Published by DRI Press, St. Paul, Minnesota. Full text of the report is online. "At the request of the Liberian Truth & Reconciliation Commission (TRC), The Advocates for Human Rights coordinated the work of the TRC in the diaspora, including the U.S. , U.K., and the Buduburam Refugee Settlement in Ghana. A House with Two Rooms, the final report of the Liberia TRC Diaspora Project documents the experience of human rights abuses and humanitarian law violations that forced Liberians to leave the country." The AHR is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/Final_Report.html
"a community of advocates for responsible U.S. relations with Africa. AFJN stresses issues of peacebuilding, human rights and social justice that tie directly into Catholic social teaching. AFJN works closely with Catholic missionary congregations...". Online newsletter, Around Africa - recent articles on land grab, AFRICOM, Somalia. http://www.afjn.org/
Reprints articles (on AIDS, ecology, gender, NEPAD, youth, human
rights, etc.) from the web such as Inter Press Service
and AllAfrica.com stories plus original in-depth
articles by its editors and others. . "a network of people
committed to Africa through its promotion of human rights, economic justice,
African perspectives and alternative analyses." The volunteer network
included members of the former "Toronto Committee for the Liberation
of Southern Africa (TCLSAC) which,... published the Southern Africa
Report (SAR)." Based in Toronto, Canada. [KF] http://www.africafiles.org/
Africa Fund (New York)
Closed to join Africa Action.
"Founded in 1966 by the American Committee on Africa, the Africa Fund
works for a positive U.S. policy towards Africa and supports human rights,
democracy and development." Has press releases. http://africafund.prairienet.org/
Has articles on Reparations, Human Rights, Apartheid and Reparations,
and an Address on Reparations by Attorney Ed Fagan. http://www.ccsu.edu/afstudy/upd9-4.htm
A pan-African, independent international NGO established in 1989 to support
the OAU African Charter on Human and People's Rights. Has full
text documents, publishes the African Human Rights Newsletter,
civic education posters, reports, etc. Based in The Gambia. http://www.acdhrs.org/
In English and French. Established by the former Organization of African
Unity. "is charged with ensuring the promotion and protection of Human
and Peoples' Rights throughout the African Continent." Has a directory
of NGOs with observer status, directory of African national human rights institutions, final communiques of the Commission, mission reports, sections on women, prisons, refugees, death penalty, the full text of legal documents, the Mauritius
Plan of Action 1996-2001 etc. http://www.achpr.org/
"regional network of democracy, human rights, and governance organizations." "launched in Abuja, Nigeria, in October 2000." Directory of member NGOs, free e-newsletter. Web site based at Kabissa, in Washington, D.C. [KF] http://www.africandemocracyforum.org/
A joint project of the Makerere Human Rights and Peace Center and the
Univ. of Minnesota Human Rights Center.
Includes the full text of the OAU African Charter on Human and Peoples'
Rights (OAU, 1981) and of the U.N. Convention Governing the Specific
Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, a bibliography of books and journal
articles, numerous cases of human rights violations brought before the Human
Rights Committee, the full text of a report on African human rights NGOs
reflecting the situation between November 1993 and March 1994, documents on
children, refugees, inter-African relations, academic freedom, intellectual
freedom. http://www.umn.edu/humanrts/africa/index.html
One-year project for seven established African Non-Governmental Organisations "to embark upon a process of benchmarking the performance of key African governments in respect of human security issues, measured against the commitments taken at the level at OAU/AU heads of state meetings." The eight countries being evaluated are Algeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda. Full text Project and Background Papers. Country Reviews. Based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. http://www.africanreview.org/
"aims to successfully resettle and integrate African and non-African
refugees, immigrants, asylum seekers and low-income people" ... "by
providing comprehensive services like cultural orientation, counseling,
crisis intervention, English language skills, citizenship, translation,
immigration, and legal aid and referral services." Based in San Francisco,
Calif. http://www.airrc.org/
"an organization advocating
for the civil, human and sexual rights of the african LGBT community." News,
petitions, events, reports. http://www.freewebs.com/african-rapport
African Studies Quarterly (University of Florida,
Gainesville)
Works to oppose "slavery and the buying and selling of people as
objects; trafficking of women and the predicament of migrant workers who
are trapped into servitude; debt bondage .....; forced labour; forced prostitution;
abusive forms of child labour; and early or forced marriage..." Reports
on trafficking of children in West Africa. Their 1998 Antislavery Award
went to Prof. Cheikh Saad Bouh Kamara from Mauritania. Publishes
a quarterly, Anti-Slavery Reporter. [KF] http://www.antislavery.org/
About forced labour in the production of chocolate in West Africa, including
Côte d'Ivoire. [KF] http://www.antislavery.org/english/campaigns/take_action/take_action_on_cocoa.aspx
"an international human rights organization which promotes freedom
of expression and fights censorship all over the world. We take our name
from Article 19 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights."
The Centre does extensive work on African media freedom issues. Lists their
publications. [KF] http://www.article19.org/
Helps individuals win asylum. Has the legal requirements for asylum in
countries around the world and full text documents to aid in seeking asylum.
