Human Rights

Africa Faith and Justice Network (Washington, D.C.)

"a Catholic network of individual and group members focused on Africa and the experience of its people. AFJN is committed in faith to collaborate in the task of transforming United States mentality and policy on Africa. It seeks to be an instrument of education and advocacy on behalf of justice for Africa. http://afjn.cua.edu/

Africa Reparations Movement

Information on the movement to obtain reparations for the enslavement and colonisation of African people in Africa and the African Diaspora. Also to secure the return of African artefacts taken from Africa. Includes paper by Chinweizu on "Reparations and a New Global Order", speech by British Prime Minister William Gladstone in 1871 on looted Ethiopian artefacts, a discussion list, ARM Talk, and a chronology of slavery. [KF] http://the.arc.co.uk/arm/home.html

African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies

A pan-African, independent international NGO established in 1989 to support the OAU African Charter on Human and People's Rights. Has full text documents, publishes the African Human Rights Newsletter, civic education posters, reports, etc. Based in The Gambia. http://www.acdhrs.org/

African Commission on Human & Peoples' Rights (Banjul, The Gambia)

In English and French. Established by the former Organization of African Unity. "is charged with ensuring the promotion and protection of Human and Peoples' Rights throughout the African Continent." Has a directory of NGOs with observer status, the full text of Basic Instruments, the Mauritius Plan of Action 1996-2001 etc. Email: achpr@achpr.gm   http://www.achpr.org

African Human Security Initiative

One-year project for seven established African Non-Governmental Organisations "to embark upon a process of benchmarking the performance of key African governments in respect of human security issues, measured against the commitments taken at the level at OAU/AU heads of state meetings." The eight countries being evaluated are Algeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda. Full text Project and Background Papers. Full text Monographs and Research Reports. http://www.africanreview.org/

African Immigrant and Refugee Resource Center

"aims to successfully resettle and integrate African and non-African refugees, immigrants, asylum seekers and low-income people" ... "by providing comprehensive services like cultural orientation, counseling, crisis intervention, English language skills, citizenship, translation, immigration, and legal aid and referral services." Based in San Francisco, Calif. http://www.ncccsf.org/airrc/

African-Rapport, Human Rights for African LGBT People

"an organization advocating for the civil, human and sexual rights of the african LGBT community." News, petitions, events, reports. http://www.freewebs.com/african-rapport

African Rights (London)

"Any solution to Africa's problems...must be sought primarily among Africans. International organizations should see their principal role as facilitating and supporting attempts by Africans to address their own problems." Works in Rwanda, Somalia, etc. The Director is Rakiya Omaar. http://www.africanrights.org/

American Anti-Slavery Group

The Group lobbies against slavery in the Sudan and publishes a quarterly, The Anti-Slavery Report. Photographs, articles from the U.S. press, news, press releases. Based in Somerville, Massachusetts.  http://www.anti-slavery.com/

American Association for the Advancement of  Science.  Directory of Human Rights Resources on the Internet

http://shr.aaas.org/dhr.htm

American Refugee Committee

Has field offices in Guinea, Liberia, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan. Includes a May 2001 report on Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, annual report, photographs taken by Rwandan refugee children. http://www.archq.org/

Amnesty International

Select a country to see all Annual Report entries and other reports by country. http://www.amnesty.org/

Amnesty International - USA also has a web site; use the Search to retrieve press releases on Kenya. http://www.amnesty-USA.org/index.html

AsylumLaw.org

Helps individuals win asylum. Has the legal requirements for asylum in countries around the world and full text documents to aid in seeking asylum

Association of Concerned Africa Scholars

ACAS is an organization of scholars concerned with the policies of the U.S. govt. towards Africa, developing action networks with African scholars, and mobilizing support in the U.S. on issues related to Africa. Their web site includes addresses for key Senate and House members and information on Ken Saro-Wiwa. http://www.prairienet.org/acas/

Catholic Institute for International Relations

Conducts development work in Namibia, Somalia/Somaliland, Zimbabwe and work in human rights, peace initiatives, the drug trade. Has brief items from its CIIR News. Lists some of their publications. Based in London. http://www.ciir.org/

