Research Guide to International Law on the Internet
HUMAN RIGHTS
Treaties and Documents
WWW Sites
Foreword:If you need to know how you can organize your Internet
navigation in the area, consult Locating
Human Rights Resources (Helen Sheehy). You will not find a
collection of documents and/or links, but could be informed about the strategies
to access to human rights resources (e.g. legal documents, statements
from government agencies, position papers from human rights groups).
Treaties and Documents
- African
Charter on Human and People's Rights (Trinity College)
- American
Convention on Human Rights (Tufts University)
- Bosnia
Peace Agreement - Human Rights
- Convention
Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Convention
on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Convention
on the Political Rights of Women (U. of Minnesota)
- Convention
on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide (Tufts University)
- Convention
on the Rights of the Child (Internet Wiretap)
- Convention
Relating to the Status of Refugees (Trinity College)
- Protocol
Relating to the Status of Refugees (Trinity College)
- Convention
Related to Intercountry Adoption (Tufts University)
- Draft
Declaration of Principles on Human Rights and the Environment (1994)
- FWDP -- Draft Declaration
on the Rights of Indigenous...
- European
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms,
Protocols (U.
of Minnesota)
- European Convention on
Human Rights
- Hague Convention
on International Child Abduction
- Helsinki
Final Act (U. of Minnesota)
- ILO Conventions
and recommendations concerning employment and forced labour, freedom
of association, occupational
safety and health
- International
Convention on the Eliminiation of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
- International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Optional
Protocol to the International Covenant
- Second
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant (Trinity College)
- International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Tufts University)
- Universal
Declaration of Human Rights
- Declaration
on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Vienna
Declaration and Program of Action 1993 (Tufts University)
- Human
Rights Multilateral Treaties - Fletcher Law School (Tufts University)
- Human
Rights Instruments (U. of Minnesota)
- Treaties/Various
(UNHCHR)
- United
Nations Agreements on Human Rights Summary
- United Nations
Resolutions on Human Rights (Berkeley University)
WWW Sites
- Foreword: You will find here references to the legal protection
of human rights and fundamental freedoms. To get further information, see
also the following sections of this Guide: European
Union, International Organizations (and
in particular the subsection Council of Europe),
United Nations.
ACA
Center for Communication Law - At this you can find also sections on
Freedom of
Speech, Freedom
of Information, Freedom
of Religion, Human
Rights Issues, Privacy
Rights and Issues.
A Concise
Guide to Human Rights in the Internet (Derechos) - 
A
quite complete and well organized guide to various resources (including
mailing lists and discussion groups) in the area.
AEGEE Human Rights Working
Group - At present, major focus is on Anti-Discrimination.
African Human Rights
Resource Center (U. of Minnesota) - A collection of human rights materials
with major focus on Africa.
Amnesty International
Country Reports
Amnesty International
Home Page
Amnesty International
Groups
Amnesty International
News Releases
Amnesty International Online
Amnesty
International Press Page
Amnesty International
Publications
Bibliography
for Research in International Human Rights Law (U. of Minnesota)
CEDAW UN Committee
on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
Center
for International and European Law on Immigration and Asylum (U. of
Konstanz)
Center For World
Indigenous Studies - A very complete information on this subject.
Child Rights (UNICEF) -Information
about the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Child
Rights Floor (Children's House) Very
updated information on international legal developments in the area.
CSW United
Nations Commission on the Status of Women
Database
on Research and Information on Children's Rights (Childwatch International)
-
Democracy
and Human Rights (Martin Hogan) - News updates for 1996 and many links.
Death Penalty -
The Ultimate Revenge (The Bruderhof Communities)
Derechos - This very good site
provides information on death penalty, human rights actions, country reports,
news, links to other sites and more.
Diana - International Human
Rights Database (U. of Cincinnati) - An enormous database, well organized
and updated, to be consulted as a starting point of any H. R. research.
European
Migration Law Database (U. of Nijmegen) - A searchable archive of documents
and other resources including information on European Union and other international
organizations.
Fourth World Documentation
Project Home Page
Gay
& Lesbian Rights - A very complete searchable database.
Global Democracy Network - An interesting
site about human rights resources on the Internet.
Global Fund for Women - Information,
news and links.
Guide
to Resources for Women's Legal and Public Policy Information on the Internet
(U. of Michigan) - A very good reference site for these issues.
Human Rights (Organization
of American States) - Legal information.
Human Rights, Human
Wrongs (BBC) - At the present moment, focus is on Disappearances, Torture,
Ethnic Cleansing, Censorship, and Child Labour.
