Human Rights

AAAS Center for Scientific Responsibility and Justice (SRJ)

The AAAS Center for Scientific Responsibility and Justice (SRJ) at the American Association for the Advancement of Science focuses on collaboration between scientists and the judiciary to promote understanding and application of scientific principles in the legal system. Its website provides briefings and guidance for judges and details of current and past projects. There is also information about SRJ seminars and the National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists.

Equal Opportunity Commission of South Australia

Official website of the Equal Opportunity Commission of South Australia. The site provides guidance and case studies to equal opportunity and human rights laws in Australia and South Australia. There are sections aimed at individuals, employers and schools with background information on discrimination including full text laws for Australia and South Australia.The section for employers includes guidance and checklists to the responsibilities of businesses and service providers for managing equal opportunities and dealing with complaints.

Public Justice

Washington DC-based non-profit law firm, founded in 1982 and formerly known as Trial Lawyers for Public Justice. Public Justice brings cases to counter abuses of corporate power, the undermining of civil rights/civil liberties and threats to the environment. Its website has details of its work, including a list of cases, with legal briefs and opinions (judgments) attached. A podcast and a blog are available and there is a sign-up form for the Public Justice newsletter.

Institute for Human Rights, Åbo Akademi University

The Institute for Human Rights is part of the Department of Law at the Åbo Akademi University, Finland. Its main areas of research are the rights of minorities and indigenous peoples; economic and social rights; non-discrimination; fundamental standards of humanity; participation and democracy; and human rights in domestic legal systems. The Institute is the Finnish documentation centre for literature on human rights and a Council of Europe depository library for information concerning the European Convention on Human Rights. The website is in English.

Legislationline

Legislationline is a website provided by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), which is part of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). It consists primarily of a database of selected legal texts from countries within the OSCE region, as well as international legal materials. The purpose of this database is to provide examples of domestic legislation and international standards for the use of lawmakers in OSCE participating states.

World Organization Against Torture

The World Organization Against Torture is a non-profit human rights advocacy group that brings together NGOs focusing on prevention of torture, summary executions, enforced disappearances and related issues. The website provides policy documents, reports, statements, case studies, a blog, a podcast and other outputs. It also makes available the organization's Global Torture Index, which analyses each country's performance against international human rights standards. The site is in English, Spanish and French.

Information Society Project

Website of the Information Society Project (ISP), a research project managed by the Yale Law School. The ISP is concerned with the "implications of the Internet and new information technologies for law and society, guided by the values of democracy, human development, and social justice". Research programmes look at digital education, law and genomics and intellectual property reform and innovation. Papers prepared by research staff can be downloaded in full-text PDF.

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