Coalition to  Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
Has the full text of "The Use of Children as Soldiers in Africa," the full text of related treaties and resolutions, links to organizations working on the problem, questions and answers, a bibliography, conferences. Based in Châtelaine, Switzerland. http://www.child-soldiers.org

Coalition Against Slavery in Mauritania And Sudan, Inc. (CASMAS)

A New York based organization to "fight for the eradication of the chattel enslavement of black Africans."  Has articles, their newsletter, information on the film, "Mauritania and the African SlaveTrade: 1996. A Documentary", and links to related organizations. http://members.aol.com/casmasalc/

Committee to Protect Journalists

Based in New York city, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization which does not accept govt. funding. Has for Africa, extensive news, country reports, feature articles, and a searchable Press Freedom database of attacks on the press in Africa and elsewhere. http://www.cpj.org

Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (London)

"Applicants must satisfy the following: have been employed as a University Teacher or Researcher in their home country been offered facilities or a place in a university department..... be a refugee or have applied for asylum in the U.K." http://www.academic-refugees.org

Danish Centre for Human Rights (Copenhagen)

Has partnerships in Africa, a list of their publications, etc. http://www.humanrights.dk/

   World Socialist Web Site
Use the Search form to locate articles on Amadou Diallo. From the International Committee of the Fourth International. The "(ICFI) is the leadership of the world socialist movement, the Fourth International founded by Leon Trotsky in 1938." http://www.wsws.org/index.shtml

Digital Freedom Network

Publishes censored material. Has extensive coverage of violations of press freedom in Africa. Has letters from prison from Pius Njawé publisher of Le Messenger and the article which precipatated his incarceration. "DFN gets most of its funding from a private unrestricted grant by Howard Jonas, the founder and CEO of IDT Corporation." http://www.dfn.org/

Doctors Without Borders/Medecins sans frontieres/MSF

A private, non-profit, international organization which provides medical aid to populations in crisis worldwide. Carries information on the situation in Zaire, Rwanda.
International Office: http://www.msf.org
U.S. Office: http://www.dwb.org/index.htm

They have a mailing list. To receive their material, send e-mail to: DoctorsWB@aol.com
In the Subject area, put: English
If you want to receive material in English. [Put French in the Subject area to receive material in French.] In the message area put your e-mail address and name. Among African countries covered are Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Zaire. http://www.tiac.net/users/dwb

Enda Tiers monde - Enfants et Jeunes en Action / Children and Youth in Action

In French and English. Site for "working children, children that have broken away from their families [street children] as well as adult-run organisations that are helping these children to live better lives...." Based in Dakar, Senegal. [KF] http://www.enda.sn/eja/

Fahamu

Assists non-profits and NGOs by producing CD-ROM based learning materials, designing and managing websites, running training courses (including on-line courses), and providing support for internet-related work. Specially assists Southern African human rights organisations. Has a 17 page paper, in Adobe PDF, on strengthening human rights organizations, a directory of web sites the Fahamu Open Directory, co-publishes the Kabissa-Fahamu Newsletter. Has a 136 page report, in PDF, Community Based Organisations: the Emerging Force Within the Third Sector (2440) on the human rights capacity of Southern African organisations. Based in Oxford, U.K. [KF] http://www.fahamu.org/

Freedom  Forum

"A nonpartisan, international foundation dedicated to free press, free speech" based in Arlington, Virginia with an African Center in Johannesburg. Extensive reports on freedom of the press / speech violations in Africa. Has the full text report, in Adobe pdf format, of their Africa Media Forums and audio clips of interviews on current events in Africa. http://www.freedomforum.org/international/africa.asp

Global IDP

Very fine site. Profiles of internally displaced persons in over twenty countries (Angola, Burundi, DRC, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda). Extensive historical background, political situation, protection issues, international response, statistics, graphs, maps, sources used with links to online sources. From the Norwegian Refugee Council, Global IDP Project, based in Geneva, Switzerland. http://www.idpproject.org/

Global Initiative to Enfranchise People with Disabilities

Site produced by International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES), based in Washington, D.C. Includes Laws and Regulations - lists, by country, election laws, constitutions and related regulations and how these laws impact upon citizens with disabilities. Best Practices shows posters, t-shirts depicting people with disabilities (esp. for Ghana, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Zambia). [KF] http://www.electionaccess.org/LR/Africa_LR.htm

