Open Directory - Society: Issues: Human Rights and Liberties
This category in other languages: - A multi-issue, social justice center supported and staffed by 30 congregations of nuns, priests and brothers which promotes analysis and action. - A portal to human rights resources on the net, including news, government bodies, law, and treaties. - The founder of the Body Shop reports and comments on activism, ethical business, human rights and environmentalism in a global perspective. - 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. - Encompasses the full range of data concerning the application of the UN human rights treaty system by its monitoring treaty bodies since their inauguration. - A research center dedicated to advancing the understanding and pursuing the goals of the American civil rights movement. - From About.com - Columns, link libraries, polls, and discussions about personal liberty issues. - Features stories and links on worldwide human rights violations, particularly issues that receive little attention from the Western media. - 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. - Links to Internet resources on human rights. - Resource for finding information about human rights on the internet. Links to organizations worldwide addressing human rights issues. - News, articles, links and chat groups about human rights issues. - Compiled by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Includes brief descriptions of organizations and contact information. - Features political, censorship and human rights news from around the world. - Country-by-country summary of the work of UN human rights mechanisms. - Explores the role of investigative reporting in restoring human rights. - 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. - 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. - Provides an overview of individual rights, including parent, student, cyber, property and privacy rights. - 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. - Active mail list and discussion on subject. Bilingual, English y Español. - Includes searchable databases, full-text education and training materials and interactive distance learning tools on human rights. - 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. - Provides human rights publications, information on children's rights and the UN human rights system, and listing of human rights organizations worldwide. - Information about an annual seminar at Columbia University surveying the cutting-edge issues in promoting human rights, with a focus on reporting techniques. - 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. - 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. - Twelfth annual review of human rights practices and developments in sixty-six countries, covering the period from November 2000 through November 2001. - 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. - Includes constitutional rights charts, links to human rights and constitutional rights websites, news, and resources. - Categorised links related to the field of international law and international human rights law. In English and French. - 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. - 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. - 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. - An open-source technology tool that assists nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) collect information on human rights abuses. - Studies and gathers human rights documentation. - Oversees major programs in protecting human rights and implementing international rights agreements. Includes activities, publications and media centre. - 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. - Article by Dr. Sam Vaknin describes some examples of the business of torture in various countries. - Works to deter torture and other severe human rights abuses around the world by helping survivors hold their persecutors accountable. - Human rights resources including links to relevant documents. - 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. - Covers international events and issues about balancing civil liberties and security, featuring an ongoing collection of news, analysis and comment. - 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. - Provides reports on country conditions, speeches and votes in the UN, and asylum profiles; accountability and reform efforts; partnerships with organizations, governments, and multilateral institutions committed to human rights. - Summary page with links to full document. - Official site includes calendar of events, messages, information on the World Programme for Human Rights, documents and information on past observances. - 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. - Protest weblog collective focusing on civil liberties in the United Kingdom and the rest of world. - 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. - The Hope 2005 International Conference on Human Rights will be convened on the 3rd to 5th November 2005, at The Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai, India. (November 03, 2005) - 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. (August 01, 1997)
