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Center for Free Elections and Democracy Belgrade

The Center for Free Elections and Democracy Belgrade is a no-partisan organisation formed in 1997 by professors and student protestors at the University of Belgrade. It seeks to extend democratic government in Serbia/Montenegro (former Yugoslavia). The website provides information on the purpose and work of the center. It provides up to date political news from the region and access to the full-text of some of its publications. The latter include guides and assessments of the current state of democracy and the electoral system in the region, model laws and election monitoring reports.

Physicians for Human Rights

Website of Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) the international organisation which mobilises health professions and promotes the right to health for all. The site has background and organisational information about PHR and details of their campaigning work in the following areas: Darfur survival; health action AIDS; health and justice for youth; campaign against torture and the campaign to ban landmines. There is also information on their International Forensic Program which uses medical and scientific methods to investigate and expose violations of human rights.

Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Web pages of the academic institution based at Lund University, Sweden, and named after Raoul Wallenberg, the distinguished Swedish diplomat of the Second World War. The Institute was founded in 1984 and promotes research, training and academic education in the fields of human rights and humanitarian law. The site outlines the Institute's academic and research programmes and gives details of the Institute's work in Central and South East Asia, Latin America, North Africa and the Middle East concerned primarily with human rights and humanitarian law.

World Law: Togo

Links to legal materials and law related internet resources for the Republic of Togo presented on WorldLII's Countries service. Link collections provide access to sites dealing with Togo's Government and Legislation supported by a saved search to automatically query all of WorldLII for materials relating to Togo. WorldLII is run by the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology, Sydney.

Human Rights in China

Website of the human rights advocacy organisation, Human Rights in China (HRIC), an international non-governmental organisation. Founded by Chinese scholars and scientists in 1989 and based in New York, HRIC works to promote a better knowledge and advocacy of human rights within the People's Republic of China. The site has information on HRIC's work covering legal reform, technology and human rights and ethical globalisation including articles, resources and news briefings.

World Law: Thailand

Part of WorldLII's Countries service containing links to internet resources for the Kingdom of Thailand. A full range of browse and search features is provided by the site. Browse sections include links covering Thailand's Courts, Government, Legislation, Lawyers, Parliament and Treaties and International Agreements. Additional sections highlight subject areas such as Alternative Dispute Resolution, Foreign Investment, Insolvency and Bankruptcy, Land Law and Human Rights.

National Human Rights Commission, India

Website of the National Human Rights Commission, India. A body set up by Indian statute in 1993, the Commission has a legal mandate to protect and promote human rights in India. The site includes information on the composition of the Commission and a full-text copy of the Protection of Human Rights Act 1993.There are selected human rights case summaries and details of programmes of work being undertaken by the Commission covering issues such as the abolition of bonded labour, the right to food and the rights of the disabled.

Canadian Legal Information Institute

The Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) provides free access to a comprehensive range of Canadian primary and secondary legal materials, including federal and provincial laws as amended and as passed, case law, books, articles and reports. The service was created jointly by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada and LexUM, the computer law research team at the University of Montreal. The site is available in both English and French, the official languages of Canada.

Provincial Court of British Columbia

Official website for the Provincial Court of British Columbia. The Court is responsible for criminal law, family law, some civil small claims cases and all Provincial offences. Related legislation is included in full text. A database is provided for judgments from 1999 onwards in HTML format, with access through a free text search engine. Information is also given on the organisation and administration of the Court, including notes on the judiciary and the judicial officers with contact details, and the rules of court for all the divisions. A page of related web links is also provided.

British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal

The British Columbia (BC) Human Rights Tribunal is an independent quasi-judicial body established by the BC Human Rights Code. It deals with complaints referred to it by the British Columbia Human Rights Commission. The site gives details of the Tribunal's mandate and its relationship with the Commission. The full text of the Tribunal's preliminary, interim and final decisions is provided, from 1997 onwards. They can be browsed by year from the Decisions page; to search by party name or key word, use the Advanced Search facility on the Search page (which searches the whole site).

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