International
Relations and Human Rights
Prof.
Michael Joseph Smith
Director, Political and Social Thought Program /
Woodrow Wilson Department of
Government and Foreign Affairs
232 Cabell Hall
Charlottesville, Virginia 22901
mjsmith@virginia.edu
Human Rights Topics
General
Human
Rights Issues - at Derechos
OneWorld Net -- Outstanding
website linking "over 1000 organizations working for Social
Justice."
Children's
Rights
Covenant
House/Casa Alianza - working against violations to children's
human rights in Central America.
"Street
Children" Online Information and Organization Links - great
links
Children's
Freedom Network - working to defend the rights of children and
young people throughout the world.
Free
the Children - dedicated to the elimination of child labour
and the exploitation of children
Pangaea
Street Children
Global Childnet
Children
Rights at HR Internet
Multilingual Human Rights
- Focus on Children
Suffer
The Little Children - Series by the Ottowa Sun
K.R.A.T.Z.A
- German Children's Rights Group, info in German and Spanish
Save the Children - Swedish
Corporations
Corporate
Watch
Death Penalty
Death
Penalty links - death penalty links at Derechos
ACLU Death
Penalty Campaign
Virginians for Alternatives to the
Death Penalty
Disability Rights
Disabled
Peoples' International
The Disability
Rights Activist
Environment and Human Rights
Sierra
Club --Current news about environmental justice issues world-wide,
and opportunities for activism.
Green Net--UK based computer
network for environment, peace, human rights and development
Americas
Project: Human Rights and the Environment
Human Rights
and the Environment in China -- a subsection of the Human
Rights in China site
Gay
and Lesbian Rights
The
Human Rights Campaign - US Gay/Lesbian issues and opportunities
for action.
International Gay and Lesbian Human
Rights Commission
The Queer Resources
Directory
Health and Human Rights
The
Health and Human Rights Group - The Johns Hopkins School of
Public Health
Francois-Xavier Bagnoud
Foundation - Int'l health and hr conference
Canadian
HIV/AIDS Legal Network
Holocaust
Survivors of the Shoah
Visual History Foundation
Humanitarian Issues
Peace
and Conflict Links
Relief Web
Project of the UNDHA
Impunity
Impunity
Information
Indigenous People's Rights
The
Fourth World Documentation Project
Center
for World Indigenous Studies
Cultural Survival
International
Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
The
Mapuche Page - Indigenous people who live in southern Chile
and Argentina
The
South and Meso American Indian Rights Center (SAIIC
Survival International
Internet Rights
Global
Internet Liberty Campaign
Cyber
Rights & Cyber Liberties - UK
Minorities
The ROMA
The
Patrin - Romani culture and history
European
Roma Rights Center
Romani
Rights Web
Unión
Romaní
Privacy
Privacy
International - Watchdog on surveillance by governments and
corporations
Internet Privacy
Coalition
Refugee
and Immigrant Rights
For
country information make sure to check our human
rights around the world web page.
UN High Commission for
Refugees - Wonderful Site with lots of info
USA for UNHCR
- A group that builds support for the UNHCR in the USA.
The
Refugee Network
Forced
Migration Projects - great info on Eastern Europe/ex-Soviet
Union
The
Center for Refugee Studies - York University, Canada
Refugee
/ Immigrant Rights Coalition - of the Río Grande Valley
Hijra
International - Swiss based organization working with magrebi
and arab immigrants
Refugees International
Migration
- by International Organization for Migration, great info
Refugee
Rights - Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Applying
for Refugee Status in Japan - Explanation by AI Japan
The National Network
for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Amnesty
Internationl 1997 Refugee Campaign
Australia's
Refugee Review Tribunal
European Research
Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations
U.S. Committee for Refugees
Religion
Religion,
Ethics and Human Rights - by the US Institute for Peace
Human
Rights in Islam - essay by the Islamic Intellecutal Project
Freedom of Speech
Freedom
of Speech at Derechos
Freedom Forum
- Freedom of Speech and the Press
International
Federation of Journalists
Pen
Committee
to Protect Journalists
Torture
Torture
& Treatment - from Survivors International
Torture
Survivors Network
Women's Rights
WOMEN'S
HUMAN RIGHTS RESOURCES - Documents and Links from the Diana
Project
Feminist Majority
- Some Info on Women's human rights
Women
for Women in Bosnia
Global Fund
for Women
A
Select Bibliography of Women's Human Rights - From the The American
University Law Review
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Special
thanks to Cheyenne Sheafe
for his assistance in the creation of this Human Rights website. Thanks
as well to Prof. William F.
Felice of Eckerd College. To submit URL links for consideration
on this site, write to MJSmith@Virginia.EDU.
