Human rights in general
AAAS Science and Human Rights Program
Information about science and human rights. Research about human rights issues; news about human rights abuses against scientists. Language: English
Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law - Washington College of Law (American University)
Read the WCL Human Rights Newsletter, which is reflecting various human rights issues. The website also provides information about the activities of the WCL Human Rights Students. Language: English
Corporal Punishment Research
A lot of material on corporal punishment as a judicial punishment anywhere in the world, corporal punishment in schools, prisons, reformatories and other institutions. Articles, contemporary and historical background to many countries. Language: English
Derechos - Links to Human Rights Sites
Links on many human rights issues (women rights, torture, human rights jobs...) and many different countries; Languages: English, Spanish
INCORE: Conflict Data Service: Regional Internet Guides
International Conflict Research; a lot of links by country; NGOs, articles to several issues, official resources and more; Language: English
Maximiliano Herrera´s Human Rights Pages
Website dedicated to rankings (countries and regions); human rights rankings, freedom rankings, private income rankings... detailed electoral calender (international); Language: English
Privacy International Home Page
Website dedicated to privacy issues; background information and regularly updated news; Language: English
The Rights International Research Guide
Research guide for International Human Rights lawyers; literature and and a lot of links to legal resources on the net
Universal Human Rights Index of United Nations Documents
The Universal Human Rights Index provides access to human rights information from the United Nations system (7 Treaty Bodies monitoring the implementation of the core international human rights treaties since 2000 and the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council since 2006). Information can be accessed by country, by rights and by body. Language: English
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
Encyclopedic List of Links to websites and to documents concerning human rights issues. Country reports, documents concerning legal issues... All in all more than 21.000 documents online; Languages: English, Arabic, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Swedish, Korean
US Department of State - Human Rights Country Reports
Access to all USDOS Country Reports on Human Rights Practices since 1993. Language: English
War Resisters International
Information about conscientious objectors in the world. Country specific information from ‘Refusing to bear arms’ (handbook about conscientious objecton and desertion from 1998) is accessible via ‘Publications’ and ‘Other publications’; Languages: English, German, French, Spanish