Examples -
Democratic
Republic of Congo Assessment. Version 4 September 1999" prepared
by the U. K. Immigration & Nationality Directorate, Home Office, Country
Information and Policy Unit. 35 pages. Includes a history
since independence, a detailed account of the human rights situation,
a list of prominent people, a chronology
(1885 to August 1999), a "glossary" of important organizations
and terms, address directory of asylum related, organizations, reasons for
granting asylum, etc. [KF] http://www.asylumlaw.org/
ACAS is an organization of scholars concerned with the policies of the
U.S. govt. towards Africa, developing action networks with African scholars,
and mobilizing support in the U.S. on issues related to Africa. Their web
site includes addresses for key Senate and House members and information
on Ken Saro-Wiwa. http://concernedafricascholars.org/
Concerns the human rights treaty system which encompasses six major treaties,
which countries adhere to the treaties, their compliance. Has a section
"How To Complain About Human Rights Treaty Violations." Bayefsky.com
was created through the financial support of the Ford Foundation and the
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. http://www.bayefsky.com/
The six treaties are:
the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination
the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR)
the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
the Convention Against Torture
the Convention on the Rights of the Child
E-magazine on Lesbian and Gay issues in Africa. News on human rights issues
in each country. Arts and culture section (poetry, photography, stories,
sports, travel, etc.), women's section, picture gallery. Based in South
Africa. http://www.mask.org.za/
Peer-reviewed online journal. Original research articles on health
care in developing and transitional countries, and on health and
human rights.
Free articles include - Policy mapping for establishing a national
emergency health policy for Nigeria, Paediatric
referrals in rural Tanzania: the Kilombero District Study
– a case series, High-tech and low-tech orthopaedic surgery
in Sub-Saharan Africa, Evaluating Niger's experience
in strengthening supervision, improving availability of child survival
drugs..., Cross-sectional study of morbidity, morbidity-associated
factors and cost of treatment in Ngaoundere, Cameroon...,
A step too far? Making health equity interventions in Namibia
more sufficient, Health and economic impact of HIV/AIDS on South
African households: a cohort study, Survey of the knowledge, attitude
and practice of Nigerian surgery trainees to HIV-infected persons
and AIDS patients, Research that influences policy and practice –
characteristics of operational research to improve malaria control
in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.
Published by BioMed Central Ltd., London. (ISSN 1472-698X) is indexed/tracked/covered
by PubMed. http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcinthealthhumrights/
Child Rights Information Network, CRIN
Has databases
of child rights organizations working in each African country.
Find full
text reports, articles by country, keyword, and topic, such
as Child Protection
in Darfur (paper details pressing protection issues such as gender-based
violence against girls, and includes recommendations for action to the government
of Sudan and donor agencies and NGOs). News, Events, use the
Search to find information on
child soldiers and child victims of armed conflict; trafficking;
sexual exploitation and
abuse, including prostitution, paedophilia and incest; educational
access, especially
for girls; street children; HIV/AIDS.
Based in London, U.K. http://www.crin.org/
Child Soldiers
Coalition to Stop
the Use of Child Soldiers.
Has Reports on child soldiers. Find reports by region. the full text of related
treaties and resolutions, links to organizations working on the problem,
questions and answers, a bibliography, conferences. Based in Châtelaine,
Switzerland. http://www.child-soldiers.org/
War Child "War Child International is a network of independent organisations, working across the world to help children affected by war." Has reports on Child Soldiers. http://www.warchild.org/
Has links to sites on Africa
and on education, girls, landmines, child soldiers, food security, health,
refugees, etc. Established by the
Children's Legal Centre, an independent NGO, and the Human Rights Centre,
University of Essex to carry on the work of Graca
Machel, former UN expert on the impact of armed conflict on children. Site
has a Minority Rights Group report, "Armed
Conflict and Minority and Indigeneous Children in the Horn and Great Lakes
Region of Africa. Report of an International Workshop.
23-24 April 1998, Kampala, Uganda." [KF] http//www2.essex.ac.uk/c&acu/
Based in Bergen, Norway, independent social science research institute
working on issues of development and human rights in developing countries.
Has an extensive publications list. Based in Bergen, Norway. http://www.cmi.no/index.html
Coalition Against
Slavery in Mauritania And Sudan, Inc. (CASMAS)
Site has closed. A New York based organization to "fight for the eradication of the
chattel enslavement of black Africans." Has articles, their newsletter,
information on the film, "Mauritania and the African SlaveTrade: 1996.
A Documentary", and links to related organizations. http://members.aol.com/casmasalc/
A network of NGOs and independent national human rights institutions established 2003 to advocate for a fair, effective and independent African Court on Human and People's Rights (to be based in Arusha, Tanzania). Has an e-bulletin, full text papers. Offices in Johannesburg, South Africa and Lagos, Nigeria. [KF] http://www.africancourtcoalition.org/
Based in New York city, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization which does
not accept govt. funding. Has for Africa,
extensive news, country reports, feature articles, and a searchable
Press Freedom database of attacks on the press in Africa and elsewhere. See the Site Map. http://www.cpj.org/
"Applicants must satisfy the following: have been employed as a University
Teacher or Researcher in their home country been offered facilities or a
place in a university department..... be a refugee or have applied
for asylum in the U.K." http://www.academic-refugees.org/
Extensive directory of resources on African
countries. Hosts several human rights discussion lists, publishes Ko'aga
Roñe'eta, an online journal of human rights, a newsletter Without
Impunity." "...works with national and international human
rights organizations and activists all over the world, though our current
focus is Latin America." http://www.derechos.org/
Reports on the current situation in Kenya with many links to information
on human rights. Page by Margarita and Mike Lacabe. http://www.derechos.org/human-rights/afr/kenya-l.html
Diallo, Amadou
Amadou Diallo was a 22 year old immigrant from Guinea who was killed (while
unarmed and holding his wallet) Feb. 1999 when four plain clothes New York
city police officers fired 41 bullets at him while he was standing in the
doorway of his apartment building. On Jan. 7, 2004, the New York Times reported,
in an article by Alan Feuer that "New York Settles Lawsuit With Diallo
Family for $3 Million." 'The City of New York today settled the civil
suit involving the unfortunate death of Amadou Diallo, and has agreed to
pay his family $3 million,' Michael A. Cardozo, the city's corporation counsel,
said in a prepared statement." [KF]
World Socialist Web Site Use the Search form to locate articles on Amadou Diallo. From
the International Committee of the Fourth International. The "(ICFI)
is the leadership of the world socialist movement, the Fourth International
founded by Leon Trotsky in 1938." http://www.wsws.org/index.shtml
"locally based advocacy organisation,...founded in 1993.....seeks to educate, research, counsel and mediate on human rights issues, with particular reference to people who are marginalised and disempowered." Concerned with Indigenous Peoples/The Basarwa (San), death penalty, HIV / AIDS, domestic workers, legal aid, refugees, Gays, Lesbians, and Bisexuals of Botswana. Based in Gaborone, Botswana. http://www.ditshwanelo.org.bw/
A private, non-profit, international organization which provides medical
aid to populations in crisis worldwide. Carries information on the situation
in Zaire, Rwanda.
