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INTERNET SITES ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

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Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights UDHR 50th Anniversary Page

Universal Declaration of Human Rights 50th Anniversary Page
Sponsored by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, this page hosts a national coalition of non-governmental organizations, corporations, labor unions, religious groups, national and international agencies, academic institutions, professional associations and individuals -- all with a deep commitment to human rights and fundamental freedoms.

The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
A self-governing group of non-governmental, not-for-profit organizations that act to protect human rights throughout Europe, North America, and the Central Asian republics formed from the territories of the former Soviet Union.

University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
One of the most comprehensive sites to find any and everything on the subject of human rights, including documents, bibliographies, education and links to other human rights-related sites.

Human Rights Internet (HRI)
Founded in 1976, HRI is a world leader in the exchange of information within the worldwide human rights community, supporting the work of the global non-governmental community in its struggle to obtain human rights for all. See HRI's new publication and website, For the Record 1997: The UN Human Rights System.

U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Affairs

U.S. Information Agency Human Rights Page
Includes links to nongovernmental organizations prominent in human rights.

Introduction to Human Rights
U.S. Information Agency's human rights pamphlet, newly updated.

Congressional Human Rights Caucus
The Congressional Human Rights Caucus was founded in 1983 by Congressmen Tom Lantos and John Edward Porter to focus broad bipartisan attention on the most fundamental American values: the sanctity of the individual and the inalienable rights upon which the Founding Fathers created the United States.

Issues of Democracy
USIA Electronic Journal, Vol. 3, No. 3, October 1998