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Recognizing Problems
Accountability
Research & Advocacy
Policy Decisions
The Future

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The Human Rights Advocacy and the History of Human Rights Standards website is part of a larger project exploring the development and evolution of international human rights policy.

Putting the pieces of human rights policy together

Recognizing
human rights problems
Establishing accountability for human rights abuse
Thinking
about
the future
Developing
methods of
research and
advocacy
Making
international
human rights
policy decisions

Human Rights Glossary

Human Rights First (HRF)
Human Rights First – A prominent human rights NGO based in New York and Washington. Formerly known as the Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights.

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Human Rights Policy Resources

Core Human Rights Treaties and Monitoring Bodies
UN Special Procedures
UN Treaty Collection
Universal Human Rights Instruments

Human Rights: From Practice to Policy

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