Health
and Human Rights Database |
1.
ABA
Commission on Law and Aging
This site includes the work of the ABA Commission on Law and Aging
with links to the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), the
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), the
National
Center
on Elder Abuse and more. For documents on aging/elderly, also search
WHO and UN
websites.
2.
Amnesty International
USA
This site provides links to Amnesty programs, world human
rights news, publications, letter-writing campaigns and more as well
as resources on female
genital mutilation,and circumcision.
3.
Canadian HIV/AIDS
Legal Network
This organization is dedicated to promoting responses to HIV
infection and AIDS that respect human rights. It also provides a
link to the AIDS Law Project of South Africa.
4.
Carter Center
Founded by Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, the
Carter
Center
is an NGO dedicated to international democratization and
development, urban revitalization, and global health.
5.
Center for Economic and
Social Rights
The Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) informs economic
and social rights practitioners; provides addresses for affiliated
NGOs in Asia and
Australia
, Europe, Latin America, and
North America
.
6.
Children -- UNICEF
The United Nations Children's Fund address the health, nutrition,
education and other needs of children worldwide; this website
provides access to vital statistics, programs and reports, e.g., The
State of the World's Children 1998, The Progress of Nations 1997.
7.
Physicians for
Global Survival (PGS)
Physicians for Global Survival is an affiliation of international
physicians for the prevention of nuclear war. This web page provides
access to documents about the effect of war on children, including
UNICEF reports as well as other human rights documents. Other
resources include NGO reports and both gopher and online resources
including access to information about human rights in
Canada
,
Greece
,
Norway
,
Russia
,
Israel
,
Japan
, and the
United States
.
8.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York -- Children’s Health
Provides on-line access to publications of the Carnegie Corporation,
some of which address child development, violence prevention,
education, school health promotion, conflict resolution, parent
education and more.
9.
Children’s
Rights -- Cornell University
Maintained by the Legal Information Institute, this site provides
ready access to over 20
U.S.
federal and state laws, agencies, documents, and foundations, as
well as national and
international legal materials.
10.
Health
Rights Connection
This group comprises Global Lawyers and Physicians, Physicians for
Human Rights, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear
War, and the
Francois-Xavier
Bagnoud
Center
for Health and Human Rights.
11.
Court
TV Casefiles
This "Court TV" homepage provides information about the
Bosnia War Crimes Tribunal and a link entitled "A Look Back at
Nuremberg
."
12.
Diana Project
-- Univ. Cincinnati
This DIANA site focuses primarily on the United Nations and
Organization of African Unity materials. You can also access other
DIANA sites through this.
13.
Human Rights
Library -- Univ. of Minnesota
This DIANA site provides links to UN documents, the Inter-American
Human Rights system, Partners in Human Rights Education, the
Peace
Resource
Center
, and Human Rights USA. Also includes links to over 100
international human rights instruments (including French and Spanish
versions) including those pertaining to rights of children, disabled
persons, refugees, war victims and more.
14.
Women's
Human Rights Resources -- Univ. of Toronto
This DIANA site focuses on women's human rights and provides links
to bibliographies as well as governmental and NGO documents.
15.
Diana -- Yale Law
School
This DIANA site provides access to human rights bibliographies,
legal documents and other materials. (Under Construction as of
01/2004)
16.
EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's mission is to protect
human health and to safeguard the natural environment.
17.
International Gay
& Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)
This site advocates a world in which the fundamental human rights of
gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, transgendered people, and people with
HIV and AIDS are respected and accorded the protection of
international human rights law. Provides links to publications,
projects and more.
18.
Francois-Xavier
Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights
Describes the work of the
Francois-Xavier
Bagnoud
Center
for Health and Human Rights of the Harvard School of Public Health;
provides links to health and human rights sites, publications, and
foundations. Also links to children's health and human rights
resources.
19.
Holocaust Memorial
Museum
This U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum website provides information
about the Nuremburg Code and human rights, with excerpts from the
official trial record of the Doctors Trial.
20.
SUNY
Binghamton's Political Science Resource Page
This web page provides links to human rights papers, conferences,
data and Internet sites.
21.
BUSPH Health
Law Department
The Boston University School of Public Health, Health Law Department
provides comprehensive links to human rights and health, law,
bioethics, and medicine resources, including UN and NIH homepages,
Court TV Casefiles, NGOs, DIANA, the Holocaust museum, medical
journals and more.
22.
Human Rights Internet (HRI)
HRI, an international NGO and documentation center, provides links
to children's rights, other human rights websites, UN information
and more.
23.
Human Rights Watch
This NGO Human Rights Watch site provides links to its publications,
its regional divisions, special projects, e.g., children's and
women's rights, and special initiatives, e.g., drugs and human
rights, prison conditions, and more.
24.
Human Rights Web
Human Rights Web introduces human rights, provides legal and
political documents, and links to over 20 NGOs, UN sites, and other
resources.
25.
Hunger
Web - TUFTS
Seeks to prevent and eradicate hunger through research, field work,
advocacy and policy-making, education and training; collaborates
with World Hunger Education Service, Food First, and FoodFirst
Information and Action Network.
26.
Center for World
Indigenous Studies (CWIS)
The goal of CWIS is to democratize relations between peoples to
enrich the world community. This website provides comprehensive
links to
Fourth World
studies, seminars, and library materials.
27.
