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| Specific
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Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
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| Date of adoption:
16/12/1966 |
Entry into
force:
23/3/1976 |
| System of protection:
Universal |
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| General
Instruments |
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Proclamation of Teheran |
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| Date of adoption:
13/5/1968 |
Entry into
force:
- |
| System of protection:
Universal |
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Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action |
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| Date of adoption:
25/6/1993 |
Entry into
force:
- |
| System of protection:
Universal |
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Protocol of the Court of Justice of the African Union |
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| Date of adoption:
10/7/2003 |
Entry into
force:
- |
| System of protection:
Organization of African Unity |
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| Articles |
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La compétence universelle |
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- X |
| Latest update:
26/07/2003 |
First published:
2002 |
| Reference:
Politique, Revue de débats, numéro 23, Février 2002 |
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Discussion over the "universal jurisdiction" law set up in Belgium -Collection of articles |
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La Cour africaine des droits de l'homme et des peuples. Présentation, analyse et commentaire du Protocole à la Charte africaine des droits de l'homme et des peuples, créant la Cour |
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(APT) ASSOCIATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF TORTURE |
| Latest update:
23/02/2003 |
First published:
11/1999 |
| Reference:
- |
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Survey and comment of the Protocol creating the new African Court of Human Rights. |
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Regionalism v. Universalism |
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Christoph SCHREUER |
| Latest update:
29/10/2002 |
First published:
1995 |
| Reference:
European Journal of International Law, 6 (3) 1995, pp. 477 - 499 |
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"Regionalist features have emerged both inside and outside the United Nations. Internal regionalization has occurred through the composition, structure and decision-making processes of the United Nations"(...) |
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| Websites |
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Findoc database |
| Languages:
English Swedish |
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Thousands of references (with abstracts) to monographs, articles, and seminar reports concerning human rights from 1966 on, updated daily. The data are stored in a free form and every word and phrase is searchable. Follows HURIDOCS standards. |
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Council of Europe - Human Rights Web |
| Languages:
English French |
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This site, set up by the Human Rights Directorate General, presents and gives access to all the Council of Europe's activities and documents related to human rights. The quality of the links it offers is rather inconsistent. |
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Inter-American Court of Human Rights |
| Languages:
English Spanish |
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Official Website of the Court -Information - Jurisprudence - Press releases - Publications - Human Rights Library - Digital library - Links to other international courts, etc. - News. The Spanish version is more complete than the English. |
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Summer University on Human Rights |
| Languages:
English French Spanish |
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A very good introduction to the universal system of human rights protection: illustrated history, presentation of basic legal instruments and protection mechanisms. Tools for education: vocabulary, tests, bibliography. |
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Human Rights Monitor : Human Rights News From Around the Globe |
| Languages:
English |
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The primary goal of this site is to compile news articles and commentaries that address issues of human rights from news sources throughout the world.
People and organizations (human rights actors) - Discussions - links to web sites. |
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National Commission for Human rights (Greece) |
| Languages:
English Greek |
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News and human rights reports (for example: muslim weddings by proxy in Greece) - Special focus on subjects such as terrorism - The state of the respect of human rights in Greece - Criminal law |
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PICT: The Project on International Courts and Tribunals |
| Languages:
English |
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Too much design makes the site difficult to read, but it presents news forums about all existing international courts and tribunals and case law of the principal int'l judicial bodies. 'Research matrix' and 'synoptic chart' are worth visiting. |
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Case Law |
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Websites |
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Council of Europe - Human Rights Web |
| Languages:
English French |
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Search the case-law of the European Convention on Human Rights control bodies. |
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International Human Rights Law Database (The) |
| Languages:
English |
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A resource for those seeking summaries and commentaries on international human rights case law, the database allows searches by text, 47 subjects, 81 states, 9 treaties, 9 decisionmaking bodies, and date. A powerful and quick database. |
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Repertorio de Jurisprudencia del Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos |
| Languages:
Spanish |
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Directory of the case law of the Inter-American Court 1980 - 1997. |
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| Reports |
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Asia Overview, World Report 2003-Event of 2002 |
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Human Rights Watch |
Date:
2003 |
| Reference:
Human Rights Watch |
| Source:
Human Rights Watch |
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Introductory Report on the situation of Asian Human Rights from November 2001 to November 2002 |
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Advisory Services and Technical Cooperation |
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Haut Commissariat des Nations Unis aux droits de l'homme |
Date:
8/1996 |
| Reference:
Fact Sheet No.3 (Rev.1) |
| Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |
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The human rights Fact Sheet Series is published by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva. |
