Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights.

Encyclopedia of British History

This 2003 report discusses human rights concerns with children working as bonded labourers ("bound to their employers in exchange for a loan") in the silk industry in India. It provides background on the India's silk industry (including sari weaving) and the conditions under which children work in the industry, and recommendations for changes and improvements. From Human Rights Watch, an organization that investigates and challenges human rights violations.

From Himalayan villages to Eastern European cities, people – especially women and girls – are attracted by the prospect of a well-paid job as a domestic servant, waitress or factory worker. Traffickers recruit victims through fake advertisements, mail-order bride catalogues and casual acquaintances.

Outlines illegal discrimination and how to take a case to the Anti-Discrimination Board.

Links to journals on human rights, refugee law, Australian Treaties Series, Uniya focus series.

Is a network of Australian lawyers active in practicing and promoting awareness of international human rights standards in Australia.

This site provides news and information about human rights issues in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including the 1995 "massacres at Srebrenica -- when at least 7,800 Bosnian Muslims were killed." The site features annual reports back to 1995, a survivor interview, and describes how the 10th anniversary of the massacre will be marked in July 2005. Some material also in Spanish. From Amnesty International USA.

A report on Australians who experienced institutional or out of home care as children.

The Human Rights Index for the Arab Countries

This site, "sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme on Governance in the Arab Region (UNDP-POGAR), is a repository for the entire set of United Nations documents pertaining to human rights and the responses, including reservations, by the Arab member states to the committees that monitor the core international human rights treaties." View documents by source, topic, year, or treaty committee. Also includes publications on jurisprudence, torture, and related topics. In English and Arabic.

In learning about human rights, we learn about ideas of respect, fairness, justice and equality. We learn about standing up for our own rights and about our responsibility to respect the rights of others.

Human Rights Watch: Indonesia

Human rights news about Indonesia where "continuing areas of concern ... include impunity for past human rights violations, the slow pace of military reform, conditions in Papua, [and] imposition of the death penalty." Features an overview of human rights issues, documents on East Timor, an article about how Suharto's 2008 death may provide "an opportunity to commemorate the many victims of his oppressive regime," and related material. From Human Rights Watch.

Advocacy group for disabled people from non-English speaking backgrounds.

The New Tactics in Human Rights project, led by a diverse group of international organizations and practitioners, promotes tactical innovation and strategic thinking within the international human rights community. Strategic and tactical thinking, long used by business and military strategists, is an effective means for the human rights movement to expand options and possibilities of what can be done.

Serving the information needs of the humanitarian relief community.

A series of articles by the Human Rights Watch.

Covers topics such as Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Social Justice, complaints information, disability rights, human rights, racial discrimination, sex discrimination.

The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission is a national independent statutory government body, established in 1986 by an Act of the federal Parliament, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act. The federal Attorney General is the Minister responsible in Parliament for the Commission

Guide to Refugee Law in Australia

The Guide to Refugee Law in Australia contains an analysis of the legal issues relevant to the determination of refugee status in Australia.

Information on how to appeal a decision of the Migration Review Tribunal, including time limits, forms and rules of evidence.

The International Rescue Committee is among the world's largest non-profit, non-sectarian, voluntary agency providing assistance to refugees, displaced persons and others fleeing persecution and violent conflict.

Provides information on a variety of issues relating to refugees and humanitarian entrants. It includes analysis and statistics on Australia's refugee resettlement and asylum programs.

Information on - what is a refugee, how to apply to the Refugee Review Tribunal, what is a hearing, obtaining copies of decisions, full text links to the RRT Handbook and RRT Interpreter's Handbook, links to international agencies working with refugee issues.

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide.

From Himalayan villages to Eastern European cities, people – especially women and girls – are attracted by the prospect of a well-paid job as a domestic servant, waitress or factory worker. Traffickers recruit victims through fake advertisements, mail-order bride catalogues and casual acquaintances.

Everyday millions of children are exploited, abused, or are victims of violence. Bought and sold like commodities, children are forced to be soldiers, prostitutes, sweatshop workers, and servants. Abuse, exploitation and violence, occurring usually in private, are often elements in organized crime and corruption.