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Human Rights Tools

By immigrationprof

We would like to tell you about a new website for human rights
professionals called Human Rights Tools.

It offers four services:

1. A library of carefully selected and commented resources:
http://www.humanrightstools.org/index.htm

Youwill find:
– monitoring and fact-finding tools, advocacy tools and other
essential resources for human rights work
– thematic resources on the protection of detainees, human rights
defenders, refugees, and more
– the top online databases for resources on human rights law, refugee
law and humanitarian law

… and much more. We have even set up a section called “Your career”
where you will find job vacancies and training opportunities:
http://www.humanrightstools.org/dcd/8_Your_career/

2.Key resources for country analysis:
http://www.humanrightstools.org/countryanalysis.htm

Torapidly establish the human rights profile of a particular country
and to facilitate analysis and follow-up of developments, you can
draw on a number of resources listed here: the situation in terms of
human rights, political and conflict analysis, the economics, the
legal instruments which that country has ratified, and human
rights-relevant news.

3. Daily updated human rights headlines:
http://www.humanrightstools.org/rssnews.htm

Thispage will provide you with fresh human rights news from a
selection of top sources – all on one convenient page and updated
automatically every time you visit. We currently list headlines from
the following sources: Human Rights Watch, Amnesty, FIDH, Human
Rights Listings, Reliefweb, Inter Press Service. Be sure to bookmark
this page!

4. A newsletter:
If you are interested in receiving updates on new tools and
resources, then subscribe to our newsletter – we have several
exciting issues in the pipeline. Just click on the link below:
http://humanrightstools.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/n/news/swy1/cornell.edu/9455559/

Thewebsite and newsletter are produced by a small and independent
group of volunteers who aim to facilitate the use of information on
human rights available on the Internet.
http://www.humanrightstools.org/about.htm

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