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IAWJ Member and Program Links
Associacao Portuguesa de Mulheres Juristas is the Association of Portuguese Women Judges.
www.apmj.pt
Associazione Donne Magistrato Italiane (ADMI) is the Italian Association of Women Judges.
www.donnemagistrato.it
National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ) provides strong, committed judicial leadership to ensure fairness and gender equality in American courts. Through effective education and interaction, the organization works to provide equal access to justice for vulnerable populations.
www.nawj.org
The National Association of Women Judges Nigeria (NAWJN)'s mission is to provide solid and focused leadership in the quest to ensure fairness and gender equality in Nigerian courts. Through the promotion of judicial education and interaction, we encourage unhindered access to justice for all populations. Furthermore, we give professional and personal support to our members aimed at encouraging them to achieve their full potential on the bench.
www.nawjn.org
Projeto Jurisprudencia da Iguadade, established by the Associacao Nacional de Magistradas, the Brazilian Association of Women Judges, provides information on the Jurisprudence of Equality Program in Brazil. www.jep.org.br
Women's Rights
Afghan Women's Mission (AWM) supports projects run by the Revolutionary Association of the Women in Afghanistan (RAWA) such as schools for women and girls, emergency refugee aid and orphanages.
www.afghanwomensmission.org
Associação Portuguesa de Mulheres Juristes is a non- governmental organization of Jurists established in 1988 with the purpose of contribute to the critical study of Law on the prospect of the defense of Women rights.
www.apmj.pt
Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) is an international membership organization connecting, informing, and mobilizing people and organizations committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's rights.
www.awid.org
Avon Center for Women and Justice at Cornell Law School- The Avon Global Center for Women and Justice at Cornell Law School works with judges, legal professionals, governmental and non-governmental organizations to improve access to justice in an effort to eliminate violence against women and girls. http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/womenandjustice/aboutus/index.cfm
Center for Reproductive Rights is a non-profit legal advocacy organization dedicated to promoting and defending women's reproductive rights worldwide.
www.crlp.org
Center for Women's Global Leadership, based at Rutgers University, promotes women's rights worldwide.
www.cwgl.rutgers.edu
Gender Law Library- The Doing Business Gender Law Library is a collection of national legal provisions impacting women's economic status in 181 economies. The database facilitates comparative analysis of legislation, serves as a resource for research, and contributes to reforms that can enhance women’s full economic participation. http://www.doingbusiness.org/elibrarydata/elibrary.aspx?libID=1
Legal Momentum advances the rights of women and girls by using the power of the law and creating innovative public policy.
www.legalmomentum.org
MADRE is an international human rights organization that works in partnership with women's community-based groups in conflict areas worldwide.
www.madre.org
Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights works locally, nationally and internationally on human rights issues impacting children, women, refugees & immigrants and marginalized populations. Minnesota Advocates documents human rights abuses, advocates on behalf of individual victims, educates on human rights issues and provides training and technical assistance to address and prevent human rights violations.
www.mnadvocates.org
National Organization of Women (NOW) is devoted to furthering women's rights through education and litigation.
www.now.org
Supreme Court of the United States includes a speech about women in the judiciary by Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. http://www.supremecourtus.gov/publicinfo/speeches/sp_08-11-06.html
Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum- is an initiative of the Global Forum for Health Research
hosted by the South African Medical Research Council. The SVRI features a variety of sexual violence- related research and resources. http://svriforum2009.svri.org/index.htm
Sisterhood Is Global Institute (SIGI) is an international non-governmental, non-profit organization dedicated to the support and promotion of women's rights at the local, national, regional and global levels. With members in 70 countries, and a network of more than 1,300 individuals and organizations worldwide, SIGI works toward empowering women and developing leadership through human rights education.
www.sigi.org
Stop Violence Against Women (STOPVAW)- The Stop Violence Against Women website (STOPVAW) is a forum for information, advocacy and change. The Advocates for Human Rights developed this website as a tool for the promotion of women's human rights in countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the former Soviet Union (FSU). http://www.stopvaw.org/
Vital Voices is a global partnership to support women's progress in building democracies, strong economies and peace.
www.vitalvoices.org
Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) is an international advocacy organization that seeks to increase the power of women worldwide as policymakers at all levels in governments, institutions and forums to achieve economic and social justice, a healthy and peaceful planet and human rights for all.
www.wedo.org
Women's Caucus for Gender Justice is a network of individuals and groups committed to strengthening advocacy on women's human rights and helping to develop greater capacity among women in the use of the International Criminal Court and other mechanisms that provide women access to different systems of justice.
www.iccwomen.org
Women's Human Rights Resources assists individuals and organizations in using international women's human rights law to promote women's rights. The site's database consists of articles, documents and links important to women's rights.
www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/Diana/using.htm
Women's United Nations Report Network (WURN) - The Women's UN Report Program & Network (WUNRN) is a non-governmental organization to implement the conclusions and recommendations of a United Nations Study on Freedom of Religion of Belief and the Status of Women From the Viewpoint of Religion and Traditions (E/CN.4/2002/73/Add.2). This study is a major, universal, comprehensive U.N. approach to intolerance and discrimination against women based on religion and traditions. http://www.wunrn.com/
International Human Rights
Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights.
