Human Rights

Web, Print and Video Resources at SFCC & SCC

 

Human Rights

– General Sources

 

Disabled Rights

Affirmative Action

Human Rights

– Individual Countries

 

Deaf Rights

Capital Punishment

Civil Rights

Lesbian & Gay Rights

Capital Punishment

– Personal Stories

 

Women’s Rights

 

Native American Rights

 

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Human Rights – General Sources

 

Large Collections of Links to Major Human Right’s Sites

http://www.etown.edu/vl/humrts.html

http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/links/links.htm

 

Links to Topics Related to Human Rights (Death Penalty, Civil Liberties, Environmental Protection, Gay & Lesbian Civil Rights, Genital Mutilation, Women’s Rights) http://web.amnesty.org/web/links.nsf

 

Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/

 

Country Human Rights Reports (U.S. Dept.of State) http://www.state.gov/g/drl/hr/c1470.htm

 

Tolerance.org     http://www.tolerance.org/

 

International Humanitarian Law http://www.icrc.org/eng/ihl

 

Amnesty International Report 1990          323.405 AM65

 

Eco-Justice: linking human rights and the environment      323.4 SACHS

 

*Fifty years after the declaration: the United Nation’s record on human rights

 

*Freedom in the world: the annual survey of political rights and civil liberties 2000 – 2001

 

Great expressions of human rights          323.4 In8

 

Human rights: a reference handbook        323 REDMAN

 

Human rights documents            323.4 H88

 

Human rights: essays on justification and applications      172.G337H

 

Human rights: the essential reference      REFERENCE 323 DEVINE

 

Human rights violations in the United States         323.40973 HUMAN R

 

*In our own best interest: how defending human rights benefits us all

 

International handbook of human rights    341.481 IN85

 

Justice in the balance: recommendations for an independent and effective international criminal court            341.77 JUSTICE

 

*Like water on stone: the story of Amnesty International

 

Making sense of human rights: philosophical reflections on the universal declaration of human rights 341.481 M532M

 

Media and human rights (VIDEO) SCC Media use only      174.9097 MEDIA A

 

The mobilization of shame: a world view of human rights

 

Out of the silence (VIDEO) SFCC Library use only            MV10390

 

*The philosophy of human rights

 

Theories of rights           323.4 T343

 

The universal declaration of human rights 1948-1988         341.481

 

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Human Rights – Individual Countries and Regions

 

Country Human Rights Reports (U.S. Dept.of State) http://www.state.gov/g/drl/hr/c1470.htm

 

Africa (Human Rights Watch) http://www.hrw.org/africa/

 

The Americas (Human Rights Watch) http://www.hrw.org/americas/

 

Asia (Human Rights Watch) http://www.hrw.org/asia/

 

East Timor http://etan.org

 

Europe & Central Asia(Human Rights Watch)  http://www.hrw.org/europe/

 

Middle East & North Africa(Human Rights Watch)  http://www.hrw.org/mideast/

 

Rwanda http://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/rwanda/

 

South Africa - Truth and Reconciliation Commission http://www.doj.gov.za/trc/trccom.htm

 

United States (Human Rights Watch) http://www.hrw.org/us/

 

Behind the red line: political repression in Sudan  323.4906 BEHIND

 

China: slamming the door on dissent; Wang Dan’s trial and the new ‘e-security’ era            323.490951 CHINA

 

Cutting the serpents head: tightening control in Tibet 1994 –1995   323.49095 CUTTING

 

Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 decade of dissent      943.704 B864c

 

El Salvador: Killings, torture, and “disappearances”           323.49095 EL SALV

 

Guatemala—tyranny on trial: testimony of the Permanent People’s Tribunal            323.49 In8g

 

Nigeria: the Ogoni crisis;  a case study    323.1669 NIGERIA

 

Protecting human rights in Africa: roles and strategies of non-governmental organizations    SFCC NetLibrary Collection Online

 

Silencing a people: the destruction of civil society in Haiti  323.0972 SILENCI

 

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Civil Rights (U.S.)