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National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights |
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HCDH / OHCHR |
Date:
4/1993 |
| Reference:
Fact Sheet No. 19 |
| Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |
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The human rights Fact Sheet Series is published by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva. |
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Complaint Procedures |
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HCDH / OHCHR |
Date:
inconnue |
| Reference:
Fact Sheet No.7/Rev.1 |
| Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |
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The human rights Fact Sheet Series is published by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva. |
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The Committee against Torture |
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HCDH / OHCHR |
Date:
inconnue |
| Reference:
Fact Sheet No. 17 |
| Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |
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The human rights Fact Sheet Series is published by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva. |
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| Books |
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Droit international et européen des droits de l'homme |
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Frédéric SUDRE |
| Reference:
Paris, P.U.F., 2000 |
| Languages:
French |
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Good introductory book offering a comparative view of the different international regimes of protection of fundamental rights. |
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Theory and Reality in the International Protection of Human Rights |
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James WATSON |
| Reference:
Ardsley, New York, Transnational Publishers, Inc, 1999 |
| Languages:
English |
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The author questions the validity of the international protection of human rights. He defends the traditional theory of international law based on a decentralized nation-state system of international relations. |
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Introduction au droit public, t. II, Les droits et libertés |
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Rusen ERGEC |
| Reference:
Diegem, Kluwer, 2003 |
| Languages:
French |
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Professor Ergec's book on rights and freedoms was enlarged for this 2nd edition. The book covers fundamental rights and freedoms at Belgian, European and International levels. |
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Code de droit international des droits de l'homme |
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Olivier DE SCHUTTER - Françoise TULKENS - Sébastien VAN DROOGHENBROECK |
| Reference:
Bruxelles, Bruylant, 2003 |
| Languages:
French |
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2nd edition (updated to May 1st, 2003) of this collection of the main international instruments (as well universal as regional) regarding the protection of fundamental human rights. |
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Monitoring Human Rights in Europe. Comparing International Procedures and Mechanisms |
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A. Bloed, L. Leicht, M. Nowak, A. Rosas Ed. |
| Reference:
Dordrecht/Boston/London, Martinus Nijhoff, 1993 |
| Languages:
English |
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The studies focus on the effectiveness of the various mechanisms and frameworks, their differing legal and political characteristics and contexts, their interrelationship as well as their advantages and disadvantages. |
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Monitoring Human Rights in Europe: Comparing International Procedures and Mechanisms |
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Arie Bloed, Liselotte Leicht, M. Nowak, A. Rosas Ed. |
| Reference:
Dordrecht, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1993 |
| Languages:
English |
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Collection of articles on international mechanisms for the protection of human rights and the prevention of their abuses in Europe: Reporting procedures - Individual complaints - Contribution of NGOs - Torture - Minority rights - ICTY... |
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Guide to International Human Rights Practice |
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Hurst Hannum Ed. |
| Reference:
Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992 |
| Languages:
English |
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H. Hannum and the contributors to this volume describe briefly the basic regimes and procedures of international human rights law: UN - Regional systems. |
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Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples: A Handbook on the UN System |
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International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs Ed. |
| Reference:
-, http://www.iwgia.org, International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, 1999 |
| Languages:
English French Spanish |
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Indigenous Human Rights - International mechanisms - Possibilities and limitations of UN action. |
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La protection diplomatique : mutations contemporaines et pratiques nationales |
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J-F Flauss Ed. |
| Reference:
Bruxelles, Droit & Justice, Bruylant, 2003 |
| Languages:
French |
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Collected papers from a seminar on the evolution of international law of diplomatic protection and of national practices : discretionnary power of the State vs. continuous development of international human rights law, ... |
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Avancées et confins actuels des droits de l'homme aux niveaux international, européen et national |
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Mélanges offerts à Silvio Marcus Helmons Ed. |
| Reference:
Bruxelles, Bruylant, 2003 |
| Languages:
French |
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Impressive collection of articles in the field of international and european human rights, as a tribute to the founder of the Center for Human Rights of the faculty of law of the Université Catholique de Louvain. |
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Recueil juridique des droits de l'homme en Afrique (1996-2000) |
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Paul Tavernier Ed. - Paul TAVERNIER |
| Reference:
Bruxelles, CREDHO & human rights law in Africa Series, Bruylant, 2002 |
| Languages:
English French |
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I. United Nations and human rights in Africa : a report -- II. Regional protection : Organization of African Unity (a report), European Union, Francophonie -- III. National protection (per country) -- Treaties, rafications and a large bibliography |
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| Periodicals |
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Actualité et Droit International |
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| Reference:
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| Contact:
despretz@ridi.org |
http://www.ridi.org/adi/ |
| Languages:
French |
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E-journal of international news legal analysis.
