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| Universal Declaration of Human Rights | ||
| Here you will find the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, plus a link to the site for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR). ( http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/index.htm ) | ||
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| Enter Evolution: Theory and History | ||
| Within this chapter, the author discusses many issues relating to evolution. For example, Thomas Malthus's Essay on the Principle of Population (a precursor to Darwin's The Origin of Species) and Charles Darwin, as his theories relate to the concept of Social Darwinism, are discussed. This site will link you to discussions of both topics as well as other information relating to evolution. ( http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/evolution.html ) | ||
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| World Health Organization (WHO) | ||
| This comprehensive global health information site is sponsored by the World Health Organization. Links include statistical as well as narrative features on topics related to daily health and disease, world travel and health, and world health epidemics and outbreaks, as well as information regarding recent and upcoming WHO activities and events. ( http://www.who.org ) | ||
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| UN Agencies for Human Rights | ||
| UNICEF | ||
| This comprehensive site includes information on the activities of the United Nations Children's Fund, which serves as an advocate for children and focuses on developing countries and disadvantaged or endangered children around the world. ( http://www.unicef.org/ ) | ||
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| UNESC | ||
| The site for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization includes links to publications, documents, and fields of activity, as well as links to the organization's partners and other United Nations sites. ( http://www.unesco.org/ ) | ||
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| UNFA | ||
| As the author discusses in this chapter, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has estimated that around the globe 800 million people, one quarter of them children under the age of 5, are undernourished, and that 15 million people a year die from starvation. This site provides information about the FAO, whose mission is to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living through out the world, to improve agricultural productivity, and to better the condition of rural populations. ( http://www.fao.org/ ) | ||
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| Womenwatch | ||
| The Women Watch site includes documents, news, and online forums relevant to the organization's focus on women's rights and women's issues around the globe. ( http://www.un.org/womenwatch/index.html ) | ||
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| UNIFEM | ||
| The United Nations Development Fund for Women supports women's empowerment in the economic and political realms, while also monitoring global human rights issues of concern to women. The site includes press releases and links to relevant conferences and publications. ( http://www.unifem.undp.org/ ) | ||
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| UNHCR | ||
| The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country. ( http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home ) | ||
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| IL | ||
| The IL is a UN agency concerned with human and labor rights. The website contains documents on international labor standards as well as latest news on conventions dealing with labor rights from around the world. ( http://www.ilo.org/ ) | ||
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| Human Rights Web | ||
| The Human Rights Web home page includes a history of human rights, links to discussions regarding human rights, and materials for beginning work in the promotion of human rights at the local level. ( http://www.hrweb.org/ ) | ||
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| Major Human Rights NGOs | ||
| Human Rights Watch (HRW) | ||
| According to their Web site, Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. It stands with victims and activists to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders to justice. It investigates and exposes human rights violations and holds abusers accountable. It challenges governments and those who hold power to end abusive practices and to respect international human rights law, and it enlists the public and the international community to support the cause of human rights for all. ( http://www.hrwatch.org/ ) | ||
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| Amnesty International | ||
| The official site for the human rights organization, this page reviews key Amnesty goals such as freeing prisoners of conscience, abolishing the death penalty, and eliminating torture. Amnesty also provides links to a library of relevant documents and a country-by-country rundown of human rights-related activities. ( http://www.amnesty.org/ ) | ||
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| Oxfam | ||
| This the web site for Oxfam International, which consists of twelve non-governmental agencies working to find solutions to poverty in developing countries. The site includes a summary of the organization's strategic plan, as well as recent campaign information and press releases. ( http://www.oxfam.org/ ) | ||
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| International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | ||
| The International Committee of the Red Cross helps the victims of wars and other armed conflict. The site provides links to the Red Cross/Red Crescent movement, as well as publications, videos, and activities of the ICRC. ( http://www.icrc.org/ ) | ||
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| Women's Human Rights Net | ||
| This site provides information on women's human rights in the news, current issues and analysis, and a research search tool for students. ( http://www.whrnet.org/ ) | ||
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| Save the Children | ||
| This international non-grovernmental organization is dedicated to ensure the rights and welfare of children around the world. The website contains country-specific data related to education, child labor, and health care. ( http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/scuk/jsp/index.jsp?flash=true ) | ||
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| Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization | ||
| This site for the Netherlands-based Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization includes an extensive list of links to UNPO news items and recent reports detailing the organization's work with "occupied nations, indigenous peoples, minorities, and even oppressed majorities." ( http://www.unpo.org/ ) | ||
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| European Court of Human Rights | ||
| The site for the European Court of Human Rights provides links to general information, pending cases, judgments and decisions, basic texts, and press releases. ( http://www.echr.coe.int/ ) | ||
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| International Criminal Court | ||
| This site includes the text of key documents establishing the ICC and a list of its member countries. It also has links to information on other international judicial bodies charged with promoting and protecting international human rights. ( http://www.un.org/law/icc/ ) | ||
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| Human Rights Treaties | ||
| A collection of human rights-related treaties organized alphabetically and by subject. ( http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/treaties.htm ) | ||
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| The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | ||
| UNDP's mission is to help countries in their efforts to achieve human development by assisting them to build their capacity to design and carry out development programs in poverty eradication, employment creation and sustainable livelihoods, the empowerment of women, and the protection and regeneration of the environment, giving first priority to poverty eradication. ( http://www.undp.org/ ) | ||
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