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| Human Rights Watch | ||
| According to its Web site, Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. It stands with victims and activists to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders to justice. It investigates and expose human rights violations and hold abusers accountable. It challenges governments and those who hold power to end abusive practices and to respect international human rights law. It enlists the public and the international community to support the cause of human rights for all. In this chapter, the author discusses using economic sanctions to try to force countries such as China to improve human rights conditions for its citizens. At this site, you can obtain information about human rights violations, and then you may decide for yourself whether linking economic sanctions and human rights makes sense to you. ( http://www.hrw.org/ ) | ||
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| G-8 Information Centre -- The University of Toronto | ||
| The author discusses the Group of Seven (G-7) in this chapter. The G-7/8 is composed of the basic seven, and now eight, most economically powerful Western countries, who meet annually as an informal economic directorate. This site provides detailed information regarding the G-7/8 and information on upcoming G-7/8 summit meetings. ( http://www.g7.utoronto.ca/ ) | ||
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| Group of 15 | ||
| In response to the G-7, a group of developing countries have formed the Group of 15, or the G-15. This group was formed to try to provide economic clout for its LDC members in the Southern Hemisphere. ( http://www.sittdec.org.my/g15/main.html ) | ||
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