Info 21: human rights

Many human rights organisations have websites which are powerful tools for increasing human rights awareness ("amplyfying voices for human rights"), and collecting signatures to launch worldwide campaigns. ICTs can enhance human rights advocacy by strengthening the virtual presence and networking capacities of human rights organisations, especially in case of acute developments and danger of human rights violations.

The Carter Center: guided by a fundamental commitment to human rights, wages peace by bringing warring parties to the negotiating table, monitoring elections, safeguarding human rights, and building strong democracies through economic development

Human Rights Watch also publishes special reports highlighting some of accute human rights violations.

Human Rights Internet is an international network of human rights organizations, a documentation centre, and a publishing house. The site includes information on in-house publications, human rights education, international human rights events, and UN mechanisms. It contributes to networking with individuals and organisations by using various communications methods. It also promotes human rights education, stimulates research and information sharing and build international solidarity.

Human Rights Interactive Network is a nonprofit organisation dedicated to insuring respect for human rights worldwide. It monitors local and indigenous human rights.

Canada-US Human Rights Informaiton and Documentation Network (CUSHRID Net):it seeks to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information between human rights organizations; the establishment of uniform standards for human rights documentation, information management and exchange; the development of co-operative projects in the areas of documentation and information management so as to avoid duplication; the training in various aspects of documentation and information management; and contacts and exchanges with information and documentation networks in various parts of the world.

AAS Science and Human Rights Program has been created to protect the human rights of scientists, to advance scientific methods and skills for documenting and preventing human rights abuses and to monitor the implementation of human rights.

Amnesty International is campaigning for an end of police brutality, torture and abuse of prisoners, the protection of asylum-seekers, the abolition of the death penalty and ratification of human rights treaties.

Amnesty International also uses the Internet to induce specific action. Some examples are:

Amnesty also acts on recent incidents and encourages involvement of as many as people to protest the abuses.

Truth & Reconciliation: Eliminating Human Rights Violations in South Africa's Health Care Sector

Institute for Global Communications (IGC) offers to host web pages and e-mail addresses for human rights activists. Its mission is to advance and inform movements for peace, economic and social justice, human rights and environmental sustainability around the world by promoting the strategic use of appropriate computer networking technology.

Globalvision is an independent film and television production company specialising in information, entertainment and educational programming. Some of the programmes focus on human rights.

The International Rescue Committee provides relief, protection and resettlement services for refugees and victims of oppression or violent conflicts.

NetAction is dedicated to educating the public, policymakers and the media about technology-based social and political issues. One of their activities is to train activists to use the Internet as a tool for grassroots organising, outreach and advocacy and to create effective grassroots citizen action campaigns and coalitions that link cyberspace activists with grassrotts organisations.

The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights is a non-governmental, not-for-profit organization that seeks to promote compliance of the participating States with the human rights provisions of the Helsinki Final Act and its Follow-up Documents as well as their reference to international law. It provides not only the current news regarding human rights violations but also the database of contact persons which connects human rights activists all over the world.

Laywers Committee for Human Rights

Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights

Peace Brigades International

Solidaritygroup Political Prisoners

The Video Project: Educational Videos on the Environment, Violence Protection and Human Rights

