Useful Links
Human Rights Council
Official web site of the Human Rights Council
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/
Extranet of the Human Rights Council (working documents)
sign up; log in (user name: hrc extranet, password: 1session)
Live video of sessions of the Human Rights Council
www.un.org/webcast/unhrc/index.asp
Page on NGO participation
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/ngo.htm
Page on Special Procedures assumed by the Human Rights Council
www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/chr/special/index.htm
Link collection and orientation page on the Human Rights Council
www.hrgoweb.org
Meeting summaries, session overviews and analytical reports:
ISHR's Council Monitor - session overviews and other analytical summaries of developments within the Council
http://www.ishr.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=83&Itemid=140
ISHR's Human Rights Monitor - key developments and discussions within the main UN human rights fora
http://www.ishr.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=112&Itemid=173
Meeting summaries by the UN department of public information
www.unog.ch/80256EDD006B9C2E/(httpPages)/CBD301FF98AF69B980256EE700376D86?OpenDocument&cntxt=D7E81&cookielang=en
Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
Official website of the Human Rights Council on the UPR
www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/UPRMain.aspx
Information note for NGOs published by the OHCHR
www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/NgosNhris.aspx
UPR Monitor - analytical overviews and country reports, by the International Service for Human Rights
http://www.ishr.ch/upr-monitor
URP-info - General Information website on the UPR
www.upr-info.org
Welcome Desk - The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and the NGOs:
Possibilities to contribute to the process
www.welcomedesk.org/pdf/ngos_upr_en.pdf
UPR Watch - Follow-up monitoring: database listing recommendations & voluntary commitments
www.upr-epu.org
United Nations Office in Geneva (UNOG)
Official web site of the United Nations Office at Geneva
www.unog.ch
NGO Liaison Office
www.unog.ch/ngo
News and Media
www.unog.ch/news
Resolutions & Declarations
Resolution 5/1 of the Human Rights Council (Institution Building Package)
www.welcomedesk.org/pdf/ibpack_en.pdf
Resolution 60/251 of the UN General Assembly (establishing the Human Rights Council)
www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/A.RES.60.251_En.pdf
Resolution 1996/31 of ECOSOC (on NGO participation in UN work)
www.un.org/documents/ecosoc/res/1996/eres1996-31.htm
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
International law resources
International Legal Search Engine on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
www.whatconvention.org
Legal resources from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
www2.ohchr.org/english/law/index.htm
Universal Human Rights Index of United Nations Documents
www.universalhumanrightsindex.org
RULAC - Rule of Law in Armed Conflict Project
http://www.adh-geneva.ch/RULAC/
International Labour Standards
www.ilo.org/global/What_we_do/InternationalLabourStandards/lang--en/index.htm
United Nations Official Document System (ODS)
http://documents.un.org
United Nations Treaty Collection
http://untreaty.un.org
Netherlands Institute of Human Rights: Human Rights documents database, including case law
http://sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/Dochome.nsf?Open
Contacts and Networking
Collection of websites of NGOs and International Organisatons in Geneva by topic
www.genevainternational.org
NGO Database
www.genevaforum.org
UN database of NGOs in ECOSOC consultative status
www.unog.ch/ngo
List of NGOs of the Geneva authorities
www.geneve.ch/protocole/information_du_protocole/informations_du_protocole_oing.html
List of NGO liaison offices of international organisations
www.welcomedesk.org/pdf/ngo_liaison_offices_EN.pdf
List of permanent missions in Geneva
www.unog.ch/
Contacts and membership information for UN and regional human rights mechanisms (Info Pack by the International Service for Human Rights)
www.ishr.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=110&Itemid=171
Information Platform for NGOs
http://www.ngo-info.org/index.php?id=50&L=1
Human Rights Nexus- A project by the World Federation of United Nations Associations.Global network of people linked together through United Nations Associations in over 100 member states of the UN.
http://humanrightsnexus.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
Fund Raising and Management
Collection of organization awarding grants and funding various NGOs
www.humanrightsnexus.org
A collection of articles on NGO accountability, effective management and Fund Raising.
www.networklearning.org
Guides, news and publications
Working with UN Human Rights Programme: OHCHR: A Handbook for Civil Society
www.ohchr.org/EN/AboutUs/CivilSociety/Documents/Handbook_en.pdf (English)
www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/ngohandbook_ar.pdf (Arabic)
www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/ngohandbook_ru.pdf (Russian)
Information Guides for NGOs
http://www.mandint.org/en/info-guide
Publications of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
www.ohchr.org/EN/PublicationsResources/Pages/Publications.aspx
Internnational NGO Journal
www.academicjournals.org/INGOJ/
Annual Human Rights Reports
Amnesty Internationalhttp://thereport.amnesty.org/en
Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2010
OHCHR’s Annual Appeal and Annual Report
www.ohchr.org/EN/PublicationsResources/Pages/AnnualReportAppeal.aspx
Human Rights courses and training
Amman Center for Human Rights Studies, Academic Freedom Project - Public conferences, research and trainings on human rights in Arab societies
www.achrs.org (web site in english and arabic)
CODAP - Human Rights courses for young people
www.codap.org/page.php?site=1&pg=12
Geneva Institute for Human Rights - Human Rights training courses focussing on Arabic speaking countries
www.gihr.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=3&Itemid=21
Human Rights Tools - Various human rights training courses
http://www.humanrightstools.org/courses/shortcourses.php
HURIDOCS - Training in information management related to human rights
www.huridocs.org/training/offer
International Centre for Transitional Justice - Fellowship programs covering approaches that societies undertake to deal with legacies of widespread or systematic human rights abuse when recovering from a period of conflict
www.ictj.org/en/workshops/fellowships/index.html
International Service for Human Rights - Annual training courses providing human rights defenders with both practical and theoretical knowledge of the UN human rights machinery
www.ishr.ch/capacity-building
OMCT Complaints Workshops - Training for human rights advocates in the presentation of individual communications to UN treaty bodies for torture victims
www.omct.org/index.php?id=UTB&lang=eng&actualPageNumber=1&articleSet=Documents&articleId=7253
Witness, Video Advocacy Institute - Training for human rights defenders in integrating video advocacy into their campaigns
http://www.witness.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=41&Itemid=214
Collège Henri Dunant - Summer Courses on Human Rights and Right to Education
http://www.cuhd.org/
Geneva for Human Rights, Global Training-
www.gdh-ghr.org
World Association for the School as an instrument of Peace- Activities in the area of human rights and peace education
www.portail-eip.org/english/index-en.html
Other useful web sites
Calendar of International Conferences
www.agenda-international.org
Mandat International and Welcome Centre for Non-Governmental Organisations and Delegations
www.mandint.org
CONGO– The Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations
www.ngocongo.org
Geneva Portal
www.genevaportal.org
FIRST - Facts on International Relations and Security Trends
http://first.sipri.org/
