Human rights

Human Rights

General

Human rights: Australia and the United Nations
- from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Human rights explained
- an information resource on human rights

Human rights for students
- what are human rights and why are they important?

Human rights (ABC)
- designed for secondary students to explore the historical and contemporary developments of human rights in the 20th century.

Human rights education page
- from Amnesty International. Current human rights issues

Human rights today
- Amnesty International site with articles on: China and human rights -- Indigenous rights and the stolen generation -- State of the world's human rights

Human Rights web
- resource page on human rights

New Internationalist
- online journal that reports on the issues of world poverty and inequality

Organisations

Amnesty International
- worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights.

Amnest International Australia

Human rights Council of Australia
- promotes understanding of and respect for human rights for all persons without discrimination internationally and within Australia.

Human Rights Watch
- an independent, non-governmental organization whose aim is to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders to justice.

United Nations
- purpose is to bring all nations of the world together to work for peace and development, based on the principles of justice, human dignity and the well-being of all people.

United Nations Documentation: Research Guide
shows the distinction between charter-based and treaty-based human rights bodies and has links to the documentation associated with each.

Teacher Resources

Right here, right now
- teaching resource from Amnesty International

School action
- learn about human rights issues and action that can be taken in response