International Office: http://www.msf.org
U.S. Office: http://www.dwb.org/index.htm
They have a mailing list. To receive their material, send e-mail to: DoctorsWB@aol.com
In the Subject area, put: English
If you want to receive material in English. [Put French in the Subject area
to receive material in French.] In the message area put your e-mail address
and name. Among African countries covered are Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Zaire.
http://www.tiac.net/users/dwb
"Learn about the basic needs in a refugee camp: Shelter, food, water,
sanitation, and health care. Hear the personal stories of refugees and relief
workers. Find out how 39 million people are forced to live today."
Has a segment on landmines, extensive curriculum
guides on refugee issues and famine for teachers, printable posters.
From Doctors without Borders (winners of the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize.) http://www.refugeecamp.org/
East African Journal of
Human Rights and Democracy (Nairobi)
Published by the
East African Human Rights Institute, an independent Non Governmental Organization.
http://www.eahumanrights.org/
In English and Tigrigna. "a non-violent an[d] autonomous, non-for-profit, civic movement that strives for the promotion of human and democratic rights in Eritrea. EMDHR is voluntarily founded in December 2003 by a group of Eritrean students and exiles in the Republic of South Africa." Press releases, reports. Based in Pretoria, South Africa. http://www.emdhr.org/
Assists non-profits and NGOs - produces learning materials,
designs and manages websites, runs training courses (including on-line
courses), and provides support for internet-related work. Publishes the e-newsletter, Pambazuka News, with news, commentary, analysis on human rights and development in Africa. Full text books on-line. Community Based Organisations: the Emerging Force Within the Third Sector (2004, 136 p. in PDF) on the human rights capacity of Southern African organisations.Based in Oxford, U.K. [KF] http://www.fahamu.org/
In French, a few documents in English. "La FIDH regroupe 114 associations
nationales de défense des droits de l'Homme en France et à travers le monde."
Section on Africa, directory of African human rights organizations. Publishes La Lettre de
la FIDH / FIDH Newsletter. Based in Paris, France. [KF] http://www.fidh.org/
In English, Spanish, Arabic. Journal of the Refugee Studies Centre,
University of Oxford. Produced in collaboration with the Global IDP
Project of the Norwegian Refugee Council. Full text articles online include
- women in Rwanda, Horn of Africa conflict warning, the UNHCR
in Guinea, urban refugees in Tanzania. [KF] http://www.fmreview.org/
" an independent, non-profit organisation committed to the protection
and promotion of human rights and democracy in Uganda." Has their programs,
background on human rights in Uganda, publications, etc. http://www.fhri.or.ug/
"A nonpartisan, international foundation dedicated to free press,
free speech" based in Arlington, Virginia with an African Center in
Johannesburg. Full text - Press, Power & Politics, Africa Media Forum (in PDF);
Media at the Millennium: 1999 African Media Forum (12 p. in PDF). http://www.freedomforum.org/international/africa.asp
Issues affecting the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender community in Kenya and the Kenyan diaspora. Based in Nairobi, Kenya. http://www.freedominspeech.org/
Site produced by International
Foundation for Election Systems (IFES), based in Washington, D.C. Includes Laws
and Regulations -
lists, by country, election
laws, constitutions and related regulations and how these laws impact upon
citizens with disabilities. Best
Practices shows posters, t-shirts depicting
people with disabilities (esp. for Ghana, Namibia, Sierra
Leone, Zambia). [KF] http://www.electionaccess.org/LR/Africa_LR.htm
"looks into global issues....and aims to show how most issues are
inter-related." Links to related articles, reports. The Conflict
in Africa section compares the response to conflicts in Africa to the
response on Kosovo, examines corporate interests in Nigeria and oil,
the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia
and Eritrea, AIDS in Africa. Other topics: Aid is a lever
to impose Structural Adjustment policies on the Third World, Myths
about Aid, use of children in the military, globalization, corporations,
environmental issues, population, and other issues. Maintained by Anup Shah
who is based in England. [KF] http://www.globalissues.org/
Non-profit which works with human rights organizations and activists in Africa. Formerly the International Human Rights Law Group. Press releases on their programs, has an email list. Its Director is Salih Booker. Based in Washington, D.C. with offices in Africa. [KF] http://www.globalrights.org
Has the full text of Ending Congo's Nightmare: What the U.S. Can Do to Promote Peace in Central Africa. 2003. 40 p. in PDF.
Full text issues of Voices, the Global Rights Magazine. No. 4, Summer 2005 covers Burundi's land crisis (also in French). No. 3, Fall 2004 covers Sudan and Nigeria
Publications in French on the independence of the judiciary in the Congo
and Justice & Elections in the Congo.
