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Digital Library
Indexes & General Directories (below)
Centers, & Organizations (below)
Death Penalty
Rwanda 1994 Genocide
Sudan / Dafur Crisis
Iraqi Prisoner Abuse

Additional Pages of Interest
Criminal Justice
Government Publications
History Gateway
Peace Studies
Political Science
United Nations
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Amnesty International Report 2007

Facing History & Ourselves
"For 30 years, Facing History has been engaging students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry. By studying the historical development and lessons of the Holocaust and other examples of genocide, students make the essential connection between history and the choices they confront in their own lives."

  • Preventing Genocide: Podcasts and Online Discussions [March 2007]
    "...In an exciting collaboration with the award-winning interview program and podcast series Voices on Genocide Prevention from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, we present three new podcasts [March 2007] featuring experts in the field of genocide prevention. The podcasts will consider the legacy of Raphael Lemkin, the individual who coined the word "genocide" in 1944; the politics of intervention; and the inspiring work of young anti-genocide activists today...Following each podcast, we will facilitate an online discussion with the expert featured in the most recent podcast. Online discussions are open to the public; you may participate in one or all of the sessions."

JURIST - Legal News & Research
- University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Amnesty International

Human Rights Watch

UN - Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Indexes & General Directories
AAAS Directory of Human Rights Sites
Their Database of Human Rights Internet Sites provides "descriptions and links to hundreds of human rights organizations worldwide on the Internet. Site entries are organized by site name, topical and geographical focus."
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Academy of European Law
European University Institute

African Human Rights Resource Center
"This site is a joint project of the Makerere University Human Rights and Peace Center and the University of Minnesota Human Rights Center."

American Society of International Law (ASIL)

  • ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law (ERG)
    "Each chapter is arranged in a logical fashion to aid the researcher. In some cases the author outlines general search strategies for the particular subject area, and then links to specific aids such as specialized periodical indexes and bibliographies, before drilling down to organized listings of links to primary resources."
    Chapters include: Human Rights ; International Commercial Arbitration ; International Criminal Law ; International Economic Law ; International Environmental Law ; International Organizations ; Lists, Newsgroups & Networks ; Private International Law ; Treaties ; United Nations.

Amnesty International

Committee on Conscience
"...mandate is...to alert the national conscience, influence policy makers, and stimulate worldwide action to confront and work to halt acts of genocide or related crimes against humanity."
Includes "websites documenting genocide, ethnic strife, war crimes, and human rights violations worldwide."
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Crimes of War
"A unique collaboration of journalists, lawyers and scholars that seeks to raise awareness of the laws of war."
Sections include: Magazine ; Essays ; Photo Essays ; Expert Analysis ; Seminars ; Noteworthy ; Gray Zone ; Resources ; Book.

Dafur - See our separate Sudan Crisis - page.

Facing History & Ourselves
"For 30 years, Facing History has been engaging students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry. By studying the historical development and lessons of the Holocaust and other examples of genocide, students make the essential connection between history and the choices they confront in their own lives."

  • Preventing Genocide: Podcasts and Online Discussions [March 2007]
    "...In an exciting collaboration with the award-winning interview program and podcast series Voices on Genocide Prevention from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, we present three new podcasts [March 2007] featuring experts in the field of genocide prevention. The podcasts will consider the legacy of Raphael Lemkin, the individual who coined the word "genocide" in 1944; the politics of intervention; and the inspiring work of young anti-genocide activists today...Following each podcast, we will facilitate an online discussion with the expert featured in the most recent podcast. Online discussions are open to the public; you may participate in one or all of the sessions."

Gendercide Watch
 "...seeks to confront gender-selective atrocities against men and women worldwide. In addition to including explanatory materials on gendercide as a global phenomenon, we feature a wide range of detailed case-studies, both historical and contemporary (including the Jewish holocaust). More case-studies will be added in coming months."

Guide to International Refugee Law Resources on the Web
 Published on LLRX, July 15, 2000 by Elisa Mason

Hidden Agendas: The Films and Writings of John Pilger
"The site looks in detail at the issues raised in John Pilger's films, concentrating specifically on the plight of Iraq (including an exclusive Pilger update), Vietnam, East Timor, Burma and the Aborigines in his native Australia. Furthermore it explores his concerns about the ever-increasing power of global media organisations...Supported by related literature, links, over 1000 pictures, maps, over 100 video clips, up-to-date letters and articles, biographies, chronologies and discussion forums, Hidden Agendas is the most comprehensive John Pilger resource on the net."

