rights Links: 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.
Author: Derechos
Subjects: human rights
DeweyClass: 323
Resource type: index
Human Rights Watch: Organisation dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. Offers information on campaigns, publications and news.
Author: Reuters
Subjects: human rights
DeweyClass: 323
Resource type: institution
Human Rights Web: Includes an introduction to human rights, a short history of the human rights movement, and biographies of prisoners of conscience.
Author: Hampton, Catherine A.
Subjects: civil liberties, human rights
DeweyClass: 323
Resource type: biography, documents, index
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission: 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.
Author: International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
Subjects: human rights, sexual orientation
DeweyClass: 306.76
Resource type: documents
International Humanitarian Law Database: 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.
Author: International Committee of the Red Cross
Subjects: human rights, international law
DeweyClass: 341
Resource type: reference documents
Internet Centre Anti Racism Europe: 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.
Author: Internet Centre Anti Racism Europe
Subjects: human rights, racism
DeweyClass: 305.8
Resource type: index
Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories: Offers resources pertaining to the violation of human rights in the Israeli Occupied Territories. Includes reports, documents, press releases, statistics, and testimonies. Reports and documents available in HTML, Microsoft Word, pdf, and RTF formats.
Author: Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
Subjects: human rights, palestine
DeweyClass: 323
Resource type: articles, documents, news
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights: 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.
Author: Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Subjects: civil liberties, disability, human rights, minorities, women's rights
DeweyClass: 323
Resource type: documents
Martin Luther King and Civil Rights: 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.
Author: Seattle Times Company
Subjects: african americans, human rights, united states history from 1900
DeweyClass: 973.9
Resource type: index
Not Part of My Sentence: 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.
Author: Amnesty International USA (AIUSA)
Subjects: human rights, women's rights
DeweyClass: 305.4
Resource type: documents
OneWorld.Net: Journal of OneWorld Online, a partnership of over 1600 organisations working for human rights and sustainable development. Provides news arranged by country and theme.
Author: OneWorld Network
Subjects: human rights, racism
DeweyClass: 323
Resource type: journal
Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group: Covers news and issues relating to human rights abuses by both the Palestinian and Israeli authorities. Includes access to the Monitor, a bi-monthly publication, as well as news items, articles, documents, and reports published by the PHRMG. Also provides detailed statistics relating to casualties and fatalities resulting from Israeli violence.
Author: Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group
Subjects: human rights, israel, palestine
DeweyClass: 323
Resource type: articles, news
Powerful Days: The Civil Rights Photography of Charles Moore: 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.
Author: Moore, Charles
Subjects: civil liberties, historical data, human rights, photographs, racism
DeweyClass: 973.9
Resource type: image collection
Reference Guide to the Geneva Conventions: Set of documents outlining the international laws of war. Offers an alphabetical index to the conventions, their historical context, and the full text of four Geneva Conventions, signed August 12, 1949, and of the two additional Protocols of June 8, 1977. Links are provided to further relevant treaties.
Author: Trombly, Maria
Subjects: human rights, international law, warfare
DeweyClass: 341.65
Resource type: documents
Refugee Council Online: The Refugee Council gives practical help and promotes the rights of asylum seekers and refugees, in the UK and abroad.
Author: Refugee Council
Subjects: british politics, human migration, human rights
DeweyClass: 323
Resource type: institution
Stolen Children: Abduction and Recruitment in Northern Uganda: Report authored by Human Rights Watch detailing the violations that are regularly experienced by children in Uganda. The document focuses on the role of the Lord's Resistance Army in northern Uganda who are reported to have abducted close to 20,000 children since 1986, often forcing them to serve as soldiers, labourers, housemaids, and sexual slaves. Based on field research conducted by Human Rights Watch in northern Uganda during February 2003, the methodology includes interviews with eighteen children who had been abducted, and three others who are now young adults but were abducted as children. Interviews were also conducted with numerous representatives of nongovernmental organisations, religious and civic leaders, UNICEF, local government officials, and representatives of the Ugandan People's Defence Force. Available in PDF only.
Author: Human Rights Watch
Subjects: child abuse, child welfare, human rights, uganda
DeweyClass: 323.352096761
Resource type: document
UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: 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.
Author: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Subjects: human migration, human rights, refugees
DeweyClass: 325
Resource type: documents, news
United Kingdom Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2006: 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.
Author: US Department of State
Subjects: human rights, united kingdom
DeweyClass: 323.41
Resource type: document
United Nations Scholars' Workstation: 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.
Author: Yale University
Subjects: human rights, international relations, international trade, nuclear weapons, united nations, world population
DeweyClass: 341.23
Resource type: index
Universal Declaration of Human Rights: 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.
Author: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
Subjects: human rights
DeweyClass: 323
Resource type: documents
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library: Searchable collection of international human rights treaties and instruments, bibliographies, United Nations documents and human rights organisations.
Author: University of Minnesota
Subjects: civil liberties, human rights
DeweyClass: 323
Resource type: documents
Women's Human Rights Resources: 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.
Author: Women's Human Rights Resources Group
Subjects: human rights, women's issues
DeweyClass: 323.34
Resource type: documents
World Democracy Audit: 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.
Author: World Audit
Subjects: civil liberties, democracy, human rights
DeweyClass: 321.8
Resource type: reference data
ZNet - A community of people committed to social change: Extensive resource offering news, articles, documents, speeches, commentaries, audio and video clips and interviews pertaining to radical politics and the activities of international political acitivists. Delivers leftist interpretations by prominent academics and activists on such issues as 9/11, feminism, war, biotechnology, animal rights, international law, race and immigration, and cultural imperialism. Though fully searchable, ZNet is divided into numerous subject categories to facilitate browsing and also provides access to an online version of the ZNet affiliated publication, ZMagazine. ZNet is available in English, Norwegian, Bulgarian, Swedish, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Turkish/Kurdish, Japanese and Czech/Slovak.
Author: ZNet
Subjects: human rights, international law, media studies, political science, warfare, women's rights
DeweyClass: 303
Resource type: articles, documents, index