Administration of Justice
Country Specific Legal information
Freedom of Opinion and Expression
National Human Rights Institutions
Racism, Racial Discrimination, Minorities
Refugeesn and Internally Displaced Persons
Relevant UN Bodies, Agencies and Programmes
Research Institutes and Universities
Administration of Justice
- Amnesty International - International Criminal Court fair trial guarantees
- Council of Europe - Right to fair trial in the European Convention
- Human Rights Watch - Racism and the Administration of Justice
- Lawyers Committee for Human Rights - What is a Fair Trial ?
- UN basic principles on the independence of the judiciary (1985)
- UN background note on independence of the judiciary
- UNHCHR information on the right to a fair trial
- UNHCHR information on administration of justice
- UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers
Corporate Responsibility
- Attac International
- Corporations and Human Rights (Human Rights Watch)
- Corpwatch
- Essential Action – Spotlight on Corporations
- Multinational Monitor
- L’Observatoire des transnationales
- Transparency International
Country Specific Legal Information
- Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII)
- Britain & Ireland Legal Information Institute (BAILII)
- Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII)
- Hong Kong Legal Information Institute (HKLII)
- Courts of India
- Supreme Court of Jamaica
- New Zealand Legal Information
- Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute (PacLII)
- Scottish Courts website
- Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII)
- UK Parliament Web Services
- UK Court Service Website
- UK, Irish and Offshore Law
- American Society of International Law (ASIL)
- Supreme Court of the United States
Disappearances
- Amnesty International – News
- Linking Solidarity
- UNHCHR Fact Sheet on forced or involuntary disappearances
- UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
Environment
- Amnesty International Just Earth! campaign
- Basel Action Network (BAN)
- Centre for Human Rights and the Environment (CEDHA)
- Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
- Greenpeace
Freedom of Opinion and Expression
- International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX)
- Reporters Sans Frontiers (RSF) / Reporters Without Borders
- UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Human Rights Awards
Human Rights Defenders
- Front Line – Defenders of Human Rights Defenders
- International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
- Human Rights First (formerly nown as Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)
- Peace Brigades International (PBI)
- UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders
Impunity
- Amnesty International
- Centre for Justice and Accountability (CJA)
- Derechos – Impunity
- INCORE (Conflict data service)
- International Campaign Against Impunity (ICAI)
- Redress – Seeking reparation for torture survivors
- UNHCHR Impunity
- Nürnberger Menschenrechtszentrum (Centro de derechos humanos de Nuremberg)
Indigenous People
- Native Web – Law and Legal issues
- International Indian Treaty Council (IITC)
- International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)
- Survival International
- UNHCHR information regarding indigenous peoples
- Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO)
- UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples
International Courts
- International Criminal Court (ICC)
- Rome Statute of the ICC
- Derechos – Information regarding the International Criminal Court
- Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC)
- International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Legal Information
- Project DIANA – On-line human rights archive
- Documents in law, history and diplomacy
- Codification of International Law
- European Union Law
- International Law Website
- International Law Commission
- International Trade Law
- RAVE – E-search of articles and decisions in public international law and European law
- UN Treaty Collection
- UN Documentation Research Guide
- World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII)
National Human Rights Institutions
NGOs – Africa
- Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA)
- Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights (EOHR)
- Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI)
- Legal Assistance Centre (LAC)
- Inter-African Committee on traditional practices affecting the health of women and children (IAC-CIAF)
NGOs – Asia-Pacific
- Asian Centre for the Progress of Peoples (ACPP)
- Asia Pacific Forum for National Human Rights Institutions
- Australian Human Rights Centre (AHRC)
- South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre (SAHRDC)
- Suaram-Malaysia
NGOs – Asia
- Asia Monitor Resource Center (AMRC)
- Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)
- Human Rights in China (HRIC)
NGOs – International
- Amnesty International
- Anti-Racism Information Service (ARIS)
- Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT)
- Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World
- Defence for Children International (DCI)
- International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
- Franciscans International and Dominicans (FIOP)
- Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)
- Human Rights Watch (HRW)
- International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
- International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
- Interights – Internation Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights
- Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
- Pax Romana – International Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs (ICMICA)
- Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO)
- The Tibet Bureau
- United Nations Non-Governmental Liason Service (UN NGLS)
- Women’s International League of Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
- World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC)