CWIS' Fourth
World Documentation Archive
The Center for World Indigenous Studies (CWIS)' Fourth World
Documentation Archive allows access to comprehensive lists of UN and
international documents, including tribal resolutions, treaties and
other constructive arrangements.
28.
Int’l
Health Action Group
Describes the A.M.A. Student Association's INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
ACTION GROUP (IHAG) which is dedicated to increasing students'
awareness of global health issues and ethical issues surrounding aid
to poorer nations. Provides links to other sites.
29.
International Labour
Organization (ILO)
ILO formulates international labour standards and provides
information on child labour, equality for women and information
about human rights in the work environment worldwide.
30.
Legal
Information Institute -- Cornell University
This comprehensive site provides access to
U.S.
legal decisions both recent and historic. The "world" link
accesses decisions of the International Court of Justice and
national law materials from North and
South America
,
Australia
and
New Zealand
, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and
Africa
as well as other international law materials.
31.
International Committee
of the Red Cross (ICRC)
The ICRC homepage includes news, links to humanitarian law
resources, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and
more.
32.
Int'l
Student Association for Health and Human Rights
The International Student Association for Health and Human Rights is
an association of student organizations interested in health and
human rights, dedicated to promoting involvement in local, national,
and international health and human rights issues.
33.
American International
Health Alliance (AIHA)
The American Int'l Health Alliance (AIHA)'s online publication of CommonHealth
provides articles on such topics as public health, micronutrient
deficiencies, risky teen behaviors as well as news and features
pertaining to global health care.
34.
Human
Rights and Foreign Policy News
This site provides access to the contents of the human rights
magazine, containing both international news and articles.
35.
PrisonAct
List
This page provides up to date information on the prision crisis in
the
United States
and the world.
36.
Human Rights
First
HRF promotes human rights through legal advocacy worldwide; focuses
especially on the rights of refugees and asylum seekers.
37.
Medicine &
Global Survival (MGS)
MGS is the official publication of International Physicians for the
Prevention of Nuclear War.
38.
Global Health Council
A US-based non-profit organization -- strives to mobilize a global
network to influence health policy by co-sponsoring conferences such
as Women's Reproductive Health Initiative, Global HIV/AIDS Program
and others.
39.
Physicians for Human
Rights (PHR)
PHR seeks, among other goals, to improve the health and sanitary
conditions of prisons and detention centers, to defend medical
neutrality and to prevent medical complicity in torture and other
abuses.
40.
Physicians for Human
Rights - Israel
Physicians for Human Rights - Israel (PHR-Israel) was established in
1988 as a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, dedicated to
promoting and protecting the medical human rights of all residents
of Israel and the Occupied Territories.
41.
Physicians for Social
Responsibility (PSR)
PSR emphasizes the relationship between environment and health and
strives to influence global policy; provides research updates,
publications, press releases and more.
42.
Global
Reproductive Health Forum (GRHF)
Part of a multifaceted initiative, spearheaded by the Harvard School
of Public Health to bring women from underserved populations and
developing countries onto the Internet, where they can access
information and take part in online discussion groups.
43.
Save the
Children
Describes the
United Kingdom
's international children's charity, which is dedicated to
protecting children's human rights; provides numerous links.
44.
Genethics
This site provides links to the Human Genome Project,
Biotechnology and Biodiversity Resources, genetics and the law and
more.
45.
National Institutes
of Health Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)
Provides extensive links to human and animal protection resources
46.
Scientists for Global
Responsibility (SGR)
SGR examines and fosters the role of scientists in the development
of socially responsible democratic society.
47.
World Organization
Against Torture
The World Organization Against Torture (Organisation Mondiale contre
la Torture) is an NGO dedicated to identifying torture, alerting
other organizations, and assisting torture victims.
48.
United Nations Homepage
The United Nations homepage provides links and search capabilities
to access UN treaties and declarations, press releases, country
reports and more. Links to the Office of the High Commissioner for
Human Rights (OHCHR), the Office of Economic and Social Development.
49.
UN's Office of the
High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
The homepage for the UN's Office of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights (OHCHR) provides extensive human rights information.
50.
UN — Office
of Economic and Social Development
This site provides ready access to health, disability, aging and
related resources.
51.
Video Project
This non-profit source lists over 250 educational videotapes for all
ages on the environment, energy, science, technology, activism,
violence, and global human rights.
52.
World Health Organization
This site contains links to current and historical documents,
statistics, and international health initiatives. Has search
capabilities for access to health and related topics.
53.
WHO —
Child and Adolescent Health and Development
This World Health Organization web page provides comprehensive links
to the WHO's Child and Adolescent Health and Development (CHD)
programs.
54.
WHO -- Reproductive
Health and Research
Describes World Health Organization research regarding human
reproduction (HRP) in collaboration with the Women's and Adolescent
Health Units. Provides a bibliographic database, recent publications
and search capabilities.
55.
Institute
for Global Communications (IGC)
The Institute for Global Communication website provides links to
information about health/reproductive rights, women and technology,
women's organizations, and more.
56.
World
Bank's Early Child Development (ECD)
Describes the ECD program to integrate health, nutrition and early
child care services in developing countries; links to the
International Development Association (IDA) and other sites
pertinent to children's health and human rights.
57.
World
Bank — Developmental Goals
Provides links to the Health,
Nutrition, and Population page of the World Bank's Human
Development Department, including Early Child Development (ECD),
HIV/AIDS, health care financing, women's health and more.
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