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Human Rights: Websites and Portals - by Subject

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Studying Human Rights by Todd Landman

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Sites providing Topical Guides

These Sites provide navigation by subject for a wide range of human rights topics. See also Topical Guide below.

Recommended site EISIL: International Human Rights Law
A high quality web portal provided by ASIL, the site provides sections on: Self-Determination;  Prevention of Discrimination; Women's Human Rights; Slavery & Slavery-Like Practices; Protection from Torture, Ill-Treatment, & Disappearance; Human Rights in the Administration of Justice; Rights of the Child; Freedom of Association & Human Rights Defenders; Employment & Forced Labour; Marriage; Education; Indigenous & Minority Rights; Development; Disabled Persons; Health & Human Rights; Freedom of Information & Right to Culture; Refugees, Asylum, Nationality, Displaced, & Freedom of Movement; War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity, Including Genocide; and Humanitarian Law.

Recommended site Human Rights Internet: Organizations Database
A vast database of human rights organisations, its tables can be searched by name, type, issues addressed, countries the organization works in and other such criteria.

Human Rights Watch: Topics
Sections include: Arms; Business; children's rights; counter-terrorism; ESC rights; health; international justice; LGBT rights; migrants; press freedom; refugees; terrorism; torture; United Nations; and women's rights.

Recommended site HURISEARCH
A database provided by the organisation HURIDOCS (Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems) containing over 4,500 websites, searchable by keyword.

Icelandic Human Rights Center: Human Rights Concepts, Ideas and Fora
This website builds on materials from the Human Rights Reference Handbook by Dr. Magdalena Sepúlveda, Dr. Theo van Banning, Gudrun D. Gudmundsdottir, Christine Chamoun and Dr. Willem J.M. van Genugten and covers: regional systems; substantive human rights; human rights protection of vulnerable groups; and human rights in relation to other topics. You can browse using the left-hand navigation bar.

International Council on Human Rights Policy
Covers: civil society; conflict and violence; culture; economic and social development; environment; evaluation and indicators; exclusion and discrimination; gender and identity; global responsibilities; governance, rule of law and government; international law; non-state actors; science and technology; and the UN and international institutions and systems.

Intute: Social Sciences
A free online service providing you with access to Web resources for education and research, evaluated and selected by a network of subject specialists. The site is searchable by keyword or browseable by subject area.

Recommended site Refworld: Topics
Database from UNHCR which covers a wide range of topics. This link allows browsing by topic arranged alphabetically.

University of Minnesota Human Rights Library: Topic Guide
Contains sections on: the Aged; Children and Youth; Education; Ethnic and Racial Minorities;  Food and Water; Freedom of Assembly and Association; Freedom of Expression; Freedom of Movement; Freedom of Religion or Belief; Housing;  Indigenous Peoples';  International Humanitarian Law; Persons with Disabilities;  Refugees; Right to a Family; Right to Culture; Right to Life; The Right to Means for Adequate Health; The Right to Vote; The Rights of Non-Citizens;  The Rights of Refugees; Torture, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment;  Sexual Orientation and Human Rights; Slavery and Forced Labour; and Sustainable Development.

Websites by Topic/Subject

Arms Control
Association (Freedom of)
Asylum
Business
Child Labour
Children's Rights
Children & Armed Conflict
Children & Sexual Exploitation
Conflict Resolution
Crimes against humanity
Criminal Law (International)
Cultural Rights
Death Penalty
Defenders (Human Rights)
Development and the UN System
Development: National Government sites
Development Websites
Development Organisations
Discrimination
Due Process
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (General)
Education (Human Rights)
Education (Right to)
Enforced  Disappearances
Expression (Freedom of)
Fair Trial (Right to)
Food (Right to)
Female Genital Mutilation
Forced Marriage
Genocide
Health (Right to)
Housing (Right to)
Honour Crimes
Humanitarian Law (International)
Human Rights Defenders
Human Rights Education
Indigenous Peoples
International Criminal Law
Justice (Transitional & International)
Life (Right to)
Minorities
Peace
Peace-building
Peacekeeping
Privacy (Right to)
Prostitution
Reconciliation
Refugees
Religion (Right to)
Reproductive Rights
Rule of Law
Security (International)
Sexual Exploitation of Women
Sexual Orientation
Slavery
Terrorism
Torture
Trafficking
Trafficking of Women
War
War Crimes
Women (General)
Women & the UN
 

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