Articles (archive from 1998, quick search), chronicles and cases, discussions, international news, announcements. Useful links. |
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Droits Fondamentaux |
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| Reference:
Paris, |
| Contact:
despretz@toile.org |
http://www.droits-fondamentaux.org/ |
| Languages:
French |
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First electronic journal in French on Fundamental Rights. |
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Human Rights Brief - Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law |
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| Reference:
Washington, Washington College of Law |
| Contact:
hrbrief@wcl.american.edu |
http://www.wcl.american.edu/hrbrief/ |
| Languages:
English |
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The Human Rights Brief reports about developments in international human rights and humanitarian law, as well as provides concise legal analysis of current human rights issues.
Search by Volume / Issue / Title / Author. Archive since Spring 1994. |
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The International Journal of Human Rights |
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| Reference:
London, Frank Cass Publishers |
| Contact:
jnlsubs@frankcass.com |
http://www.frankcass.com/jnls/hr.htm |
| Languages:
English |
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Quarterly journal covering an exceptionally broad spectrum of human rights issues: human rights and the law, race, religion, gender, children, class, refugees and immigration, genocide, torture, capital punishment, the laws of war and war crimes, ... |
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| Human Rights
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Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs - Human Rights Initiative () |
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http://www.cceia.org/ |
Type:Research / Education |
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The Human Rights Initiative is a multi year research and dialogue project of the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs. It aims to provide critical perspective of what happens when human rights confronts realities on the ground. |
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Center for documentation, information and education on human rights (CDIFDH) |
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http://www.cdifdh.org.ma |
Type:National Human Rights Institution |
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Official Moroccan institution whose mission is to contribute to the ongoing reforms of the Moroccan society and to foster dialogue between governmental and non governmental actors in the field of human rights : publications, seminars, courses, ... |
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Derechos Human Rights () |
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http://www.derechos.org |
Type:NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) |
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The first internet based human rights organization. Purpose: to work for the promotion and respect of human rights all over the world, for the right to privacy and against impunity for human rights violators. Use internet as primary information tool. |
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European Master's Degree in Human Right and Democratisation (E.MA) |
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http://www.ema-humanrights.org/ |
Type:Research / Education |
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The European Master’s Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation is a multidisciplinary and intensive one-year academic programme that reflects the indivisible links between human rights, democracy, peace and development. |
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Foundation for Human & Humanitarian Rights Lebanon () |
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http://www.fhhrl.org.lb/ |
Type:NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) |
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An inter-state, inter-faith, inter-party and inter-ethnic forum of activists concerned with the rights and freedoms of all human beings as individuals and groups, on the local, regional and international levels. |
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Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace () |
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http://truman.huji.ac.il/ |
Type:Research / Education |
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Supports major studies on the history, politics, and social development of
the non-Western world, with particular emphasis on the Middle East. Minerva Center for Human Rights; Modernization and Comparative Civilizations
Unit. Interdisciplinary. |
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Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (Australia) (HREOC) |
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http://www.humanrights.gov.au/ |
Type:National Human Rights Institution |
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A national independent statutory government body. Conducts inquiries into alleged discrimination on the grounds of race, colour or ethnic origin, racial vilification, sex, sexual harassment, marital status, pregnancy, or disability. HR education. |
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Human Rights Centre, University of Essex () |
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http://www2.essex.ac.uk/human_rights_centre/ |
Type:Research / Education |
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Co-ordinates the University's interdisciplinary human rights teaching programme as well as a programme of research, training, external consultancy and publication on international, comparative and national aspects of human rights. |
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Human Rights Centre, University of Potsdam (MRZ) |
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http://www.uni-potsdam.de/u/mrz/index.htm |
Type:Research / Education |
