European Committee for the Prevention of...

Available in English and French. The CPT provides mechanisms for the prevention of torture in the EU Member States, research, as well as diagnostics and annual reports on the situation in each State. CPT delegation’s carryout visits on a periodic basis. All of the documents are available: country reports, CPT public statements and annual general reports. There are also links to documentation of the Council of Europe* and the United Nations.

United Nations Global Initiative to Figh...

Available in English. The main menu on this website has information on the organisation’s areas of work. The Resource Centre section contains publications, and information about organisations and regional projects. The Governments section links to the national action plans against human trafficking, organised by country. Publications and news updates are also published on the homepage.

El Toque

Available in Spanish. The homepage features videos, blogs and themes, including LGBT rights in Latin America The section on Human Rights contains a long list of articles, interviews, images, audio files and videos on related subjects. The list does not follow any particular order. Topics include female genital mutilation, gender violence in Chiapas and many others.

Norwegian Refugee Council

Available in Spanish, Norwegian and English. Extensive information in the way of articles and reports is available through the website’s search tool by entering terms such as ‘gender’ or ‘women’.

The World Bank Group

Available in English, Spanish, French, Arabic and Chinese. The website publishes World Bank indicators organised by topic: Agriculture &Rural Development, Climate Change, Science &Technology, Social Development, External Debt, Economy &Growth, Education, Aid Effectiveness, Energy & Mining, Gender, Infrastructure, Environment, Poverty, Health, Financial Sector, Private Sector, Public Sector, and Social Protection & Labor. There are different ways to access this information: a) search by country, topic and indicator, or search by word; b) browse the...

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...