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Human Rights Watch World Report

This report is Human Rights Watch's seventeenth annual review of human rights practices around the globe. It summarizes key human rights issues in more than 70 countries worldwide, drawing on events through mid-November 2006. With Washington's voice diminished, the European Union today should be the strongest and most effective defender of human rights. But as the EU grapples with its enlarged membership, it is punching well below its weight. As the report shows, there is no shortage of serious challenges to human rights requiring more effective global leadership. (Human Rights Watch, Januuary 2007)

http://hrw.org/wr2k7/index.htm

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Amnesty International Report 2003

The Amnesty International Report 2003 documents human rights abuses in 151 countries and territories during 2002. It is a contribution to the work of human rights defenders struggling to achieve a safer world, a world where human rights take priority over political, military or economic interests.

http://web.amnesty.org/report2003/index-eng

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Amnesty International Report 2004

Huge challenges confronted the international human rights movement in 2003. The UN faced a crisis of legitimacy and credibility because of the US-led war on Iraq and the organization's inability to hold states to account for gross human rights violations. International human rights standards continued to be flouted in the name of the "war on terror", resulting in thousands of women and men suffering unlawful detention, unfair trial and torture - often solely because of their ethnic or religious background. Around the world, more than a billion people's lives were ruined by extreme poverty and social injustice while governments continued to spend freely on arms. This Amnesty International Report reflects those challenges. It documents the human rights situation in 155 countries and territories in 2003, and summarizes regional trends. It reports on areas of work being prioritized and developed by Amnesty International -- such as violence against women; economic, social and cultural rights; and justice for refugees and migrants - and celebrates the achievements of activists in these and other areas.

http://web.amnesty.org/report2004/index-eng

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Amnesty International Report 2005: A Dangerous New Agenda

Amnesty International New Zealand. Governments are betraying their promise of a world order based on human rights said Amnesty International today as it launched its annual report documenting human rights issues of concern to AI during 2004 and AI's activities during the year. Governments had failed to show principled leadership and must be held to account, said Ced Simpson, Executive Director of Amnesty International New Zealand. "A new agenda is in the making with the language of freedom and justice being used to pursue policies creating fear and insecurity, including cynical attempts to redefine and sanitize torture," said Mr Simpson. This new agenda, combined with the indifference and paralysis of the international community, failed countless thousands of people in humanitarian crises and forgotten conflicts throughout 2004.

http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGPOL100062005

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Amnesty International report 2006

2005 was defined by hope wrestling against the duplicity, double speak and failed promises of governments. Governments and armed groups attacked civilians and perpetuated grave human rights abuses. Powerful nations showed a sinister willingness to manipulate international institutions or apply double standards, and the "war on terror" swept on, gathering more victims of torture and unlawful detention in its wake. But these acts were countered by successes in the struggle against impunity, the development of a new UN Human Rights Council, and growing public resistance to assaults on human rights. There is a real moment of opportunity. Activists, governments and institutions must grab it.

http://web.amnesty.org/report2006/globaloverview-eng

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Freedom in the World: Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties

Freedom House has published 'Freedom in the World', an annual comparative assessment of the state of political rights and civil liberties in 192 countries and 14 related and disputed territories. Widely used by policy-makers, journalists and scholars, this 700-page survey is the definitive report on freedom around the globe. According to the report, nearly half the world's population lives in 89 countries that are considered free. Another 18 percent live in 58 partly free countries.

http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=15&year=2005

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Human Rights Watch World Report 2002

Human Rights Watch has released its twelfth annual review of human rights practices around the globe in the 2002 Human Rights Watch World Report. This report addresses developments in sixty-six countries, covering the period from November 2000 through November 2001. Most of the chapters examine significant human rights developments in a particular country, the response of global actors (such as the European Union, Japan, the United States, the United Nations, and various regional organizations), and the freedom of local human rights defenders to conduct their work. Other chapters address important thematic concerns. [PDF]

http://www.hrw.org/wr2k2/

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Human Rights Watch World Report 2003

