Recursos Temáticos
Thematic Reports by the Organization of American States
Corporate Accountability
Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD)'s Mining and Women in Asia: Experiences of women protecting their communities and human rights against corporate mining
This book is a product of the Food Over Gold campaign of the Women and Environment Task Force (WEN TF) of the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) launched in 2005 as part of APWLD’s programme on Women’s Food Sovereignty. The contents are results of mining fact-finding missions, fora- discussions on women and mining and an Asia study session on women and mining conducted by WEN TF.
Labor Rights
International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF) Publications and Resources
ILRF is an advocacy organization dedicated to achieving just and humane treatment for workers worldwide. Their Publications and Resources section provides articles and bills on achieving their goal.
Migrant's Rights
Primer on the human rights of migrants by Amnesty International
This primer highlights some of the violations that migrants face and sets out a campaigning agenda for migrants’ rights. The primer seeks to articulate Amnesty International's key message to the public, policy-makers and other actors: migrants’ rights are human rights.
Land and Resources Rights
La Coalición Internacional para el Acceso a la Tierra: Nota Informativa-Mecanismos internacionales para la protección de los Defensores de los Derechos Humanos en riesgo por su trabajo en derechos sobre la tierra
Esta nota informativa pretende apoyar su valiosísimo trabajo con información básica sobre los mecanismos internacionales de protección y organizaciones que se ocupan de las violaciones de derechos humanos relacionadas con la tierra.
Chemonics' Land and Resources Rights Projects
Dedicated to fostering greater stability, investment, and access to opportunity for poor and marginalized people, Chemonics promotes strong resource and land rights.
Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS): The context of land and resource rights struggles in Africa
The Pan-African Programme on Land and Resource Rights is a civil society initiative established in 2001 to develop and articulate an African voice on land and resource rights, policies and advocacy, and to engage with regional and international players in research, advocacy and policy-making events on the continent.
Indigenous People's Rights
Amnesty International's Indigenous Peoples
Information on indigenous peoples.
Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Defenders Network
This network was established to address the growing need of a common platform for indigenous human rights defenders to be able to promote the human rights issues of their respective countries more effectively with other indigenous human rights organizations and with regional and international human rights mechanisms and procedures.
José Aylwin: Indigenous Peoples Land and Resource Rights in Latin America-Law and Practice
A video on José Aylwin, who is a well known lawyer from Chile, specializing in indigenous rights in latin America.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People's Rights
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL)'s How Sexuality Is Used to Attack Women's Organizing
In this revised report, IGLHRC and CWGL again show how attacks on women's sexualities threaten all women's basic human rights to bodily integrity, to expression, and to association--as well as undermine essential values of equality and dignity.
Urgent Action Fund's This Body! Supporting LGBTI Organising in East Africa Conference Report
This report seeks to deepen understanding of notions of equality and generate interest in a broad based approach towards affirming and securing equality for all, particularly minorities.
Protection International's LGBTI Protection Manual
In this manual we give more space than other security manuals for defenders on the specific issues and obstacles that prevailing societal values and legal systems present to LGBTI defenders.
Amnesty International's The Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People: A primer to working with the United Nations Treaty Monitoring Bodies and the Special Procedures of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (SPA, FRE, 2005)
The purpose of this document is to provide basic guidance on how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can use the United Nations (UN) Treaty Monitoring Bodies (referred to as the “Treaty Bodies”) and the Special Procedures of the UN Commission on Human Rights (the Commission) to raise cases concerning the promotion and protection of the human rights of people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT).
International Commission of Jurist's International Human Rights Violations on the Grounds of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
The objective of this document is to compile relevant existing information in order to frame the debate, and highlight some of the existing available materials on the issue.
the international commission of Jurists and the international service for human rights, on behalf of a coalition of human rights organisations, have undertaken a project to develop a set of international legal principles on the application of international law to human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity to bring greater clarity and coherence to states’ human rights obligations.
The Council for Global Equality's Accessing U.S. Embassies- A Guide for LGBT Human Rights Defenders
This guide is written by a U.S.-based non-governmental organization (NGO), the Council for Global Equality, for the use of non-U.S. NGOs. It is offered as a resource for our human rights colleagues internationally who share our mission of encouraging U.S. embassies to stand in support of fundamental human rights for all individuals, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
University of Minnesota's LGBT Rights: A Human Rights Perspective
This curriculum is intended to further thoughtful examination and responsible action among high school students about LGBT issues.
Women's Rights
Urgent Action Fund, as part of women’s rights movements worldwide, supports women’s rights defenders striving to create cultures of justice, equality and peace.
Global Report on the Situation of Women Human Rights Defenders (FRE, SPA) by Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition:
The main focus of the Global Report is on the context in which WHRDs work, recognizing that the social, cultural, economic and political environment substantively influences the challenges WHRDs face and can exacerbate their vulnerability.
Ten Insights to strengthen Responses for Women human Rights Defenders at Risk by Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID):
The guidebook presents key considerations for strengthening responses for WHRDs at risk, by ensuring that they are strategic and properly resourced.
Engendering Peace: Incorporating a Gender Perspective in Civilian Peace Terms by International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR, 2010):
This study initiated an exploration of the field of civilian-based peacekeeping from a gender perspective.
A collection of papers presented at the plenary sessions of the International Consultation on Women Human Rights Defenders.
Claiming Rights, Claiming Justice by Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD):
A guidebook centered around continuing engagement with issues regarding the protection of women human rights defenders at both the conceptual and practical levels
Women Human rights Defenders and the Struggle for Justice in Colombia (SPA) by ABColombia, OIDHACO, and U.S. Office on Colombia
The report offers recommendations, information on vulnerable groups of women defenders, and political protection.
Addressing Gaps in the Defense of Women Human Rights Defenders by Rutger's Center for Women's Global Leadership
The report sheds light on the unique challenges women human rights defenders face and to create new systems of advocacy on their behalf.
Women Human Rights Defenders Concept Papers by Nazra for Feminist Studies
The Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRD) program is issuing a series of concept papers that aim to introduce the notion of WHRDs in Arabic.