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The Business of Torture The Business of Torture
The Business of Torture- Article by Dr. Sam Vaknin describes some examples of the business of torture in various countries. ...
Human and Constitutional Rights Human and Constitutional Rights
Human and Constitutional Rights- Includes constitutional rights charts, links to human rights and constitutional rights websites, news, and resources. ...
Global Witness homepage Global Witness homepage
Global Witness homepage- Highlighting the links between environmental exploitation and human rights abuses, particularly where natural resources such as timber, diamonds and oil are used to fund conflict. ...
ColorQ Human Rights Corner ColorQ Human Rights Corner
ColorQ Human Rights Corner- Features stories and links on worldwide human rights violations, particularly issues that receive little attention from the Western media. ...
Anita Roddick Anita Roddick
Anita Roddick- The founder of the Body Shop reports and comments on activism, ethical business, human rights and environmentalism in a global perspective. ...
Martus Project Martus Project
Martus Project- An open-source technology tool that assists nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) collect information on human rights abuses. ...
The International Association for Religious Freedom The International Association for Religious Freedom
The International Association for Religious Freedom- Supports freedom of religion and belief as defined by international law. The IARF has general consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Na ...
Falkvinge on Infopolicy Falkvinge on Infopolicy
Falkvinge on Infopolicy- A blog on civil liberties in the Internet age by Rick Falkvinge, a former Pirate Party MEP. ...
Human Rights Watch - World Report 2002 Human Rights Watch - World Report 2002
Human Rights Watch - World Report 2002- Twelfth annual review of human rights practices and developments in sixty-six countries, covering the period from November 2000 through November 2001. ...
Human Rights Watch - World Report 2001 Human Rights Watch - World Report 2001
Human Rights Watch - World Report 2001- Human Rights Watch's eleventh annual review of human rights practices around the globe covers developments in 70 countries. The report reflects extensive investigative work. ...
Human Rights Watch - World Report 2003 Human Rights Watch - World Report 2003
Human Rights Watch - World Report 2003- Thirteenth annual review of human rights practices around the globe. Identifies positive and negative trends within the sphere of human rights in fifty-eight countries, covering th ...
U.S. Department of State - Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor: Human Rights U.S. Department of State - Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor: Human Rights
U.S. Department of State - Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor: Human Rights- Provides reports on country conditions, speeches and votes in the UN, and asylum profiles; accountability and reform efforts; partner ...
The United States and 'The Challenge of Relativity' The United States and 'The Challenge of Relativity'
The United States and 'The Challenge of Relativity'- Review by US political dissident Noam Chomsky of the United States' own appalling record on human rights - not in the distant past, but in the last 50 years and contin ...
Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change
Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change- A research center dedicated to advancing the understanding and pursuing the goals of the American civil rights movement. ...
Migration Policy Group Migration Policy Group
Migration Policy Group- Strategic thinking on equality, mobility and diversity in Europe. Overview of expert networks and access to policy monitoring, analysis and recommendations. ...
Jean-Robert Lafortune Jean-Robert Lafortune
Jean-Robert Lafortune- Biographie of Haitian activist, instrumental in lobbying for passage of the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act (HRIFA). ...
Immigration Board Immigration Board
Immigration Board- Immigration, work visa and work permit discussion board. ...
The Hague Process on Refugees and Migration The Hague Process on Refugees and Migration
The Hague Process on Refugees and Migration- A global initiative aimed at decision makers to advance the refugee and migration agenda through a multidisciplinary, complementary, innovative, and practical approach. ...
Roundtable - 98.09 Roundtable - 98.09
Roundtable - 98.09- An Atlantic Unbound roundtable on the future of intellectual property and copyright law in the digital age ...
Library Juice Copyright Issue Library Juice Copyright Issue
Library Juice Copyright Issue- A supplement to the weekly e-zine Library Juice from September, 2000, devoted to the political and philosophical issues of intellectual property, especially as they relate to libraries and ...
Information Liberation: Against Intellectual Property Information Liberation: Against Intellectual Property
Information Liberation: Against Intellectual Property- A chapter from the book Information Liberation, written by Brian Martin. ...
The GNU Manifesto The GNU Manifesto
The GNU Manifesto- The last name in software freedom...this outlines the reasons that "Gnu's Not Unix" produces free software. ...
The Right to Read The Right to Read
The Right to Read- Richard Stallman's famous parable about the Right to Read, and what will happen if intellectual monopoly laws continue to grow. ...
Intellectual Property Rights Overview Intellectual Property Rights Overview
Intellectual Property Rights Overview- The W3C's take on intellectual property rights in the Information Age. ...
A Primer On the Ethics of "Intellectual Property" A Primer On the Ethics of "Intellectual Property"
A Primer On the Ethics of "Intellectual Property"- This primer provides a general framework for freeing any information covered under copyright and patent laws. ...
IP Future IP Future
IP Future- This group is organized to promote discussion of intellectual property laws worldwide. It is hoped that a network of interested people can come together to begin discussing a future for intellectual property l ...