WITNESS: Human Rights Video Advocacy

Committee to Protect Journalists


			The Internet as Medium for Action Many human rights organisations have websites which are powerful tools for increasing human rights awareness ("amplyfying voices for human rights"), and collecting signatures to launch worldwide campaigns. ICTs can enhance human rights advocacy by strengthening the virtual presence and networking capacities of human rights organisations, especially in case of acute developments and danger of human rights violations. Human Right Watch (Spanish, French, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian and Arabic) uses the Internet in its activities to prevent discrimination, to upholdpolitical freedom and to investigate and expose human rights violations. Recent Publications Current Events Kosovo: Focus on Human Rights Campaigns encourge people to take part in action and protest human rights violations Exposing the Source: US companies and the production of antipersonal mines The Campaign to Establish an International Criminal Court Stop the Use of Child Soldiers Arrest Now! A Campaign to Apprehend War Criminals in the Former Yugoslavia Support Women's Human Rights! urges US companies to stop sex discrimination in Mexican Maquiladoras Contact Information The Carter Center: guided by a fundamental commitment to human rights, wages peace by bringing warring parties to the negotiating table, monitoring elections, safeguarding human rights, and building strong democracies through economic development Peace Program Democracy Program Conflict Resolution Program Human Rights Global Development Initiative Latin American and Caribbean Program (LACP) Projecto Transperancia Human Rights Watch also publishes special reports highlighting some of accute human rights violations. Social Cost of Asian Crisis: The region's economic upheaval may lead to a human rights disaster Unanswered Questions on First Anniversary of the Attack on the UN Base at Qana Increase, Don't Decrease the Pressure on SLORC in Burma HRW Campaign to ban landmines Human Rights Internet is an international network of human rights organizations, a documentation centre, and a publishing house. The site includes information on in-house publications, human rights education, international human rights events, and UN mechanisms. It contributes to networking with individuals and organisations by using various communications methods. It also promotes human rights education, stimulates research and information sharing and build international solidarity. Children's Rights Projects International Event Reports Publications and Articles Youth Center Interactive Legal Quiz Documentation Center Reporting Human Rights and Humanitarian Stories: a jounalist's handbook World Criminal Court Having Painful Birth Racism & Censorship in Cyberspace Violence against Women Education Resources Urgent Alerts, Actions& Campaigns For the Record: the UN HUman Rights System (French) Human Rights Interactive Network is a nonprofit organisation dedicated to insuring respect for human rights worldwide. It monitors local and indigenous human rights. Tips using the Internet Become a Human Rights Activist International Human Rights Advocacy Groups Internet Magazine, Flashpoint! Canada-US Human Rights Informaiton and Documentation Network (CUSHRID Net):it seeks to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information between human rights organizations; the establishment of uniform standards for human rights documentation, information management and exchange; the development of co-operative projects in the areas of documentation and information management so as to avoid duplication; the training in various aspects of documentation and information management; and contacts and exchanges with information and documentation networks in various parts of the world. Discussion Forum Publication AAS Science and Human Rights Program has been created to protect the human rights of scientists, to advance scientific methods and skills for documenting and preventing human rights abuses and to monitor the implementation of human rights. AAASHRAN AAS Human Rights Action Network AAASHRAN ServiceSubscription Information Summary of Case Alert Activity Analysis of the AAAS Human Rights Action Network Alerts Letters Written by the AAAS Committee on Science Freedom and Responsibility (CSFR) Issues: Serbia-Academic Freedom, Iran-Women's Health Endangered, Progress in the Elimination of Femal Genital Mutilation Vietnam: Imprisoned Physician Released AAAS Science and Human Rights Program AAAS Directory of Human Rights Resources on the Internet (Search) AAAS Directorio de los Sitios de los Derechos Humanos en la Internet Resources in other languages Cryptography, Scientific Freedom and Human Rights AAAS Amicus Brief in Bernstein v. U.S.Department of Commerce (November 1997) Affidavit of Patrick Ball in American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia v. Zell Miller, Govenor of the State of Georgia AAAS Centre for Science, Technology and Congress Security problems and cryptographic solutions for human rights organisations Amnesty International is campaigning for an end of police brutality, torture and abuse of prisoners, the protection of asylum-seekers, the abolition of the death penalty and ratification of human rights treaties. News (Receive News Release via E-mail) Ongoing Campaign agaist the Death Penalty and Women's Human Rights (Country Reports) Amnesty International also uses the Internet to induce specific action. Some examples are: Rights for All: Amnesty International's USA Campaign What you can do: write a letter agaist police brutality, the dealth penalty and torture and abuses and for the protection of asylum-seekers Print and display posters (downloadable) Urgent Actions Amnesty also acts on recent incidents and encourages involvement of as many as people to protest the abuses. Kosovo in Crisis (Documents, Case Studies, The Road to Kosovo-Picture Stories, Resources) Children in South Asia (Report Securing Their Rights, Action for Children, Children Have Rights, too) Rwanda: the Hidden Violence (Current Report, Dealing with the truth: Amnesty International's concerns in Rwanda) Female Genital Mutilation Truth & Reconciliation: Eliminating Human Rights Violations in South Africa's Health Care Sector Apartheid Medicine: Health and Human Rights in South Africa Submission to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Concerning the Role of Health Professionals in Gross Violations of Human Rights Institute for Global Communications (IGC) offers to host web pages and e-mail addresses for human rights activists. Its mission is to advance and inform movements for peace, economic and social justice, human rights and environmental sustainability around the world by promoting the strategic use of appropriate computer networking technology. Services (Full Internet Access, Web site hosting, Mailing List, Domain Name Services, Autoreply Mailer) Activism Discussion Groups The Electronic Activists Human Rights Internet Resources Collection Globalvision is an independent film and television production company specialising in information, entertainment and educational programming. Some of the programmes focus on human rights. Rights and Wrongs Chechnya: Russia's Human Rights Nightmare (transcript) Children's Rights (transcript) Global Institutions and Human Rights (transcript) The Media and Human Rights (transcript) Nigeria No Justice, No Peace? Truth, Tribunals and Tribulations Snakeheads (transcript) Yellow Wasps: the roots of ethnic cleansing Women's Rights (transcript) Human Rights World Maps War Criminal Watch created by Coalition for International Justice tracks and publicize alleged criminal acts of indicted war crimes suspects committed in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yuloslavia List of Suspects Indictments Suspects at Large The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda List of Suspects Indictments News Documents and Information from the Hague The International Rescue Committee provides relief, protection and resettlement services for refugees and victims of oppression or violent conflicts. NetAction is dedicated to educating the public, policymakers and the media about technology-based social and political issues. One of their activities is to train activists to use the Internet as a tool for grassroots organising, outreach and advocacy and to create effective grassroots citizen action campaigns and coalitions that link cyberspace activists with grassrotts organisations. The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights is a non-governmental, not-for-profit organization that seeks to promote compliance of the participating States with the human rights provisions of the Helsinki Final Act and its Follow-up Documents as well as their reference to international law. It provides not only the current news regarding human rights violations but also the database of contact persons which connects human rights activists all over the world. The HURIDOCS-TECH Electronic Mailing List: distributes information on technology issues and how they may affect human rights information workers. The Global Internet Liberty Campaign (GILC): an international coalition of organisations working to protect and enhance online civil liberties and human rights Issues: Free Speech, Privacy, Cryptography, Access GILC Alert Newsletter GILC Mailing List Presswire 1998 See more Laywers Committee for Human Rights Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights Peace Brigades International Solidaritygroup Political Prisoners The Video Project: Educational Videos on the Environment, Violence Protection and Human Rights WITNESS: Human Rights Video Advocacy Committee to Protect Journalists
	Human Rights and ICTs

	Human Rights and the UN System Resource Site for Human Rights Treaties, Relevant Journals and other Material Human Rights Education on the Internet A Human Right for Universal Access to Basic Communication and Information Services The Internet as Medium for Action Some Case Studies on the Role of ICTs on Human Rights The Issues of Privacy and Censorship What People at the Grassroot Level can do with ICT

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