A Quick Look at Human Rights Tools

Human Rights Tools describes itself as a website for human rights professionals. It is! Bookmark this very good site.

The site offers four services:

1. A library of carefully selected and commented resources which includes

- monitoring and fact-finding tools, advocacy tools and other essential resources for human rights work;
- thematic resources on the protection of detainees, human rights defenders, refugees, and more;
- the top online databases for resources on human rights law, refugee law and humanitarian law; and
- a section called "Your career" which lists job vacancies and training opportunities.

2. Key resources for country analysis

To rapidly establish the human rights profile of a particular country and to facilitate analysis and follow-up of developments, you can draw on a number of resources listed here: the situation in terms of human rights, political and conflict analysis, the economics, the legal instruments which that country has ratified, and human rights-relevant news.

3. Daily updated human rights headlines

Fresh human rights news from a selection of top sources, all on one convenient page and updated automatically every time you visit. Current coverage lists headlines from Human Rights Watch, Amnesty, FIDH, Human Rights Listings, Reliefweb,  and Inter Press Service.

4. A newsletter reviewing new or notable human rights tools and resources.

The website and newsletter are produced by a small and independent group of volunteers who aim to facilitate the use of information on human rights available on the Internet. Go to the About page for more information, including opportunities to volunteer to help develop the site.

Ambitious and well executed. [JH]