 

U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/crt-home.html

 

Office for Civil Rights (U.S. Dept. of Education) http://www.ed.gov/offices/OCR/

 

American Civil Liberties Union http://www.aclu.org/

 

Civil Rights.org http://www.civilrights.org/

 

Civil Rights Documentation Project http://www-dept.usm.edu/~mcrohb/

 

Civil Rights Laws http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/civil_rights.html

 

Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/

 

Photographs from the Civil Rights Struggle

http://www.civilrightsphotos.com/

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/movement/PT/phototour.html

 

Recent Online Publications of the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights http://www.usccr.gov/pubs.htm

 

Civil liberties: opposing viewpoints           323.4 C499o

 

Civil rights and race relations in the post Reagan-Bush era            305.8009 CIVIL

 

The civil rights reader: basic documents of the civil rights movement           323.4 F881C

 

Dangerous liaisons: Blacks, gays, and the struggle for equality      305.896 DANGERO

 

The development of the constitutional guarantees of liberty            323.4 P865

 

Free at last?: the civil rights movement and the people who made it            323.1196 P875f

 

Freedom’s daughters: the unsung heroines of eh civil rights movement from 1830 to 1970    SCC 323.092 OLSON 2001

 

A kinder, gentler racism?: the Reagan-Bush civil rights legacy       SCC 323.11 SHULL 1993

 

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Women’s Rights

 

Women’s Rights (Human Rights Watch) http://www.hrw.org/women/

 

Women’s Rights (ACLU) http://www.aclu.org/issues/women/hmwo.html

 

Women’s Rights are Human Rights http://www.unhchr.ch/women/

 

National Organization for Women (NOW) http://63.111.42.146/home/

 

A Long List of Women’s Rights Sites http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/diana/general/links.htm

 

Glass Ceiling Commission Report http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/e_archive/gov_reports/glassceiling/default.html?page=home

 

Female Circumcision http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/femgen/fgm1.htm

 

Female Genital Mutilation (for health professionals) http://www.ranzcog.edu.au/Open/womens-health/fgm/fgm.htm

 

Affirmative acts; political essays              SCC305.896073 JORDAN 1998

 

Comparable worth: an analysis and recommendations: a report of the United States Commission on Civil Rights       331.21 C738u

 

The criminalization of a woman’s body     363.46 CRIMINA

 

The female circumcision controversy: an anthropological perspective          392.1 GRUENBAU

 

Female genital mutilation: a guide to laws and policies worldwide   346.0134 FEMALE

 

Female genital mutilation: a joint WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA statement            392.1 FEMALE

 

One woman, one vote (VIDEO)    Library Media Office Use Only     MV10310

 

The Republican war against women: an insider’s report from behind the lines          SCC 305.42 MELICH 1996

 

The rights of women: the basic ACLU guide to women’s rights       REFERENCE 346.7301 RIGHTS 1993

 

Unequal protection: women, children, and the elderly in court         346.7301 FORER

 

Why ERA failed: politics, women’s rights, and the amending process of the constitution      342.73087 B459w

 

Women, gays, and the constitution: the grounds for feminism and gay rights in culture and law        342.73087 RICHARD

 

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Disabled Rights

 

Disabled Peoples’ International http://www.dpi.org/

 

A Guide to Disability Rights Law (U. S. Dept. of Justice) http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/cguide.htm

 

ADA Document Center http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/kinder/

 

Access: state and local government: your rights and responsibilities under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act            344.73 EASTERN

 

The law of special education       340 LAW OF #150

 

No pity: people with disabilities forging a new civil rights movement            SCC 323.3 SHAPIRO 1993

 

Nothing about us without us: disability oppression and empowerment         323.3087 CHARLOTO

 

Restricted access: lesbians on disability  SFCC Pride Collection 362.4086 RESTRICT

 

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Deaf Rights

 

Deaf Rights Under the ADA http://www.zak.co.il//deaf-l_faq/ada_rights.html

 

Changing the rules         362.4209 B674c

 

Deaf empowerment: emergence, struggle, and rhetoric      362.4209 JANKOWS

 

Deaf president now!: the 1988 revolution at Gallaudet University     371.912 CHRISTI

 

Legal rights: the guide for deaf and hard of hearing people  346.013 DUBOW 2000

 

The week the world heard Gallaudet         371.912 G15w

 

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Lesbian & Gay Rights

 

International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission http://www.iglhrc.org/

 

Gay & Lesbian Rights (Human Rights Watch) http://www.hrw.org/lgbt/

 

Lesbian and Gay Rights (ACLU) http://www.aclu.org/issues/gay/hmgl.html

 

Created equal: why gay rights matter to America  305.9066 NAVA

 

Dangerous liaisons: Blacks, gays, and the struggle for equality      305.896 DANGERO

 

Gay and lesbian struggle since Stonewall            SFCC Pride Collection MV12950-53

