Links
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL - OTHER SECTIONS
Here are some other Amnesty groups in English-speaking sections. Check out their web sites to see what Amnesty members are focusing on around the world!
Remember that other sections may be doing different work than Amnesty International Canada (English Speaking). Your group should only work on cases and appeals that Amnesty International Canada (English Speaking) is working on.
International Secretariat
http://www.amnesty.org/
AI Canada – English Speaking
http://www.amnesty.ca
AI Canada – Francophone Section
http://www.amnistie.qc.ca/
AIUSA
http://www.amnestyusa.org/
AIUK
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/
AI Australia
http://www.amnesty.org.au/
AI Ireland
http://www.amnesty.ie/
USEFUL AMNESTY SITES
Amnesty International Canada has a tonne of information online for you to read. Use these resources to learn more about the organization, develop campaign strategies, research human rights conditions in a specific country or fine-tune your letter-writing skills!
Amnesty International Handbook
http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ENGORG200012002
Amnesty International Annual Report
http://thereport.amnesty.org/eng/Homepage
Amnesty's List of Human Rights Related Sites
http://www.amnesty.ca/resource_centre/links.php
Amnesty International Campaigning Manual
http://www.amnesty.org/en/report/info/ACT10/002/1997
Amnesty International Canada Tour of Human Rights
http://www.amnesty.ca/support_amnesty/keep_informed/tour_of_human_rights/
Letter-Writing Toolkit
http://www.amnesty.ca/urgentaction/toolkit.pdf
Letter-Writing Tips
http://www.amnesty.ca/take_action/actions/resources/letter_writing_tips.php
Amnesty Merchandise in Canada
Looking for a snazzy t-shirt to match your new jeans? A unique gift for Mom? Check out the Amnesty International Toronto Gift Catalogue http://www.aito.ca/Merchandise/Merchandise.html for all this and more.
Disclaimer: These sites contain information related to human rights issues or are other sites of interest to Amnesty International Canada Youth and Student program members. The information contained on non-Amnesty International or AI Canada sites is not controlled by Amnesty International. Links to these external sites do not in any way imply Amnesty International supports either the organizations listed, or views presented.
MEDIA AND NEWS
Some links to help you keep up-to-date with what's going on around the world:
Rabble
http://www.rabble.ca
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk
BBC World News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/
OneWorld
http://www.oneworld.net
HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES
Who has Signed What?
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/docs/RatificationStatus.pdf
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Plain Language Version
http://www0.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrights/resources/plain.asp
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child - Plain Language Version
http://www0.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrights/resources/plainchild.asp
YOUTH ACTIVISM
Taking It Global
http://www.takingitglobal.org
Global Youth Connect
http://www.globalyouthconnect.org/
ACTIVITIES AND OTHER RESOURCES
Human Rights Education: Resources for Teachers
http://www.amnesty.ca/resource_centre/hre_resources.php
United Nations Cyber Schoolbus
http://www0.un.org/cyberschoolbus/
Take Your School's Human Rights Temperature
http://www.hrusa.org/hrmaterials/temperature/default.shtm
http://www.hri.ca/projects/hrtemperature/
Amnesty Volunteer Site
http://www.amnesty-volunteer.org/
Human Rights Internet
http://www.hri.ca/
Human Rights Web
http://www.hrweb.org/