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Political Science: Human Rights

Human Rights defintion and online source

Human Rights is a major concern in world politics.  Here is a selected list of where to get human rights information:

1.  History and explanation of what human rights are and/or have been:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights

2.  Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (N):

What are human rights?

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Pages/WhatareHumanRights.aspx

Human rights organizations , their mission(s), and/or human rights data:

1.  Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) from the UN:

http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/

2.  Human Rights Watch (HRW):

https://www.hrw.org/

3.  Amnesty International (AI):

http://www.amnestyusa.org/research/human-rights-basics