Global Issues That Affect Everyone

"looks into global issues....and aims to show how most issues are inter-related." Links to related articles, reports. The Conflict in Africa section compares the response to conflicts in Africa to the response on Kosovo, examines corporate interests in Nigeria and oil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia and Eritrea, AIDS in Africa. Other topics: Aid is a lever to impose Structural Adjustment policies on the Third World, Myths about Aid, use of children in the military, globalization, corporations, environmental issues, population, and other issues. Maintained by Anup Shah who is based in England. [KF] http://www.globalissues.org/

Human Rights Education Associates

The HREA publishes the Human Rights Education Resource Book which includes a directory of human rights groups in Africa, an overview of human rights courses and training for Africa, an annotated bibliography of human rights literature and a listing of funding agencies. http://www.hrea.org/

Human Rights Server

In German, English, French. Information on the Theophilus O.Emiowele Defence Campaign, concerning a Nigerian threatened with deportation from Germany, the deportation threat to Yenga Mangbau from Congo-Kinshasa, deportation threat to Pa Haruna Sanneh from the Gambia and others. Hosts a Togo human rights page. Based in Bremen, Germany. http://www.humanrights.de/

Human Rights Watch  (New York)

Major organization, covers African issues. Has full text reports on many African countries in its World Report 2002, World Report 2001, World Report 2000, World Report 1999 and the Clinton Administration Policy and Human Rights in Africa. Has a keyword searchable database. RSS Feed for Africa News Releases: http://hrw.org/cgi-bin/rss.cgi?t=africa_news_rss http://www.hrw.org

IFEX, International Freedom of Expression Exchange Clearing House

Issues Actions Alerts, tracks threats to freedom of the press, radio. Use the keyword search by country to retrieve current reports about African journalists and newspapers, and media related civil liberties issues. Has past alerts from 1995 to date. http://www.ifex.org/

Institut für Afrika-Kunde (Hamburg, Germany) - Child Soldiers

In German and English. A research institute concerned with current political, economic and social developments in sub-Saharan Africa. Has an online bibliographies on - political parties in Africa, in Adobe pdf; New Partnership for Africa's Development, in Adobe pdf; Kindersoldaten in Afrika (Child Soldiers in Africa), in Adobe pdf. Also an online series of short studies, Afrika im Blickpunkt (Africa in Focus). http://www.duei.de/iak/show.php

InterAction

InterAction is a coalition of over 160 US NGOs. In the Members section, search Member Profiles using keywords such as Africa to locate relevant NGOs. Search The Library for documents and press releases on current African issues. The March 11-96 issue of its Monday Developments has an article on "...can NGOs and business work together in Africa..." http://www.interaction.org/

Interights, International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights (London)

"Through our work we help judges, lawyers, practitioners, non- governmental organisations and victims with the practical application of international and comparative human rights law in national, regional and international courts and tribunals." Has a database of recent decisions of tribunals applying international human rights law. Copies of all decisions reported in this database are available from INTERIGHTS. http://www.interights.org

International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development (Montreal)

An independent non-partisan centre established by an Act of the Parliament of Canada in 1988. Held the Montreal Conference on Durable Peace and Democratic Development in the Democratic Republic of Congo, (Jan. 1999) and the International Non-Governmental Commission of Inquiry into the Massive Violations of Human Rrights Committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaïre) 1996-1997, (Aug. 1998). Has full text reports on Somalia, Tanzania, Congo-Kinshasa, the Great Lakes Region. http://www.ichrdd.ca/

International Commission of Jurists - Kenyan Section

Press statements regarding human rights issues, their Newsletter, the full text of some reports such as "Judicial Reform And Administration Of Justice In Kenya: The Way Forward" (72 p. in Adobe pdf), the full text of Bills such as "The Access To Information Bill 2000," "The Analysis Of The Privatization Bill, 2004" and a directory of important Kenya NGOs. Based in Nairobi, Kenya. [KF] http://www.icj-kenya.org/