E-magazine. Full text articles online. Articles such as "Patterns of Corruption in Institutions of Higher Learning in Zimbabwe", "Same-sex Marriage is African" in Vol. 5, No. 4. http://sephisemagazine.org/current/current.htm
Non-profit "devoted to inspiring, supporting, and connecting youth who are working to protect
human rights around the world." Has a program in Rwanda. Hafsat Abiola was one of the founders of GYC. Based in Woodstock, New York. http://www.globalyouthconnect.org/
HRIGHTS
Discussion list on human rights, includes "civic, political, economic
and social rights as defined by international law.". To subscribe or
unsubscribe to the list, send a message to:
hrights-request@lists.best.com
In the message area put: subsingle (if you want to receive
the list by individual messages)
or subscribe (if you want to receive the digest). The list
owners (who also have a human
rights web site) are: Margarita Lacabe marga@derechos.org and Mike Katz-Lacabe
mike@derechos.org
Includes Bill of Rights Comparative
Law Materials with constitutional law cases from around the world including
Namibia, Zimbabwe in matters of land and property, citizenship, cultural
communities, emergency powers, security of the person, freedom of movement,
etc. Maintained by the Diamond Law Library, Columbia University Law School.
Has Namibia
and Zimbabwe
pags. http://www.hrcr.org/index.html
"operates the largest and most successful pro bono asylum representation
program in the country. With the assistance of volunteer attorneys,
the Lawyers Committee provides legal representation, without charge, to
hundreds of indigent refugees each year." Works on Darfur, child soldiers. Free e-newsletter, Rights Wire. Its Lawyer to Lawyer Network supports endangered human rights
lawyers overseas. Based in New York City. [KF] http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/
In German, English, French. Information on the Theophilus O.Emiowele Defence
Campaign, concerning a Nigerian threatened with deportation from Germany,
the deportation threat to Yenga Mangbau from Congo-Kinshasa, deportation
threat to Pa Haruna Sanneh from the Gambia and others. Hosts a Togo
human rights page. Based in Bremen, Germany. http://www.humanrights.de/
"...specialist provider of human rights and public interest law
services in Nigeria. An independent, non-profit service, HURILAWS advances
human rights in Nigeria " Works thru legislative advocacy and legal
assistance. Includes the Huri-laws Newsletter, news and legal actions
regarding Nigerian journalists and human rights victims. Covers some general
African human rights events. http://www.hurilaws.org/
In English, French, Portuguese, Kiswahili, Arabic. Issues the Ibrahim Index of African Governance, a ranking of sub-Saharan African nations according to governance quality. The first Index appeared Sept. 2000. Awards the Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership to a former African head of state "who has demonstrated excellence in African leadership." Mo Ibrahim is the Sudanese founder of Celtel International, a mobile telephone company. [KF] http://www.moibrahimfoundation.org/
"aims to provide an integrated interdisciplinary repository of news information, interviews, commentaries, and site-visit reports documenting the activities of the International Criminal Court and other major international legal tribunals." Based at Oxford University. Project managers are two Rhodes Scholars. http://iccobservers.wordpress.com/
Issues Actions Alerts, tracks threats to freedom of the press,
radio. Use the keyword search by country to retrieve
current reports about African journalists and newspapers, and media related
civil liberties issues. Has past alerts from 1995 to date. http://www.ifex.org/
In German and English. A research institute concerned with current political,
economic and social developments in sub-Saharan Africa. GIGA Working Paper series are free on-line. Has a on-line bibliography, Kindersoldaten in Afrika (Child Soldiers in Africa), in PDF. http://www.giga-hamburg.de/index.php?file=iaa.html&folder=iaa
In English and French. "a non-profit, non-governmental pan-African
organisation...." "The Institute works to strengthen the African
Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights with whom it has observer status."
Has Internships.
Based in Banjul, The Gambia. http://www.AfricanInstitute.org/
InterAction is a coalition of over 160 US NGOs. In the Members
section, search Member Profiles using keywords such as Africa to locate
relevant NGOs. Search The Library for documents
and press releases on current African issues. The March 11-96 issue
of its Monday Developments has an article on "...can NGOs and
business work together in Africa..." http://www.interaction.org/
"Through our work we help judges, lawyers, practitioners, non- governmental
organisations and victims with the practical application of international
and comparative human rights law in national, regional and international
courts and tribunals." Has a database
of recent decisions of tribunals applying international human rights
law. Copies of all decisions reported in this database are available
from INTERIGHTS. http://www.interights.org
Very fine site. Profiles of internally
displaced persons in over twenty countries (Angola, Burundi,
DRC, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda).
Extensive historical background, political situation, protection issues,
international response, statistics, graphs, maps, sources used with links
to online sources. ). From the Norwegian Refugee Council,
based in Geneva, Switzerland. http://www.idpproject.org/
Held biennial conferences up to 2005. Its January 2001 conference was at the University
of Witswatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. http://141.13.240.13/~ba6ef3/iasfm.htm
An independent non-partisan centre established by an Act of the Parliament
of Canada in 1988.
Has full
text reports on Malawi (Human Right to Food in Malawi, 2006, 65 p. in PDF, Somalia, Tanzania, Congo-Kinshasa, the Great Lakes Region. http://www.dd-rd.ca/
Press statements regarding human rights issues, the African Human Rights and Access to Justice Newsletter,
the full text of some reports such as "Judicial
Reform And Administration Of Justice In Kenya: The Way Forward"
(72 p. in Adobe pdf), the full text of Bills such as "The
Access To Information Bill 2000," "The Analysis Of The Privatization
Bill, 2004" and a directory of Kenya NGOs. Based in Nairobi, Kenya. [KF] http://www.icj-kenya.org/
Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty.
