SITIOS DE GOBIERNO
U.S.
Department of State. Human Rights
A central goal of U.S. foreign policy has been the promotion
of respect for human rights which helps secure the peace,
deter aggression, promote the rule of law, combat crime
and corruption, strengthen democracies, and prevent humanitarian
crises.
U.S.
Department of State, International Information Programs,
Democracy and Human Rights
United
States Helsinki Commission
An independent agency of the U.S.Government charged with
monitoring and encouraging compliance with the Helsinki
Final Act and commitments of the 55 countries participating
in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
(OSCE).
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)
is a federal government commission created by the International
Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-292) to monitor
religious freedom in other countries and advise the President,
the Secretary of State, and Congress on how best to promote
it.
OTROS SITIOS
American
Civil Liberties Union
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nonprofit
NGO dedicated to being "our nation's guardian of liberty,
working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to
defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties
guaranteed to all people in this country by the Constitution
and laws of the United States."
Amnesty
International
Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement
that works to promote internationally recognized human rights.
Editorial
de Amnistia Internacional
The
Carter Center
The Carter Center, in partnership with Emory
University, is guided by a fundamental commitment to
human rights and the alleviation of human suffering; it
seeks to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom
and democracy, and improve health.
Center
for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law, Washington College
of Law, American University
The center provides hands-on legal experiences for interested
students and is a resource to the international community
on human rights and humanitarian law issues.
Center
for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University
One of the oldest university-based human rights institutions,
committed to the education and training of emerging human
rights leaders, the Center has pioneered the promotion of
human rights research, education, and training at Columbia
University.
El
Comité para la Protección de los Periodistas
Es una organización apolítica, sin fines de
lucro fundada en 1981 para luchar contra abusos contra la
prensa y fomentar la libertad de expresión en todo
el mundo.
Derechos
Its purpose is to work for the promotion and respect of
human rights all over the world, for the right to privacy
and against impunity for human rights violators.
Freedom
House
Freedom House, a non-profit, nonpartisan organization, is
a voice for democracy and freedom around the world.
Human
Rights Watch/Defendiendo los Derechos Humanos
Realiza constantemente investigaciones sobre violaciones
a los derechos humanos en más de setenta países
de todo el mundo.
International
Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
A self-governing group of non-governmental, not-for-profit
organizations created to monitor compliance with the human
rights provisions of the Helsinki Final Act.
Movimiento
de los Pueblos para la Educación en Derechos Humanos
Es una organización de servicio internacional sin
fines de lucro que trabaja directa e indirectamente con
sus red-afiliados básicamente con organizaciones
relacionadas con mujeres y justicia social.
Organization
of American States, Inter-American Comission on Human Rights
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is
one of two bodies in the inter-American system for the promotion
and protection of human rights.
Organización de las
Naciones Unidas
Comisión
Interamericana de Derechos Humanos
La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH)
es una de las dos entidades del sistema interamericano de
protección y promoción de los derechos humanos
en las Américas.
University
of Minnesota Human Rights Library
The principal focus of the Human Rights Library is to help
train effective human rights professionals and volunteers
and assist human rights advocates, monitors, students, and
educators.
Urban
Morgan Institute for Human Rights
A leader in the promotion and protection of human rights,
particularly as it relates to the education of tomorrow's
leaders.
12/06/2002