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Activities: conduct and publication of research, library, documentation system, teaching. International obligations and Germany - Human rights clauses in EC foreign relations - The question of remedies for HR violations - Minority issues. |
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Human Rights Commission of New Zealand () |
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http://www.hrc.co.nz/ |
Type:National Human Rights Institution |
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A statutory body set up to administer the Human Rights Act 1993. 2 Functions: to promote, by education and publicity, respect for and observance of human rights; to impartially investigate and attempt to resolve complaints of unlawful discrimination. |
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Human Rights Committee (HRC) |
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http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/6/hrc.htm |
Type:United Nations System |
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Established to monitor the implementation of the ICCPR and its Protocols in the territory of States parties. |
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Human Rights Forum 21 (Japan) () |
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http://www.mars.sphere.ne.jp/jhrf21/index_e.html |
Type:Network |
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Formed by major human rights organizations and academics to provide NGO perspective to the Japanese Advisory Council for Human Rights Protection and Promotion and encourage further commitment of the Government to the promotion and protection of HR. |
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Human Rights Institute at Columbia Law School (HRI) |
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http://www.law.columbia.edu/hri/ |
Type:Research / Education |
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Supports legal education for the emerging human rights profession - Assists in "professionalizing" the human rights movement - Focus on transitional justice - Examines US constitutional rights and international rights, and how the two work together. |
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Human Rights Research and Education Centre (University of Ottawa) (HRREC) |
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http://www.uottawa.ca/hrrec/ |
Type:Research / Education |
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Linkages between human rights, governance, legal reform and development. Supporting national human rights institutions in Canada and Abroad. Improving domestic social justice institutions and programs. Multidisciplinary research and education. |
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Human Rights Trust of Southern Africa (SAHRIT) |
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http://www.sahrit.org/ |
Type:NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) |
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Mainstreaming human rights within public institutions in the region, especially those charged with administering justice, enforcement of legal and human rights instruments, and promoting individual welfare. Special focus on child rights. |
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) |
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http://www.hrw.org/ |
Type:NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) |
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Major international NGO that investigates human rights violations worldwide. |
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Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights (KOMNAS HAM, INCHR) |
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http://www.komnas.go.id/endex.html |
Type:National Human Rights Institution |
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4 types of activities: advance the concept of human rights nationally and internationally; propose and monitor ratification of international treaties; monitor and investigate implementation; cooperate with regional and international agencies. |
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Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity (INCORE) |
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http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/home/ |
Type:Research / Education |
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Aims to address the management and resolution of conflict through research, training, and influential activities. Its research focuses mainly on post conflict issues, issues of governance and diversity, and research methodology in violent societies. |
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Institute for Human Rights Lebanon () |
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http://www.humanrightslebanon.org |
Type:NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) |
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Aims at promoting universal values stated in the Lebanese constitution and in the UN conventions of human rights. Distributes texts of the conventions - Monitors their implementation in Lebanon by publishing special reports - Prepares draft laws. |
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Institute for Human Rights, Åbo Akademi University () |
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http://www.abo.fi/instut/imr/ |
Type:Research / Education |
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Aim: to promote research, provide education and disseminate information relating to the protection of human rights. Assists various outside institutions - Human rights library - Bibliography on human rights - FINDOC human rights database. |
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Institute for Human Rights/Instituut voor de rechten van de mens () |
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http://www.law.kuleuven.ac.be/pubrecht/rvdm/ |
Type:Research / Education |
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Teaching focused on the European Convention of Human Rights and its institutions. Research on a wide range of issues of international human rights law.
