Web Links: Human Rights
1. Canada
Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission
- The Alberta Human Rights Commission engages in a wide range of partnership initiatives to fulfil the mandate of fostering equality and reducing discrimination. The website provides access to tribunal and court decisions, newsletters, case studies, research, reports, legislation, by-laws and bulletins.
British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal
- The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal
is an independent, quasi-judicial body created by the B. C. Human Rights Code, it is responsible for accepting, screening, mediating and adjudicating human rights complaints. This website provides access to decisions, guides, annual reports and other information about the Tribunal.
Canadian Human Rights Commission
- The Canadian Human Rights Commission administers the Canadian Human Rights Act and is responsible for ensuring compliance with the Employment Equity Act. This website provides access to full-text publications, legislation, policies and news.
Canadian Human Rights Reporter
- The Canadian Human Rights Reporter is a not-for -profit organization established to promote the access to human rights law in Canada. This publication is available to faculty and students of York University as an electronic resource.
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal|
- The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal applies the principles of equity, equality, fair treatment and non-discrimination to cases that are
referred to it by the Canadian Human Rights Commission. This website provides access to cases, decisions, rulings, reports and proactive disclosures of the Tribunal.
Human Rights Research and Education Centre (University of Ottawa)
- The Human Rights Research and Education Centre is an independent centre that engages in multidisciplinary research and education in human rights, governance, legal reform and development. The website includes a news archive, Human Rights Chronicles and links to human rights resources.
International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development
- The International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development was created by an Act of the Parliament of Canada in 1988 with an international mandate to encourage and support the universal values of human rights and the promotion of democratic institutions and practices around the world. The website features full-text publications of the organization, research resources, news releases and directories.
New Brunswick Human Rights Commission
- The New Brunswick Human Rights Commission is a provincial governmental agency that promotes equality, investigates and tries to settle complaints about discrimination and harassment. The website includes annual reports, legislation and information about the Boards of Inquiry.
Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission
- The Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission works to protect people of the province from discrimination in accordance with the provisions of the Human Rights Act. The website provides access to information on the dispute resolution process, initiatives, full-text publications and reports.
Ontario Human Rights Commission
- The Ontario Human Rights Commission is an independent statutory body that provides leadership for the promotion, protection and advancement of human rights; by
building partnerships across the human rights system and the society. The website provides full-text publication of the OHRC, Ontario Human Rights Code, topical information and resource guides, reports, case studies with data and a blog.
PEI Human Rights Commission
- The Prince Edward Island Human Rights Commission administers and enforces the Prince Edward Island Human Rights Act. The website includes information on the complaints process, full text-publication and reports of the Commission and legislation.
Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission
- The Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission promotes the valuse of the Saskatchewan Human Rights Code by investigating complaints about discrimination , promoting equity and educating the public. The website includes the Human Rights Code, information on the complaints process, policies, full-text publications and reports.
Status of Women Canada
- The Status of Women (SWC) is a federal government organization that promotes the full participation of women in the economic, social and democratic life of Canada. The website features full-text publications, statistics, funding reports and policy and gender-based
documents.
Women's Human Rights Resources Programme (Bora Laskin Law Library, University of Toronto)
- The Women's Human Rights Resources Programme (WHRR) collects, organizes and disseminates information on women's human rights law to facilitate research, teaching and cooperation. The website features the WHRR Database , research guides, bibliographies, symposium publications, course descriptions and links to women's and international human rights organizations.
2. United States
American Civil Liberties Union
- The ACLU seeks to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person under the US Constitution and laws through litigation, legislation and community education. This website provides access to project summaries, topical information guides, US Supreme Court cases, legislative updates, news, commentary and a blog.
Human Rights Program (Harvard Law School)
- The Human Rights Program (HRP) fosters course work and participation of students in human rights activities through its summer fellowship, clinical work, speaker series, applied research and scholarship. The website provides access to the HRP program information, news updates and project summaries.
3. Foreign / International
Africa South of the Sahara - Human Rights (Stanford University Library)
- This is an annotated guide of human rights resources for African countries. The links provide information about human rights organizations, legal groups, databases, bibliographies
and periodicals.
Amnesty International
- Amnesty International is an international recognized human rights organization. The website features campaign information, full-text reports, human rights information by topic and country, blogs, newsletters and an electronic library.
Annex: human rights, country and legal inforamtion resources on the Internet (LLRX)
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This update from LLRX provides links to international instruments, national laws and policies, case law, guidelines and recommendations, human rights reports, country materials and news.
Australian Human Rights Centre
- This website links to full-text international instruments from the the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Treaties Library. Most of these are linked from AUSTLII.
Coalition for an International Criminal Court
- The CICC works to strengthen international cooperation with the ICC; ensures that the Court us fair,
effective, independent and advances stronger national laws that deliver justice to victims of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. The website provides access to full-text documents and publications, legislation, UN reports, resolutions and statements. It also features a browse by region functionality.
Concise Guide to Human Rights in the Internet
- This website includes links to non-governmental
and governmental organizations, treaty collections, legislation and news.
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights
- The Commissioner for Human Rights is an independent institution within the COuncil of Europe, mandated to promote the awareness of and respect for human rights among member states. The website provides access to country reports, topical information and resource guides, reports, working papers and news.
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Council of Europe)
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CPT examines the treatment of persons deprived of their personal liberty and has the mandate to strengthen the protection of such persons from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. The website features information and resources by country, full-text reports and publications, CPT standards and statements.
