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Human Rights Resources |
U.S. State
Department Human Rights Reports.
Reports on
human rights of various countries of the
world are available through this U.S. State
Department website. Click on the
region/continent, and then the actual
country name (using a series of menus.)
Lots of information is available. Click on the year that you
want to know about, and then the region and
country name.
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Amnesty
International.
This
organization rates the countries of the
world on the basis of their treatment of
their citizens' human rights. Updated
yearly. Very thorough and impartial reports
are available in full-text, organized by
year and continent, then country.
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Human Rights
Watch
Human Rights
Watch is dedicated to protecting the human
rights of peoples of the world. Note the
"Info by Country" section in the left
column. Go directly to
HRW World Rights 2004 Report for
information on countries and their human
rights.
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Derechos:
Human Rights Around the World
This website
offers reports on the countries of the world
on the basis of their treatment of their
citizens' human rights. Updated regularly.
Very thorough links to information are
available, organized by continent, then
country.
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Library Of
Congress Country Studies
Use this
data to supplement your country's human
rights data. The Library of Congress
provides detailed information about many of
the world's countries. Find out about their
people, economy, history, government, and
other basic statistics.
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One World
Online
This
organization keeps updated reports on
various countries with a focus on social
problems their human rights abuses.
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Wars and Armed
Conflicts Past and Current
PPU
Organization provides information about
armed conflicts and its effects. Nicely
organized data by continent and country.
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World
Organization Against Torture
This
organization publicizes instances of torture
which occurs in countries of the world.
Search by country name.
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Elections and
Electoral Systems Around the World
This page
maintains links to information about
elections and their results for the
countries of the world.
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Human Rights
Library
The
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
contains a collection of over ninety of the
most important international human rights
treaties and other instruments; general
comments, recommendations, decisions, and
views of human rights treaty bodies;
material on the work of other U.N. human
rights bodies.
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Project
Censored
The primary
objective of Project Censored is to explore
and publicize the extent of censorship in
our society by locating stories about
significant issues of which the public
should be aware, but is not, for one reason
or another. Includes stories on human rights
abuses.
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The U.S.
Constitution and the Bill of Rights
The
Constitution defines the fundamental law of
the United States federal government,
setting forth the three principal branches
of the federal government, outlining their
jurisdictions, and propounding the basic
rights of U.S. citizens. It has become the
landmark legal document of the Western
world, and is the oldest written national
constitution currently in effect. The
essential principle of the document is that
government must be confined to the rule of
law.
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Active Hate
Groups in the U.S. (From SPLC)
"All hate
groups have beliefs or practices that attack
or denigrate an entire class of people,
typically for their beliefs or immutable
characteristics. This list of 602 active
hate groups is based on information gathered
by the Intelligence Project from hate
groups’ publications, citizens’ reports, law
enforcement agencies, field sources and news
reports."
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