Free Intellectual Property Exchange (FreeIPX) Free Intellectual Property Exchange (FreeIPX)
Free Intellectual Property Exchange (FreeIPX)- A news and discussion site dedicated to critical analysis of the use, abuse, and relevance of IP Law. [Slash-style site] ...
The Mark is the Beast The Mark is the Beast
The Mark is the Beast- An article describing the change in the usage of trademarks, and how it stifles our use of our own language. ...
The Register - Sneaky Cable Crypto Scheme in the Works The Register - Sneaky Cable Crypto Scheme in the Works
The Register - Sneaky Cable Crypto Scheme in the Works- Article exposing that the cable television industry is moving to implement a copy protection scheme that will allow movie studios and cable providers to control wha ...
IPKat IPKat
IPKat- Weblog covering copyright, patent, trade mark and privacy/confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective. ...
Stanford Center for Internet and Society's Fair Use Project (FUP) Stanford Center for Internet and Society's Fair Use Project (FUP)
Stanford Center for Internet and Society's Fair Use Project (FUP)- Provides legal support to a range of projects designed to clarify, and extend, the boundaries of "fair use" in order to enhance creative freedom. ...
The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind
The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind- Professor James Boyle's site discussing the balance between intellectual property and the public domain -- including free downloadable versions of his Yale University ...
Excess Copyright Excess Copyright
Excess Copyright- A blog about excess in Canadian and international copyright law, trademarks law and patent law. By Howard Knopf, a jurist practicing Intellectual Property law in Canada. ...
Did You Say "Intellectual Property"? It's a Seductive Mirage Did You Say "Intellectual Property"? It's a Seductive Mirage
Did You Say "Intellectual Property"? It's a Seductive Mirage- Supports the idea that the term carries a bias since it suggests thinking about copyright, patents and trademarks by analogy with property rights for physical ...
The Guardian - "Intellectual Property" is a Silly Euphemism The Guardian - "Intellectual Property" is a Silly Euphemism
The Guardian - "Intellectual Property" is a Silly Euphemism- According to the author, owning a song or a piece of writing isn't like owning a television, and to call it anyone's "property" is seriously misleading. ...
Wired - The Eagle Is Grounded Wired - The Eagle Is Grounded
Wired - The Eagle Is Grounded- Article comparing today's toughening of US intellectual property laws to help given to the US shipping industry 30 years ago, resulting in even greater losses for US firms, higher prices, a ...
Human Rights for Workers Human Rights for Workers
Human Rights for Workers- Explores the consequences of globalization for ordinary workers in both developed and developing countries, and analyzes initiatives seeking solutions. ...
Just Labour Just Labour
Just Labour- Academic journal published by the Centre for Research on Work and Society at York University in Toronto. ...
International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)- An international Non Governmental Organisation working for the interests of small-scale artisanal fishworkers, the collective carries out developmental intervent ...
National Jobs for All Coalition National Jobs for All Coalition
National Jobs for All Coalition- Building a new movement for full employment at livable wages. ...
Job Training and Vocational Education Job Training and Vocational Education
Job Training and Vocational Education- Background information and links on U.S. job training and vocational education policy from the Almanac of Policy Issues. ...
National Alliance for Fair Employment National Alliance for Fair Employment
National Alliance for Fair Employment- Homepage for a network of over 40 regional and national groups in the U.S. and Canada fighting for better pay, benefits and working conditions for all workers in temp, part-time, da ...
Exotic Dancers Alliance Exotic Dancers Alliance
Exotic Dancers Alliance- Advocacy group for female exotic dancers attempting to obtain adequate working conditions and civil rights within the sex industry. ...
Lack of Security and the Unorganized Sector Lack of Security and the Unorganized Sector
Lack of Security and the Unorganized Sector- Examines the plight of unorganized workers in Asia who lack pensions or old age security. ...
Unemployment Compensation Unemployment Compensation
Unemployment Compensation- An overview of the unemployment insurance program in the United States, including benefits paid and federal and state unemployment taxes. ...
Labor Rights Now Labor Rights Now
Labor Rights Now- Works to expose labor rights violations around the world and aggressively campaign on behalf of worker activists who have endured the most brutal forms of trade union repression: imprisonment, torture, ...
6 Hour Day 6 Hour Day
6 Hour Day- International movement for the six hour work day, three day weekend and six weeks paid vacation -- with no reduction in pay. ...
Samson v. HUD - In Forma Pauperis Samson v. HUD - In Forma Pauperis
Samson v. HUD - In Forma Pauperis- Evidence in support of Alan Koseph Samson's contention that HUD wrongfully foreclosed on his home because of his efforts on behalf of workers at the Mariner's Cove Apartments 1983. ...
AP - The Big Story: Vanishing Jobs AP - The Big Story: Vanishing Jobs
AP - The Big Story: Vanishing Jobs- Interactive report about the loss of middle-class jobs in the wake of the Great Recession, the role technology is playing, and possible future scenarios. Your browser does not support ...
Nationalism and Language Nationalism and Language
Nationalism and Language- An essay by Bozidar Jaksic on linguistic identity and policy in the Balkans. ...

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