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Instituto de Derechos Humanos (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) (IDH) |
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http://www.ucm.es/info/derecho/estudios/idh.htm |
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Basic objective: promote scientific research and teaching on human rights and serve as a forum for reflection and debate on these topics. Speicalised courses - Seminars - Conferences - Interdisciplinary events - Collaborartion with other universities |
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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) |
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http://www.cidh.oas.org/ |
Type:International or Regional Organization |
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The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is one of two bodies in the inter-American system for the promotion and protection of human rights. |
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Inter-American Institute of Human Rights (IIDH/IIHR) |
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http://www.iidh.ed.cr/en_index.htm |
Type:Research / Education |
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"The Inter-American Institute of Human Rights is an international institution devoted to education, promotion and research in the field of human rights in the Americas". Created under an agreement between the IACHR and the Republic of Costa Rica. |
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Interights () |
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http://www.interights.org/ |
Type:NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) |
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"An international human rights law centre promoting the effective use of law to protect human rights and freedoms worldwide". |
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International Association for the Protection of Human Rights in Cyprus () |
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http:// |
Type:NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) |
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Member of Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) |
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International Federation of Human Righs (FIDH) |
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http://www.fidh.org/ |
Type:NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) |
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Bringing together 115 human rights organisations from 90 countries, the FIDH is a non-political, non-sectarian, non-profit organization working to advance the implementation of all the rights defined by the UDHR and other international instruments. |
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Lawyer's Committee for Human Rights (LCHR) |
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http://www.lchr.org/ |
Type:NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) |
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Programs that focus on building the legal institutions and structures that will guarantee human rights in the long term - Strengthening independent human rights advocacy at the local level - Impartial - Also seeks to influence the U.S. Government... |
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Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights (BIM) |
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http://www.univie.ac.at/bim/eng/index.html |
Type:Research / Education |
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Research activities in the field of human rights on the national and the international level - Human rights teaching and training - Public human rights library - Link between the scientific community and practitioners - Empirical research, projects. |
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MacArthur Justice Center () |
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http://macarthur.uchicago.edu/ |
Type:Other |
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A nonprofit public-interest law firm affiliated with the University of Chicago Law School. Fights for human rights and social justice through litigation. Focus on cases that raise constitutional or significant issues in the field of criminal justice. |
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Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute (MCLI) |
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http://www.sfsu.edu/~mclicfc |
Type:NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) |
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Advocates for human rights and peace law - US law - UN law - Reports on violations - Trains interns - Publishes the Human Rights & Peace Law Docket, the Human Rights Organizations and Periodicals Directory, Peace Law Packets, etc. |
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National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) |
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http://nhrc.nic.in/ |
Type:National Human Rights Institution |
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Inquires into human rights violations; Intervenes in court proceedings; Visits detention centres; Reviews constitutional and legal safeguards; Studies international treaties; Research; Spreads human rights literacy; Encourages human rights NGOs. |
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Northern Ireland Human Rights commission (NIHRC) |
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http://www.nihrc.org/ |
Type:National Human Rights Institution |
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Established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998, in compliance with the Good Friday Agreement of 10 April 1998. Aims to ensure the protection of the human rights of everyone in Northern Ireland in law, policy, and practice. |
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Norwegian Institute of Human Rights (NIHR) |
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http://www.humanrights.uio.no/english/ |
Type:National Human Rights Institution |
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Became Norway's National Human rights Institution in 2001. Founded by leading scholars in 1978. Publications, study programmes, research programmes. |
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Ombudsman Institution of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina () |
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http://www.bihfedomb.org/ |
Type:National Human Rights Institution |
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Established by the Constitution of the Federation. Mandate: to protect human dignity, human rights and fundamental freedoms and to reverse the consequences of ethnic cleansing. |
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Organisation Marocaine des Droits Humains (OMDH) |
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http://www.omdh.org/ |
Type:NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) |
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Legal and medical protection and assistance for victims of human rights violations: Deal with complaints; Medical assistance and rehabilitation; documentation and information; studies on judicial and institutional guarantees. |
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Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) |
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http://www.rwi.lu.se/ |
Type:Research / Education |
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An academic institution promoting research, training and academic education in the fields of human rights and humanitarian law. Maintains an excellent research library; initiates, develops, carries out and supports other activities. |
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Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI) |
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http://www.uta.fi/laitokset/tapri/ |
Type:Research / Education |
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"The research policy programme of the Tampere Peace Research Institute, TAPRI, is based on international and social changes during the last decade and on scientific development arising from the traditions of peace research." |
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Union Interafricaine des Droits de l'Homme (UIDH) |
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http://www.hri.ca/partners/uidh/ |
Type:NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) |
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A pan-African NGO working in the area of the defense, the promotion and the protection of human rights, democracy and development. |
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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) |
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http://www.unhchr.ch |
Type:United Nations System |
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Assumes principal responsibility for the human rights activities of the UN, including the tasks of streamlining the human rights machinery throughout the United Nations system and supervising the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. |
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University of Minnesota Human Rights Center () |
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http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/hrcenter.htm |
Type:Research / Education |
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Assists human rights advocates, monitors, students, and educators through: Applied Human Rights Research - Educational Tools - Field and Training Opportunities - Human Rights On-line - Learning Communities and Partnerships. U. Minnesota HR Library. |
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