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Links Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org/ Human Rights Watch, founded in 1978 as Helsinki Watch, is a coalition formed by a number of independent regional human rights groups. The Human Rights Watch gopher contains information about Human Rights Watch itself and extensive information about human rights conditions sorted by country and region. DIANA Human Rights Database http://diana.law.yale.edu/ A project of the Urban Morgan Human Rights Institute at the University of Cincinnati College of Law and the Schell Memorial Human Rights Institute of Yale Law School to put up SGML/HTML versions of all international human rights instruments and extensive bibliographies on human rights. Canadian Human Rights Act Review http://www.chrareview.org/indexe.html Canadian Human Rights Foundation http://www.web.net/chrf-fcdp The Canadian Human Rights Foundation is specialized in human rights training and education for NGOs as well as public officials. the CHRF delivers participant centered training programs in Canada, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe and Africa. The CHRF is involved in curriculum development and organizes annual conferences on current human rights issues. The Human Rights Brief http://www.wcl.american.edu/pub/humright/brief/index.html The Human Rights Brief is an official publication of the Washington College of Law (WCL) and operates out of the law school's Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. Our unique journal is entirely student-run and publishes several issues each year. The Brief's focus is on human rights law, both internationally and in the United States, and our publication currently reaches approximately 4,000 subscribers in approximately 90 countries. Many of our readers, especially those who are overseas, are dedicated human rights activists who work with very limited resources and without a great deal of public support. For them, The Brief is a key source of human rights news and information, highlighting current events around the world and informing them about recent developments in human rights law Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group (PHRMG) http://www.phrmg.org The Palestinian Human Rights Monitor is the bi-monthly publication of the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group (PHRMG). The reports deal with human rights violations committed by the Palestinian Authority and Israel against Palestinians in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem. All editions of the Monitor as well as other unpublished reports are available on a regularly updated website. Human Rights Internet http://www.hri.ca An "international NGO, documentation center and publishing house", Human Rights Internet is an established powerhouse in international human rights but a relatively newcomer to the Internet. It has made up by having one of the most useful websites which is constantly being expanded and updated. The website is most useful for human rights NGOs and professionals. It contains articles and documents of use to human rights professionals (e.g. a Journalist Handbook on Reporting Human Rights and Humanitarian Stories), a useful section on human rights education including lists of human rights programs and syllabi, a job board and a calendar of human rights conferences and events. The site also contains copious information on children's rights and UN human rights information, including the 1997 For the Record, a searchable summary of the activities of all the UN human rights bodies. Human Rights Internet also offers current urgent actions, online discussion fora, fee-based databases and an extensive list of links to other human rights sites (searchable by keyword, these include short summaries of what the sites are about). Inter-American Commission on Human Rights http://www.oas.org This year-old site contains the full text of the Commission reports since 1991 and some of its country reports. The site also includes the basic documents of the Inter-American system of human rights, including the statutes and regulations of the Commission and the Court. Some press releases are also available.   Mailing Lists Systematic Studies of Human Rights Academic discussions of human rights issues, for academics and students. The list has had very little traffic for the last few years. To subscribe send a message to: LISTSERV@BINGVMB.C C.BINGHAMTON.EDU saying: subscribe hrs-l Firstname Lastname American Association for the Advancement of Science Human Rights Action Network (AAASHRAN) Actions on violations to the human rights of scientists, engineers and health professionals. To subscribe send a message to: majordomo@aaas.org saying: subscribe aaashran Amnesty Amnesty International Send a message to listproc@listserv.acns.nwu.edu with 'subscribe' and your e-mail address in the text. Canadian Association of Human Rights Organizations (CAHRO) Send a message to listserv@thecity.sfsu.edu with 'subscribe' and your e-mail address in the text.   HURIDOCS HURIDOCS is a global, decentralised network of organisations dealing with human rights information and documentation. This is a list for the exchange of information on issues Affiliated to information and documentation handling in the field of human rights. One can send and receive information about meetings, training courses and other activities in this area, bring up new issues and projects, ask for advice etc. To subscribe: Send an e-mail to majordomo@mail.comlink.apc.org with the following command in the body of your email message: subscribe huridocs-gen-l Derechos - Human Rights Action Network The Human Rights Actions Network is a moderated mailing list that gives members the opportunity to help human rights organizations all over the world in their struggle for human rights. Human Rights Organizations send actions to the list moderator who in turn forwards them to the list subscribers. Affiliated website: http://www.derechos.org To subscribe: See http://www.derechos.org/human-rights/action.html for details.   top Other hot topics: The UN System Human Rights Overview War-Affected Children Indigenous People's Rights Children's Rights Women's Rights The Media and Human Rights Human Rights NGOs Conflict Resolution Action Strategies