 

Gay law: challenging the apartheid of the closet    SFCC Pride Collection 342.7308 ESKRIDGE


Gay rights         306.766 GAT RIG

 

Issues in gay and lesbian adoption          362.734 PRIRCE

 

Legally wed: same-sex marriage and the constitution        346.73016 STRASSE

 

Making history: the struggle for gay and lesbian rights, 1945-1990  305.9066 MARCUS

 

The politics of gay rights Pride     SFCC Pride Collection 305.9066 POLITICS

 

The times of Harvey Milk (VIDEO)  SFCC Pride Collection MV 12896

 

Women, gays, and the constitution: the grounds for feminism and gay rights in culture and law        342.73087 RICHARD

 

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Native American Rights

 

 

Indian Law http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/indian.html

U.N. Documents on Indigenous Peoples http://www.unhchr.ch/huridocda/huridoca.nsf/FramePage/Subject+indigenous+En?OpenDocument

 

National Congress of American Indians http://www.ncai.org/index2.htm

 

Repatriation and Reburial Issues http://www.uiowa.edu/~anthro/reburial/repat.htm

 

Native Rights (Canada) http://www.abo-peoples.org/NativeLinks/RightsLinks.html

 

Documents of American Indian Diplomacy: treaties, agreements, and conventions 1775-1979           REFERENCE 342.7308 DOCUMEN

 

Indian treaties 1778-1883 REFERENCE 342.73 UN3

 

A long and terrible shadow: white values, native rights in the Americas 1492-1992   SCC 323.1197 BERGER 1992

 

Native American issues: a reference handbook     323.1197 THOMPSO

 

The rights of Indians and tribes: the basic ACLU guide to Indian and tribal rights      342.7308 PEVAR

 

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Affirmative Action

 

Affirmative Action and Diversity Project http://aad.english.ucsb.edu/

 

Affirmative action            331.133 AFFIRMA

 

Affirmative action: the history of the idea (VIDEO) Library Media Office Use Only     MV12055

 

Affirmative action: social justice or unfair preference?        342.0873 MOSLEY

 

Debating affirmative action: race, gender, ethnicity, and the politics of inclusion       331.133 DEBATIN

 

The ironies of affirmative action: politics, culture, and justice in America      331.133 SKRENTIN

 

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Capital Punishment

 

Capital Punishment Statistics http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/cp.htm

 

Death Penalty (ACLU) http://www.aclu.org/death-penalty/

 

Capital Punishment – Internet Philosophy Encyclopedia http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/c/capitalp.htm

 

A Lists of Sites Opposed to Capital Punishment

http://www.humanist.net/social/punishment.html

http://www.derechos.org/dp/

 

Capital Punishment –  a Study form the Canadian Psychological Association http://www.cpa.ca/ogloff.htm

 

A Pro Death Penalty Site http://www.geocities.com/~lurch7/cp.html

 

Against capital punishment: the anti-death penalty movement in America, 1972-1994          SCC 364.6609 HAINES

 

America’s experiment with capital punishment: reflections on the past, present, and future of the ultimate penal sanction            364.6609 AMERICA

 

Crime and punishment: justice or revenge? (VIDEO)          Library Media Office Use Only MV 11130-31

 

Dead man walking: an eyewitness account of the death penalty in the United States           364.66 PREJEAN

 

The death penalty: a debate        364.66 V282d

 

The death penalty: an historical and theological survey      364.66 MEGIVER

 

Just revenge: costs and consequences of the death penalty          364.6609 COSTANZ

 

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Capital Punishment – Personal Stories

 

Death Row Prisoners Webpages http://www.smu.edu/~deathpen/row.html

 

Free Mumia Abu Jamal http://www.xs4all.nl/~tank/spg-l/mumia002.htm

 

Death blossoms: reflections from a prisoner of conscience            364.6609 ABU Jam 1997

 

Death penalty cases: leading U.S. Supreme Court cases on capital punishment     345.73077 LATZER

 

Death row: interviews with inmates, their families, and opponents of capital punishment       SCC 364.66 D349r

 

Hurricane: the miraculous journey of Rubin Carter SCC 364.1523092 CARTER 2000

 

Live from death row        364.6609 ABU JAM

 

Young blood: juvenile justice and the death penalty           SCC 364.66 YOUNG 1995

 

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Created by Robert Schroeder, reference librarian Spokane Falls Community College

Last Updated 9/19/02

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