This report is Human Rights Watch's thirteenth annual review of human rights practices around the globe. It addresses developments in fifty-eight countries, covering the period from November 2001 through November 2002. Most chapters examine significant human rights developments in a particular country; the response of global actors, such as the European Union, Japan, the United States, the United Nations, and various regional and international organizations and institutions; and the freedom of local human rights defenders to conduct their work. This report reflects extensive investigative work undertaken in 2002 by the Human Rights Watch research staff, usually in close partnership with human rights activists in the country in question. It also reflects the work of the Human Rights Watch advocacy team, which monitors the policies of governments and international institutions that have influence to curb human rights abuses.

http://hrw.org/wr2k3/

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Human Rights Watch World Report 2004: Human Rights and Armed Conflict

Human Rights Watch, 2004. This year's Human Rights Watch World Report offers something new. Past volumes have featured summaries of human-rights-related developments in each of the seventy or so countries and themes we cover in-depth each year. This year, to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of Human Rights Watch, we have chosen a single theme-human rights and armed conflict-and have produced a series of more analytical, reflective essays. Each essay takes stock of developments in a specific area and offers suggestions on the way forward.

http://www.hrw.org/wr2k4/

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Human Rights Watch World Report 2005

This report is Human Rights Watch's fifteenth annual review of human rights practices around the globe. It summarizes key human rights issues in sixty-four countries, drawing on events through November 2004. Each country entry identifies significant human rights issues, examines the freedom of local human rights defenders to conduct their work, and surveys the response of key international actors, such as the United Nations, European Union, Japan, the United States, and various regional and international organizations and institutions. This report reflects extensive investigative work undertaken in 2004 by the Human Rights Watch research staff, usually in close partnership with human rights activists in the country in question. It also reflects the work of our advocacy team, which monitors policy developments and strives to persuade governments and international institutions to curb abuses and promote human rights. Human Rights Watch publications, issued throughout the year, contain more detailed accounts of many of the issues addressed in the brief summaries collected in this volume.

http://www.hrw.org/wr2k5/

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Human Rights Watch World Report 2006

The Human Rights Watch World Report 2006 contains survey information on human rights developments in more than 70 countries in 2005. New evidence demonstrated in 2005 that torture and mistreatment have been a deliberate part of the Bush administration's counterterrorism strategy, undermining the global defense of human rights. Many countries used the "war on terrorism" to attack their political opponents, branding them as "Islamic terrorists," and the world report documents many serious abuses outside the fight against terrorism.

http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2006/01/13/global12428.htm

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Human Rights Year in Pictures 2003: Amnesty International

Amnesty International Canada's slideshow of the human rights highs and lows of 2003.

http://www.amnesty.ca/slideshow/2003/

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New Core International Human RightsTreaties

This publication reproduces the new core universal human rights treaties in pocket size. It complements The Core International Human Rights Treaties, which the Offi ce of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) published in 2006(UN, 2007).

http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/newCoreTreatiesen.pdf

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Rights Action

Rights Action raises funds for community development, human rights & emergency relief projects in Southern Mexico, Central America & Peru. We educate in North America about global development and human rights issues, and work to form north-south alliances of people and organizations working together to remedy endemic impoverishment, repression and racism.

http://www.rightsaction.org/

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The 1951 Refugee Convention

On the 50th anniversary of its adoption, a lively debate is underway. British Prime Minister Tony Blair says though the treaty's "values are timeless" it is now time to "stand back and consider its application in today's world." Many jurists say the Convention has shown extraordinary longevity and flexibility in meeting known and unforeseen challenges. Whatever the outcome of these discussions, it is certain that millions of uprooted people will continue to rely on the Convention for their protection.

http://www.unhcr.org/protect/PROTECTION/3b66c2aa10.pdf

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Here you will find the most comprehensive collection of translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December 1948. Over 300 different language versions are available in HTML, PDF and graphical forms.

http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/

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US Department of State - Human Rights Country Reports 2001

The US State Department publishes an authoritative set of human rights country reports annually which it submits to the US Congress. The reports in this volume are used as a resource for shaping policy, conducting diplomacy, and making assistance, training, and other resource allocations. They also serve as a basis for the U.S. Government's cooperation with private groups to promote the observance of internationally recognized human rights.

http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/

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