'Honour' Crimes Project
"Globally, the Project seeks to facilitate co-operation among activists, lawyers, academics and others and to develop and deepen understanding, explore theoretical frameworks and build upon diverse and multiple strategies, nationally, regionally and internationally, to combat impunity for those responsible for ëhonourí crimes and to challenge the climate of support for the practice amongst state institutions."
- Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Laws, University of London and International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights.

Human Rights Watch (see Human Rights Digital Library)

Immigration Index
Sections include: Conflict ; Country-data ; Deportation ; Detention ; Discrimination ; Forced-migration ; Funding ; Gender ; Government ; Human Rights ; Internet Resources ; Legal ; Media ; Migration ; Studies.

Global IDP [Internally Displaced Persons] Project
An independent Website and information management service on Internal Displaced Persons Worldwide.
"...Inside you will find comprehensive coverage of internal displacement in thirty-four countries...On this site we also provide training materials on internally displaced persons and the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, weekly updated newspertaining to internal displacement, links toIDP-related sites and lots of other usefulmaterial."

Human and Constitutional Rights
Sections include: Hot Topics ; Country Reports ; International Links ; Regional Links ; Web Resources ; National Links ; Documents.
Maintained by the Arthur W. Diamond Law Library at Columbia Law School.

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
Includes Latest Documents and News; Basic Legal Documents; Press Releases and Statements; Tribunal Cases; Bulletin; and Publications

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

International Victimology Website (IVW)
 "...a resource for all those interested in improving justice for victims of crime and abuse of power. Through IVW, the UN Center for International Crime Prevention, the Research and Documentation Center of the Netherlands Ministry of Justice and the World Society of Victimology aim to promote the UN Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power."

Links to Human Rights pages
Includes links to Journals, Tribunals, Laws, Regional issues, Directories, Mailing Lists, Jobs, & Conferences. "If you are looking for human rights info on an specific country or region, please visit our Human Rights Around the World Site."

Prague Watchdog
"...is a new on-line service that will report and disseminate information on the northern Caucasus region, focusing on three specific areas: human rights, humanitarian aid conditions and media access and coverage."

Privacy International
"Privacy International (PI) is a human rights group formed in 1990 as a watchdog on surveillance by governments and corporations...PI also has an extensive archive of material on international privacy including major international agreements, country reports."

Rwanda - See our separate Rwanda Studies page.

  • The Impunity Black List
    "Reporters without Borders and the Damocles Network present here, for the first time, the list of the 21 countries in which murderers, abductors and torturers of journalists are being granted full or partial impunity by their government."

Sudan - See our separate Sudan Crisis page.

Tolerance.org
"Tolerance.org is structured for easy access to news, solutions and engaging exercises that teach and prompt personal soul-searching...Teachers will find classroom tutorials for Tolerance.org features, including each of the children's activities, plus a guide to the best tolerance-related sites on the Web. Three teacher-only forums offer pen-pal classrooms and private "teacher's-room" discussions. You may also order materials for your classroom."

United Nations Human Rights

UN - International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
Includes Latest Documents and News; Basic Legal Documents; Press Releases and Statements; Tribunal Cases; Bulletin; and Publications

University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
"...the nation's largest collection of human rights books, monographs, periodicals and other published materials from around the world."
From the web site you can access UN documents, Treaties and other Instruments, Asylum and Refugee Materials, Human Rights Education, Bibliographies, Regional Materials, The Inter-American Human Rights System

Women's Human Rights Resources
 "Click on the links on the right to locate diverse, quality information on women's international human rights law. Each subject is divided into: Articles: annotated bibliographic references to scholarly articles with links to full text where available...Documents: annotated references to conventions and UN Reports, NGO reports, case law and legislation with links to full text where available...Links to other websites with annotations."
Bora Laskin Law Library, University of Toronto

www.brazilink.org
"Connecting People, Information and Ideas on Brazil through Electronic Research"
"...is a non-profit, non-partisan website about social development issues in Brazil."
Sections include: Agenda: Children ; Gender ; AfroBrazilians ; Labour ; Environment ; Native People ; Rural Issues ; Human Rights & Justice ; Foreign Policy ; Economics ; History ; Society ; Politics. Information & Debate: Media ; Opinion Polling ; Periodicals ; Online Research ; International Sources ; Search Brazil. Institutions: Non-For-Profit Sector ; International NGOs ; Government ; Multilateral Institutions.
- Celia Correia, Editor & Coordinator