www.amnesty.org
Bayefsky was designed for the purpose of enhancing the implementation of the human rights legal standards of the United Nations. Accessibility to UN human rights norms by individuals everywhere is fundamental to their successful realization. The information provided herein encompasses a range of data concerning the application of the UN human rights treaty system by its monitoring treaty bodies since their inauguration in the 1970's.
www.bayefsky.com
Derechos is the first internet-based human rights organization and a source of timely information on the human rights situation in Latin America.
www.derechos.org
Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO) is an independent, non-governmental organization founded by Ethiopians from all walks of life who are committed to the cause of human rights, the rule of law and democracy.
www.ethiopians.com/hright.html
Global Policy Forum monitors policy making at the United Nations, promotes accountability of global decisions, educates and mobilizes for global citizen participation and advocates on vital issues of international peace and justice.
www.globalpolicy.org
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. It aims to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime and to bring offenders to justice. By investigating and exposing human rights violations it challenges governments and those who hold power to end abusive practices and respect international human rights law.
www.hrw.org
International Organization for Migration (IOM) is the leading international organization working with migrants and governments to provide humane responses to migrations challenges.
www.iom.int
International Rescue Committee (IRC) provides humanitarian aid, relief and resettlement to refugees and other victims of oppression or violent conflict around the world.
www.theIRC.org/
University of Minnesota Human Rights Center's principal focus is to help train effective human rights professionals and volunteers. The Human Rights Center assists human rights advocates, monitors, students, and educators through five primary programs:
www1.umn.edu/humanrts/center/default.html
Applied Human Rights Research
www1.umn.edu/humanrts/center/apphrres.html
Educational Tools
www1.umn.edu/humanrts/center/edtools.html
Field and Training Opportunities
www1.umn.edu/humanrts/center/fieldopps.html
Human Rights On-line
www1.umn.edu/humanrts/center/hronline.html
Learning Communities and Partnerships
www1.umn.edu/humanrts/center/learning.html
Law and Human Rights
ABA/CEELI (Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative) is a public service project of the American Bar Association that advances the rule of law in the world by supporting the legal reform process in Central and Eastern Europe and the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union.
whttp://www.abanet.org/rol/europe_and_eurasia/
Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law of the American University's Washington College of Law (WCL) provides hands-on legal experiences for interested WCL students; coordinates and facilitates faculty scholarship on relevant subjects; and is a resource to the international community on human rights and humanitarian law issues.
www.wcl.american.edu/humright/center.cfm
Coalition for the International Criminal Court is a network of well over 1,000 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) advocating for a fair, effective and independent International Criminal Court (ICC).
www.iccnow.org
Coalition for International Justice (CIJ), an international, non-profit organization, supports the International War Crimes Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, and justice initiatives in East Timor, Sierra Leone and Cambodia. CIJ initiates and conducts advocacy and public education campaigns and provides practical assistance on legal, technical and outreach matters to the tribunals and other justice initiatives. CIJ has offices in Washington and The Hague.
www.cij.org
Commonwealth Magistrates' and Judges' Association promotes the interests of women jurists throughout the Commonwealth and works to ensure wherever possible that women have equal access to the law. It provides a forum for women judicial officers to be able to consider ways of redressing the gender imbalance and to address women's groups on issues relating to the law and their legal rights.
www.cmja.org
Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) of the U.S. Library of Congress contains abstracts and, in some cases, full texts of the laws of many countries. In addition, the site includes a useful "Guide to Law On-line," which is an annotated index of links pointing to sites containing country specific legal resources as well as multi-national and international legal resources.
www.loc.gov/law/glin
Global Rights is a human rights advocacy group that partners with local activists to challenge injustice and amplify new voices within the global discourse. With offices in countries around the world, we help local activists create just societies through proven strategies for effecting change.
www.globalrights.org
Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law is a development project of the American Society of International Law containing links to resources on selected topics. Web resources are the major focus of the Guide, but coverage is not limited to the Web. Other electronic formats, such as CD-ROM and online services, are covered as appropriate.
www.asil.org/resource/Home.htm
Human Rights Brief of American University's Washington College of Law contains articles written by human rights practitioners, professors and law students, and covers human rights and public interest topics from around the world.
www.wcl.american.edu/hrbrief
Human Rights Initiative of the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs is a multi year research and dialogue project. It is the world's premier forum for research and education in ethics and international policy on such issues as deadly conflict, human rights violations, environmental protection, global economic disparities and the politics of reconciliation.
www.cceia.org/humanrights.php
Human Rights First supports human rights activists who fight for basic freedoms and peaceful change at the local level; protects refugees in flight from persecution and repression; promotes fair economic practices by creating safeguards for workers' rights; and helps build a strong international system of justice and accountability for the worst human rights crimes.
http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/
Interights, the International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights, promotes the effectual use of law to protect human rights and freedoms worldwide.
