Human Rights in Latin America

Created and Maintained by Richard W. Slatta

Students: Use the links below to research thought questions and other projects for your history courses. Your syllabus will include references to the topics listed below. I have marked particularly important finding aides with two asterisks. Please email me if you find other good research links or "broken links" that no longer function. Gracias. Suerte! [Good luck!]
Updated December 27, 2004

    Educational Sites with Important Documents and Reports

  1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  2. Universal Declaration of Human Rights second site
  3. Universal Declaration of Human Rights third site, just in case -- yes, it's that important!
  4. Eleanor Roosevelt: The Struggle for Human Rights, delivered 28 September, 1948 in Paris, France
  5. Eleanor Roosevelt: Adoption of the Declaration of Human Rights, delivered 9 December 1948 in Paris, France
  6. Declaration of the Rights of Man [August 26, 1789, French Revolutionary National Assemby]
  7. Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Nobel Peace Prize Lecture, December 10, 1992
  8. Types of Human Rights; Generations of Human Rights Philosophies
  9. Human Rights Internet Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  10. Human Rights Web
  11. Human Rights Links on LANIC Univ. of Texas at Austin
  12. AAAS Directory of Human Rights Resources searchable database of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
  13. UN Office of the High Commisioner for Human Rights
  14. Univ. of Minnesota Human Rights Resource Center
  15. Human Rights Watch: Women's Rights
  16. Project Diana : An Online Human Rights Archive, Yale University
  17. Women's Human Rights Resources, Univ. of Toronto
  18. US State Dept.l Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
  19. US State Dept: Reports on Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
  20. Human Rights Education Associates
  21. National Center for Human Rights Education
  22. Human Rights Resources UC Berkeley Library [many also available at DH Hill]
  23. PBS Site for "Enemies of War" Treats the assassination of six Jesuit priests in El Salvador and the aftermath
  24. "International Relations and Human Rights" essay by X Lubensky, a former US State Dept. official

    Groups with a Latin American Focus

  25. OAS: BASIC DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM
  26. OAS Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
  27. Human Rights Watch: The Americas
  28. Latin America Working Group "A coalition of over sixty religious, human rights, policy, grassroots and development organizations. Since 1983, the coalition has been striving for U.S. policies that promote peace, justice and sustainable development in the region."
  29. Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) "Promotes human rights, democracy, and social and economic justice in Latin America and the Caribbean."
  30. Community Action on Latin America (CALA)
  31. IANWeb Resources on Human Rights in Latin America: Human Rights and Humanitarian Assistance
  32. HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH PRISON PROJECT: PRISONS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
  33. Casa Alianza Focused on the plight of Latin America's street children
  34. Campaign for Declassification of Documents on Human Rights Abuses in Latin America
  35. U.S. Military Aid to Latin America Linked to Human Rights Abuses By The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

    Advocacy Groups, International

  36. Derechos Human Rights, the first internet based human rights organization
  37. Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress "A not-for-profit organization whose mission is to build just and peaceful societies in Central America. Works through three Centers: the Center for Organized Participation, the Center for Human Progress and the Center for Peace and Reconciliation." Founded by former Costa Rican president and Nobel Prize winner Oscar Arias. Works in various issues such as women's rights, peace promotion, public involvement, and others."
  38. Amnesty International (AI) Search by country
  39. Hearts and Minds Latin American Links
  40. Carter Center "in partnership with Emory University, is guided by a fundamental commitment to human rights, wages peace by bringing warring parties to the negotiating table, monitoring elections, safeguarding human rights, and building strong democracies through economic development."
  41. Freedom House
  42. International Center for Research on Women
  43. International Human Rights Law Group
  44. Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
  45. RFK Memorial Center for Human Rights
  46. Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights
  47. Free Speech Internet TV Video and audio links on human rights and other global issues
  48. Center for International Policy Human Rights Documents by Country
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