HUMAN RIGHTS

HUMAN RIGHTS
An Internet Hotlist on HUMAN RIGHTS

created by Marilyn Abramowitz
Mineola High School Library

Introduction
Begin with the library's print resources and online databases. Use the links below to find information on human rights, both national & international, general and specific types. Check back often for changes & updates.

The Internet Resources

General Sites

*Human Constitutional Rights -
*Human Rights Watch -
*Human Rights Web -
American Civil Liberties Union -
Amnesty International -
Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law -
Derechos: Human Rights - Derechos is a member of the World Organization Against Torture, the International Action Network on Small Arms and the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers. Derechos Human Rights, together with our sister organization Equipo Nizkor, work for the respect and promotion of human rights throughout the world.
Freedom House -
Global Rights -
Human Rights Awareness -
Human Rights First -
Human Rights In Action - United Nations Project
Human Rights Info & Documents (HURISEARCH) -
Human Rights Initiative Program -
Human Rights Library - Univ. of Minnesota
Human Rights Net -
Human Rights Research & Education -
Human Rights Video Project -
International Committee of the Red Cross - an independent, neutral organization ensuring humanitarian protection and assistance for victims of war and other situations of violence worldwide
International Crisis Group -
International Human Rights Advocacy Groups -
International Peace Bureau -
International Rescue Committee -
Justice Initiative Legal Resources Database -
National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights -
Physicians for Human Rights -
Project Diana - Human Rights Cases -
Speak Out - Put in search terms, and find articles & information
The Advocacy Project -
U.S. Institute of Peace -
World Vision International -

Countries & Cultures

Africa: Human Rights - Univ. of Pennsylvania
Africa: South of the Sahara - Human Rights -
Armenian Genocide -
Asian Human Rights Commission -
COUNTRY STUDIES - Hotlist
Conflicts in the Balkans -
El Salvador: civil war and gang wars -
Human Rights in Africa -
Human Rights in Central Asia -
Human Rights in China -
Human Rights in North Asia -
Human Rights in South Asia -
Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) -
Latin America Network Information Center (LANIC) - Human Rights
Latin American Repression -
Rights Africa: The Communication Initiative - awareness programme that works to build democracy by increasing the knowledge and participation of the South African populace
South Asia Forum for Human Rights (SAFHR) -
Soviet Repression -

Women/Children

Advocates for Children & Youth - related links -
CHILDREN & YOUTH - services, rights, advocacy, adoption & foster care, abuse (sexual, physical, verbal, neglect), cults, parental dysfunction & problems, juvenile crime & justice, and many topics related to children & adolescents
Child Abuse Prevention Network -
Child Rights (UNICEF) -
Child Rights Information Network -
Children Now -
WOMEN'S ISSUES - women's bias & rights issues; health (incl reproductive rights & abortion); sports equity; workplace (incl sexual harassment & discrimination); violence; + more
Women's Human Rights Net -
Women's Learning Partnership - for Rights, Development, and Peace

Hate/Bias/Racism

Anti-Defamation League -
HOLOCAUST RESOURCES - Hotlist of links
HateWatch - from the Southern Poverty Law Center
Partners Against Hate -
Race, Racism & the Law -
Racism & Human Rights -
Religious Tolerance -
Southern Poverty Law Center -
Stop the Hate -
Task Force Against Hate & Terrorism - from the Simon Wiesenthal Center
Tolerance.org -
Two Towns of Jasper - PBS site that contains numerous resources of interest to those studying hate crimes in America.

Gay/Lesbian/Transgender

Related Resources

Academy for Educational Development -
Exploring Humanitarian Law - Virtual Campus helps teachers as they introduce the basic principles of international humanitarian law to students in secondary schools (from the International Committee of the Red Cross).
National Video Resources -
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT (Hotlist) -
Worldwise Schools -

Content by Marilyn Abramowitz, mabramowitz@mineola.k12.ny.us
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listhumanrima.html
Last revised Tue May 26 8:04:31 US/Pacific 2009