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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.
Canadian Human Rights Foundation
http://www.chrf.caThe 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.
Human Rights Internet
http://www.hri.caAn "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).