Co-chairs were Gareth Evans and Mohamed Sahnoun. Full text. (Pub.
Ottawa, Canada: IDRC, 2001. 110 p. plus cd-rom) "The report's central
theme is "The Responsibility to Protect", the idea that sovereign
states have a responsibility to protect their own citizens from avoidable
catastrophe, but that when they are unwilling or unable to do so, that responsibility
must be borne by the broader community of states." Commission was established
partly in response to the genocide in Rwanda. http://www.iciss.ca/menu-en.asp
"the first ever permanent, treaty based, international criminal court
established to promote the rule of law and ensure that the gravest international crimes [genocide, war crimes, etc.] do not
go unpunished."
Crimes committed after July 1, 2002
are liable for prosecution by the Court.
Has a Newsletter.Decisions on cases. The
first two cases concern the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Central African Republic, and Darfur (Sudan).
Based in the Hague, Netherlands. http://www.icc-cpi.int/
See also Coalition for the International Criminal
Court "a network of over 2,000 non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) advocating for a fair, effective and independent
International Criminal Court (ICC)." http://www.iccnow.org/
Official site. Biographies of judges, press releases, full text
judgments, annual reports, transcripts, photographs, U.N.Radio
broadcasts (need sound card, RealPlayer), etc. This United Nations tribunal
handed down "the first-ever verdict on the crime of genocide by an
international court" and imposed the "first-ever sentence for
genocide." http://www.ictr.org/
Directory of African national societies (address, phone, fax, staff list), their work in each African country, latest news from Africa, photographs. http://www.ifrc.org/
Directory of journalist member
associations world-wide, reports (journalists killed each year, Africa HIV/AIDS Guide, IFJ Research Findings on Reporting HIV/AIDS in six countries in Africa and Asia, Live News Africa -- A Survival Guide for Journalists - 100 p. in PDF). http://www.ifj.org/
A "global network of journalists, editors and media executives, dedicated
to freedom of the press and improving the standards and practises of journalism."
Its annual World Press Freedom Review documents press freedom
violations. Full text reports such as Press Freedom and Globalisation: Scandinavia and East Africa Compared (Pub. 2005).
http://www.freemedia.at/
An NGO which "helps people fleeing racial, religious and ethnic persecution,
as well as those uprooted by war and violence." Describes their work
in Eastern Africa, the Great Lakes region, West Africa. Has the summary
and full reports of its Mortality Studies. [KF] http://www.theirc.org/
Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), part of the UN Office
for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) provides in-depth reports on humanitarian issues - Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Sudan, Uganda. http://www.irinnews.org/in-depth.aspx
E-journal which "promotes the exchange of new ideas, previously unpublished research, and the critical write-up of field experience by field workers and researchers in humanitarian assistance". B ased at the Feinstein International Center, Tufts University (Medford, Massachusetts). Formerly at University of Bradford, Bradford, U.K .Full text articles on Burundi, Rwanda, Congo, Somalia, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe,etc. http://www.jha.ac/
In English and French. "focuses on improving human rights reporting in [West African] countries that already have a
relative degree of freedom of expression." Full text report - Election Reporting in Sierra Leone (2007 Presidential and Parliamentary elections and 2008’s local council elections). Based in Toronto, Canada. [KF] http://www.jhr.ca/
"research institute and advocacy organisation founded in 1999 in London to campaign for human rights and social justice across Africa." The directors are Dr. Alex de Waal, Dr Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, and Yohannes Ajawin. Full text reports on the Sudan (Darfur), HIV / AIDS, and Security. Justice Africa Sudan section. Commentary by the late Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem. Based in London. http://www.justiceafrica.org/
Site for the African non-profit sector to promote networking, coalition-building
and information exchange. Has a directory of African
NGOs / civil society organizations by country and type or sector.
Provides African non-profits free web space, domain hosting, publications,
and workshops. Has an e-mail newsletter. http://www.kabissa.org/
"unites Canadian churches and religious
organizations." Advocates for social change, human rights
worldwide. Use the Search from to locate programs on the African countries. Based
in Toronto, Canada. http://www.kairoscanada.org/
"a non-partisan, non-profit making, membership non-governmental organization
based in Nairobi, Kenya." Describes their programmes, publications.
Has some full text reports such as Challenging Conditions: Strategies Toward Reform Of The Sugar Sector. Offers internships. http://www.khrc.or.ke/
Consultant on Africa, Human Rights, Economic Justice, Corporate Responsibility.
Mr. Knight worked for many years at the American Committee on Africa (ACOA).
The site has documents about the U.S. anti-apartheid campaign, the Western
Sahara, and the debt cancellation campaign for Africa. http://richardknight.homestead.com/
Has a huge directory
of NGO, human rights, civic organizations in Zimbabwe (arranged
by category or name). Features a Zimbabwe activist e-project (work through
e-mail and the internet.)
From the NGO Network Alliance Project which "aims to improve the accessibility
of human rights and civic information in Zimbabwe." [KF] http://www.kubatana.net/
Landmines
Adopt a Minefield. "The
Adopt-A-Minefield® Campaign engages individuals, community groups, and businesses
in the United Nations effort to remove landmines around the world."
