internet and information about human rights 22 november 2011 barbro svedberg
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Internet and information about human rights
22 November 2011
Barbro Svedberg
Legal information (treaties etc.)
United Nations (Human rights and Research Guide) www.un.org
Universal Human Rights Index: http://www.universalhumanrightsindex.org
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (Human rights by Issue or by Country) www.ohchr.org
OHCHR Training resources: http://www.ohchr.org/en/publicationsresources/pages/trainingeducation.aspx
University of Minnesota (human rights library) www.umn.edu/humanrts
Yale Law School Project Diana (online human rights archive) www.yale.edu
Non-governmental organizations
Amnesty International www.amnesty.org
Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org
Human Rights Education Associate www.hrea.org
International Women´s Rights Action Watch http://iwraw.igc.org/
AWID (Association for women’s rights in development) www.awid.org
Governments and Intergovernmental
organizations
US State Department country reports on human rights situations www.state.gov (-> issues –> human rights –> country reports)
Swedish Government www.manskligarattigheter.gov.se (–> English)
Human Rights Education
UN Women http://www.unwomen.org/
UN Cyberschool bus http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/
UN Governance Centre www.undp.org/oslocentre
Concerns regarding human rights information on the
internet
Is the information accurate?
Is the information correctly cited?
Are there commercial interests?
Are there political motives behind the information?