EUREL
The EUREL website compiles information about the social and legal status of religions in more than 30 European countries, plus Canada.
human rights
Guide to Refugee Law in Australia
Online guide to Australian refugee law, on the website of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
Lawyers for Human Rights
Website of Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), a non-governmental organisation working to promote and strengthen human rights in South Africa. The site provides background information on the LHR and details of its work, which focuses on areas including penal reform; the rights of refugees, migrants and stateless people; land and housing; environmental rights; and gender equality. HLR research reports and other publications are available on the site, together with campaign information and news items.
Redress: seeking reparation for torture sufferers
Website of REDRESS, a London-based human rights organisation helping torture survivors and working towards eliminating the use of torture. Provides background information about REDRESS and its work, including casework on behalf of individual survivors, legal and institutional reform, international standard setting, raising awareness and running training programmes in countries where torture is carried out.
Ínsan Haklarí Hukuku Uygulama ve Arastirma Merkezi
The Human Rights Law Research Centre was established at Istanbul Bilgi University in 2000 to develop and promote awareness of human rights law in Turkey and internationally. The website has information about its events, courses and projects. The Publications section provides the Centre's reports (in Turkish), together with details of books from Bilgi University's Human Rights Law Studies series and books related to the Centre's projects. The site is in Turkish and English, with some content in Turkish only.
Equality and Human Rights Commission
The Equality and Human Rights Commission is a UK body which replaced the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE), the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) and the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC). Its website provides advice relating to discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender, race, religion or sexual orientation and gives practical guidance on bringing a discrimination claim. There is a section dealing with rights in settings including employment, shops and services, health and social care, legal services, transport and education.
Inter-American system of human rights: a research guide
Online guide to the inter-American system of human rights written by Cecilia Cristina Naddeo who is a JSD (Doctor of the Science of the Law) candidate at Stanford Law School. The guide was published in 2010 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The guide describes the historical development of the Inter-American system of human rights focusing on the institutional features of the system.