Goodhart: Human Rights
Chapter 9
CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
www.civicus.org
CIVICUS is a large general alliance of civil society organisations dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society throughout the world.
GCS (Global Civil Society) Yearbook archives
www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/global/researchgcspub.htm
Hosted by the London School of Economics (LSE,), this website provides free downloads of chapters from older editions of the GCS Yearbook.
Global Exchange
www.globalexchange.org
This is an international human rights organization involved in issues of globalization, human rights, and development.
Human Rights Education Associates
www.hrea.org
HREA is an international non-governmental organization that supports human rights learning; the training of activists and professionals; the development of educational materials and programming; and community-building through on-line technologies. The website provides an online repository of human rights education and training materials, online forums, databases, and links to other organizations and resources.
International Forum on Globalization
www.ifg.org
This is a global network of human rights activists especially focused on economic globalization.
Oneworld Network
www.oneworld.net
This is a good example of a fast growing ‘global civil society” network promoting public awareness about development, globalization, and human rights issues and supporting campaigns for ‘a more just global society’. This gateway links over 2000 civil society and media organizations in about 90 countries.
openDemocracy
www.opendemocracy.net
This is an independent website on global current affairs, promoting dialogue and debate on issues of global importance.
United Nations World Forum website.
www.wfuna.org
This website provides a critical perspective on Millennium Development goals. Several sections of the website provide a valuable source on engaging civil society in the worldwide efforts to target the Millennium Development Goals.
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