Great Web Sites

• AAAS Directory of Human Rights Resources on the Internet
  This site, from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, provides a database of annotated links. You can use the search function, or browse a list of topics related to human rights.
  (http://shr.aaas.org/dhr.htm)
• Amnesty International
  This worldwide campaigning organization works to protect human rights. Here you'll find a variety of information about human rights abuses, foreign policies, current news, human rights organization Includes annual reports on worldwide human rights abuses, current news and related links.
  (http://web.amnesty.org/web/aboutai.nsf)
• U.S. Department of State Human Rights Page
  On this site, you'll find a variety of resources from the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, including a link, in the upper left corner to country reports, detailed fact-sheets about human-rights practices around the globe.
  (http://www.state.gov/g/drl/hr/)
• Human Rights Watch
  An organization committed to improving human rights worldwide. Here you can read articles about human rights in a variety of places around the world.
  (http://www.hrw.org/)
• Human Rights Web
  Includes information about human rights emergencies world wide, and gives advice about what you can do to help. The site provides a good introduction to the issue of human rights abuse and includes links to discussion groups, biographies, testimonies and other sources of information.
  (http://www.hrweb.org/)
• Center for World Indigenous Studies
  A large collection of links provided by the World Wide Web Virtual Library.
  (http://www.cwis.org/wwwvl/indig-vl.html)
• Women's Human Rights Resources Database
  "This list of international women's human rights Web sites is compiled by lawyers and librarians, and is meant to assist those interested in the legal aspects of women's human rights." (http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/Diana/)

Books in Your Libraries

• Links to books & other materials in the libraries of the Mid-Hudson Library System.
• Human Rights
• Civil Rights
• Or enter your own keywords in the search box to search the catalog:
  
• Need help?
  • How to find a book in your library.

Human Rights Headlines
(Headlines from Moreover.com. These articles change frequently)