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Amnesty International  
URL:http://www.amnesty.org/
Category:International organisations  Global Education organisations  Human Rights 

Amnesty International on-line. Concern is for the protection of human rights. The organisation focuses on the release of prisoners of conscience, fair and prompt trials for all political prisoners and the abolition of the death penalty, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.

Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)  
URL:http://www.humanrights.gov.au/
Category:National associations  Children's Rights  Australia  Human Rights 

The extensive Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission website has a range of materials to improve the respect, protection and promotion of human rights in Australia. It includes sections on human rights for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, and on sex, race and disability discrimination. There are specific sections for teachers and students, including interactives.

Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Website: Social Justice Report 2005  
URL:http://www.humanrights.gov.au/social_justice/health
Category:Health  Human Rights 

The report analyses the current approach to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and proposes a campaign to achieve equality in health status (Chapter 2 and Appendix 4) and considers the initial impact of the new arrangements for the administration of Indigenous affairs (Chapter 3 and Appendices 1, 2 and 3).

Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples  
URL:http://www.iwgia.org/sw248.asp
Category:Human Rights 

On June 29 2006, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Declaration was thus forwarded to the UN General Assembly for its final approval. Adoption of the Declaration would be a major step towards eliminating the widespread human rights violations suffered by over 370 million Indigenous people worldwide. The Draft Declaration is a long and complex document. It recognises the wide range of basic human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples. Among these are the right to unrestricted self-determination, an inalienable collective right to the ownership, use and control of lands, territories and other natural resources.

Human Rights Watch  
URL:http://www.hrw.org/
Category:Human Rights  Children's Rights 

An international organisation dedicated to protecting the rights of people around the world. The website includes the latest news, reports on human rights violation worldwide, information about campaigns, analysis and other relevant resources.

United Nations Cyberschoolbus  
URL:http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/
Category:Human Rights 

Cyberschoolbus provides numerous teaching and learning units of work, interactives and interviews around human rights issues. The unit on human rights includes an interactive version of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, with both a full text and simplified version of each article, explanation, poster and reflective activity.