Resources on Present-Day Human Rights Work in the U.S.
American Civil Liberties Union, Human Rights Begin at Home: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (ACLU, April 2009). http://www.aclu.org/files/pdfs/humanrights/udhr60_report_20090410.pdf.
Campaign for a New Domestic Human Rights Agenda. http://www.ushrnetwork.org/content/campaignproject/human-rights-home-campaign
Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute and International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies, State and Local Human Rights Agencies: Recommendations for Advancing Opportunity and Equality Through an International Human Rights Framework (2009). Eugene is one of the cities featured for its human rights work. http://www.law.columbia.edu/null/download?&exclusive=filemgr.download&file_id=153843.
Alan Jenkins and Larry Cox, Bringing Human Rights Home, The Nation (June 27, 2005), http://www.ushumanrightsonline.net/news/article.77861-Bringing_Human_Rights_Home
Gara LaMarch, From the Front Lines: A Review of Recent Reports on Human Rights, American Prospect (October 1, 2004), http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewPrint&articleId=8560
"Is the U.S. Ready for Human Rights?," Special Issue of YES! Magazine, Issue 41 (Spring 2007). http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/is-the-u.s.-ready-for-human-rights/table-of-contents
Cynthia Soohoo, Catherine Albisa, and Martha F. Davis (editors), Bringing Human Rights Home (Praeger Publishers, 2008). Three volumes. Vol. 1: A History of Human Rights in the United States. Vol. 2: From Civil Rights to Human Rights. Vol. 3: Portraits of the Movement.
US Human Rights Network, Something Inside So Strong: A Resource Guide on Human Rights in the United States (2003)http://www.ushrnetwork.org/content/reportsdocuments/something-inside-so-strong-2003
Tanya Coke, Susan Osnos, and Carol Schlitt, Voices from the Field: Strengthening Human Rights and Social Justice Advocacy in the United States (U.S. Human Rights Fund, February 2008). http://www.ushumanrightsfund.org/sites/ushrf/files/imce/Voices_from_the_Field--Feb_2008.pdf
The Opportunity Agenda, Human Rights in the U.S.: Opinion Research With Advocates, Journalists, and the General Public (August 2007). http://www.connectusfund.org/resources/upholding-fairness-dignity-and-opportunity-public-opinion-research-human-rights-us
Catherine Powell, Human Rights at Home: A Domestic Policy Blueprint for the New Administration (American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, October 2008). http://ushrnetwork.org/files/ushrn/images/linkfiles/adminblueprint.pdf
Web Sites on Implementing International Human Rights in the United States:
US Human Rights Network, http://www.ushrnetwork.org/
National Economic and Social Rights Initiative, www.nesri.org
Human Rights Project of the Urban Justice Center, http://hrpujc.org
New York City Human Rights Initiative, www.nychri.org
Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute,http://mcli.org
Connecticut Coalition for Human Rights, www.udhr.net
International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies: http://www.iaohra.org/human- rights-at-home-campaign/
University of Minnesota Human Rights Resource Center, http://www.hrusa.org
National Economic and Social Rights Initiative, http://nesri.org
People's Movement for Human Rights Education, http://www.pdhre.org
Center for Economic and Social Rights, http://cesr.org
Amnesty International, http://www.amnesty.org
United Nations High Commissioner for Human rights, http://www.ohchr.org/english/
European Court of Human Rights,http://www.echr.coe.int/echr/
The John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights website: http://www.jhcentre.org/
Edmonton as a Human Rights City
http://www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/article.cfm?id=5130
Danish Institute for Human Rights http://www.humanrights.dk/international
Applying a Rights-based Approach. An Inspirational Guide for Civil Society
Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute, http://mcli.org
List of Human Rights Issues
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Pages/ListofIssues.aspx
International Human Rights Law
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/InternationalLaw.aspx
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This Resource List was compiled by Ken Neubeck, community volunteer, for the Eugene Human Rights Commission. Ken can be contacted at kneubeck@comcast.net