Health and Human Rights Education

Michael A. Grodin, MDBoston University School of Public

HealthGlobal Lawyers and Physicians

RESOURCES AND MATERIALS

Michael Grodin, MDRosario Isasi, JD

Suganthi Narayanasamy

Education

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Database on Human Rights Education http://www.unhchr.ch/hredu.nsf

This database provides information on organizations, materials and programmes for human rights education. The database constitutes a contribution to the UN Decade for Human Rights Education (1995-2004)

Boston Center for Refugee Health & Human Rights http://www.bcrhhr.org/

Contains a very useful Web course on Caring for Survivors of Torture and Refugee Trauma.

Education

Getting Online for Human Rights http://shr.aaas.org/online/cover.htm

Excellent source particular for science and human rights information, include links to other organizations sorted by topic and region.

The Association for Progressive Communications http://www.apc.org/

Interesting site containing training materials and technical resources.

Education

Human Rights Education Associates http://www.hrea.org/

Includes curriculum, lesson materials, reports and articles on human rights education.

Human Rights Internet http://www.hri.ca/

An international NGO, documentation center and publishing house. The website is most useful for human rights NGO’s and professionals.

Education

Education in Human Rights Network http://www.hrea.org/index.php

Resources on human rights education, newsletter, curriculum and education links.

Human Rights Education Initiative http://www.liftoffschools.com/

Resources on methodology for teaching human rights.

Education

The People's Decade of Human Rights Education http://www.pdhre.org/

Site dedicated to human rights learning, contains methodology and learning materials on human rights, video training on CEDAW .

Teaching Human Rights Online http://homepages.uc.edu/thro/

Library of case studies on human rights.

Directories Online Appendix for the Book:

Emerging Issues in Health and Human Rights A Guide to Resources for Future Research on

Health and Human Rights

ed. Gruskin, Grodin, Marks, Annas

http://www.glphr.org/resources/appendix/

Directories

University of Minnesota Human Rights Library Collection http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/ainstls1.htm

A premier site, its focus is on international materials, contains international instruments, decisions from the Inter-American Court of human rights, links to other sites; great source for reference materials on human rights.

American Association for the Advancement of Science - AAS http://www.aaas.org/

Very comprehensive site, contains links to other organizations sorted by country and topic.

Directories

Derechos: Concise Guide to Human Rights on the Internet http://www.derechos.org/human-rights/manual.htm

Offers a variety of human rights information including reports, actions, links and documents.

European Court of Human Rights http://www.echr.coe.int/echr/

Contains the basic documents of the European system, full text of judgments of the Court.

Directories UN High Commissioner for Human

Rights http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Pages/WelcomePage.aspx

Contains a large part of the material produced by the different UN human rights bodies: resolutions, reports, special rapporteurs, working group and treaty monitoring bodies. Also contains the latest press releases.

Harvard Law School Library http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/hrp/

Basic tool for introduction to human rights research, contains a survey of online resources.

Directories

Amnesty International http://web.amnesty.org/web/links.nsf

Comprehensive database on human rights issues, country reports, campaigns and links to other sites.

Women’s Human Rights Resources, Bora Liskin Library University of Toronto www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/diana/mainpage.htm

Documents, bibliographies and links to Internet resources on women’s human rights.

Directories

Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems International http://www.huridocs.org/

Focus on dissemination of public information on human rights, site contains resources for information handling, documentation, training courses and regional networks on human rights.

Harvard World Health News http://www.worldhealthnews.harvard.edu

Useful resource for up-to-date international health news.

Directories

United States National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

General health information, access to Medline.

Directories

American University, Inter-American Human Rights Database http://www.wcl.american.edu/pub/humright/digest/Inter-American/index.html

Contains documents in English and Spanish adopted by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights since its first session.

Immigration Index http://www.immigrationindex.org/

Contains very useful information on different human rights issues, focus on refugees and asylum.

Treaty Collections

University of Minnesota Human Rights Library Collection http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/ainstls1.htm

UNHCHR Collection http://www.ohchr.org/EN/PublicationsResources/Pages/ReferenceMaterial.aspx

The UN Treaty Collection http://untreaty.un.org/

Treaty Collections

Organization of American States - OAS http://www.oas.org/DIL/treaties_and_agreements.htm

European Council http://ue.eu.int/en/summ.htm

International Law

Bibliography for Research on International Human Rights Law http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/bibliog/BIBLIO.htm

Part of the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library, extensive compilation of human rights instruments.

Legal Research on International Law Issues Using the Internet http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/~llou/forintlaw.html

Good source for legal research.

International Law

Derechos Human Rights Links: Law http://www.humanrightsblog.org/listings/

Contains legal materials from different countries and about different human rights issues.

Asil Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law: Human Rights http://www.asil.org/human-rights-humanitarian-law.cfm

Contains primary and secondary sources.

