Transcript HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION

Health and Human Rights
Education
Michael A. Grodin, MD
Boston University School of Public Health
Global Lawyers and Physicians
RESOURCES AND MATERIALS
Michael Grodin, MD
Rosario Isasi, JD
Suganthi Narayanasamy
Education
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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
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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
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Human Rights Education Associates
http://www.hrea.org/
Includes curriculum, lesson materials, reports and
articles on human rights education.
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Human Rights Internet
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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
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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
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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
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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
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http://www.glphr.org/resources/appendix/
Directories
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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United States National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
General health information, access to Medline.
Directories
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American University, Inter-American Human
Rights Database
http://www.wcl.american.edu/pub/humright/digest/InterAmerican/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
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University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
Collection
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/ainstls1.htm
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UNHCHR Collection
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/PublicationsResources/Pages/Referen
ceMaterial.aspx
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The UN Treaty Collection
http://untreaty.un.org/
Treaty Collections
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Organization of American States - OAS
http://www.oas.org/DIL/treaties_and_agreements.htm
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European Council
http://ue.eu.int/en/summ.htm
International Law
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Bibliography for Research on
International Human Rights Law
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/bibliog/BIBLIO.htm
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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
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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
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US State Department Country Reports on
Human Rights Practices
http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/hrp_reports_m
ainhp.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
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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
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Writenet Country Papers
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/publisher/WRITENET.html
Reports by country with focus on forced migration.
International Organizations
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World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/en/
General website of the organization, contains health topics,
information resources and country data.
International Red Cross
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http://www.icrc.ch/
Information and documents on humanitarian law.
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International Criminal Court
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http://www.icc-cpi.int/
Information on the conference and the treaty of Rome.
International Organizations
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
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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.
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Organization of American States
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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
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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
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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
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Physicians for Human Rights
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http://www.phrusa.org/
Mobilizes health professionals and enlists support from the
general public to protect and promote the human rights of all
people.
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Canadian Human Rights Foundation
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http://www.chrf.ca/
NGO dedicated to the defense and promotion of human rights
through education, site contains education resources.
NGO’S
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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
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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
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http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/index.aspx
Legal issues and assistance, lawyer-to-lawyer network.
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Doctors Without Borders - USA
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http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/
General information related to the organization activities, press
releases, publications.
Regional Resources
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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
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The Balkans Human Rights Web
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http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/bhr/english/index.html
Human rights issues in the Balkans, country information.
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INCORE Regional Internet Guides
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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
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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
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Health and Human Rights : a reader, J. Mann et
al. Editors. (1999) Routledge, USA.
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Health and Human Rights: An International
Quarterly Journal. FXB Center for Health and Human
Rights, Harvard School of Public Health, USA.
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Human Rights Education for the Twenty-First
Century, G. Andreopoulos editor. (1997) University of
Pennsylvania, USA.
Publications
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Human Rights in the World Community,
Issues and Action, R. Pierre editor. (1992) University of
Pennsylvania.
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Encyclopedia of Human Rights, L. Edward, editor.
(1991)Taylor and Francis.
Publications
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Human Rights Law Journal Quarterly. N.P. Engel,
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Human Rights Quarterly. John Hopkins University
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Human Rights Tribune.
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Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights.
Gutenbergstr, Germany.
Press, Journals Division, USA.
Canada.
Human Rights Internet,
Netherlands Institute of Human Rights, The Netherlands.
Publications
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Guide to Human Rights Research, Tobin, Jack;
Green Jennifer. (1994).Harvard Law School Human Rights
Program, USA.
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Access to Human Rights Documentation:
Documentation, Databases and Bibliographies
on Human Rights UNESCO. (1991), UNESCO, France.