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Human Rights - Linksno place like home vancouverApril 21, 2008 - 12:48pm
http://www.noplacelikehomevancouver.org/ - The no place like home website documents a complaint to the UN by the PIVOT Legal Society, Carnegie Community Action Project, and the Impact of the Olympics on Community Coalition (IOCC) about the housing conditions of Vancouver's poorest residents. ( categories: Links | British Columbia | Homelessness | Housing | Human Rights )
Centre for Equality Rights in AccommodationJuly 30, 2007 - 12:47pm
www.equalityrights.org/cher - The goal of the Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation website is to provide housing workers and advocates across Canada with information and tools to enable them to overcome - using a human rights framework - the barriers that keep people from accessing and retaining adequate housing. ( categories: Links | Canada | Housing | Human Rights | Legal Research )
International Committee of the Red CrossJuly 10, 2006 - 8:23am
http://www.icrc.org/ - The Red Cross is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance. http://www.icrc.org/ - "une organisation indépendante et neutre qui s’efforce d’apporter protection et assistance aux victimes de la guerre et de la violence armée." ( categories: Links | International | Multilingual | Human Rights | Violence )
UN Economic & Social DevelopmentJuly 7, 2006 - 11:06am
http://www.un.org/esa/ - this is the UN's main site regarding Economic and Social Development. ( categories: Links | International | Economic Policy | Human Rights )
United Nations / Nations-UnisJuly 7, 2006 - 11:04am
http://www.un.org/ - this is the United Nations main website. http://www.un.org/ - ça c'est le site web principal des Nations-Unis. ( categories: Links | International | Multilingual | Human Rights )
High Commissioner for Human RightsJuly 7, 2006 - 10:57am
http://www.ohchr.org/english/ - this is the online office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. ( categories: Links | International | Human Rights )
Human Rights WatchJuly 7, 2006 - 10:55am
http://www.hrw.org/ - this site has news, information and stories about international human rights abuses. Human Rights Watch monitors human rights internationally. ( categories: Links | International | Multilingual | Human Rights )
Human Rights InternetJuly 7, 2006 - 10:51am
http://www.hri.ca/ - this is a very elaborate internet site for human rights work with many links to other organizations all over the world. ( categories: Links | International | Human Rights | Technology )
Global Youth ConnectJuly 7, 2006 - 10:49am
http://www.globalyouthconnect.org/ - this website works to create an international network supporting and encouraging the activism of the young persons on human rights issues compound in their own community and internationally. ( categories: Links | International | Children/Youth | Human Rights )
Canadian Human Rights ReporterJuly 7, 2006 - 10:44am
http://www.cdn-hr-reporter.ca/ - this website includes an online data base of reported and unreported Canadian human rights decisions and links to related human rights sites. ( categories: Links | Canada | Human Rights )
Canadian Human Rights Commission / La Commission canadienne des droits de la personneJuly 7, 2006 - 10:41am
http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/ - this wedsite has links to Canadian human rights cases and reports. http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/ - ce site web a des chaînons à les jurisprudences et les constats des droits de la personne canadienne. ( categories: Links | Canada | Bilingual | Human Rights )
Amnesty International (AI)July 7, 2006 - 10:33am
http://www.amnesty.org/ - Amnesty International is a worldwide organization monitoring and reporting on human rights abuses. ( categories: Links | International | Human Rights )
Centre for Equality Rights in AccommodationJuly 4, 2006 - 8:43am
http://www.equalityrights.org/cera/ - CERA is one of the nation's leaders in human rights protection in housing. ( categories: Links | Canada | Housing | Human Rights )
Coalition for the Human Rights of Immigrants - New York CityJune 29, 2002 - 11:00pm
http://www.itapnet.org/chri/index.asp - this coalition confronts anti-immigrant policies through grassroots education and action. They believe that all people, regardless of immigration status, deserve basic human, civil and labor rights. ( categories: Links | United States | Human Rights | Immigrants & Refugees )
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