Human Rights
for Workers (Robert A. Senser) - News, articles and links.
Human Rights, Human
Wrongs (BBC) - At the present moment, focus is on Disappearances, Torture,
Ethnic Cleansing, Censorship, and Child Labour.
Human Rights
Information (ISFIT) - An extensive collection of links.
Human Rights Internet (Tanja M. Kisslinger)
- This very interesting
site provides a wide range of services, as well as Human
Rights on the Web, an extensive collection of links.
Human
Rights Library (U. of Minnesota) - At this excellent site you can find
links, bibliographies, materials from U.N. commissions and tribunals, as
well as information and documents from regional bodies. Highly recommended.
Human Rights
Links (Goldman Law Library at Yale) - Bibliographies and a wide range
of links.
Human Rights
Page (Martin Hogan) - An excellent site containing a mine of links.
Human Rights Web
(Catherine Hampton) - Many well selected links to HR Organizations and
Resources.
Koa'ga Roneeta
(Equipo Nizkor) - A journal
with articles about human rights issues and law. It is not out yet, but
should be ready very soon.
Index On Censorship
(Oneworld) - Wide information
about freedom of expression issues around the world.
Immigrant
and Refugee Rights - Information about the situation in the U.S.A.
Immigration Lawyers on the Web
- Information on immigration resources on.the Internet.
Institute of Global Communications
- Here you will find Labornet,
Womensnet.
International
Foundation on Drug Policy & Human Rights - It is still under construction.
International
Human Rights Law - This
site contains a gopher menu for course materials in International Human
Rights Law (organized and put on the Web by Ms Hatfield-Lyon).
International
Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance - Publications, Newsletter,
Press releases from "a meeting place for discussions on democracy
and democratic institutions".
International
Law and Human Rights through the Doddel Server - A very good and regularly
updated collection of links including Human Rights, International Law,
International Criminal Law, Prohibition of Torture, International Organizations,
Law (miscellaneous).
International
Legislation, especially Refugee law (UNHCR)
International
Women's Tribune Center
Latin American Studies
(U. of Texas) - Country reports.
Lawyers Committee
for Human Rights - Country reports and information.
Lega Italiana per i Diritti
dei Popoli
Legitimization
of Male and Female circumcision -
Lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and
transgendered people
Migration and
Ethnic Relations Group for European Research
National
Commission on the Disappeared (CONADEP)
Nurses for the Rights of the Child
Online Conference
on Buddhism and Human Rights
Peacenet - It is
"a world-wide computer network dedicated to peace, social and economic
justice, human rights and the struggle against racism". Highly recommended.
Political
Asylum Resources (U. of Texas)
Save the Children - News,
publications and other resources. Highly recommended.
Simon Wiesenthal Center
Statewatch database:
the State and civil liberties in UK and Europe an useful searchable
database for informations on immigration & asylum (and other human
rights issues)
Student
Human Rights Law Centre (U. of Nottingham) - A good site. Links, Articles
and News.
Symposium
on Women's International Human Rights
The Week in
Human Rights (Derechos) - Weekly summaries of "some of the most
important, and perhaps under-reported, human rights events that took place
all over the world". Searchable.
UN Children's Fund - Here you
can get information about the UNICEF activities, the text of The
State of the World's Children 1996, and more.
UN Commission
on Human Rights
UN Commission on
Human Rights (U. of Minnesota) - Information and documents.
UN Committee
Against Torture
UN Committee
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
UN Committee
on Elimination of Racial Discrimination
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR)
UN High Commissioner for Human
Rights
UNIFEM United Nations Development
Fund for Women
Without Impunity (Derechos)
- A new Human Rights Bulletin.
When will be out will include articles on human rights issues, reports
on human rights violations, actions, poems, news and a "what's new
on human rights online" section.
Women and the law
(ABA)
Women
Rights (Martin Hogan)
Women
Rights (Francis Fauburn) - A very good selection of links.
Women's
Environment and Development Organization
Women of the World: Formal
Laws and Policies Affecting Their Reproductive Rights
Women's Online Media
Project
WomensNet Gopher
Server (IGC)
WomensNet Web Server
(IGC)
World Congress Against
Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children 1996 -
World
Development Movement (Martin Hogan)
World Heritage Centre (UNESCO)
World Organisation
Against Torture - SOS-Torture (Geneva)
World Organization
for the Child (Geneva)
Yahoo! Immigration
Yahoo!
Human Rights
Yale
Law School Human Rights Page - Does not seem updated, but it is still
useful the section concerning News Groups and Discussion List.
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