Web Links

This site provides a full-color world map showing GNP per capita, as well as links to teaching and learning exercises related to political and physical geography.

Here you'll find the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, plus a link to the site for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

This site focuses on the life and work of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the nonviolent movement for human rights and democracy in Burma (Myanmar) and Nobel Laureate. It includes links to other international "heroines."

Sponsored by the food and agriculture organization of the UN, this site provides a variety of international perspectives and news stories on food production and security, agricultural issues and ethics, as well as links to recent FAO council and conference proceedings.

The World Food Programme site provides news alerts related to world hunger and global school feeding, as well as details on how individuals, governments, and corporations can contribute to WFP financially.

The International Fund for Agricultural Development focuses on working with impoverished people in rural areas around the globe. Their site includes links to government publications, as well as related photos and video footage.

This site provides a summary of the overall mission and history of the World Food Summit, whose most recent meeting was held in Rome, Italy in 1996.

This site provides information regarding the 27th Committee on World Food Security meeting, held from May 28 to June 1, 2001. Included are documents produced by the committee and a link to the full report of the session.

This comprehensive site includes information on the activities of the United Nations Children's Fund, which serves as an advocate for children and focuses on developing countries and disadvantaged or endangered children around the world.

This comprehensive global health information site is sponsored by the World Health Organization. Links include statistical as well as narrative features on topics related to daily health and disease, world travel and health, and world health epidemics and outbreaks, as well as information regarding recent and upcoming WHO activities and events.

The site for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization includes links to publications, documents, and fields of activity, as well as links to the organization's partners and other United Nations sites.

The Human Rights Web home page includes a history of human rights, links to discussions regarding human rights, and materials for beginning work in the promotion of human rights at the local level.

This site, created in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., and maintained by students at Western Michigan University, is primarily an educational reference guide and timeline summarizing significant events in the history of civil rights in the United States.

This is the Web site for the National Civil Rights Movement in England. It includes links to campaigns and documents that detail recent events in the U.K. related to racial tensions and racial violence.

The Civil Society International organization is concerned with civil rights, democratic institutions, and economic reform in Eurasia. Links include information on conferences, funding, and partnerships, as well as summaries of relevant international events and proceedings.

Mussolini presents his definition of fascism in this entry he co-wrote for an Italian encyclopedia in 1932. This site also includes a link to the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.

Click on the Rise of National Socialism from this Web page to find out about the history of Nazism and the rise of Hitler.

The organization Freedom House supports democracy and opposes dictators of all political persuasions. Their site includes links to Freedom House news, research and publications, and related organizations such as the World Forum for Democracy.

The Women Watch site includes documents, news, and online forums relevant to the organization's focus on women's rights and women's issues around the globe.

The United Nations Development Fund for Women supports women's empowerment in the economic and political realms, while also monitoring global human rights issues of concern to women. The site includes press releases and links to relevant conferences and publications.

An explanation of the goals and activities of the Women's Environment and Development Organization can be found here, with an emphasis on WEDO's key program areas of sustainable development, gender and governance, and social and economic justice.

The Washington, D.C.-based Women, Law, and Development International dedicates itself to the global movement for women's rights. The site provides a brief history of the organization's accomplishments, as well as links to news, resources, and publications.

This site focuses on a 2000 special session of the UN General Assembly involving gender issues. This session, known as Beijing+5, served as a follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing in 1995.

This BBC site provides a brief political history of the Taliban through 2000, including links to related stories on Osama Bin Laden and terrorist activity in Afghanistan.

This article provides a journalist's detailed perspective on the daily restrictions, abuse, and torture experienced by women living under the Taliban in Afghanistan. The site also includes a series of related photos from the region, a section on the difficulties Afghan women face in obtaining UN aid, and information on how visitors to the site can help these women.

Interviews, readings, and information on the 1994 Rwanda genocide compiled as a companion to a PBS television program.

This site centers on the various Balkan conflicts from 1998 through 2001 and includes a number of stories on NATO activities in Macedonia and Bosnia. The Global Beat center also provides links to information and opinions on U.S. defense policy, nuclear weapons, and regional issues.

The Jerusalem-based Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Anti-Semitism maintains this site, which includes a searchable bibliographic database cataloguing 30,000 entries on the topic, as well as other discussions of anti-Semitism written by the organization.

This Israeli government site gives a synopsis of the formation of the state of Israel and provides additional information about the country's turbulent history.

The International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs supports the rights of indigenous peoples around the world. The site details their mission and includes links to organization activities and publications.

The United Nations Human Development Index ranking countries based on life expectancy, educational attainment, and adjusted income.

The site for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights includes information on human rights issues and links to related publications and documents, press releases, and conferences.

The site for the European Court of Human Rights provides links to general information, pending cases, judgments and decisions, basic texts, and press releases.

The official site for the human rights organization, this page reviews key Amnesty goals such as freeing prisoners of conscience, abolishing the death penalty, and eliminating torture. This site also provides links to a library of relevant documents and a country-by-country rundown of Amnesty's activities.

The Human Rights Watch organization maintains this detailed site, which links to recent publications and organization events and includes accounts of international human rights abuses.

This site features a letter by the UN Under-Secretary General for Legal Affairs outlining the complete list of all treaties (available for viewing on the site) relevant to women's and children's issues, dating back to 1950.

This site explains the Convention that was adopted as the international bill of rights of women in 1979.

The recognition of the need for specific agencies to promote women's interests around the world has led to changes in organizations such as the UN. The Web site of WomenWatch contains links to these organizations and projects.

This is the site for the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing, China in September 1995. The site includes many other links relevant to international women's rights issues, as well as a summary report of the 1995 conference.

This site is an automatic download of the entire report of the International Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court, dated March 13-31 and June 12-30, 2000. The lengthy report includes sections detailing genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.

The site provides information on the 1996 World Congress Against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, a meeting held to develop strategies to fight child pornography, child prostitution, and other exploitive practices.

A list of the 25 articles agreed upon at the United Nations International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination in 1966.

A list of the 19 articles stemming from the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, as agreed upon by the United Nations General Assembly on December 9, 1948.

The International Indian Treaty Council is an organization of indigenous peoples in the Americas and the Pacific region. The site lists the organization's objectives, includes statements on global issues, and furnishes information on relevant past and upcoming United Nations meetings and events.

This Web site details the mission and history of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, which meets every four years and seeks to unite Inuit living in Arctic regions of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and Russia. The site also includes links to regional offices and policy statements.

This site for the Netherlands-based Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization includes an extensive list of links to UNPO news items and recent reports detailing the organization's work with "occupied nations, indigenous peoples, minorities, and even oppressed majorities."

A brief biography of Rigoberta Menchu, the Guatemalan who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992.

This site for the International Organization for Migration details the mission statement and history of the IOM, begun in 1950 to assist in the resettlement of refugees and other displaced persons worldwide. The site also includes links to publications, news releases, and recent accomplishments of the organization.

The International Committee of the Red Cross helps the victims of wars and other armed conflict. The site provides links to the Red Cross/Red Crescent movement, as well as publications, videos, and activities of the ICRC.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies focus on disaster response and preparedness, health care, and assisting refugees and other victims of war. The site details the two allied organizations' history, summarizes relief efforts, and includes recent relevant news stories.

This the web site for Oxfam International, which consists of twelve non-governmental agencies working to find solutions to poverty in developing countries. The site includes a summary of the organization's strategic plan, as well as recent campaign information and press releases.