Internet and information about human rights

22 November 2011

Barbro Svedberg

Legal information (treaties etc.)

United Nations (Human rights and Research Guide) www.un.org

Universal Human Rights Index: http://www.universalhumanrightsindex.org

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (Human rights by Issue or by Country) www.ohchr.org

OHCHR Training resources: http://www.ohchr.org/en/publicationsresources/pages/trainingeducation.aspx

University of Minnesota (human rights library) www.umn.edu/humanrts

Yale Law School Project Diana (online human rights archive) www.yale.edu

Non-governmental organizations

Amnesty International www.amnesty.org

Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org

Human Rights Education Associate www.hrea.org

International Women´s Rights Action Watch http://iwraw.igc.org/

AWID (Association for women’s rights in development) www.awid.org

Governments and Intergovernmental

organizations

US State Department country reports on human rights situations www.state.gov (-> issues –> human rights –> country reports)

Swedish Government www.manskligarattigheter.gov.se (–> English)

Human Rights Education

UN Women http://www.unwomen.org/

UN Cyberschool bus http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/

UN Governance Centre www.undp.org/oslocentre

Concerns regarding human rights information on the

internet

Is the information accurate?

Is the information correctly cited?

Are there commercial interests?

Are there political motives behind the information?