Centers & Organizations
AAAS Science and Human Rights Program

Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel

Addameer: Palestinian Human Rights Association

Albanians in Macedonia Crisis Center
"This site intends to shed some light on various forms of oppression, aggression and human rights violation the Macedonian government has exercised on the Albanian population since 1991, when Macedonia declared its independence, as well as the years leading towards the breakup of Yugoslavia.

The American Anti-Slavery Group
"...We monitor, document, and publicize the plight of slaves around the globe. Our special focus is on black chattel slavery in North Africa and involuntary servitude in the United States."

American University - Washington College of Law - Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Amnesty International

Anti-Slavery
"Anti-Slavery was set up in 1839 with the specific objective of ending slavery throughout the world. Despite our many successful campaigns, slavery continues to exist in the 21st century. Anti-Slavery's work is divided among three teams: Programme, Communication and Information, enabling us to work effectively towards achieving our goal of a slave-free world."

B'Tselem
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
"...established in 1989 by a group of prominent academics, attorneys, journalists, and Knesset members. It endeavors to document and educate the Israeli public and policymakers about human rights violations in the Occupied Territories, combat the phenomenon of denial prevalent among the Israeli public, and help create a human rights culture in Israel."

Bard College - Human Rights Project

California State University, San Bernardino - Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism

Centre for Citizenship and Human Rights
"Although the Centre for Citizenship and Human Rights is an academic centre within the Faculty, it is gaining a strong outreach into the local and national community, providing a database and resource centre for individuals and groups working within the web of social justice, human rights and citizenship issues."
Deakin University, Victoria, Australia

Center for Victims of Torture

Falun Dafa Information Center
News and Information About Falun Gong Around the World
"...is a volunteer group of individuals dedicated to bringing you up to the minute information regarding China's crackdown on the peaceful practitioners of Falun Gong."
Includes: Activity Center ; News Headlines ; Live Reports from China ; China Crisis News Bulletin ; Human Rights Newsletter.

Florida State University - Center for the Advancement of Human Rights

Human Rights Watch

Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) - (dead link)
"IWPR supports democratisation and development in crisis zones by providing an international platform, professional training and financial assistance to independent media, human rights activists and other democratic voices."

International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development

International Court of Justice

International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent Societies in Yugoslavia

International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)

The Iraq Foundation
"...is a non-profit, non-partisan, non-governmental organization working for democracy and human rights in Iraq, and for a better international understanding of Iraq's potential as a contributor to political stability and economic progress in the Middle East."
Projects include: Human Rights Defenders Network ; Iraq's Pledge ; Iraq Constitution Assistance Project (ICAP) ; Iraq Democracy Watch (IDW) ; Human Rights Education ; Iraqi American National Network ; Eden Again.

Kosova Crisis Center
"With the start of the Serb massacres in Kosova in February 1998, the KCC (Kosova Crisis Center) and KCC-NEWS were established. The purpose of KCC and KCC-NEWS is to keep the world informed with the facts from the ground about the Serb atrocities committed against women, children and elderly people, as well as the oppression against everything Albanian in Kosova."

MADRE
An International Women's Rights Organization
"As a human rights organization, MADRE does much more than document and condemn abuses. We work with women who are affected by violations to help them win justice and, ultimately, change the conditions that give rise to human rights abuses. And we challenge US policies that undermine human rights."

National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights
India's Dalits ["untouchables"] make up nearly 25% of the population.

Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group (PHRMG)

Physicians for Human Rights

Rabbis For Human Rights
"Rabbis for Human Rights is the rabbinic voice of conscience in Israel, giving voice to the Jewish tradition of human rights. We promote justice and freedom, while campaigning against discrimination and inhumane conduct."

United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office



United Nations Human Rights

U.S. Department of State

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Committee on Conscience
"Responding to Threats of Genocide Today"

University of Minnesota - Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (CHGS)
Sections include: Virtual Museum of Holocaust and Genocide Art ; Histories, Narratives, Documents ; Educational Resources ; Links & Bibliography.