Helpful websites for learning about human rights issues include:
Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org/
Within Reach: A Roadmap for Immigration Reform http://www.hrw.org/roadmap-to-immigration-reform
Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/
Southern Poverty Law Center http://www.splcenter.org/
Bay Area Anti-Trafficking Coalition (BAATC) http://www.baatc.org/
(BAATC) Freedom Summit 2013 http://www.freedom-summit.org/2013/
National Human Trafficking Resource Center www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking
National Coalition for the Homeless http://www.nationalhomeless.org/
(Stanford) Program on Human Rights http://humanrights.stanford.edu/
(Stanford) Human Rights Center http://www.law.stanford.edu/organizations/programs-and-centers/stanford-human-rights-center
National Center on Elder Abuse http://www.ncea.aoa.gov/
United Nations
Universal Declaration of Human Rights http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/
Millennium Development Goals http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/
Charter of the United Nations http://www.un.org/en/documents/charter/
Human Rights http://www.un.org/en/rights/index.shtml
United Nations (home) http://www.un.org/en/index.shtml
Documents & Resources http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/resources.shtml
“Plain language” Universal Declaration of Human Rights
http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrights/resources/plain.asp
Made in a Free World http://blog.madeinafreeworld.com/
Better World Shopper http://betterworldshopper.org/
Slavery Footprint http://slaveryfootprint.org/
Trade as One http://www.tradeasone.org/
European Court of Human Rights http://www.echr.coe.int/Pages/home.aspx?p=home&c=
European Union: Human Rights http://europa.eu/pol/rights/index_en.htm
International Criminal Court http://www.icc-cpi.int/EN_Menus/icc/Pages/default.aspx
Coalition for the International Criminal Court http://www.iccnow.org/
International Crisis Group http://www.crisisgroup.org/
Enough: The Project to End Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity:
The National Security Archive (George Washington University
http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/
United for Human Rights http://www.humanrights.com/#/what-are-human-rights
Desmond Tutu Peace Center http://www.tutu.org/home/
Desmond Tutu on “Who We Are” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wZtfqZ271w
Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s Ubuntu Vision: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxy5HJUNJv8
Message from Desmond Tutu for UN Event on “The Role of Leaders”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faqGs0CmJYs&list=TLiAvxKuS7Pas
The Riddle: new anti-homophobia message from UN human rights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYFNfW1-sM8
Border Stories http://borderstories.org/
White House: Immigration Issues http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/immigration
State of the Union: 2012 DREAM Act http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp7cWOqcinM
Rachel Maddow: Students risk all for stand on immigration
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/26315908/#52710076
A Step in the Right Direction
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/06/a-step-in-the-right-direction-student-reflects
on-dream-act.html
Made into America: Immigrant Stories from the Bay Area:
http://madeintoamerica.org/
Partners in Health: http://www.pih.org/
Paul Farmer: I Believe in Health Care as a Human Right:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJpZnUjtorI
Youth for Human Rights http://www.youthforhumanrights.org/what-are-human-rights/videos/born-free-and-equal.html