Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict

Available in English. The Resources menu offers reports on the situation of children and armed conflict. It contains an extensive list of international law and United Nations Security Council resolutions. Another menu contains a list of countries linking to information about the status of children in that country.

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.

Periódico Diagonal

Available in Spanish. Website containing general information.

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.

Centre for Human Rights (Faculty of Law,...

Available in English. The Research tab contains a Gender Unit menu featuring African Commission documents, international documents and downloadable publications in PDF. The Publications tab includes all of the Centre’s reports by year. The website has a general search engine.

IRIN (humanitarian news and analysis, a ...

Available in English, French and Arabic. The website offers news and briefings from the front lines of humanitarian action. It also features the latest reports of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and other UN committees. Information can be searched by country and by region, focusing on Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Themes include children, education, migration, environment, HIV/AIDS, and others.