Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and L...

Available in English. A series of Releases are published, divided into the following categories: Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record (from 2002 to 2006, each record is organised by region), Human Rights Reports (since 1999; each record is organised by country and region), International religious Freedom (since 2001; each record is organised by country and region), Trafficking in Persons (since 2001; each record is organised by country), Periodic Report of the United States to the Committee against Torture, report concerning the International covenant On...

Office of the High Commissioner for Huma...

Available in English, Spanish, French, Russian, Chinese and Arabic. The homepage highlights general information and news. There are two options under the Publications and Resources section: Documents links to the OHCHR documents, and Library, to a number of documents, resources, articles, books, etc. Also available here are specific publications dealing with gender issues. Under Countries – Human Rights in the World, is a list of conventions, treaties and protocols signed by each country, and the recommendations and reports issued by different United Nations committees...

Human Trafficking

Website in English. Publications are organised by country and issue. Most of the information is on East Asia and the Pacific. Each country focuses on specific themes, including sexual exploitation of women and violation of women’s rights. Links to other websites of interest are also posted. The site provides a very useful tool called the ‘Online Conference Center’. The Center is a forum where Non-governmental organisation and other agencies can share reports, information and actions taken against human trafficking.

Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamat...

Available in English. Information on media coverage related to the rights of LGBTI people.

Bayefsky (The United Nations Human Right...

Available in English. The website provides information on international human rights treaties passed by the United Nations General Assembly. Treaties can be searched by state, category or theme/subject matter. A search will bring up all of the information regarding treaties, protocols, ratifications and reservations. Some countries also include specific treaties having to do with gender discrimination.

Online Newspapers

Available in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese. The website is organised in six regions, each of which is then subdivided into countries. Clicking on the country brings up the corresponding newspapers.