www.interights.org
Commonwealth Human Rights Case Law Database provides summaries of recent human rights
decisions from national courts in Commonwealth jurisdictions free of charge through a browse
facility and a search engine. Many of the cases summarized are unpublished decisions,
which are not readily available in other jurisdictions.
http://www.interights.org/database-search/index.htm
International Constitutional Law contains a collection of constitutions of the world (in English). What makes the site uniquely useful is a cross-referenced subject matter index. Topics such as freedom of expression or political rights are hyper-linked from one constitution to another, making it a simple matter to perform comparative textual analysis.
www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/icl/index.html
International Judicial Monitor is an international law resource for judiciaries, justice sector professionals, and the rule of law community around the world. This bi-monthly electronic publication features information, tools, and resources on international law and significant legal developments of particular relevance to the judiciary.
www.judicialmonitor.org
International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC) is a membership organization working to facilitate global efforts for judicial rehabilitation in countries emerging from domestic or international conflict.
www.ilacinternational.se
Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) advances human rights principles through assisting the development of a public interest law infrastructure in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.
www.pili.org
RAVE is a database that covers recent publications (articles and decisions) in public international law and European law by listing them systematically and providing their citations.
www.jura.uni-duesseldorf.de/rave/e/englhome.asp
Women in International Law provides information on women's legal status worldwide and includes general links on women.
www.lib.uchicago.edu/~llou/women.html
World Law Guide offers more than 4,000 links to legal sites in more than 40 countries.
www.lexadin.nl/wlg/
International Judicial Bodies
International Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations.
www.icj-cij.org
International Criminal Court is the official website of the ICC.
www.icc-cpi.int/
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda is the official website of the UN ICTR.
www.ictr.org/
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia is the official UN website of the ICTY.
www.un.org/icty
International Organizations
CEDAW, the United Nations' Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, provides information on the convention and what has become known as the international women's bill of rights.
www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw
Hague Conference on Private International Law is an intergovernmental organization that works for the progressive unification of the rules of private international law.
www.hcch.net
International Child Protection provides judges information and updates on the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction.
Hague Convention on International Child Abduction.
hcch.e-vision.nl/index_en.php?act=text.display&tid=21
INSTRAW, an institute of the United Nations, works towards gender equality and the empowerment of women through training and technology.
www.un-instraw.org
Inter-American Development Bank was created in response to a longstanding desire on the part of the Latin American nations for a development institution that would focus on the pressing problems of the region. Its principal functions are to finance the development of the borrowing member countries; to supplement private investment when private capital is not available on reasonable terms and conditions; and to provide technical assistance for the preparation, financing and implementation of development plans and projects
www.iadb.org
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights contains a searchable database of reports, resolutions and other documents.
www.unhchr.ch
UN-NGLS Civil Society Observer is a package of selected articles, reports and other documents to keep you connected to what's going on in global civil society and the debate surrounding its role in the world; it will come directly to your inbox every two months.
www.un-ngls.org/cso/cso.htm
UNIFEM is the Development Fund for Women at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programs and strategies that promote women's human rights, political participation and economic security around the world.
www.unifem.org
United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW) advocates the improvement of the status of women of the world and the achievement of their equality with men.
www.un.org/womenwatch/daw
United Nations Development Program is the UN's global development network. In 166 countries it advocates for change and enhances knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. It's goals are the advancement of women through the implementation of global communities and gender equality in the decision-making process at all levels.
www.undp.org
UN Millennium Development Goals is a portal to background materials, ongoing analysis and research, and campaign initiatives undertaken at a national, regional, and international level to address the MDGs. The work showcased originates from the United Nations, its agencies and programmes, intergovernmental organizations, national governments, and civil society. The portal also offers space for those interested to connect with ongoing initiatives and organizations working towards the achievement of the 2015 targets.
www.un-ngls.org/MDG/Basics.htm
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has devoted a section of its Website to Women's Human rights, with links to: International instruments on the rights of women (treaties and monitoring bodies); Women's Rights on the Agenda of UN Bodies; Documents on gender equality and women's human rights (OHCHR and other UN publications); Issues in focus (Violence against Women; Racial Discrimination; Trafficking in Persons; Reproductive Rights; Traditional Practices; HIV/AIDS; World Conferences.
www.ohchr.org/english/issues/women/rapporteur/index.htm
The World Bank is one of the world's largest sources of development assistance, with primary focus on helping the poorest people and the poorest countries onto paths of stable, sustainable and equitable growth.
www.worldbank.org
GenderNet describes how the Bank seeks to reduce gender disparities
and enhance women's participation in economic development through
its programs and projects.
www.worldbank.org/gender
International Governmental Bodies
Council of Europe Human Rights links to human rights bodies of the COE and tools to search the case law of the European Convention on Human Rights Control bodies.
www.coe.int/T/E/Human_rights
European Parliament's official website has established a portal specifically for European Union law. The site is useful for both occasional users and professionals who wish to access official journals, legal documents, case law, treaties and other legal documents.
europa.eu.int/eur-lex
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) assists developing countries in their efforts to achieve lasting improvements in political, economic and social conditions.
www.norad.no
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