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General Scenario

Country-wise Human Rights Profile

 

GENERAL SCENARIO

 

a).  Human Rights in South Asia

      http://www.derechos.org/saran/

b).  South Asia Human rights Documentation Center

      http://www.hri.ca/partners/sahrdc/

c).  South Asian Forum for Human Rights

      http://www.safhr.org/

d).  Human Rights in South Asia – Database

      http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/sangat/hrmain.htm

e).  Reports of Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, US Department of State

      http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/sa/

f).   Human Rights in South Asia: An Agenda for the next Decade, UNDP

      http://www.undp-paragon.org/rgp/09_publications/human_rights_south_asia.htm

g).  Tolerance, Democracy and Human Rights in south Asia, ICES

      http://www.icescolombo.org/Neelan/neelan55.htm

h).  Peace, Harmony, Secularism and Human Rights related South Asian NGOs, Asiapeace

      http://asiapeace.org/acha/resource.htm

i).   Asia Human Rights Links: Human Rights Library, University of Minnesota

      http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/links/asia.html

j).   Social Movements in South Asia: Selected Internet Sources, UC Berkeley Library:

      http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/SSEAL/SouthAsia/movements.html

k).  South Asia Women’s Network: Reports and Analysis

      http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet/

l).   Reports from Asian Human Rights Commission:

      http://www.ahrchk.net/

m). US Department of State’s Annual Human Rights Report (South Asia):

      http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/sa/

COUNTRY PROFILES

 

1. PAKISTAN:

i) Amnesty International’s Pakistan Reports

http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/COUNTRIES/PAKISTAN?OpenView&Start=
1&Count=30&Expandall

ii) Child Labor in Pakistan, by Jonathan Silvers, Atlantic Monthly

http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/96feb/pakistan/pakistan.htm

iii) Statement on 2002 Electoral Process in Pakistan: A report by an independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan:

http://www.hrceb.org/e2-pre-poll%20rigging.htm

iv) Reports/publications from Pakistan Institute of Human Rights

http://www.pihr.org/

v) Pakistan: Ratifications and reservations on the UN sponsored and other Human Rights related conventions, treaties:

http://www.hri.ca/fortherecord2001/vol3/pakistanrr.htm

vi) Pakistan: Thematic Reports (Mechanisms of the Commission on Human Rights, UN)

http://www.hri.ca/fortherecord2001/vol3/pakistantr.htm

vii) Human Rights Watch Pakistan Page (Detailed Reports)

http://www.hrw.org/asia/pakistan.php

viii) Pakistan: Killing in the name of Honor, The Asia-Pacific Advocate, 2000

http://www.apcjp.org/pakistan.htm

 

2. INDIA:

i) Amnesty International India Page:

http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/COUNTRIES/INDIA?OpenView&Start=1&
Count=30&Expandall

ii) Human Rights Watch India Page

http://www.hrw.org/asia/india.php

iii) Khalsa Human Rights Reports

http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/square/ev90495/reports.htm

iv) Reports on Dalits Human Rights situation, NSDHR

http://www.dalits.org/

v) Reports from National Human rights Commission of India

http://nhrc.nic.in/

vi) Reports from Kashmir Council for Human Rights, London

http://www.ummah.org.uk/kashmir/kchr/

vii) India: Ratification and Reservations on UN Treaties

http://www.hri.ca/fortherecord2001/vol3/indiarr.htm

viii) India: Thematic Reports (Mechanisms of the Commission on Human Rights, UN)

http://www.hri.ca/fortherecord2001/vol3/indiatr.htm

ix) Child Labor in India: Causes, Government Policies and the Role of Education by Mitesh Badiwala

http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Library/9175/inquiry1.htm

x) Abuse of Human Rights of Sikhs in India:

http://www.maboli.com/Sikh_HR/

xi) Reports from People’s Union For Civil Liberties, New Dehli

http://www.pucl.org/

x) Sati and the Role of the State in India

http://www.article2.org/mainfile.php/0105/56/

 

3. BANGLADESH:

i) Amnesty International’s Bangladesh Page:

http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/COUNTRIES/BANGLADESH?OpenView&
Start=1&Count=30&Expandall

ii) Human Rights Watch Bangladesh Reports:

http://www.hrw.org/asia/bangladesh.php

iii) Action Research study on the Institutional Development of Human Rights in Bangladesh (Government of Bangladesh and UNDP)

http://www.idhrb.org/

iv) Mayerdak: Status of Minorities in Bangladesh (An Independent NGO)

http://www.mayerdak.com/

v) Reports from Bangladesh Human Rights Network

http://www.banglarights.net/

vi) Child Labor in Bangladesh: Magnitude, Trends and Features, by Mohammad Zulfiqar Hossain

http://www.cwa.tnet.co.th/booklet/Bangladesh.htm

vii) Reports from Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities

http://www.hrcbm.org/

viii) European Parliament’s Resolution on the Chittagong Hill Tracts situation

http://www.derechos.org/nizkor/europa/parlamento/banglae.html

 

