III. Other HR Sites of Interest - Links are FYI, not an endorsement.

Calendar of Activist Events
Established to publicize and support activist groups in New York State, this calendar shares events and names of groups in the  Albany, NY and wider area. The website offers e-mail notification of events in your zip code area. The site also lists media resources and contacts useful in publishing events and meetings.

The Elders
The About Us page says: ‘‘The Elders are an independent group of eminent global leaders, brought together by Nelson Mandela, who offer their collective influence and experience to support peace building, help address major causes of human suffering and promote the shared interests of humanity.’’ Note: January 8, 2012, this site appeared to be blocked.

HURISEARCH:
Connect with a search engine specifically designed for pointing to the Human Rights interest or resource in which you have an interest. The searching tool is overseen by human rights experts specifically to meet human rights needs, and is reported as an easy to use multilingual human rights search engine.

Human Rights Links from the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota provides links to one, international and national documents such as treaties, international law, and general references, as well as electronic links;  two, human rights organizations; three, Regional, that is broken down either by select countries or continents; and, four, specific topics of interest such as Business and human rights, Children and human rights, etc.

Guatemalan Human Rights Commission/USA
Check these pages for updates on human rights cases and issues in Guatemala.

Human Rights First
Once known as Lawyers for Human Rights, this group's mission is to build respect for human rights and the rule of law.  The group advocates for change internationally and nationally, using the courts, the media, and the pressure of communications to policy makers. 

Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world.

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
The American Civil Liberties Union is the nation's foremost advocate of individual rights -- litigating, legislating, and educating the public on a broad array of issues affecting individual freedom in the United States.

Free the Children
Free the Children, an international network of children helping children through representation, leadership and action.

Sierra Club
The website says: ‘‘ Since 1892, the Sierra Club has been working to protect communities, wild places, and the planet itself. We are the largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States.’’ In past years, Amnesty International and the Sierra Club collaborated where environmental concerns impacted human rights.

Stop Genocide Now
The site gives the rest of us an opportunity to comprehend this human rights tragedy which has visited Darfur.

Tibet Online
Developed by the international Tibet Support Group community, this website provides information on the plight of the country , serving as virtual community space. The group has dedicated itself to ending the suffering of the Tibetan people by returning the right of self-determination to the them.

United Nations Human Rights Pages
The United Nations web site includes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by its members in 1948 as well as other important human rights documents. The site notes the organization’s ‘lsquo;creation of a comprehensive body of human rights law, which, for the first time in history, provides us with a universal and internationally protected code of human rights, one to which all nations can subscribe and to which all people can aspire.’rsquo;