Internet - Provides human rights publications, information on children's rights and the UN human rights system, and listing of human rights organizations worldwide. The United States has become a leading manufacturer and exporter of pushbutton electricshock devices, which Amnesty claims are unsafe and are ending up in the hands of torturers. Physicians for Human Rights - Mobilizes the health professions and enlists public support, using medical and scientific methods to investigate and expose violations of human rights. Scholars at Risk Network - Aids scholars outside the United States whose work is threatened by mass or individual displacement, discrimination, censorship, harassment, intimidation, or violence. Center for Democracy and Human Rights - Presses for improvements in the human rights environment.
Site includes daily news updates.
In 1999 - Contends that national sovereignty is now a less important obstacle to curbing serious human rights crimes than it has been in previous years. In Support of Human Rights - Explores the role of investigative reporting in restoring human rights. What a Wonderful World - Tracks those whom supply weapons to groups and countries that employ children and youth as soldiers. Witness - Uses video and technology to fight for human rights. Group works in partnership with activists around the globe to document abuses and bring evidence before courts, governments, the media, and the world.