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On the Margins of Profit: Rights at risk in the global economy

People in countries across the world are regularly harmed when businesses fail to respect basic human rights, according to this report by Human Rights Watch and the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (CHRGJ) at New York University School of Law (February 2008).

http://hrw.org/reports/2008/bhr0208/

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Partisan policing: An obstacle to human rights and democracy in Zimababwe

This is a report of a fact-finding visit to the Republic of Zimbabwe by experts on behalf of the International Bar Association Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) between 11-18 August 2007. This visit was prompted by the increasing international, regional and domestic concerns at the apparent erosion of the rule of law in Zimbabwe (October 2007).

http://allafrica.com/peaceafrica/resources/view/00011428.pdf

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Principles and Guidelines for a Human Rights approach to poverty reduction strategies

This publication aims to assist countries, international agencies and development practitioners in translating human rights norms, standards and principles into pro-poor policies and strategies (OHCHR, 2006).

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

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RECOGNIZING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' HUMAN RIGHTS

This provides insight on some of the problems indigenous peoples face in their fight for human rights. It helps define the rights that are sought, defines indigenous peoples, discusses the problems of land and resource issues, and speaks to the changes and progress that needs to occur in order for the human rights of indigenous peoples worldwide to improve (Cultural Survival Quarterly, 1 March 2007).

http://www.cs.org/publications/csv/csv-article.cfm?id=109&highlight=pacific

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RIGHTS-AUSTRALIA: Apology, No Compensation For Lost Generations

hile aboriginal groups have welcomed the Australian government's pledge to apologise to the 'stolen generations', they argue that the gesture should be backed up with compensation. But earlier this month, Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin ruled out such a fund for people taken from their families (IPS, 28 January 2008).

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40955

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RIGHTS: Fund to Fight Gender Violence Puts Donors to the Test

The U.N. "Trust Fund to End Violence against Women" has risen significantly over the last year: from 3.5 million dollars in 2006 to over 15 million dollars in 2007. (IPS, 6 March 2008)

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41488

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The Crosspoint

The Crosspoint is the Net's biggest collection of links in the field of of Human Rights, Anti-Racism, Refugees, Women's rights, & Antifascism.

http://www.magenta.nl/crosspoint/index.html

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The Death Penalty---Amnesty International's Fight

The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. It violates the right to life. It is irrevocable and can be inflicted on the innocent. It has never been shown to deter crime more effectively than other punishments.Amnesty International works for an end to executions and the abolition of the death penalty everywhere (Amnesty International).

http://web.amnesty.org/pages/deathpenalty-index-eng

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The HuriLink WebPortal

The HuriLink WebPortal has been developed in conjunction with the Primer. It is an on-line tool which presents the experiences and challenges that practitioners face when striving to link human rights and the Millennium Development Goals in their work. It is a resource that has been developed by practitioners, for practitioners. It features lessons learned, common challenges, tools and resources.

http://www.hurilink.org/

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The Primer: Human Rights and the Millennium Development Goals: Making the Link

The Primer provides a conceptual overview of the links between human rights and the MDGs and explores the key questions that practitioners face in this area. The content is based on the input and observations from the e-discussion and the deliberations of a 'Working Group Meeting' held in Oslo in September 2006.

http://hurilink.org/Primer-HR-MDGs.pdf

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The UN Human Rights Norms For Business: Towards Legal Accountability (PDF)

This booklet provides an introduction to the UN Human Rights Norms for Business. It answers a number of questions about the UN Norms and their legal status, and includes an overview of their development, background on the drafting process, and a description of the content and legal status of the UN Norms. In Amnesty International's view, governments, advocates and companies should support the UN Human Rights Norms for Business as offering an authoritative and comprehensive statement of the responsibilities of companies in relation to human rights. The UN Norms provide clarity and credibility amidst many competing voluntary codes that too often lack international legitimacy, and provide far less detail on human rights issues. (PDF Format - 150kb)

http://web.amnesty.org/aidoc/aidoc_pdf.nsf/Index/IOR420012004ENGLISH/$File/IOR4200104.pdf

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The United Nations human rights treaty system : an introduction to the core human rights treaties and the treaty bodies

This fact-sheet provides a general introduction to the core international human rights treaties and the committees, or "treaty bodies", that monitor their implementation by States parties. (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights)

http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/docs/OHCHR-FactSheet30.pdf

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The University of Minnesota Human Rights Library

The University of Minnesota Human Rights Library was inaugurated December 1988 on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The principal focus of the Human Rights Library is to help train effective human rights professionals and volunteers. The Human Rights Library assists human rights advocates, monitors, students, and educators.

http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/index.html

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The Worst of the Worst: The world's most repressive societies

Examining political rights and civil liberties, Freedom House reports on the most repressive societies for 2007. This is a companion to their annual survey (Freedom House, 2007).

http://www.freedomhouse.org/uploads/special_report/58.pdf

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Thesaurus of economic, social and cultural rights

By Stephen A. Hansen. American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2002. This thesaurus is basically a tool that introduces economic, social and cultural rights and related concepts and issues. It is a valuable resource because the rights are taken directly from the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, clearly providing the basis for identifying potential violations of such rights. The Thesaurus is user-friendly and it conveys legal contexts in a way that is not cumbersome and intimidating. Economic, social and cultural rights have just been given a much-needed shot in the arm.

http://shr.aaas.org/thesaurus/

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UN Adopts Rights Of Indigenous Peoples Declaration

The General Assembly adopted a landmark declaration outlining the rights of the world's estimated 370 million indigenous people and outlawing discrimination against them - a move that followed more than two decades of debate (UN, 13 September 2007).

