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American Civil Liberties Union

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) campaigns, litigates and informs the general public about the current state of civil and political rights in the United States. Its areas of concern include freedom of speech, religious liberty, safeguarding gay and homosexual rights, preventing racial and sexual discrimination, prison reform and issues relating to the death sentence and the abolition of capital punishment. Links are given to relevant cases, news stories, legal documents and blog posts.

Liberty

Website of Liberty, an independent non-governmental organisation which works to defend and extend individual rights and freedoms in England and Wales. Liberty's activities include campaigning, test case litigation, parliamentary work, and the provision of free advice and information. The site has information on key human rights issues including torture, terrorism, privacy, asylum, discrimination, free speech and human rights after Brexit. There is information on the campaigns Liberty is currently involved with along with full-text policy papers and briefings.

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

website for the Michigan Journal of Race and Law (ISSN:1095-2721) published bi-annually since 1996, and edited by students at the University of Michigan Law School. The journal serves as a forum for issues relating to race and law, particularly those issues marginalised in mainstream legal writing, and seeks the views of scholars, students, practitioners and social scientists. The site includes tables of contents and abstracts of articles from volume 1, no.1 (Winter 1996) onwards, and has an Issue No. browser to aid selection.

Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities

The home page for the Directorate General of Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities of the European Commission. Its mission is to promote a high level of employment and social protection, to raise the standard of living and quality of life, and to promote economic and social cohesion and solidarity among Member States. It also tackles discrimination. These pages provide information and news on the various areas of activity currently undertaken. The e-library contains details of publications, including those of the former DG, with links to many of them in full text.

Human Rights First

Human Rights First is an advocacy organization based in New York City and Washington, DC. Areas of concern include: international justice and the ICC, international humanitarian law, international refugee policy, campaigns against torture and support of refugees and asylum-seekers in the US. Its website provides information on the aims of the organisation and its activities. It includes news alerts, press releases and papers.

Donde esta la justica?: a call to action on behalf of Latino and Latina youth in the U.S. justice system

This is the 7th report (2003) by the Building Blocks for Youth alliance, which aims to protect minority youth, who are over-represented in the US justice system and receive harsher treatment than white people for the same offences. Recommendations are made to all those involved with Latino and Latina youth with the aim of resolving these problems. The document is available on the website of the Open Society Foundation.

Center for Effective Public Policy

The Center for Effective Public Policy (CEPP), an American non-profit organisation, works with local, state and tribal jurisdictions in the US to improve their criminal justice systems and enhance the well-being of communities. Its website provides information about CEPP projects. It includes a collection of guides, training curriculums, frameworks and other tools and resources focusing on subjects such as collaborative justice, evidence-based decision-making, parole and probation, women in the justice system, racial equity and community engagement.

Civil Rights Digital Library

The Civil Rights Digital Library is maintained by the University of Georgia. It aims to provide a portal to enable users free access via the web to key materials relating to the history of the United States African American civil rights movement in the 1950s-1960s. These include links to books, documents, news films, photographs, articles, bibliographies, cartoons and other ephemera available via US websites. The site may be browsed by theme, person and event.

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