Campaign completed December 31, 2009. http://www.landmines.org/
NGO begun in 1979. Offices throughout South Africa. Works on Child Rights, HIV/AIDS, Penal Reform, Strategic Litigation Unit, Southern Africa Legal Cluster Assistance Project, Refugee and Migrant Rights Project, Security of Farm Workers, Rural Justice. http://www.lhr.org.za/
To promote "critical legal and human rights awareness and rule of law in Kenya." Works with the UNDP, Amnesty International. Based in Nairobi, Kenya. http://www.lrf-kenya.org/
Full text of some issues of The
LRF News. Articles cover prisoners' rights, homosexuality,
banning of a church, defence of the accused in a coup attempt, etc. Offers
legal advice for Zambians by e-mail. http://www.lrf.org.zm/
Accounts of human rights abuses in Liberia (1990s to 2003) including during the Charles Taylor period. Operated by the Liberia Human Rights Project, based in Frederick, Maryland, USA. http://www.liberiahumanrightsproject.org/
In Portuguese and English. "collects and investigates complaints by Angolan citizens regarding acts of corruption and abuse of power." Maka Angola "denounces abuses of power and it’s a voice against socio-economic exclusion and the violation of human rights in Angola." Includes cartoons. Maintained by award-winning Angolan journalist, Rafael Maraques de Morais. [KF] http://makaangola.org/
On the imprisonment of Angolan journalist, Rafael Marques. "...journalist
and human rights activist Rafael Marques was convicted today by an Angolan
court of defamation of President José Eduardo dos Santos and sentenced to
six months in jail." - March 31, 2000 Open Society press release. June 1, 2005 press release. [This section is no longer on the web site - Contains
articles by Marques including the article causing him imprisonment, information
on media repression, facts about the Angolan civil war, a chronology of
the war, etc.] From the Open Society
Foundations, New York. http://www.soros.org/press-releases/angola-must-comply-united-nations-freedom-expression-ruling
" (MISA) is a non-governmental organisation with members in 11 of
the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) countries. Officially launched
in September 1992, MISA focuses primarily on the need to promote free, independent
and pluralistic media,..." http://www.misa.org/
Has a Horn of Africa Programme (Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda),
publications, a newsletter, Outsider, with an article on the Batwa
of Rwanda. http://www.minorityrights.org
"...a private, non-profit, non-partisan and para-legal human rights
monitoring and advocacy organization in Namibia." Founded December
1, 1989. Has press releases, full text of the Constitution, annual
report summaries, projects, publications list, etc. Has an e-mail list for
their press releases or read them on the Yahoo
Groups web site. [KF] http://www.nshr.org.na/
Established by the Nigerian Government 2003 to stop the trafficking in persons in Nigeria. Reports, newsletter. Based in Abuja, Nigeria. [KF] http://www.naptip.gov.ng/
Periodically offers fellowships for "Activists, human rights advocates, lawyers, journalists, and other civil society professionals from developing and aspiring democracies throughout the world with substantial experience working to promote democracy or human rights." http://www.ned.org/fellowships/reagan-fascell-democracy-fellows-program
Pan-African NGO which promotes freedom of expression.
Founded 1993. Their Alerts report on attacks on the African press. Operation
READom makes banned works by African writers available. Has reports on
the Kenya black theatre, vernacular languages in Kenya, ethnic cleansing
in Kenya, Ethiopian journalists, etc. Based in Nairobi, Kenya. http://www.freemediafoundation.org/
An NGO focusing on gender, health and human rights. It "combines
strong commitment to service
and advocacy with Human rights education in Nigeria and the sub-Saharan
region of Africa." Founded in 1999, based in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
[KF] http://ncghhr.tripod.com/humanrights/
In English and French. The "Declaration and Plan of Action,"
full text speeches and statements. On the site of the Mauritius, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs & International Trade. http://ncb.intnet.mu/mfa/oau.htm
Dutch based non-profit African Advocacy organization."support to
refugees and immigrants, mainly in areas related to their legal asylum
and immigration cases both within and outside the Netherland."
Especially concerned with the African diaspora from Ethiopia. Its works
is based on volunteers. Located in Leiden, The Netherlands. http://www.pada.nl/
The free weekly newsletter contains news and articles on human rights,
conflict, health, environment, education, social welfare, and development
in Africa. Issues are c. 30 pages. News is from online sources (AllAfrica,
irin, etc). Articles are by human rights lawyers, activists, academics and
social commentators. Past issues are on their website. Supported by Kabissa,
fahamu and SANGONeT. [KF] http://www.pambazuka.org
Articles from various sources on events, issues affecting LGBTI human rights. Pambazuka is the weekly e-newsletter on human rights, conflict, health, environment, education, social welfare, and development in Africa. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/lgbti/
"created in 1986 with the support of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and Canadian and African non-governmental organizations (NGOs)." Topics include blood diamonds, the African Peer Review Mechanism, NEPAD and development.
Links to African civil society organizations. Based in Ottawa, Canada. http://www.pacweb.org/
In English and French. Discusses juvenile justice, criminal justice system, health in prisons, Gacaca (Rwanda), death penalty, community service
alternatives. Has organized projects in more than 20 African
countries. Full text reports, on-line films, and issues of their PRI Newsletter.
