Basic course on international human rights protection

1
Part IV - Friday Nov. 23, 9-915Human Rights
Country Information Online

• Basic course on international human rights
  protection

Introduction to Human Rights Resources Online
(Part I-IV)
Part I Monday Nov 19, 9-1020 am (lecture)
Finding the best HR-sources on the web Part II
- Monday Nov. 19, 14-1415 Non-Discrimination
and the Protection of Vulnerable Groups Part III
- Tuesday Nov. 20, 14-1415The Rule of Law
By NCHR-librariansBetty Haugen and Kristine
Mesgrahl
2
Agenda part II-IV

• Part II Monday Non-Discrimination and the
  Protection of Vulnerable Groups
• Starting points for issues
• Non-discrimination
• Indigenous and minority rights
• Part III Tuesday The Rule of Law
• Rule of law/Fair trial
• Transitional justice / Peace-building
• Part IV Friday Human Rights Country
  Information Online
• National institutions
• Country information
• Statistics on the Web

3
IV.1 National institutions

• National Human Rights Institutions Forum
• http//www.nhri.net/
• Paris Principles
• http//www.nhri.net/default.asp?PID312DID0

4
National Human Rights Institutions Forum
http//www.nhri.net/
5
IV.2 Country information

• UN OHCHR countries
• http//www.ohchr.org/english/countries/
• Amnesty International
• http//www.amnesty.org/
• Human Rights Watch
• http//www.hrw.org/
• US State Dept.
• http//www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/http//www.in
  terights.org/
• U of M Country links
• http//www1.umn.edu/humanrts/research/
• General domestic law

6
IV.2.1 UN OHCHR countries
http//www.ohchr.org/english/countries/
7
IV.2.2 Amnesty International ex. Indonesia info.
http//www.amnesty.org/
8
IV.2.3 HRW ex Vietnam
http//www.hrw.org/
9
IV.2.6 General domestic law

• World Legal Information Institute
• http//www.worldlii.org/
• The Pritzker Legal Research Center
• http//www.law.northwestern.edu/library/research/f
  oreignandcomparative/countrylegal/

10
IV.3 Statistics on the web

• World Freedom Atlas
• http//www.freedom.indiemaps.com/
• Globalis in Norwegian only
• www.globalis.no
• Gapminder
• http//www.gapminder.org/world
• Hans Rosling talks at TED
• http//www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/140

11
IV.3.1 World Freedom Atlas
http//www.freedom.indiemaps.com/
12
IV.2.2 Gapminder
http//tools.google.com/gapminder