European Court of Human Rights
- The European Court of Human Rights is an international court that rules on individual or State applications alleging violations of civil and political rights set out under the European Convention on Human Rights. The website provides access to ECHR protocols, HUDOC database, statistics, full-text reports, cases and the online catalogue of the ECHR library.
Human Rights In China
- Human Rights in China is an international, Chinese, non-governmental organization with the mission to promote international human rights and advance the institutional protection of these rights in the People's Republic of China. The website provides information about international advocacy and media work: full-text reports, publications, newsletter, multimedia and podcasts.
Human Rights First (Formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)
- Human Rights First uses advocacy, litigation, research and report to build respect for human rights and the rule of law to help ensure human rights and dignity. The website provides information about programs, campaigns, full-text reports
and publications and news.
Human Rights Library (University of Minnesota)
- The University of Minnesota Human Rights Library houses one of the largest collections of core human rights documents which includes human rights treaties and international human rights instruments. The website provides access to links and a unique search device for multiple human rights sites.
Human Rights: UN
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The human rights web page of the United Nations provides links to United Nations bodies, thematic issues, international courts and tribunals and research tools.
Human Rights Watch
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Human Rights Watch is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. The website provides topical information guides, news and commentary, full-text reports and publications, world reports and multimedia materials.
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
- The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is an autonomous organ of the Organization of American States. Along with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, it is one of the bodies that comprise the Inter-American system for the protection and promotion of human rights. The website includes basic human rights documents, annual reports, special reports, country reports, case law, resolutions and applications to the court.
International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights
- INTERIGHTS works to promote respect for human rights through the use of law by providing
legal expertise to lawyers, judges, human rights defenders and other partners concerning international and comparative human rights law. The website features the Human Rights Case Law Database service which contains significant summaries of human rights decisions from domestic Commonwealth courts and tribunals.
International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC)
- The ICRC is an independent organization with a mandate under international law to take impartial action for victims of war and other situations of violence. The website includes full-text publications and reports of the ICRC, regional information and resource guides and the International Review of the Red Cross.
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
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The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia is a United Nations court of law dealing with war crimes that took place during the conflicts in the Balkans in the 1990's. The website features the ICTY legal library which includes court records, full-text reports and publications, judicial supplements and rules of procedure and evidence.
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
- The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda is a United Nations court of law dealing with the prosecution of persons responsible for genocide and other serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in Rwanda
between 1 January 1994 and 31 December 1994. The website provides access to cases, ICTR quarterly bibliography, public judicial records database and other full-text publications.
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
- The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) is a leading international organization dedicated to human rights advocacy on behalf of people who experience discrimination or abuse on the basis of their actual or perceived
orientation, gender identity or expression. The website provides access to information guides, full-text publications, newsletters and links to LGBTQ organizations.
International Institute of Humanitarian Law
- The International Institute of Humanitarian Law is an independent, non-profit humanitarian organization that promotes international humanitarian law, human rights, refugee law and related issues. The website includes access to full-text publications and newsletters.
International Labour Organization
- The ILO strives to advance opportunities for all individuals to obtain decent and productive work conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity. The website provides access to international labour standards, project summaries, full-text publications, research reports and statistics, multimedia resources and ILO library resources such as Labourdoc.
International Victimology Institute (Tilburg University)
- The International Victimology Institute Tilburg (INTERVICT) promotes and executes interdisciplinary research that can contribute to a comprehensive; evidence-based body of knowledge on the empowerment and support of victims of crime and abuse of power. The website includes project summaries, INTERVICT newsletter, links to research centres, human rights legislation and documents.
Kosovo and Yugoslavia: Law in Crisis (Jurist: The Law Professor's Network)
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This website includes news, legal documents, human rights reports, information on war crimes, legislation and bibliography.
Nuremberg War Crimes Trials
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is part of the Avalon Project. It provides access to trial reports, key documents related to the proceedings, documents of the post-war military government, rules of procedure and documents cited in the official records of the tribunal.
Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
- The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law is an independent academic institution that promotes universal respect for human rights and humanitarian law by means of research, academic education, dissemination and institutional development. The website includes academic program information and research reports.
REFWORLD (UNHCR)
- Refworld is the leading
source of information necessary for taking quality decisions on refugee status. Refworld contains a vast collection of reports relating to situations in countries of originm policy documents and positions; documents relating to international and national legal frameworks.
Treaties Body Database (Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights)
- The Treaty Body Database provides access to the full-text of State Party Reports, the Committee's concluding observations, reports of other UN bodies, committee's sessional and annual reports.
South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was set up by the Government of National Unity to reconcile human rights abuses during the apartheid regime. The website provides access to legislation, full-text reports, hearings and submissions and transcripts, media articles and links to relevant organizations.
United Nations Documentation: Research Guide on Human Rights (United Nations' Dag Hammarskjold Library)
- This is an extensive guide to researching human rights, charter-based and treaty-based bodies.
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees leads and coordinates international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. The website provides access to archives and records of news, information by country and topic, full-text publications, statistics and maps.
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
- The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has the sole responsibility for promoting and protecting the enjoyment and full realization of human rights for all. The website includes topical and country guides, full-text publications and news.
UNESCO DARE Database
- The DARE database provides access to worldwide information on social science, peace and
human rights research, training institutes and research centres.
UNICEF
- UNICEF provides long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and
mothers in developing countries. The website features topical and country information, annual reports, news and policy documents, multimedia resources and statistics.
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