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"Human Rights" via the Web
The best known human rights organization in the world (it received the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts), Amnesty has a terrific website where one can locate a number of detailed reports. Note that Amnesty has even created a special downloadable program on conditions in China: "Legacy of Tiananmen."Asia Pacific Human Rights NGOs: Facilitating Team
This page provides contact information about this recently established organization.Human Rights Asia Pacific
This page is maintained by the School of Social Science, Queensland University of Technology, in Brisbane, Australia. It houses a large list of non-annotated, but up-to-date links.Human Rights Internet
This Canada-based organization has a rich site which includes articles from its Human Rights Tribune and other materials.Human Rights Watch
An excellent site. Human Rights Watch has an active Asia division and their website provides
information on the group's reports and activities. Summaries of reports are available on line.
PRC White Paper on Human Rights in China
This paper was prepared in 1991 in response to extensive criticism of China's human rights record. Sections of the document define human rights and compare China's record with that of other nations. At the China News site, click on the "government white papers" button and then select the report on human rights. A second paper, "Progress in China's Human Rights Cause" was issued in 1996. It, too is available on the China News site.United Nations Human Rights Documents
This is a vital resource, including documents on the human rights aspects of social, economic, and political development. Resolutions and reports are provided in full-text versions. After selecting a particular body's actions, click on the year to go to a gopher list of all resolutions or reports from that body during the course of the year.United States Information Agency Materials on Democracy/Human Rights
The USIA is an official voice of the US government. This portion of their website includes full text copies of US State Department reports on human rights in other countries. Also available is the USIA's own "Introduction to Human Rights."
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This page and the others in this Asia via the Web series are maintained by Clayton Dube. Send comments and suggestions to him at the USC-UCLA Joint East Asian Studies Center.