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World Conflict Map   
http://nobelprize.org/peace/educational/conflictmap/
The Nobel Peace Prize organization has provided an interactive map that shows conflict areas in the world from 1900 to 2001. A description pops up when a specified conflict area and time frame are chosen.

United Nations Human Rights Web Site
http://www.unhchr.ch/index.htm
This is a searchable alphabetical listing of hundreds of sites on human rights. At the bottom of the page are links to Human Rights Documents and instruments.

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
http://www.unhchr.ch/
This is the home page for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Included here are links to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, news on human rights, the structure and program the UN has on Human Rights and a link to the United Nations Human Rights Web site.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights -
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
This site can produced for the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (adopted December 10, 1948).  To celebrate the golden anniversary there is a multimedia presentation of the document itself, profiles of the individuals responsible for it, interactive timelines, educational resources and lesson plans, and much more.

United Nations and Other International Organizations
http://www.undcp.org/unlinks.html
Under Other Related Links click on Human Rights for links to non-UN organizations in the area of Human rights.

United Nations System Pathfinder
http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/pathfind/frame/start.htm
This site identifies major publications (mostly print) of the United Nations. "It includes global studies and reports, handbooks and guides, bibliographies and indices, international statistical publications, compilations of treaties, resolutions and documents as well as annual reports of UN bodies and specialized agencies." It focuses on major issues including Human Rights.

Human Rights Library
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/
The Human Rights Library of the University of Minnesota holds an extensive collection of information on human rights. The documents are easily accessible, all of the documents are indexed by subject matter and can be searched by keywords. In addition, the site offers information about the work of the human rights treaty bodies, including general comments and recommendations, decisions and views of the UN Human Rights Committee, and other materials. Links to other useful sites containing information about human rights and relevant resources are also provided.

Bibliography for Research on International Human Rights Law
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/bibliog/BIBLIO.htm
Compiled by David Weissbrodt and Marci Hoffman and provided by the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library this bibliography contains a large number of resources for researching international human rights law.  Entries include: Human Rights Instruments, Human Rights Case Law, Research Guides on the Six Major Human Rights Instruments, Refugee Law, Selected Texts, Research Guides, Periodicals, Electronic Resources, and Country Situations.  Take a look at the Internet Resources under section L, Electronic Resources.

Human & Constitutional Rights
http://www.hrcr.org/
This site maintained by the Arthur W. Diamond Law Library at Columbia Law School, is an excellent resource for finding materials on human rights and constitutional rights. The information resources are divided into six sections: Country Reports, International Links, Regional Links, National Links, Documents, and Other Web Resources. The Hot Topics section posts information on current events related to human and constitutional rights.

Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org/
This is the home page for Amnesty International. Included in this site are Amnesty's country reports on human right violations.

Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/
This nonprofit, non-governmental organization monitors human rights globally.

Current Violations  [Top]

Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda
http://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/rwanda/
Human Rights Watch report of the 1994 slaughter of over half a million people in Rwanda.

Shielded from Justice: Police Brutality and Accountability in the USA
http://www.hrw.org/reports98/police/
This report from Human Rights Watch details the results of an investigation of police brutality in 14 large cities in the United States.

Africa in the News- Maine World New Services
http://www.maineworldnewsservice.com/africa.html
Links to current conflicts in Africa.

Historical Violations  [Top]

Truth and Reconciliation Commission
http://www.doj.gov.za/trc/
Proceedings, transcripts, audio recordings and other official documentation from the governmental commission created to provide for "the investigation and the establishment of as complete a picture as possible of the nature, causes and extent of gross violations of human rights" committed in South Africa between 1960 and the present.

Cambodia: History, Culture, Politics and Genocide
http://www.mekong.net/cambodia/
Cambodia, also known as Kampuchea, is the topic of this Web site.  The site has essays, documents, oral histories and other links related to the history of the Khmer Rouge regime and the genocide suffered by the Khmer people. A number of links to media sites are included, as well as photographs, refugee information, and other links to sites about Cambodian art, culture, travel, politics and human rights.

New Additions [Top]

World History Archives: Kurds and Kurdistan
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/51/index-b.html

Parliamentary Human Rights Group
http://www.humanhorizons.ndirect.co.uk/pages/hhpage_4.htm

US Department of State, Human Rights Report for 1999
http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/1999_hrp_report/peru.html

Democracy in Peru:  A Human Rights Perspective
http://serveur.ichrdd.ca/english/commdoc/publications/americas/ddStudy_peru.html

Human Rights Hotline
http://www.netaxs.com/~gem/hotline.htm
This information is published by the United Nations Department of Public Information.

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