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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)
Swiss-based network of human rights organisations. Reports on human
rights threats in Africa and elsewhere. Their Observatory
program issues urgent appeals regarding violations. Their
publications are free to "southern non-profit organisations."
Maintained by Margarita Lacabe and hosted by Derechos
Human Rights. http://www.omct.org/
See also Media
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African Human Rights
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