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Last Updated:
July 07, 2006  
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General Sources:  University | General Sources:  Non-University
IGOs and NGOs | Human Rights Documents, Publications

General Sources:  University

• DIANA has been established by the Schell Center, the Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights, the Center for Electronic Text in the Law, the Yale Law Library and the University of Cincinnati College of Law Library. It is designed to promote the creation, preservation, organization, and dissemination of primary and secondary electronic materials critical to human rights research and advocacy.
• Eastern and Central European Internet Directory for Human Rights - The European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder).  This page offers a comprehensive collection on links and sites with reference to Human Rights issues in Europe and the NIS.
• Human Rights Library - University of Minnesota - this award-winning resource features more than 6,000 Documents and offers search engines for human rights documents
• University of Notre Dame
  • Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies - "The objectives of the Institute have been not only to educate a growing number of U.S. and international experts to prevent violence and to promote peace but also to operate as a multifaceted training, research, and policy institute in which each activity supports the other."
  • The Center for Civil and Human Rights -  The Center is part of the Notre Dame Law School and its diverse activities "in teaching, research and service contribute to the vision and belief of both the Law School and the University."
  • Kellogg Institute for International Studies aims to advance investigation in comparative international studies.

• Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity - a joint initiative of the University of Ulster and the United Nations University.   A central resource on the internet for those in the area of conflict resolution and ethnic conflict, it is intended to serve not only academic researchers but also policy-makers and practitioners.
• The University of Michigan Law School Refugee Caselaw Site - seeks to promote transnational analysis of refugee law by advocates, decision-makers, and policymakers committed to the effective implementation of international standards.  Currently collects, indexes, and publishes selected recent court decisions that interpret the legal definition of a "refugee." It presently contains cases from the highest national courts of Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

General Sources:  Non-University

• The Australian Human Rights page was set up by Victor Perton MP to provide access to papers and hotlinks relating to human rights. It focuses on Australian issues and matters but also contains a compendium of international links.
• Derechos Human Rights is the first Internet-based human rights organization. 

  The organization's purpose is to work for the promotion and respect of human rights all over the world, for the right to privacy and against impunity for human rights violators.   The organization uses the internet as its primary information and communication tool.   Derechos works with human rights organizations in Latin America and the world to provide accurate and timely information on the human rights situation in their countries, as well as opportunities to help.  It also coordinates several human rights mailing lists, publishes an internet human rights journal, and works on the preservation of memory and for justice for the disappeared.

• Law - Hieros Gamos - a comprehensive legal site with over 12,000 original pages and more than 10,000 links.
• Migration and Ethnic Relations, World Wide Web Virtual Library edited and maintained by K. Pouliasi
• WomensNet is a non-profit computer network for women, activists, and organizations using computer networks for information sharing and increasing women's rights.

IGOs and NGOs

• Amnesty International
• Global Fund for Women is an international grantmaking organization which focuses on female human rights. It supports issues as diverse as literacy, domestic violence, economic autonomy, and the international trafficking of women.
• Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos), of the Organization of American States (Organización de los Estados Americanos - OAS).  English language site.   For Spanish language (Versión Español) site.
• International Centre for Humanitarian Reporting (ICHR) has been created to encourage better reporting of humanitarian, development and related issues and to provide key resources to ensure that coverage is timely and accurate. The ICHR is a nongovernmental organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, with associate non-profit representation in the United States.
• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), based in Geneva, Switzerland
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - "the world's largest humanitarian network"
• Refugees International provides early warning in crises of mass exodus.
• ReliefNet offers a comprehensive listing and description of NGOs and others involved in emergency relief, disaster preparedness, development assistance, and medical assistance. Also included are links to those organizations that have their own web sites.
• ReliefWeb is a prototype managed by the United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs. The purpose of ReliefWeb is to assist the humanitarian community in more effectively preparing and responding to complex emergencies and natural disasters by enhancing information sharing and access to timely and reliable information.
• UNHCR Research features a collection of full-text databases representing the most comprehensive and reliable refugee information resource available, drawn from the most current and authoritative sources.
• U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Human Rights Documents, Publications

• Country Human Rights Reports published by the U.S. Department of State.  The reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  Now an archive site of 1993-99.
• Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, United Nations General Assembly Declaration A/RES/47/133, 92nd
• International Review of the Red Cross - English language version
• International Treaties - Washburn University School of Law Library
• Journal of Humanitarian Assistance
• Merger is a newsletter from the Migration and Ethnic Relations Group for European Research. It is published three times a year, in February, June and October by ERCOMER, the European Research Institute on Migration and Ethnic Relations.
• U.N. Treaty Data Base
• U.S. Supreme Court Decisions - from the FLITE ("Federal Legal Information Through Electronics") system. The file consists of over 7,000 Supreme Court opinions dating from 1937 through 1975, from volumes 300 through 422 of U.S. Reports.
• World Disasters Report 2000 is published by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresent Societies.