Human rights resources including links to relevant documents.

Provides human rights publications, information on children's rights and the UN human rights system, and listing of human rights organizations worldwide.

Resource for finding information about human rights on the internet. Links to organizations worldwide addressing human rights issues.

Confronts gender-selective atrocities against men and women worldwide. Includes a growing database of historical and contemporary case-studies of gendercide, research materials, and up-to-date media coverage.

From Peace Brigades International.

Explores the role of investigative reporting in restoring human rights.

Studies and gathers human rights documentation.

From About.com - Columns, link libraries, polls, and discussions about personal liberty issues.

Includes searchable databases, full-text education and training materials and interactive distance learning tools on human rights.

Focus is on democracy, human rights, press freedom, corruption and the rule of law. Daily news on democracy and human rights, links and e-commerce facilities for human rights publications.

Active mail list and discussion on subject. Bilingual, English y Español.

Categorised links related to the field of international law and international human rights law. In English and French.

Human Rights Watch's eleventh annual review of human rights practices around the globe covers developments in 70 countries. The report reflects extensive investigative work.

Summary page with links to full document.

Supports freedom of religion and belief as defined by international law. The IARF has general consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

ESCR-Net brings together diverse groups and activists committed to human rights and social justice in order to share information and strategies, establish stronger links across border and disciplines, develop a collective voice, and facilitate collaborative work among members.

A multi-issue, social justice center supported and staffed by 30 congregations of nuns, priests and brothers which promotes analysis and action.

Links to Internet resources on human rights.

Review by US political dissident Noam Chomsky of the United States' own appalling record on human rights - not in the distant past, but in the last 50 years and continuing right up to this day.

A site of passion on human rights law and issues, as well as humanity for all mankind. Various concepts of human rights law and issues, and country-specific insider views on specific incidents.

Network of individuals and groups concerned with the survival of savage tribal peoples, in particular hunter-gatherers.

An international review of books and other publications in the area of global human rights. Published at the Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver.

A research center dedicated to advancing the understanding and pursuing the goals of the American civil rights movement.

Rebecca Barrington's plea for privacy in the public sector. Eight powerful freedom paintings from the LuLu Eccentrix Art Gallery depicting the loss of freedom.

ANSA is a non-profit organization founded and supported by artists, activists and others dedicated to furthering democracy and equality in South Africa and civil rights in the U.S.

A portal to human rights resources on the net, including news, government bodies, law, and treaties.

Site seeks to aid decision makers in societies interested in establishing a Truth Commission via analysis of the structure, design choices, and impacts of past Commissions.

Discusses value of human rights and whether or not governments have the moral right to violate them in defence of human lives.

The goal of this site is to present an objective view of human rights. Topics that have been researched include the history of human rights and the pioneers responsible for it, and issues germane to the topic.

Non profit organization involved in the sphere of international human rights, global security, economic development, economic justice and international justice, business and economic rights, and conflict resolution.

An interactive medium for expression of breaches of human rights. Also information and advice on human rights can be found here.

Meta search engine for searching multiple human rights sites. Library includes a large collection of international human rights, and links to other human rights and international law sites.

A team of Non-Governmental Organizations dedicated to promoting the rule of law and human rights worldwide.

Twelfth annual review of human rights practices and developments in sixty-six countries, covering the period from November 2000 through November 2001.

Encompasses the full range of data concerning the application of the UN human rights treaty system by its monitoring treaty bodies since their inauguration.

Works toward correcting the human rights violations of those governments who distort, deny, and delude their own history to disguise genocides, massacres, and human rights violations. Includes sections on various cases.

HURIDOCS is a global network of organisations concerned with human rights. Functions as a decentralised network in which organisations can handle and exchange information according to their own requirements.

Details from the second annual report on international religious freedom from the U.S. State Department. Examples of religious intolerance provided. Article dated Sept 2000.

News, articles, links and chat groups about human rights issues.

The reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Updated annually.

HRNi publishes academic and reference materials pertaining to a wide range of human rights issues.

Two broad areas of research and related consultative processes inform the Commission's deliberations: human insecurities resulting from conflict and violence; and the links between human security and development.

Articles and resources for individuals concerned and interested in all aspects of human rights.

A collection of links, news and information on human rights with an emphasis on Tibet.

Information about an annual seminar at Columbia University surveying the cutting-edge issues in promoting human rights, with a focus on reporting techniques.

Country-by-country summary of the work of UN human rights mechanisms.

Brings young people together to interactively discuss the environment, Youth in Conflict, HIV AIDS, and other development topics. Links to articles on youth and human rights.

Thirteenth annual review of human rights practices around the globe. Identifies positive and negative trends within the sphere of human rights in fifty-eight countries, covering the period from November 2001 through November 2002.

Non-profit organisation introducing human rights concepts and values into educational curricula and teaching practices. Host to a number of human rights sites, and a listing of resources.

Provides an overview of individual rights, including parent, student, cyber, property and privacy rights.

Features political, censorship and human rights news from around the world.

Article by Dr. Sam Vaknin describes some examples of the business of torture in various countries.

Includes constitutional rights charts, links to human rights and constitutional rights websites, news, and resources.

Compiled by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Includes brief descriptions of organizations and contact information.

Highlighting the links between environmental exploitation and human rights abuses, particularly where natural resources such as timber, diamonds and oil are used to fund conflict.

Features stories and links on worldwide human rights violations, particularly issues that receive little attention from the Western media.

The founder of the Body Shop reports and comments on activism, ethical business, human rights and environmentalism in a global perspective.

Covers international events and issues about balancing civil liberties and security, featuring an ongoing collection of news, analysis and comment.

NGO devoted to the promotion of human rights and development policies.

Works to deter torture and other severe human rights abuses around the world by helping survivors hold their persecutors accountable.

An open-source technology tool that assists nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) collect information on human rights abuses.

Protest weblog collective focusing on civil liberties in the United Kingdom and the rest of world.

Official site includes calendar of events, messages, information on the World Programme for Human Rights, documents and information on past observances.

International organization, based in Sao Paolo, Brazil, conducting research and legal action related to human rights in the Global South. [English/Portuguese]

An independent academic institution based in Lund, Sweden, which promotes human rights. Information about research and education, development cooperation projects and publications.

Karen L. Snell,a specialist in constitutional litigation and international extradition, comments on Kenneth Starr's comments in The Washington Post suggesting the U.S. should cast aside traditional civil liberties in the fight against terrorism.