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  • Human rights and law - LearningSpace - OpenLearn - The Open University - Human rights now seem to take precedent over many areas of our lives, but where do these rights come from and how did they develop? This unit looks at the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights and its influence on law in the UK and examines the Human Rights Act 1998
  • Amnesty International, USA- independent organization fighting to free prisoners of conscience, abolish the death penalty, stop violence against women, and ensure that every person enjoys full human rights
  • Human Rights Education Associates - Human Rights Education Associates (HREA) is a non-profit organization whose main mission is to support efforts aimed at introducing human rights concepts and values into educational curricula and teaching practices. The HREA site contains many on-line resources for human rights organizations and educators
  • Human Rights Post - Human Rights Post provides World Human Rights news from WN Network
  • Human & Constitutional Rights - Human & Constitutional Rights Resource Page - Includes constitutional rights charts, links to human rights and constitutional rights web sites, hot topic pages and other resources
  • Human Rights at Columbia University Website - The Center for the Study of Human Rights, The School of Journalism and the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning at Columbia University recently announced the launch of HR@CU, a new media portal and Web sites for human rights teaching and learning. The portal links human rights-related resources, such as case studies, course Web sites, a multimedia edition of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, human rights publications and links to human rights centers and institutes around the globe
  • UN Human Rights Treaty Information Portal - The UN Human Rights Treaty Information Portal was created to enhance the access of human rights victims and their advocates to electronic information concerning the international system of human rights treaties. The website features links to academic resources, non-governmental organizations, and institutions sponsored by the United Nations
  • The United Nations Human Rights Treaties - Bayefsky.com encompasses the full range of data concerning the application of the UN human rights treaty system by its monitoring treaty bodies since their inauguration
  • Free Cuba Foundation - Organization founded by students at FIU seeking to support free markets, democracy and human rights in Cuba
  • Human Rights Web - The first WWW site on human rights, and the place to start if you want to know more about them
  • The Equal Rights Amendment - Help the ERA Summit and the National Woman's Party promote the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, to guarantee on behalf of all women and men that equality of rights under the law cannot be denied on account of sex
  • Civilrights.com - CivilRights.org is brought to you by the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and the Leadership Conference Education Fund
  • Digital Freedom Network - The Digital Freedom Network (DFN) publishes material written by human rights activists on its Web site.
  • Oneworld.net - Our vision OneWorld has a vision of equitable and sustainable distribution of wealth amongst the world's population, underpinned by global attainment and protection of human rights and by governance structures which permit local communities control over their own affairs. Our mission OneWorld is dedicated to harnessing the democratic potential of the internet to promote human rights and sustainable development
  • Center for International Policy - Promoting a U.S. foreign policy based on peace, international cooperation, demilitarization and respect for basic human rights
  • Human Rights Report - The State Department has released its annual report on human rights in 195 countries and territories
  • EarthRights International - EarthRights International (ERI) is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization (NGO) that combines the power of law and the power of people in defense of human rights and the environment, our Earth rights. Earth rights are those rights that demonstrate the connection between human well-being and a sound environment, and include the right to a healthy environment, the right to speak out and act to protect the environment, and the right to participate in development decisions
  • iAbolish - If you think slavery ended in 1865, think again . Today, millions of people are enslaved around the world - forced to work for no pay, under the threat of violence. Today's slaves are silenced in bondage. They have no voice, and the world has largely abandoned them. But today, you can be their voice. You can be an abolitionist. The Internet has changed your life. Now, you use the Internet to help liberate millions in bondage. Presenting: For an interactive presentation contemporary slavery, visit Slavery Today For the latest headlines about today's abolitionist movement, visit News Desk To take action against slavery and become an abolitionist, visit Activist Center
  • Asylum Law - A global clearinghouse for asylum law. Download human rights reports, immigration forms, and supporting documents for refugees, people seeking asylum, and asylum lawyers
  • Urban Justice Center - The Urban Justice Center was founded with two primary goals - to make legal services easily accessible to people living on the streets and in poverty, and to make social advocacy and law reform efforts directly responsive to the daily struggles of those individuals
  • The Petition Site - Sign and create online petitions - for human rights, the environment and much more
  • GreenNet - GreenNet is a not-for-profit collective dedicated to supporting and promoting groups and individuals working for peace, human rights and the environment, through the use of Information and Communication Technology
  • The Bill of Rights Institute - Founded in 1999, the Bill of Rights Institute's mission is to educate high school students about the Bill of Rights through classroom material and programs that teach: what the Bill of Rights protects, both explicitly and implicitly, how the Bill of Rights affects our daily lives, and and how the Bill of Rights shapes our society