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Amnesty International
(commonly known as Amnesty or AI)
is an international non-governmental
organization which defines its mission
as "to undertake research and
action focused on preventing and
ending abuses of the rights to physical
and mental integrity, freedom of
conscience and expression, and freedom
from discrimination, within the context
of its work to promote all human
rights."Founded in the UK in
1961, AI draws its attention to human
rights abuses and campaigns for compliance
with international standards. It
works to mobilize public opinion
which exerts pressure on individuals
who perpetrate abuses.
El Criminalista
Digital offers a selection of the
best resources in Internet related
to the penal Right and Criminology,
as well as an extensive collection
of inline journals on legal matters.
The Electronic Journals Library offers an effective use of both scientific and academic journals publishing full text articles in the internet. This service has been developed at the University Library of Regensburg in cooperation with the University Library of the Technical University of Munich.
Human Rights
Watch is dedicated to protecting
the human rights of people around
the world.
HRW stands
with victims and activists to prevent
discrimination, to uphold political
freedom, to protect people from inhumane
conduct in wartime, and to bring
offenders to justice. Also, investigates
and exposes human rights violations
and hold abusers accountable.
HRW challenges
governments and those who hold power
to end abusive practices and respect
international human rights law, and
enlist the public and the international
community to support the cause of
human rights for all.
is a non-profit, largely student-run at . The IPL was founded at the ’s School of Information. IPL includes directories of online texts, newspapers, magazines, reference materials and other special sections.
The Court
is the principal judicial organ of
the United Nations. It was established
by the United Nations Charter, signed
in 1945 at San Francisco (United
States), and began work in 1946 in
the Peace Palace, The Hague (Netherlands).
The Court,
which is composed of 15 judges, has
a dual role: in accordance with international
law, settling legal disputes between
States submitted to it by them and
giving advisory opinions on legal
matters referred to it by duly authorized
United Nations organs and specialized
agencies.
Juricol is
a documentary legal information system
of historical character, which compiles,
systematizes and analyzes the laws,
decrees of general character, the
jurisprudence of the Constitutional
Court and the norms and jurisprudence
of the high courts related to the
Banco de la Republica since it was
created in 1923. Juriscol offers
a free updated database that can
be consulted online.
Latinlaws.com represents the only virtual legal library that compiles the most important legislation of Latin America in one single place, allowing direct access to complete texts of legislation, free of charge to the user.
The Political
Database of the Americas (PDBA) is
a non-governmental project of the
Center for Latin American Studies
(CLAS) at Georgetown University in
collaboration with institutions like
the Secretariat for Political Affairs
of the Organization of American States
and FLACSO-Chile, and also with the
support of other organizations and
entities in the region.
Through its
website, the PDBA offers centralized
and systematized information about
institutions and political processes,
national constitutions, branches
of government, elections, political
constitutional studies and other
subjects related to the strengthening
of democracy in the region. With
more than 1,500 pages of information,
the PDBA is one of the most preferred
sources of political information
on the Internet reaching more than
600,000 users per month.
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