Research Guides @ Fordham: Human Rights: Web Resources

Web Content

General sources

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Human Rights*
A Peer-Reviewed Academic Resource
A Short History of the Human Rights Movements*
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Human Rights*

International

Charter of the United Nations*
Witness (Video)
" . . . uses video to open the eyes of the world to human rights violations: . . .
"empowers human rights defenders to use video to fight injustice, and to transform personal stories of abuse into powerful tools that can pressure those in power or with power to act."

Nongovernmental Organizations

Search Engine

HuriSearch
Search engine that examines over 5,000 human rights web sites.

Collective Rights

Sexual Equality

Business

Business and Human Rights Links
From the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
According to the site, it "is the only non-profit organization drawing attention to the human rights impacts (positive & negative) of over 5100 companies, operating in over 180 countries." You will be greatly helped by beginning with Getting Started and How to Use The Site.

Punitive Justice

Restorative Justice

Restorative Justice Online*

Economic and Social

Reference Acknowledgement

* From DeLaet, D.L. (2006). The global struggle for human rights. Belmont, CA: Thomson. Used in the "Web Resources" and "International" pages in this guide.

Book available for check-out at the Fordham Westchester Library, JC571.D325 2006.

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