Human Rights Website Links

The issues of human rights refer to the basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitiled, often held to include the right to life and liberty, freedom of thought and expression, and equality before the law. These issues are critical to understanding the contemporary Middle East in its cultural, historiacal and social contexts. The links below include resources on the topic of human rights both in the Middle East and in a wider, global perspective and are presented here to facilitate research on this topic. Please note, the information on the Internet may not always be accurate, timely or objective, and Yale University is not responsible for the contents of the links below.

Human Rights in the Middle East

• B'TSELEM - The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
• Human Rights Watch in Middle East
• Mission for Establishment of Human Rights in Iran
• Human Rights Watch in Iraq
• Human Rights Links in Saudi Arabia
• Constitutional Human Rights in Middle East
• Human Rights First in Middle East
• Middle East Children Alliance
• Human Rights in Arab World
• Iraq Foundation - A major goal of the Iraq Foundation is to promote human rights in Iraq. The information in this link records incidents of state-sponsored human rights abuses based on reports from Iraqi and non-Iraqi sources.
• Iraq Human in Orient Encyclopaedia
• Human Rights & Post-war Iraq - Human Rights First, Human Rights First works in the United States and abroad to create a secure and humane world by advancing justice, human dignity and respect for the rule of law. We support human rights activists who fight for basic freedoms and peaceful change at the local level; protect refugees in flight from persecution and repression; help build a strong international system of justice and accountability; and make sure human rights laws and principles are enforced in the United States and abroad.
• Physician's for Human Right's(PHR) Research on Iraq - Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) promotes health by protecting human rights.
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Human Rights Links in Global Perspective

• Amnesty International
• Center for Religious Freedom - The Center defends against religious persecution of all groups throughout the world. It insists that U.S. foreign policy defend Christians and Jews, Muslim dissidents and minorities, and other religious minorities in countries such as Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Iran and Sudan. It is fighting the imposition of harsh Islamic law in the new Iraq and Afghanistan and opposes blasphemy laws in Muslim countries that suppress more tolerant and pro-American Muslim thought.
• Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) - is a national human rights institution in accordance with the UN Paris Principles. It became part of the Danish Centre for International Studies and Human Rights January 1, 2003
• Derechos Human Rights - work for the respect and promotion of human rights throughout the world. Their work includes the socialization of human rights related information and analysis through the internet and other media, the promotion of prosecutions of human rights violators and the support of local human rights NGOs and activists.
• Equipo Nizkor - believes that socializing clear, accurate and timely information is the first step in the fight against human rights violations.
• EurasiaNet - EurasiaNet provides information and analysis about political, economic, environmental and social developments in the countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well as in Russia, the Middle East, and Southwest Asia. The web site also offers additional features, including newsmaker interviews and book reviews.
• European HumanRights Court
• Freedom House
• Harvard Human Rights Journals
• Human Rights in United Nations
• Human Rights Watch
• Human Rights Web
• International Federation for Human Rights - 142 Human Rights organisations throughout the world
• Kurdish Human Rights Projects - The KHRP is a registered charity. It is committed to the protection of the human rights of all persons within the Kurdish regions, irrespective of race, religion, sex, political persuasion or other belief or opinion. Its supporters include both Kurdish and non-Kurdish people.
• Mishap.net - International Legal Information
• Norbert's Bookmarks for a Better World - offers links in English on different topics including human rights.
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
• One Country - Online Newsletter of the Bahai International Community
• PeaceWomen - Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
• Women Learning Partnership - an international, non-governmental organization (NGO) that empowers women and girls in the Global South to re-imagine and re-structure their roles in their families, communities, and societies.
• Women's Human Rights Net (WHRnet) - WHRnet is a project of the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID).
• World Human Rights
• Yale Diana Online Human Rights Achives Project