[KF] http://www.penalreform.org/
Formerly the Catholic Institute for International Relations (CIIR) until the end of 2005. Conducts development work in Somalia/Somaliland, Zimbabwe and
work in human rights, peace initiatives. Full text of Further steps to democracy: The Somaliland parliamentary elections (September 2005, 32 p. in PDF). Publishes Interact magazine. Based in London. http://www.ciir.org/
Project Muse
Full text articles, for subscribers
only, to titles such as Human Rights Quarterly, Journal of Democracy,
World Politics. Search
thru all journals or selected ones only. A
important resource for subscribers. From Johns Hopkins University
Press. http://muse.jhu.edu/
This organization seeks to serve as an advocate for refugees, was founded
in 1979. Conducts emergency missions, is privately funded. Information on
Burundi, Rwanda, food shortages in Central Africa. Includes the 1995 issues
of Rwandan Repatriation Report.http://www.refintl.org
RSF (based in Paris) supports freedom of the press world-wide. Very
current source on press freedom violations, reports of actions
against journalists in Africa. Sign protest letters sent by the
organization regarding violations in African countries, among others. http://www.rsf.org/
An independent association based in Kenya and the United Kingdom, founded
in 2001 to support research, publishing and educational initiatives in the
African Rift Valley region: North-East Africa, the Horn, the Great
Lakes, East Africa and South Central Africa. "Fellows of the
Institute include academic specialists from Africa, Europe and the Americas
and local and international practitioners in the fields of aid,
development, environmental conservation and human rights."
Links to the Sudan Open Archive. Has a Sudan
Abductee Database which can be consulted in Kenya or London. [KF] http://www.riftvalley.net/
An interview covering Sané's background, influence of the French
1968 student uprising, work with the International Development Research
Center (Canada), African reseachers' dedication, his work as Secretary General
of Amnesty International, human rights in the U.S., the execution of Ken
Saro-Wiwa. Part of the Conversations with History series from the Univ.
of California, Berkeley, Institute of International Studies. [KF] http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/Sane/
Saro-Wiwa, Ken
Ken Saro-Wiwa, a Nigerian writer, human rights activist and leader of
the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, was arrested May 1994
by the Nigerian govt. On Nov. 10, 1995 Mr. Saro-Wiwa and eight co-activists
were hanged by the Sani Abacha military govt.. Nigeria was suspended from
membership in the Commonwealth and ambassadors from numerous countries
accredited to Nigeria were recalled. For information see:
Greenpeace - Ken Saro-Wiwa
. Press releases, news articles, reports. To access go to Google and put in the Google search box - "ken saro-wiwa" site:greenpeace.org
"provides support and safe haven to scholars around the world who are threatened
as a result of their academic work." "Academics, scholars and intellectuals from any country
and any discipline may apply for fellowships to support
temporary visits to institutions in any safe country, in any part of the world." Part
of the Institute of International Education, Washington, D.C. http://www.iie.org/en/Programs/Scholar-Rescue-Fund
"a network of universities, colleges, and research centers to serve as hosts for scholars identified by the program as needing sanctuary outside of their home region." Arranges "temporary positions as visiting professors, researchers, lecturers and fellows for scholars who [are] threatened and unable to work in their home country or region." Has the full text of "International Human Rights Norms and Democracy in Africa: Kenya and Uganda in the 1990s" by Hans Peter Schmitz (1999, 25 pages). Based at New York University, New York, N.Y. [KF] http://scholarsatrisk.nyu.edu/
Produced by Stanford University students. The Winter 2004 issue, in PDF, has an article on Gender Inequality and Child Abuse in South Africa, by Maya Adam. Fall 2003, in PDF, has an article on Liberian refugees in the Ivory Coast, by Nicolai Lidow; an article on violence against women in Cape Verde, by Teal Pfeifer, gender based violence during political conflicts, by Lisa Ehrlich. Based in Palo Alto, California. [KF] http://stanfordsixdegrees.wordpress.com/
November 2002 report, in English and French, on present day slavery on
World Bank projects. "This report tries to analise the unwanted synergy
between slavery and development in Mauritania, and it formulates recommendations
to change development policies in a way that development might start to
actively contribute to emancipation." Includes a bibliography and a link to SOS
Esclaves. Smit is a political scientist and human rights consultant.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~pietersm
"...the national institution established to entrench constitutional
democracy." Has the full text of their 1998 national action plan, outlines
their complaints procedure ("The SAHRC will help you if any of your
rights in the Bill Of Rights have been violated or abused.)," has a
simplified version of the Bill of Rights, http://www.sahrc.org.za/
Has the table of contents of the latest issue. "Published four times
a year by the Centre for Applied Legal Studies, University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg and Juta & Co, Cape Town." http://www.law.wits.ac.za/sajhr/sajhr.html
"maintained by the Sierra Leone office of No Peace Without Justice,
an international non-profit organisation working for accountability for
violations of international humanitarian law." Has, in zip format,
the indictments against Foday Saybana Sankoh, Johnny Paul Koroma, Sam Bockarie,
Issa Hassan Sesay, Alex Tamba Brima, and Sam Hinga Norman for war crimes,
crimes against humanity, and violations of international humanitarian law.
Has Special Court documents, reports of No Peace Without Justice in Sierra
Leone. Based in Freetown, Sierra Leone. http://www.specialcourt.org/
"an independent treaty based institution, established by an Agreement
between the United Nations and Sierra Leone." The Court tries crimes
against humanity committed during the civil war. Court documents, U.N.
documents, press releases, etc. Based in Freetown, Sierra Leone. http://www.sc-sl.org/
"official government information on human rights in Sudan."