International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty. The Responsibility to Protect

Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty. Co-chairs were Gareth Evans and Mohamed Sahnoun. Full text. (Pub. Ottawa, Canada: IDRC, 2001. 110 p. plus cd-rom) "The report's central theme is "The Responsibility to Protect", the idea that sovereign states have a responsibility to protect their own citizens from avoidable catastrophe, but that when they are unwilling or unable to do so, that responsibility must be borne by the broader community of states." Commission was established partly in response to the genocide in Rwanda. http://www.iciss-ciise.gc.ca/report-e.asp

International Committee of the Red Cross

Carries many reports on their African operations. http://www.icrc.org/

International Criminal Court

"the first ever permanent, treaty based, international criminal court established to promote the rule of law and ensure that the gravest international crimes [genocide, war crimes, etc.] do not go unpunished." Crimes committed after July 1, 2002 are liable for prosecution by the Court. Has a Newsletter. The first two cases concern the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Based in the Hague, Netherlands. http://www.icc-cpi.int/
 

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (Arusha, Tanzania)

Official site. Biographies of judges, press releases, full text judgments, annual reports, transcripts, photographs,  U.N.Radio broadcasts (need sound card, RealPlayer), etc. This United Nations tribunal  handed down "the first-ever verdict on the crime of genocide by an international court" and imposed the "first-ever sentence for genocide." http://www.ictr.org/

International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies

Address, phone, fax, staff list for each country office and situation reports for various African countries.
http://www.ifrc.org/
gopher gopher.ifrc.org/1

International Rescue Committee (New York, N.Y.)

An NGO which "helps people fleeing racial, religious and ethnic persecution, as well as those uprooted by war and violence." Describes their work in Eastern Africa, the Great Lakes region, West Africa. Has the summary and full reports (in PDF format) of "Mortality Study, Eastern Democratic Republic Of Congo" released June 2000, and "Mortality Study, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo" (February-April 2001). [KF] http://www.intrescom.org/

IRIN - Internally Displaced Persons

Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), part of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) provides articles on internal refugees in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Sudan, Uganda. http://www.irinnews.org/webspecials/idp/

KAIROS, Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives

"unites Canadian churches and religious organizations." Advocates for social change, human rights worldwide. Use the Search from to locate programs on the Sudan. Based in Toronto, Canada. http://www.kairoscanada.org/

For pre-1993 documents, see:Inter-Church Coalition on Africa, ICCAF (Toronto)

"...a coordinated response by Canadian Churches to promote social and economic justice in Sub-Saharan Africa.....Three over-arching themes permeate ICCAF's work: Human Rights, Economic Justice, and the Media Image of Africans." Has reports on Angola, Congo-Kinshasa, Kenya, Sudan, Economic Rights in Southern Africa, Women's Rights. Offers free e-mail reports. Based in Toronto, Canada. http://www.web.net/%7Eiccaf/ Superseded by KAIROS and Africafiles

Kenya Human Rights Commission

"a non-partisan, non-profit making, membership non-governmental organization based in Nairobi, Kenya." Describes their programmes, publications. E-mail: khrc@Africaonline.co.ke
http://www.hri.ca/partners/khrc/who.htm

Kubatana.net (Harare)

Has a huge directory of NGO, human rights, civic organizations in Zimbabwe (arranged by category or name). Features a Zimbabwe activist e-project (work through e-mail and the internet.) Email: nnap@kubatana.org.zw From the NGO Network Alliance Project which "aims to improve the accessibility of human rights and civic information in Zimbabwe." [KF] http://www.kubatana.net

Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (New York)

"operates the largest and most successful pro bono asylum representation program in the country. With the assistance of volunteer attorneys, the Lawyers Committee provides legal representation, without charge, to hundreds of indigent refugees each year." An example if the case of a Black Mauritania, Moussa Diallo. Its International Refugee Program covers African refugees. It supported the surrender to the Internatl Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda of a Rwandan pastor. Its Lawyer to Lawyer Network supports endangered human rights lawyers overseas. [KF] http://www.lchr.org/

