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ENGL 100 Freyberg Human Rights: Recommended Websites

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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:

                                                                                            http://www.enoughproject.org/

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