Has the full text of an unofficial English translation of the Proposed
Constitution of Sudan. http://dcregistry.com/homepages/suahrc.html
Published by the African Centre for Justice and Peace, a non profit, NGO based in Africa, London and New York. Monitors human rights violations in Sudan. http://www.acjps.org/
NGO established in 1993. Rehabilitates Sudanese survivors of torture;
provides legal assistance to survivors and individuals threatened with inhumane
and degrading punishments. Annual human rights reports, press releases,
issues of SOAT Newsletter, other full text reports (reformatories,
prison, female genital mutilation, Darfur, etc.), gallery. Based in London
and Khartoum, Sudan. [KF] http://www.soatsudan.org/
"training and capacity building initiative on the ethics of research involving humans conducted in Africa countries." Links to country programs on ethics research and to the Harvard Global Research Ethics Map which provides country guidelines for doing research. Free on-line ethics courses. Based in Switzerland. http://elearning.trree.org/
Has the full-text of the 5-vol. Final Report, background documents, photos
of the 17 commissioners, press releases from Nov. 30, 1995 to date, wire
stories from the South African Press Assoc. (SAPA) from April 22, 1996 to
date. One can register to receive their updates by e-mail. Has submissions
from political parties, transcripts concerning Stephen Biko, Ahmed Timol,
Amy Biehl, the Mandela United Football Club, and others. Hosted by
the South Africa Dept. of Justice and Constitutional
Development. http://www.doj.gov.za/trc/index.html
An annual report which ranks countries by level of democratic governance,
life expectancy, educational attainment, real income, gender empowerment,
etc. http://hdr.undp.org/
Use the Search form to locate maps, news, statistics
on refugees. See the Research / Evalutation section for the full text of
laws affecting refugees such as Refugees Acts, Sexual Offences
Acts, Citizenship Acts, Immigration Acts, Constitutions, Prisons Acts, Extradition
Acts. Country reports from various government and NGOs,
extensive country Evaluation reports. [KF] http://www.unhcr.org/
Sierra Leone. Political, Military, and Human Rights Chronology:
1991-1997
Pub. 1998. 55 p. In
Adobe PDF. Part of the Question and Answer Series. The series provides
reports on human rights conditions for asylum and immigration officers.
They are prepared by the Resource Information Center, Immigration and Naturalization
Service, DOJ. http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis
Has the full text (in Adobe PDF) of immigration asylum decisions worldwide
(U.S., Australia, Germany, Canada, Austria). Use the Search. Select the country of origin
(Angola, Ghana, Congo-Kinshasa, etc.) http://www.refugeecaselaw.org
Offers masters degrees, short courses. Publishes Human Rights Law in Africa; with an extensive online bibliography covering African countries and specific issues (Rwanda Tribunal, etc.). Has links to related sites. http://www.chr.up.ac.za/
Requires an institutional subscription to use theVisual History Archive. "indexed testimonies of 65 survivors and rescuers of the 1994 Rwandan Tutsi Genocide." Testimonies were conducted by the USC Shoah Foundation, the Aegis Trust and the Kigali Genocide Memorial. Interviews were conducted between 2004 and 2011. Has English subtitles for the testimonies which were conducted in Kinyarwanda. Testimonies from Kizito Kalima, Freddy Mutanguha, and others. Part of the larger Holocaust survivors video archive. http://sfi.usc.edu/collections/rwandan
"a 501(c)(3) registered non-profit book series.....Using oral history as a foundation, the series depicts human rights crises around the world through the stories of the men and women who experience them." Published books on Zimbabwe and the Sudan. Based in San Francisco, California. http://www.voiceofwitness.com/
"a network of local, regional and international non-governmental organizations
working to protect the security and rights of children in armed conflicts." Has Country
Reports on Angola, Burundi, DR-Congo, Liberia, and Sudan.
The 6-member steering committee includes CARE, and World Vision. Based in New
York city. [KF] http://www.watchlist.org/
"a regional grouping of journalists associations and unions in the
West African sub-region. It has 16 member unions in the 16 ECOWAS countries."
http://www.ujaowaja.org/
Article in PLoS One. "This analysis tests the hypothesis that institutional care for [orphans] OAC aged 6–12 is associated with worse health and wellbeing than community residential care using conservative two-tail tests" Study done in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania. http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0008169
"strengthens local activists by giving them video cameras and
field training" to expose human rights abuses. A non-profit, NGO
founded by Peter Gabriel, the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights and the
Reebok Foundation. Order videos
from the Witness archive of "first-hand testimonies, interviews
and imagery about rights violations and conflict sites around the world"
or from the Store. Offers tips / techniques about video and on creating
videos. http://www.witness.org/
"Now with a countrywide membership of over 35,000 women and men, WOZA was formed in 2003 as a women’s civic movement." Campaigns, arrest reports, press releases, testimonies of police brutalities. Based in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. [KF] http://www.wozazimbabwe.org/
Full text documents such as the 1994 African Platform for Action,
Dakar, information on South African organizations, submissions to South
African parliamentary committees, a directory
of Women's Net partners. Based in Johannesburg, South Africa. [KF] http://womensnet.org.za/
Promotes "dialogue between scholars and policymakers in Washington,
DC and around the world. .....organizes public conferences and discussions
in Washington, DC and offers fellowships and residencies to African and American
scholars focusing on public policy in Africa wishing to study
at the Wilson Center. The Africa Program has an Occasional
Papers series. Papers include, Women, Muslim Laws and Human
Rights in Nigeria. Based in Washington, D.C. http://www.wilsoncenter.org/africa
Swiss-based network of human rights organisations. Reports on human rights
threats in Africa and elsewhere. Their Observatory program issues urgent
appeals regarding violations. Their publications are free to "southern
non-profit organisations." Maintained by Margarita Lacabe and hosted
by Derechos Human Rights. http://www.omct.org/
NGO created to "foster a culture of human rights in Zimbabwe." Reports on the destruction of urban settlements, torture, political violence, attacks on journalists. Accounts of cases brought regarding government rights violations. Tracks government legislation. Assists people affected by HIV/AIDS about their rights. Publishes Zimbabwe Human Rights Bulletin . Based in Harare, Zimbabwe. [KF] http://www.zlhr.org.zw/
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