Legal Resources Foundation of Zambia

Has the full text of  some issues of The LRF News. Articles cover prisoners' rights, homosexuality, banning of a church, defence of the accused in a coup attempt, etc. Offers legal advice for Zambians by e-mail.   http://www.lrf.org.zm/

Media Institute of Southern Africa

" (MISA) is a non-governmental organisation with members in 11 of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) countries. Officially launched in September 1992, MISA focuses primarily on the need to promote free, independent and pluralistic media,..."   http://www.misanet.org/

Minority Rights Group International (London)

Has a Horn of Africa Programme (Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda), publications, a newsletter, Outsider, with an article on the Batwa of Rwanda. Has a report on Pastoralists in the Horn of Africa. http://www.minorityrights.org

PADA Foundation

Dutch based non-profit African Advocacy organization."support to refugees and immigrants, mainly in areas related to their legal asylum and immigration cases both within and outside the Netherland." Especially concerned with the African diaspora from Ethiopia. Its works is based on volunteers. Located in Leiden, The Netherlands. http://www.pada.nl/

PARDS, Political Asylum Research & Documentation Service

Assists immigration attorneys and political asylum applicants. In Princeton, New Jersey. http://pards.org/

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR)

PHR "mobilizes the health professions and enlists support from the general public to protect and promote the human rights of all people." Has an AIDS campaign, a campaign to eliminate conflict diamonds esp. in Sierra Leone, a rull text report on War-related Sexual Violence in Sierra Leone. Based in Boston, Massachusetts. http://www.phrusa.org/index.html

Refugees International

This organization seeks to serve as an advocate for refugees, was founded in 1979. Conducts emergency missions, is privately funded. Information on Burundi, Rwanda, food shortages in Central Africa. Includes the 1995 issues of Rwandan Repatriation Report. http://www.refintl.org

Reporters sans Frontieres

RSF (based in Paris) supports freedom of the press world-wide. Very current source on press freedom violations, reports of actions against journalists in Africa. Sign protest letters sent by the organization regarding violations in African countries, among others.  http://www.rsf.fr/

Research and Teaching on Human Rights, Gender Issues and Democracy in Southern Africa

From the Human Rights and Documentation Centre at the University of Namibia, UNESCO, and Human Rights Internet. Publishes the Namibian Human Rights On-line Journal. Has country Profiles with basic facts, historical background, political system, human rights, gender issues, democracy, institutions & organizations directory. Site covers the 14 member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). [KF] http://www.hrdc.unam.na/

Scholar Rescue Fund

"provides support and safe haven to scholars around the world who are threatened as a result of their academic work." "Academics, scholars and intellectuals from any country and any discipline may apply for fellowships to support temporary visits to institutions in any safe country, in any part of the world." Part of the Institute of International Education, Washington, D.C. http://www.iie.org//Content/NavigationMenu/Programs7/SRF/SRF.htm

Scholars at Risk Network

Has "a network of universities, colleges, and research centers to serve as hosts for scholars identified by the program as needing sanctuary outside of their home region." Based at the Human Rights Program The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Hosts conferences, has a bibliography. Its Academic Freedom Map lists recent reports concerning threats to academic freedom.
 

South African Human Rights Commission (Johannesburg)

"...the national institution established to entrench constitutional democracy." Has the full text of their 1998 national action plan, outlines their complaints procedure ("The SAHRC will help you if any of your rights in the Bill Of Rights have been violated or abused.)," has a simplified version of the Bill of Rights, http://www.sahrc.org.za/

Special Court for Sierra Leone

"an independent treaty based institution, established by an Agreement between the United Nations and Sierra Leone." The Court tries crimes against humanity committed during the civil war. Court documents, U.N. documents, press releases, etc. Based in Freetown, Sierra Leone. http://www.sc-sl.org/

Sudan Organisation Against Torture, SOAT

NGO established in 1993. Rehabilitates Sudanese survivors of torture; provides legal assistance to survivors and individuals threatened with inhumane and degrading punishments. Annual human rights reports, press releases, issues of SOAT Newsletter, other full text reports (reformatories, prison, female genital mutilation, Darfur, etc.), gallery. Based in London and Khartoum, Sudan. [KF] http://www.soatsudan.org/

