Human Rights Resources

 

A summary of the UN human rights treaties

Council of Europe Report on US rendition of people for torture in European countries

Schools resource kit: finding out about human rights in Australia

Amnesty International report on Guantanamo Bay, 13 May 2005

A good collection of information and links at HumanRightsTools

 

Links of Interest

 

Liberty Victoria (Australia)

Artists for Peace, Justice & Civil Liberties

American Civil Liberties Union (US)

Civil Rights Network (Australia)

NSW Council for Civil Liberties (Australia)

Privacy International (UK, US)

The Justice Project (Australia)

Watching Them Watching Us (UK)

 

Conventions & Treaties

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

ICCPR

Convention on the Rights of the Child

Refugees Convention

Torture Convention

Geneva Convention on treatment of prisoners of war

UN website

UNHCR website

Amnesty International website

 

Country information

Best place is probably www.ecoi.net

Also, comprehensive country info from Uni. Minnesota (this library brings together country information compiled by human Rights Watch, UNHCR and US State Department)

Afghanistan

Women in Afghanistan

Iran

Iran: a succinct summary

More about Iran

Recent country information about Arab Iranians