- World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)
- World Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA)
NGOs – Latin America
- Amazon Watch – Defending the Amazon
- Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS)
- Centro Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez, A.C. (PRODH)
- Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)
- Coorinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos del Peru (CNDDHH)
- Derechos
- Federación Latinoamerica de Asociaciones de Familiares de Detenidos-Desaparecidos (FEDEFAM)
- Justiça Global
- Movimento Nacional de Direitos Humanos (MNDH)
- Programa Venezolano de Educación Acción en Derechos Humanos (PROVEA)
- Red Nacional de Organismos Civiles de Derechos Humanos “Todos Los Derechos Para Todos”
- Servicio Paz y Justicia (SERPAJ) – Uruguay
NGOs – Middle East
Racism, Racial Discrimination, Minorities
- European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI)
- European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance
- Minority Rights Group International (MRG)
- UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
- World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (Durban, South Africa, 31 August – 7 September 2001)
- World Conference Against Racism, NGO Forum
Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
- American Refugee Committee (ARC)
- British Refugee Council
- European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
- European Migration Center (EMZ)
- Exile Images
- Global IDP Project
- History of International Migration
- Human Rights Watch – Protection Refugees Home Page
- International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
- Interagency Consultation on Humanitarian Assistance and Refugees
- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- NGO–UNHCR Partnership in Action
- Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
- Open Society Institute – Soros Foundations Network
- Oslo Declaration and Plan of Action (June 1994)
- Oxford University – Refugee Studies Centre (RSC)
- Representative of the Secretary-General on internally displaced persons
- Refugees International
- Relief Web
- UNDP – Post-Conflict Recovery
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- US Committee for Refugees (USCR)
- Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children
Regional Bodies and Courts
- African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR)
- Council of Europe (COE)
- Council of Europe – Human Rights Web
- Council of Europe, legal affairs, treaty office
- Court of Justice of the European Communities
- European Court of Human Rights
- Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights database (Washington College of Law)
- Inter-American Court of Human Rights
- Central American Court of Justice (Corte Centroamericana de Justicia)
Regional Tribunals
- International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
Relevant UN Bodies, Agencies and Programmes
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
- Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)
- United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
- UNAIDS – Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
- United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
- United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)
- United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
- World Health Organisation (WHO)
Religious Freedom
Research Institutes and Universities
- Columbia University, New York – Center for the Study of Human Rights
- Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva
- Harvard Law School
- Institute of Social Sciences, the Hague
- University of Essex – Human Rights Centre
- University of Lund – Raoul Wallenberg Institute
- University of Minnesota – Human Rights Library
- University of Oslo – Norwegian Centre for Human Rights
- University of Ottawa – Human Rights Research and Education Centre / Virtual Library
- Utrecht University – Netherlands Institute for Human Rights (SIM)
Right to Adequate Housing
- Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions
- UNHCHR information on adequate housing and forced evictions
- UNHCHR Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing
Rights of the Child
- Child Rights Information Network
- International Bureau for Children’s Rights
- International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour
- Save the Children Fund
- United Nations Childrens’ Fund (UNICEF)
Rights of Disabled People
- Disability Awareness in Action (DAA) – International disability and human rights network
- Disabled Peoples International (DPI)
- Mental Disability Rights International
- UN principles for protection of persons with mental illness (1991)
Right to Education
- Oxfam Campaign
- Right to Education Project
- United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
- UNESCO World Education Report 2000 – Right to Education
- UN Recommendation concerning education, human rights and fundamental freedoms (UNESCO, 1974)
- UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education
Right to Food
- FIAN – For the Right to Feed Oneself
- Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)
- UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food
Right to Physical and Mental Health
- François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights
- Global Lawyers and Physicians
- International Poverty and Health Network
- Médecins Sans Frontières
- Physicians for Human Rights
- Pro Mente Sana
- UNHCHR – Toxic wastes and the right to health
- UN principles of medical ethics to protect prisonners and detainees (1982)
Trade and Development
- Economic Justice Campaign
- European Network on Debt and Development
- International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
- Trocaire – Catholic Agency for World Development
- UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- Independent Expert on the right to development
- Eldis – The gateway to development information