Human Rights Reports

US State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/hrp_reports_mainhp.html or http://www.state.gov/g/drl/hr/

Very good source of human rights information, in general very objective and accurate reports on human rights violations.

Amnesty International Publications http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/countries/

Press releases and reports organized by country, focus on violations of the right to life, physical integrity and a fair trial.

Human Rights Reports

Human Rights in Latin America http://www.derechos.org/nizkor/la/

Links to numerous reports on human rights in Latin America organized by country. Most of the reports are in Spanish.

UN High Commission for Refugees http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home

Information pertaining to refugee and asylum matters, including treaties, national legislation and case law, background papers, country reports and news.

Human Rights Reports

Writenet Country Papers http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/publisher/WRITENET.html

Reports by country with focus on forced migration.

International Organizations

World Health Organization http://www.who.int/en/

General website of the organization, contains health topics, information resources and country data.

International Red Cross http://www.icrc.ch/ Information and documents on humanitarian law.

International Criminal Court http://www.icc-cpi.int/

Information on the conference and the treaty of Rome.

International Organizations

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Pages/WelcomePage.aspx

General web site of the UNHCHR, contains resources about human rights issues, documents and treaties, links to related sites.

Organization of American States www.oas.org

Information on the Inter-American human rights covenants and resolutions, including the Inter-American Commission and Court on Human Rights.

International Organizations

Pan American Health Organization www.paho.org

Regional office for the Americas of the WHO. General information on health topics, data and other resources.

UNESCO http://www.unesco.org/ UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural organization,

information and full text of the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome.

NGO’S Global Lawyers and Physicians

http://www.glphr.org/ Works toward the global implementation of the health-

related provisions of the UDHR and the ICCPRI, ICESCR. Site contains a database of human rights resources

Francois- Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights - USA http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/fxbcenter/

Explores the link between health and human rights, site contains a comprehensive database of human rights resources.

NGO’S

Physicians for Human Rights http://www.phrusa.org/

Mobilizes health professionals and enlists support from the general public to protect and promote the human rights of all people.

Canadian Human Rights Foundation http://www.chrf.ca/

NGO dedicated to the defense and promotion of human rights through education, site contains education resources.

NGO’S

Consortium for Health and Human Rights http://www.healthandhumanrights.org/

Joint educational and advocacy project of health and human rights organizations.

International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims www.irct.org

Very comprehensive resource for issues related to torture, includes international instruments, links to other organizations.

Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org Extensive information about human rights conditions sorted by

country and region.

NGO’S

Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/ Comprehensive database on human rights issues,

country reports, campaigns and links to other sites.

Lawyers Committee for Human Rights http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/index.aspx

Legal issues and assistance, lawyer-to-lawyer network.

Doctors Without Borders - USA http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/

General information related to the organization activities, press releases, publications.

Regional Resources Human Rights in China

http://www.hrichina.org/public/index Contains links to human rights education materials and

advocacy resources with a focus in China.

African HR Resource Centre http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/africa/

Part of the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library, contains links to African based NGO’s and Human Rights Tribunal.

Regional Resources

The Balkans Human Rights Web http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/bhr/english/index.html

Human rights issues in the Balkans, country information.

INCORE Regional Internet Guides http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/

Provides information about internet resources on conflict and ethnicity for selected countries in Africa, Middle East and Europe.

Regional Resources

Georgetown University: Political Database on the Americas http://pdba.georgetown.edu/

Information specific to Latin American countries, includes Constitutions, comparative legislation and government information.

Alliances for Africa http://www.alliancesforafrica.org/

NGO that focuses on the promotion of human rights, peace and development, acts as a collaborative body with links to various NGO’s in Africa.

Publications

Health and Human Rights : a reader, J. Mann et al. Editors. (1999) Routledge, USA.

Health and Human Rights: An International Quarterly Journal. FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health, USA.

Human Rights Education for the Twenty-First Century, G. Andreopoulos editor. (1997) University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Publications

Human Rights in the World Community, Issues and Action, R. Pierre editor. (1992) University of Pennsylvania.

Encyclopedia of Human Rights, L. Edward, editor. (1991)Taylor and Francis.

Publications

Human Rights Law Journal Quarterly. N.P. Engel, Gutenbergstr, Germany.

Human Rights Quarterly. John Hopkins University Press, Journals Division, USA.

Human Rights Tribune. Human Rights Internet, Canada.

Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights. Netherlands Institute of Human Rights, The Netherlands.

Publications

Guide to Human Rights Research, Tobin, Jack; Green Jennifer. (1994).Harvard Law School Human Rights Program, USA.

Access to Human Rights Documentation: Documentation, Databases and Bibliographies on Human Rights UNESCO. (1991), UNESCO, France.