United Nations Development Programme. Human Development Report

An annual report which ranks countries by level of democratic governance, life expectancy, educational attainment, real income, gender empowerment, etc. http://hdr.undp.org/

United Nations. High Commissioner for Human Rights

Full text reports on Burundi, Congo-K, Rwanda, etc. Has a search engine.

http://www.unhchr.ch/

United Nations. High Commission for Refugees

Use the Search form to locate maps, news, statistics on refugees. See the Research / Evalutation section for the full text of laws affecting refugees such as Refugees Acts, Sexual Offences Acts, Citizenship Acts, Immigration Acts, Constitutions, Prisons Acts, Extradition Acts. Country reports from various government and NGOs, extensive country Evaluation reports. [KF] http://www.unhcr.ch/

United States. Department of State. Reports on Human Rights Practices

Reports for Africa countries from 1993 + http://www.state.gov/g/drl/hr/

United States. Department of State. Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000: Trafficking in Persons Report

Full text of the second annual report. Press Release June 5, 2002 by Secretary of State Colin Powell. Includes Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda. [KF] http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2002/

Univ. of Illinois at Urbana / Champaign, Center for African Studies - Human Rights Links

An annotated directory of Africa-related human rights sites. http://www.afrst.uiuc.edu/human.html

University of Michigan Law School. Refugee Caselaw Site

Has the full text (in Adobe PDF) of immigration asylum decisions worldwide (U.S., Australia, Germany, Canada, Austria). Select the country of origin (Angola, Ghana, Congo-Kinshasa, etc.) http://www.refugeecaselaw.org

University of Pretoria. Faculty of Law. Centre for Human Rights

Offers masters degrees, short courses. Publishes Human Rights Law in Africa; with an extensive online bibliography covering African countries and specific issues (Rwanda Tribunal, etc.). Has links to related sites. http://www.chr.up.ac.za/

Also - African Human Rights System (full text, includes regional treaties)

African Human Rights Documents (full text)

Occasional Papers (full text)

Has the full text or extracts of Constitutions for Algeria -- Angola -- Benin (French) -- Burkina Faso (French) --Cameroon --Cape Verde -- Central African Republic (French) -- Chad (French) -- Comoros (French) -- Congo (French) -- Côte d'Ivoire (French) -- Djibouti (French) -- Egypt -- Eritrea -- Ethiopia -- Gabon (French) -- Ghana -- Guinea (French) -- Kenya -- Liberia -- Libya -- Mali -- Mauritania -- Mauritius -- Morocco -- Mozambique -- Namibia -- Niger (French) -- Nigeria -- Rwanda -- Senegal -- Sierra Leone -- Tanzania -- Togo (French) -- Uganda -- Zimbabwe.

Publishes African Human Rights Law Journal and the African Human Rights Law Reports.

Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict

"a network of local, regional and international non-governmental organizations working to protect the security and rights of children in armed conflicts." Has Country Reports on Angola, Burundi, DR-Congo, Liberia, and Sudan. The 6-member steering committee includes CARE, and World Vision. Based in New York city. [KF] http://www.watchlist.org/

Witness (New York, NY)

"strengthens local activists by giving them video cameras and field training" to expose human rights abuses. A non-profit, NGO founded by Peter Gabriel, the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights and the Reebok Foundation. Order videos from the Witness archive of "first-hand testimonies, interviews and imagery about rights violations and conflict sites around the world" or from the Store. Offers tips / techniques about video and on creating videos. http://www.witness.org/

WomensNet - Women and Human Rights (Johannesburg)

Has full text documents such as the 1994 African Platform for Action, Dakar, information on South African organizations, submissions to South African parliamentary committees, a directory of South African women's networks http://womensnet.org.za/humanrights

Woodrow Wilson Center Africa Program

Promotes "dialogue between scholars and policymakers in Washington, DC and around the world. .....organizes public conferences and discussions in Washington, DC and offers fellowships and residencies to African and American scholars focusing on public policy in Africa wishing to study at the Wilson Center. The Africa Program has an Occasional Papers series. Papers include, Women, Muslim Laws and Human Rights in Nigeria. Based in Washington, D.C. http://www.wilsoncenter.org/africa

World Organisation Against Torture (Geneva)

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