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0709/S00333.htm

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UN Human Rights Day Resources

Includes links to: 6 December 2002 Student Conference on Human Rights [Webcast: Archived Video]; Message of the UN Secretary-General; Message of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Key-documents / background; United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; Cyber-magazine "UN works ... for human rights"; UN Cyberschoolbus: Human Rights; Multimedia Webpage on Human Rights Day; Global Issues; Human Rights; Dag Hammarskjöld Library.

http://www.un.org/events/humanrights/

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UN Human Rights Norms for Businesses

(Amnesty International) Human rights organizations have addressed concerns to businesses for a number of years. Recognizing that economic globalization has expanded the reach of corporate power, advocates have struggled to ensure that companies, no less than other significant actors, are brought within the framework of international human rights rules. A significant step in this direction was taken in August 2003 by the UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights when it approved the UN Norms on the Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with Regard to Human Rights (also known as UN Norms for Business or UN Norms). The Norms restate existing internationally recognized standards of human rights. They set out in a comprehensive way the key human rights responsibilities of companies. In doing so, they create a powerful tool for advocacy and at the same time provide a useful checklist for those companies keen to improve their human rights record. Some companies have already showed willingness to "road test" the application of the UN Norms during their business operations.

http://web.amnesty.org/pages/ec-unnorms_2-eng

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UNANZ Conference-Our Common Future

30 May - 2 June 2008, Barrycourt Accommodation and Events Centre, Auckland.Themes for this years UNANZ conference will be Human Rights 60th Aniversary, Peace, Climate Change, South Pacific, Year of the Potato

http://www.dev-zone.org/downloads/UNANZ08%20Program%20D6.doc

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Universal Periodic Review [pdf]

One of the most important innovations of the new Human Rights Council (HRC) is the universal periodic review (UPR) of governments' human rights records. All countries are subject to review under this process which will be a major step away from the selectivity that so often afflicted the Commission on Human Rights in the identification of countries to be scrutinized. (Human Rights Watch, May 2006)

http://www.ishr.ch/handbook/Chpt6.pdf

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Uzbekistan: Stagnation and Uncertainty

Uzbekistan remains a serious risk to itself and its region. While 69-year-old President Islom Karimov shows no signs of relinquishing power, despite the end of his legal term of office more than half a year ago, his eventual departure may lead to a violent power struggle. The economy remains tightly controlled, with regime stalwarts, including the security services and Karimov's daughter Gulnora, exerting excessive influence, which drives away investors and exacerbates poverty. The human rights situation is grave, and those who seek to flee abroad live in constant danger of attempts to return them forcibly (International Crisis Group, 22 August 2007).

http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/asia/central_asia/b67_uzbekistan___stagnation_and_uncertainty.pdf

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Violations of Peasants Human Rights 2005

Since 2004 Via Campesina has released an annual report on violations of peasant's rights in different parts of the world highlighting important cases and typical forms of violations on peasants' human rights. This new report of violations of peasants' rights contains grave cases in Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, and South Africa. We learn about peasants who are facing forcible evictions from their lands and situations in which their right of access to productive resources is neglected. The report also presents other cases of violations of civil and political human rights. (Via Campesina & FIAN International, 2005)

http://www.fian.no/nedlasting/g37e-01PeasantsRights.pdf

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Voices: Palestinian Women Narrate Displacement

70 people, mostly women, from different regions of historic Palestine tell their stories of loss of home. They are 'ordinary' Palestinians of varying ages and social backgrounds. This is a multi-media project, a digital book in which you can hear the speakers' voices, see portraits of their faces and surroundings, and read texts that describe individual speakers and give historical background.

http://almashriq.hiof.no/voices/

(Added: Thu Jun 28 2007   Hits: 128)

Where is the money for women's rights?: The second Fundher report

AWID's 2007 Second Fundher Report, Financial Sustainability for Women's Movement's Worldwide, is now available online for download. Building on the achievements/impact of their 1st Fundher Report, Where is the Money for Women's Rights? Assessing the resources and the role of donors in the promotion of women's rights and the support of women's rights organizations, this Report probes deeper into fundamental questions related to resource mobilization and movement-building. How are women's organizations and movements growing worldwide? Why do we need strong women's movements and organizations? Where is the money for women's rights? How should we mobilize new resources to build stronger feminist movements in order to advance women's rights worldwide? (Joanna Kerr, AWID, September 2007)

http://www.awid.org/go.php?pg=fundher_2

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Who Benefits From Land Titling? Lessons from Bolivia and Laos (pdf)

Households in the developing world are becoming more feminised through the breakdown of marriages, the impact of civil war and HIV/AIDs. This research in Bolivia and Laos PDR shows, despite legal and policy contexts which support equal access to titling for both men and women, women still face significant social, political and cultural constraints to acquiring rights to land. (International Institute for Environment and Development, 2007)

http://www.iied.org/pubs/pdfs/14553IIED.pdf

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