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May 17, 2008 - 2:57pm

Human Rights - Online Resources

The Poverty and Human Rights Centre

January 2, 2008 - 8:31pm

The Poverty and Human Rights Centre is an online library with a searchable database of relevant international human rights treaties, Canadian law documents, court decisions, legal briefs, and articles. There is also a Factum Library that contains litigation documents from selected Canadian human rights cases.

( categories: Online Resources | British Columbia | Canada | International | Human Rights | Poverty Research )

New National Website on Discrimination in Housing

August 3, 2007 - 8:05am

Canadian Housing Equality Resources is a national website developed by the Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation (CERA) to provide community advocates with tools to help them effectively challenge discrimination in housing. The site includes key case law related to human rights in housing, links to relevant provincial and territorial human rights legislation, policy and research documents, and a comprehensive guide for advocates.

( categories: Online Resources | Housing | Human Rights | Legal Research )

Poverty and Human Rights Library

August 29, 2006 - 2:37pm

Poverty and Human Rights Online Library is a searchable database of materials related to social and economic rights. It includes texts of relevant international human rights treaties, Canadian and other laws, court decisions, legal briefs, and articles. Visit the

( categories: Online Resources | Canada | Human Rights )

WWW Virtual Library on Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs

July 10, 2006 - 11:59am

WWW Virtual Library on Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs is a searchable database in human rights and humanitarian issues and laws. This is an international humanitarian law and national implementation database as well as a search engine for multiple humanitarian sites. In addition, there are numerous links and references.

( categories: Online Resources | United States | Human Rights )

U.S. Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

July 7, 2006 - 11:08am

The U.S. Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices website has country reports on human rights practices as submitted annually by the U.S. Department of State. The reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political and workers' rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

( categories: Online Resources | United States | Human Rights )

Human Rights Research and Education Centre

July 7, 2006 - 10:54am

The Human Rights Research and Education Centre is housed at the University of Ottawa. The website has links to various Canadian human rights sites. A good place to start if you are doing research related to human rights laws.

( categories: Online Resources | Ontario | Education | Human Rights )

Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

July 7, 2006 - 10:47am

The Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law is a US based organization acting as a legal resource for the international human rights community.

( categories: Online Resources | United States | Human Rights | Legal Research )

WWW Virtual Library on Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs

April 19, 2006 - 11:00pm

The WWW Virtual Library on Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs is a searchable database in human rights and humanitarian issues and laws. This is an international humanitarian law and national implementation database as well as a search engine for multiple humanitarian sites. In addition, there are numerous links and references.

( categories: Online Resources | International | Human Rights )

Human Rights Library

November 3, 2005 - 12:00am

The Human Rights Library, housed by the University of Minnesota, has a lot of information on Human Rights issues both within the United States and Internationally.

( categories: Online Resources | United States | Multilingual | Human Rights )

Canadian Human Rights

October 16, 2004 - 11:00pm

The University of Ottawa (U of O) has a page of links to Canadian Human Rights Web Sites. Visit the U of O's Human Rights page.

( categories: Online Resources | Canada | Human Rights )
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