Human Rights

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) provides expert advice to EU institutions on questions relating to fundamental rights. Its website includes reports, factsheets and studies; a database of ECJ judgments relating to fundamental rights; and opinions submitted to EU institutions by the FRA. It also makes available a ‘Charterpedia’, a compilation of international, EU and national constitutional law and EU case law relating to fundamental rights.

European Council on Refugees and Exiles

The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) is an alliance of European NGOs which help refugees. Its website describes the work of the ECRE, including training courses that it runs, and lists its member organisations. An overview of the situation for refugees in the EU is also provided. The Topics pages have ECRE policy papers, articles and news items regarding access to Europe, resettlement, protection in Europe and third countries, integration and returns. There is also a weekly news bulletin, available from the home page.

Aegis

Aegis campaigns against genocide and crimes against humanity. It is a registered charity in the UK and US and a registered NGO in Rwanda. The Aegis website describes its work and makes available its reports, briefings and other publications, in pdf format. It also has a News page.

Tahrir documents

Tahrir Documents provides a gateway to activist papers from the 2011 Egyptian uprising and its aftermath, deriving from protests and unrest in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. Scans of the original documents are published alongside complete English translations. There are copies of revolutionary newspapers, documents concerning the constitution, the military, politics and workers’ rights, as well as background information on the previous Egyptian regime. There are also other cultural documents, including poetry and fiction, and both Muslim and Christian religious information.

Socialist Lawyer

The journal of the London-based Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers, an association independent of any political party. The journal is available the Society’s website from issue 42 (November 2005) onwards. It covers legal developments in the UK and overseas, with a focus on civil liberties and social justice. Past issues of the journal are provided in full, in pdf format, while access to the current issue is limited to selected articles.

Irish Human Rights Commission

The Irish Human Rights Commission is Ireland’s National Human Rights Institution, established under the UN’s Paris Principles. Its website makes available relevant legislation, policy documents, cases in which the Commission has acted as amicus curiae and selected cases from the European Court of Human Rights. There is also information about consultations and enquiries carried out by the Commission, together with press releases, speeches, a news bulletin, guidance about human rights and information about human rights proceedings.

African Human Rights Case Law Analyser: collection of decisions from the African human rights system

Free web database of over 200 decisions of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACmHPR). There are also cases from other African human rights bodies including ECOWAS Community Court of Justice and the East African Court of Justice. Launched in November 2010, it is a joint project of the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) and Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems (HURIDOCS).

The Guantanamo Docket

This New York Times site provides access to documents and research relating to detainees held at Guantanamo Bay since 2002. There is a short profile of each detainee and full text documents from the Combatant Status Review Board and the Administrative Review Board. Other information includes details of the countries detainees have been transferred to and a chronology of arrivals, transfers and deaths. This is a joint project between the New York Times and the National Public Radio (NPR).

ECHR Blog

The ECHR blog is written by Antoine Buyse who is associate professor and senior researcher at the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM), Utrecht University. As well as posts providing news and updates on the European Convention on Human Rights the blog provides links to human rights journals, research and other human rights blogs.

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