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Defining Documents in World History: Human Rights

Web Resources

ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)

www.aclu.org

A nonprofit organization founded in 1920 “to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States.”

Amnesty International

www.amnesty.org

This is the site of Amnesty’s International Secretariat in London. It includes a library of many of AI’s current publications, including Amnesty’s annual report, country reports, new releases, and international campaign materials. The site also maintains links to Amnesty sections and groups around the world. Information on Amnesty’s past campaigns from 1994 to present is also archived on this site.

Amnesty International USA

www.aiusa.org

This site includes news releases, the Amnesty Action newsletter, regional office addresses, and links to U.S. local groups’ sites. Current actions and appeals for letter writing, along with a guide to letter writing, are available through the Amnesty Action Center, as is information about starting a student group. Information about AIUSA’s current campaigns can be found here, as well as info about the Environmental Defenders, Outfront!, Urgent Action, Government Action, Legal Support, Children’s Rights, and Women’s Rights Networks.

Anti-Slavery International

www.antislavery.org

Anti-Slavery International, founded as the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society in 1839, is an international non-governmental organization, registered charity and advocacy group, based in the United Kingdom.

Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA)

cja.org

U.S. non-profit international human rights organization based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1998, CJA represents survivors of torture and other grave human rights abuses in cases against individual rights violators before U.S. and Spanish courts.

Doctors Without Borders

www.doctorswithoutborders.org

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is a humanitarian medical non-governmental organization (NGO) offering medical humanitarian assistance around the world to people based solely on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender, or political affiliation.

Freedom House

freedomhouse.org

Freedom House is a non-profit, majority U.S. government funded organization in Washington, D.C., that conducts research and advocacy on democracy, political freedom, and human rights.

The Global Fund for Women

www.globalfundforwomen.org

Global Fund for Women is one of the world’s leading organizations for gender equality, and human rights of girls and women. Their aim is for every woman and girl to be able to realize their rights as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, since these are essential for women’s equality.

Human Rights Campaign

www.hrc.org

The Human Rights Campaign envisions a world where every member of the LGBTQ+ family has the freedom to live their truth without fear, and with equality under the law.

Human Rights USA

www.hrusa.org

The Human Rights USA website includes areas for human rights education, communication, and action. Information on human rights education methodologies and annotated bibliographies are also posted here, in addition to a human rights education directory with contact info for various human rights organizations, and links to other human rights education sites. The text of Human Rights Here and Now, an educational resource for community and classroom community education is found here. This site also includes ordering information for educational materials from the Human Rights Resource Center, and links to human rights documents and libraries as well as links to an advocacy network, including an education listserve.

Human Rights Watch

www.hrw.org

An international non-governmental organization, headquartered in New York City, that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. The group pressures governments, policy makers, companies, and individual human rights abusers to denounce abuse and respect human rights, and the group often works on behalf of refugees, children, migrants, and political prisoners.

Human Rights Web

www.hrweb.org

This website includes background information on the history of human rights, links to legal and political documents, international human rights organizations, resources and listings of newsgroups and discussion groups.

International Committee of the Red Cross

www.icrc.org

ICRC is a unique, private organization that acts as the custodian of the Geneva Conventions and works to protect and provide assistance to victims of international armed conflicts and internal violence. A wealth of resources resides on its site, including articles from the International Review of the Red Cross, a humanitarian law database with texts of relevant treaties, and information on ICRC’s country operations.

International Federation for Human Rights

www.fidh.org/en

FIDH (International Federation for Human Rights) is an international human rights NGO federating 188 organizations from 117 countries. Since 1922, FIDH has been defending all civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The International Service for Human Rights

ishr.ch

The International Service for Human Rights is an independent, non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting and protecting human rights.

NAACP

naacp.org

A U.S. civil rights organization, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey and Ida B. Wells.

National Immigration Forum

www.immigrationforum.org

This is the site of a non-profit organization whose purpose is to “embrace and uphold America’s tradition as a nation of immigrants.” It includes fact sheets, informational packets, newsletters, and a list of publications on immigration issues.

New York Times

www.nytimes.com/topic/subject/human-rights-and-human-rights-violations

The New York Times’ latest news on Human Rights stories from around the world.

Protection International

www.protectioninternational.org

An international non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of human rights defenders.

Save the Children

www.savethechildren.net

One of the biggest international NGOs advancing and protecting rights of children in almost 120 countries around the world.

Survival International

www.survivalinternational.org

Founded in 1969, this organization’s stated mission is to advocate for tribal peoples’ way of life. Survival International fights to stop loggers, miners, and oil companies from destroying tribal lands, lives and livelihoods across the globe.

UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund)

www.unicef.org

An agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide.

UN Human Rights Council

www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/hrc/home

Official website of the UN’s Human Rights council, an inter-governmental body responsible for the protection and promotion of Human Rights around the world.

UN Refugee Agency

www.unhcr.org/en-us

In additions to information on current UNHCR operations, this includes a section for teachers that provides an up-to-date list of teaching resources-curricula and videos-on refugee issues, some of which are available for free. Detailed lesson plans in the areas of art, history, geography, civic education, and language and literature are available for three age groupings: ages 9-11, 12-14, and 15-18.

Women for Women International

www.womenforwomen.org

Women for Women International supports the most marginalized women in countries affected by conflict and war, with a vision statement of creating a world in which all women determine the course of their lives & reach their full potential.

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