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MA in the Theory and Practice of Human Rights

Websites for Human Rights Research

Here is a list of Internet sites that are good starting points for conducting human rights research. 

These sites are listed in no particular order.  Additions, comments, and suggestions are welcome!

Human Rights Watch
US Freedom of Information Site (declassified documents from the State Department)
UNICEF
United Nations
Committee to Protect Journalists
The World Bank
International Monetary Fund
Amnesty International
One World
Council of Europe
Asia Source
Political Database of the Americas
United Nations Development Programme
International Committee of Jurists (ICJ)
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Directory of Human Rights Resources on the Internet
Democracy Resource Center
Freedom House
Derechos (Rights) Internet Human Rights Resource Site
Human Rights Web
International Human Rights Database (DIANA)
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
Human Rights Internet (HRI)
Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC)
International Freedom of Expression (IFEX)
European Union
Department for International Development (UK)
War Criminal Watch
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
Human Rights Act 1998
Charter 99 Campaign for Global Democracy
Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)
World Audit - Democracy, Rule of Law, Corruption, and Human Rights
ELDIS World Development Resource Site
SOLIDAR (network of European human rights organisations)
Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network
Constitution Unit (UK)
Peace Brigades International (PBI)
University of Utrecht Law on-line (SIM)
Development Gateway

 

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Last updated by Todd Landman 04 October  2001

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