4. AFGHANISTAN:

i) Amnesty International’s Afghanistan Page:

http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/countries/afghanistan?OpenView&Start=1&
Count=30&Expandall&ft=S

ii) Human Rights Watch Afghanistan Reports:

http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/afghanistan/

iii) Physicians for Human Rights’ Afghanistan Project: In-depth Reports

http://www.phrusa.org/campaigns/afghanistan/index.html

iv) Plight of Hazaras in Afghanistan:

http://www.hazara.net/

v) Women’s Health and Human Rights in Afghanistan (Under the Taliban regime), JAMA

http://www.ama-assn.org/special/womh/library/readroom/vol_280/jsc80298.htm

vi) UN Documents on Afghanistan (Human Rights domain)

http://www.hri.ca/fortherecord2001/vol3/afghanistan.htm

vii) Campaign for Afghan Women and Girls, Feminist Majority Foundation

http://www.feminist.org/afghan/intro.asp

 

5. SRI LANKA:

i) Amnesty International Sri Lanka Page:

http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/countries/sri+lanka?OpenView&Start=1&
Count=30&Expandall

ii) Human Rights Watch Sri Lanka Reports:

http://www.hrw.org/asia/srilanka.php

iii) Peace Brigades International, Sri Lanka

http://www.peacebrigades.org/lanka.html

iv) UN Human Rights Documents on Sri Lanka

http://www.hri.ca/fortherecord2001/vol3/srilanka.htm

v) Sri Lanka: Living with Terror, A PBS document

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/srilanka/index.html

vi) UN Report on Human Rights crisis in Sri Lanka, 1998

http://www.sangam.org/FB_REPORTS/Index98Rapp.htm

vii) Congress Eyes Human Rights in Sri Lanka, The Asia-Pacific Advocate, 1999

http://www.apcjp.org/advocate2.htm

viii) Reports from National Peace Council of Sri Lanka

http://www.peace-srilanka.org/main.html

ix) The activities of the National Commission of Human Rights in Sri Lanka as viewed by Asian Human Rights commission: A Critical Appraisal:

http://www.ahrchk.net/statement/mainfile.php/2002statement/78/

 

6. NEPAL:

i) Amnesty International’s Nepal Page:

http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/COUNTRIES/NEPAL?OpenView&Start=1&
Count=30&Expandall

ii) Human Rights and People’s War in Nepal

http://www.insof.org/

iii) Human Rights Watch Nepal Reports:

http://www.hrw.org/asia/nepal.php

iv) The Plight of Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal:

http://www.amherst.edu/%7Eamshrest/bhutan/

v) Nepal Forward Foundation: Focuses on various welfare-oriented projects including Human Rights issues:

http://www.nepalforward.org/

vi) The State of the Rights of the Child in Nepal 2002:

http://www.cwin-nepal.org/resources/reports/roc_2002/index.htm

vii) UN Documents on Human Rights in Nepal:

http://www.hri.ca/fortherecord2001/vol3/nepal.htm

 

7. MALDIVES:

i) Amnesty International Maldives Page   

http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/COUNTRIES/MALDIVES?OpenView&Start
=1&Count=30&Expandall

ii) Human Rights Watch Maldives Reports:

http://www.hrw.org/asia/maldives.php

iii) Reports from Human Rights Maldives:

http://www.geocities.com/capitolhill/lobby/2311/

iv) UN Documents on Human Rights in Maldives:

http://www.hri.ca/fortherecord2001/vol3/maldives.htm

v) Human Rights in Maldives, Library of Congress:

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+mv0069)

 

8. BHUTAN:

i) Amnesty International Bhutan Page:

http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/COUNTRIES/BHUTAN?OpenView&Start=1&
Count=30&Expandall

ii) Human Rights Watch Bhutan Reports:

http://www.hrw.org/asia/bhutan.php

iii) Bhutan Human Rights situation: Derechos:

http://www.derechos.org/saran/bhutan.html

iv) Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal: A special Asian Human Rights Commission Report:

http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/mainfile.php/2002/389/