International News -- Sources and Analysis: Press Freedom and Human Rights Reports
International News -- Sources and Analysis
Press Freedom & Human Rights Reports
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Amnesty InternationalThis website contains news; features; actions; video and audio; information about countries, campaigns and issues. Amnesty International also produces hundreds of reports, press releases, appeals for action and newsletters each year and these are available in the Library.
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Article 19ARTICLE 19 is a London-based human rights organisation with a specific mandate and focus on the defence and promotion of freedom of expression and freedom of information worldwide. The organisation takes its name from Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Child Labor CoalitionThe Child Labor Coalition (CLC) exists to serve as a national network for the exchange of information about child labor; provide a forum and a unified voice on protecting working minors and ending child labor exploitation; and develop informational and educational outreach to the public and private sectors to combat child labor abuses and promote progressive initiatives and legislation.
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Electronic Frontier FoundationThe Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is an international non-profit digital rights advocacy and legal organization based in the United States. Blending the expertise of lawyers, policy analysts, activists, and technologists, EFF fights for freedom primarily in the courts, bringing and defending lawsuits even when that means taking on the U.S. government or large corporations.
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Forced Migration OnlineForced Migration Online (FMO) is home to a growing collection of resources relating to refugees and forced migration. All our resources are available for free.
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Human Rights WatchHuman Rights Watch produces research reports on violations of international human rights norms as set out by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and what it perceives to be other internationally accepted human rights norms. These reports are used as the basis for drawing international attention to abuses and pressuring governments and international organizations to reform.
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Index on CensorshipIndex on Censorship is a campaigning publishing organisation for freedom of expression, which produces an award-winning quarterly magazine of the same name from London. The Index on Censorship magazine was first published in 1972. It supports free expression, publishing distinguished writers from around the world, exposing suppressed stories, initiating debate, and providing an international record of censorship.
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IREX Media Sustainability Index (MSI)"IREX’s Media Sustainability Index (MSI) provides in-depth analyses of the conditions for independent media in 80 countries across Africa, Europe, Eurasia, and the Middle East".
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Reporters Without BordersReporters Without Borders is an international professional association (based in France) devoted to advocacy of press freedom The organization maintains this trilingual website in order to keep a daily tally of attacks on press freedom as they occur throughout the world. Of particular value are their annual country reports on the state of press freedom.
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United Nations Human RightsThe Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is a United Nations agency that works to promote and protect the human rights that are guaranteed under international law and stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948.
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US Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights PracticesThe Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are submitted annually by the U.S. Department of State to the U.S. Congress in compliance with sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA), as amended, and section 504 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.