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Amnesty International: Works to protect human rights worldwide. Read about its human rights mandate and find news on actions and campaigns, country and thematic reports, links.; http://www.amnesty.org [AR][EN][FR][ES]

COMPASS: A manual on human rights education for young people. Brief guide with practical activities and methods for a wide and comprehensive introduction to human rights education.; http://eycb.coe.int/compass/en/contents.html [EN][FR][RU]

Campaign to combat trafficking in human beings: “You’re not for sale”: A comic strip created by the Council of Europe to raise awareness on their campaign to combat trafficking and protect victims. The stories of Talina, Fabia, Yvo, Anna and Sofia illustrate different forms of exploitation. They are available online and in pdf.; http://www.coe.int/t/DG2/TRAFFICKING/COMICS [EN][FR]

Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative: Working for the practical realisation of human rights in the Commonwealth. Information on programmes including police and prison reforms, the right to information and human rights advocacy. Includes country reports.; http://www.humanrightsinitiative.org/ [EN]

Council of Europe: The Council adopted the European Convention on Human Rights in 1950 in order to strengthen certain aspects of the Universal Declarations of Human Rights. Full text and summaries of treaties.; http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/QueVoulezVous.asp?NT=005&CM=8&DF=1 [EN][FR][DE][IT][RU]

European Court of Human Rights: Those whose civil and political rights and freedoms have been violated can appeal to this Court. General information and historical background, cases pending, basic texts, information for applicants.; http://www.echr.coe.int/echr/Homepage_EN [EN][FR]

European Youth Forum: Representing the interests of young people in Europe, this Forum gives advice and recommendations to international institutions such as the European Union and the United Nations on issues relevant to young people. Information on activities and projects by topic.; http://www.youthforum.org/ [EN][FR]

Fundamental rights: Information about fundamental rights in the European Union. Definitions and explanatory texts relating to these rights; related links to EU institutions and other organisations.; http://ec.europa.eu/justice/fundamental-rights/index_en.htm [BG][CS][DA][NL][EN][ET][FI][FR][DE][EL][HU][GA][IT][LV][LT][MT][PL][PT][RO][SK][SL][ES][SV]

Human Rights Watch: This organisation employs researchers to conduct fact-finding investigations into human rights abuses in all regions of the world, reports of which are published every year. Information by country, news on human rights issues, information on campaigns, photo essays and topical reports.; http://www.hrw.org [AR][ZH][EN][FR][DE][IL][RU][ES]

International Federation for Human Rights: This organisation promotes human rights as defined by the UN, and reports on and denounces violations of these. Find out more in its country reports from all over the world, news on relevant issues, links.; http://www.fidh.org/ [AR][EN][FR][FA][RU][ES]

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Works towards the implementation of the Universal Declarations of Human Rights worldwide. Information on programmes and fieldwork, news, human rights issues by theme.; http://www.ohchr.org/ [AR][ZH][EN][FR][RU][ES]

The EU Tackling Discrimination: This site explains what the European Commission does to prevent the EU citizens from being discriminated on racial, ethnic, religious, disability, age or sexual orientation matters. Use the left menu to find out more about discriminated populations such as the Roma community.; http://ec.europa.eu/justice/discrimination/index_en.htm [BG][CS][DA][NL][EN][ET][FI][FR][DE][EL][HU][GA][IT][LV][LT][MT][PL][PT][RO][SK][SL][ES][SV]

Universal Declaration of Human Rights: In 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Here you will find all 30 articles in full with several language options.; http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html [AR][EN][FR][RU][ES]

Universal Human Rights Index: This site provides instant access to human rights information for all countries from the United Nations system. The index is based on the observations and recommendations of various international expert bodies.; http://uhri.ohchr.org/en [AR][ZH][EN][FR][RU][ES]

“Human Rights Quarterly”: In this publication you will find articles, essays and analyses of human rights issues. You can also browse the journal archive.; http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/human_rights_quarterly [EN]

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