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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:Human Rights  Children's 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 Commission: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice  
URL:http://www.humanrights.gov.au/social_justice/health
Category:Human Rights  Health 

The Australian Human Rights Commission advocates for the rights of Indigenous Australians and works to promote respect and understanding of these rights among the broader community. There is a variety of information, up to date statistics and education materials.

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.

Exploring Humanitarian Law Virtual Campus - EHL  
URL:http://www.ehl.icrc.org/
Category:Human Rights  Studies in Human Society 

This web-based resource centre and online community supports the growing network of EHL educators. The website provides ongoing training and access to teaching materials and useful resources for those who are new to and experienced in teaching EHL. Visitors to the website are welcome to use the teaching materials, submit own content and interact at the discussion forum, and to learn ideas to teach the basic rules and principles of international humanitarian law.

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.