Estonian Human Rights Links

by Gundars Kaupins, Boise State University

Being Updated March 2007-August 2007

The purpose of this link page is to provide useful business links associated with Estonia.  There is no commercial purpose or personal financial gain from this link page.  Most links include a title, languages used, services, and a brief description of the mission and purpose of the site.  Services include search engines, blogs, on-line polls, site of origin (e.g., .lv, .com, .net) and transactions.  Transactions could be nonfinancial (e.g., registration) to financial (e.g., payment of fees) Almost every brief description is a direct quote from the link.  Most of these direct quotes will refer to either the mission or objectives of the link.

Amnesty International (E) "Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. AI's vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards.  In pursuit of this vision, AI's mission is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave 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."

Amnesty International Report on Estonia (E, F, Spanish) "The Amnesty International library contains an archive of most reports, news releases and urgent actions published from 1996 to date."

Central and Eastern European Internet Directory for Human Rights (E) "Welcome to the Central and Eastern European Internet Directory for Human Rights. On this page you find a comprehensive collection on links and sites with reference to Human Rights issues in Europe and the NIS."

ClearHarmony News (E)  Human rights news of various countries

Corruption-Free Estonia (Est) Organization, stories, and definitions of corruption in Estonia

Estonia and Human Rights (E, Est, R) Good summary of human rights laws, organizations, and programs in Estonia

Estonian Association for Human Rights (E, Est)  Links for human rights, democracy and international understanding, and defense policy and security of citizens.

Estonian Institute of Human Rights (E, Est) Links for human rights.

Eumap.org (E)  "The EU Accession Monitoring Program of the Open Society Institute monitors human rights and the rule of law in Europe.  Databases covered include minority rights, the judiciary, corruption, equal opportunities, health and disability rights, media independence, and refugees and migrants."

Europa Liit (Est) "Offering information on the European Union's goals and policies. EUROPA is a common endeavor of the EU's institutions, run by the European Commission"

Federation of American Scientists (E)  Occasional news of the Baltic States.

Human Rights and Estonia (Est, E, R) "Comprehensive archive of declaration of human rights for Estonia, parliamentary documents, summary of NGOs for human rights in Estonia, materials about the situation in the human rights field in Estonia, and national relations in Estonia."

Human Rights Internet (E)  "Dedicated to the empowerment of human rights activists and organizations, and to the education of governmental and intergovernmental agencies and officials and other actors in the public and private sphere, on human rights issues and the role of civil society."

Human Rights Library-Minnesota (E, R, Japanese, F, Spanish) Comprehensive library of human rights links.

Human Rights Watch Reports (E, and many other languages) "We stand 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. We investigate and expose human rights violations and hold abusers accountable. We challenge governments and those who hold power to end abusive practices and respect international human rights law. We enlist the public and the international community to support the cause of human rights for all. Lots of links to Baltic countries."

International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (E) "Unique community of 41 human rights NGO's in the OSCE region, working together internationally to insist on compliance with human rights standards."

Integration of Non-Estonians (E, Est)  Discussion of language, integration of schools, choices of the multicultural Estonia

Jewish Community of Estonia (E, Est) Links for education and training, human rights, and culture and arts.

Law Assembly (E, Est, R) "The purpose of this page is to inform people all over the World about the social status of Russian speaking population in Baltic states. Here you will find concrete facts and also their law estimations made by experts of the non-governmental organization Law Assembly."

Magenta (E, Dutch) "Magenta is a foundation that combats racism, fascism and other forms of discrimination, since 1997 mainly on and through the Internet.  Magenta was founded in 1992 after the violent racist attacks on migrants in Germany. Since its founding Magenta has realized a substantial number of projects, mainly practicing our philosophy of getting the activities to people instead of letting people come to the activity."

Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law  (E) "The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law is an academic institution formed in 1984 at the Faculty of Law at Lund University, Sweden. The purpose of the Institute is to promote research, training and academic education in the fields of human rights and humanitarian law. The Raoul Wallenberg Institute is named after Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat, in order to pay homage to his well-known work in Hungary towards the end of the Second World War."

Rakvere Child Welfare Union (E, Est) Links to social welfare and health, advocacy and rule of law, and human rights.

Privacy and Human Rights:  An International Survey of Privacy Laws (E) "This report provides details of the state of privacy in fifty countries around the world. It outlines the constitutional and legal conditions of privacy protection, and summarizes important issues and events relating to privacy and surveillance."

Privacy International (E) "Privacy International (PI) is a human rights group formed in 1990 as a watchdog on surveillance by governments and corporations. PI is based in London, England, and has an office in Washington, D.C. PI has conducted campaigns throughout the world on issues ranging from wiretapping and national security, to ID cards, video surveillance, data matching, police information systems, medical privacy, and freedom of information and expression."

Simon Wiesenthal Center (E) "The Simon Wiesenthal Center is an international Jewish human rights organization dedicated to preserving the memory of the Holocaust by fostering tolerance and understanding through community involvement, educational outreach and social action. The Center confronts important contemporary issues including racism, anti-semitism, terrorism and genocide and is accredited as an NGO both at the United Nations and UNESCO. With a membership of over 400,000 families, the Center is headquartered in Los Angeles and maintains offices in New York, Toronto, Miami, Jerusalem, Paris and Buenos Aires."

Ukrainian National Women's League in Estonia (E, Est) Links to culture and arts, hobbies, recreation, and human rights

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (E, F, and other languages)  United Nations declaration

Union of Councils for Soviet Jews (E) "The site for daily news, opinion, and advocacy on Jews and human rights in the former Soviet Union--a project of UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union."

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