Human Rights
Organisations
Web Links
- Liberty Victoria
- Artists for Peace, Justice & Civil Liberties
- Aust Lawyers for Human Rights site
- Centre for Human Rights
- European Court of Human Rights
- Human Rights Brief
- International Justice Mission
- Journalists for Human Rights
- JusticeConnect: working to provide effective means for people and organisations in need to access justice
- National Pro Bono Resource Centre
- Nonviolence International
- People’s Movement for Human Rights Education (PDHRE)
- Prevent Genocide International
- University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
- Sanctuary Refugee Foundation PO Box 6295, Coffs Harbour, NSW
- Mornington Peninsula Human Rights Group P O Box 64, Hastings, Victoria, 3915
- American Civil Liberties Union (US)
- Civil Rights Network (Australia)
- NSW Council for Civil Liberties (Australia)
- Privacy International (UK, US)
- Watching Them Watching Us (UK)
HREOC – Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Level 8, 133 Castlereagh Street, Sydney
GPO Box 5218, Sydney NSW 1042, Australia
Tel: (+61 2) 9284 9775
Fax: (+61 2) 9284 9849
Web: www.humanrights.gov.au
More Organisations
Australian NGOs
- Amnesty International Australia
- AUSTCARE
- Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS)
- Brotherhood of St Laurence
- Caritas Australia
- Community Aid Abroad – Oxfam Australia (CAA)
- National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM – University of Canberra)
- Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS)
- Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC – UNSW)
International NGOs
- AfricaNews
- Amnesty International
- Center of Concern (Washington USA)
- Jubilee 2000 (Australia)
- NETWORK (USA)
- NGO Forum – World Conference Against Racism
- World Conference Against Racism
Australian Governments
- ACT Government
- Australian Commonwealth Government
- Federal Parliament of Australia
- NSW Government
- Northern Territory Government
- Queensland Government
- South Australia Central
- Tasmania Online
- Victoria’s Government
- Government of Western Australia
Australian Government Departments
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
- Australian Institute of Criminology
- Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
- Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP)
- Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)
- Welfare Reform Review
Media
Multilateral Organisations
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- United Nations
- UN High Commission for Human Rights (UNHRC)
- UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)
- World Food Program
- World Health Organization (WHO)
Human Rights
- Amnesty Australia
- Amnesty International
- Amnesty International – Campaign Against Torture
- Center of Concern – Human Rights in Development (Washington USA)
- Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)
- Human Rights Council of Australia
- Human Rights Internet
- Human Rights Watch
- Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (USA)
- OneWorld
- UN High Commission for Human Rights (UNCHR)
Refugees and Asylum Seekers
- Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (Melbourne)
- Australians for Just Refugee Programs Inc
- Brisbane Actionweb for Refugee Collaboration
- Catholic Justice & Peace Commission (CJPC)
- Catholic Peace Fellowship
- Catholic Worker Movement
- Catholics in Coalition for Justice and Peace (CCJP) Sydney
- Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies (Fresno Pacific University)
- Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking (University of Minnesota)
- Center of Concern (Washington USA)
- Centre for Refugee Research (University of NSW)
- Children Out of Detention (ChilOut)
- Coalition Assisting Refugees After Detention (WA)
- Community Aid Abroad – Oxfam Australia (CAA)
- Earth Charter
- Human Rights Watch: Refugees
- Jesuit Refugee Service(JRS)
- Edmond Rice Centre: Debunking the Myths about Asylum Seekers
- Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (USA)
- Pax Christi International
- Queensland Program of Assistance to Survivors of Torture and Trauma
- Refugee Council of Australia
- Refugees Australia – National Directory
- Romero Centre (Brisbane)
- Rural Australians for Refugees (RAR)
- SpareRoomsforRefugees
- The Nonviolence Web (A Guide to the Contemporary Peace Movement)
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees
- US Committee for Refugees (USCR)
- World Refugee
Development
- Australian Council for Overseas Aid (ACFOA)
- Caritas Australia
- Centre for Philippine Concerns – Australia (CPCA)
- Center of Concern (Washington USA)
- FairWear
- Linkages (The Fourth World Conference on Women)
- OneWorld
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- UNICEF
Combatting Racism
Churches
- Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC)
- Australian Catholic Social Justice Council (ACSJC)
- Benedictine Sisters of Erie PA (USA)
- Caritas Australia
- Catholic Earthcare Australia
- Catholics in Coalition for Justice and Peace (CCJP) Sydney
- Catholic Justice & Peace Commission (CJPC)
- Center of Concern (Washington USA)
- Columban Mission
- Good Shepherd Social Justice Network
- Mercy Foundation
- NETWORK (USA)
- PALMS Australia
- RSCJ JusticeNet
- Sisters of Charity Justice Network
- The Vatican
Resources
- A summary of the UN human rights treaties
- Council of Europe Report on US rendition of people for torture in European countries
- Schools resource kit: finding out about human rights in Australia
- Amnesty International report on Guantanamo Bay, 13 May 2005
- A good collection of information and links at HumanRightsTools
Links of Interest
- Liberty Victoria (Australia)
- Artists for Peace, Justice & Civil Liberties
- American Civil Liberties Union (US)
- Civil Rights Network (Australia)
- NSW Council for Civil Liberties (Australia)
- Privacy International (UK, US)
- Watching Them Watching Us (UK)
Conventions & Treaties
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- ICCPR
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Refugees Convention
- Torture Convention
- Geneva Convention on treatment of prisoners of war
- UN website
- UNHCR website
- Amnesty International website
Country information
Best place is probably www.ecoi.net
Also, comprehensive country info from Uni. Minnesota (this library brings together country information compiled by human Rights Watch, UNHCR and US State Department)
Recent country information about Arab Iranians