Latvian Human Rights Links

by Gundars Kaupins, Boise State University

Being Updated March 2007-December  2007

The purpose of this link page is to provide useful business links associated with Latvia.  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, R, J, Spanish) (includes Search Engine, Transaction) (.org site) "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."

Central and Eastern European Internet Directory for Human Rights (E) (includes Search Engine, Transaction) (.de site)"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."

Federation of American Scientists (E)  (includes Search Engine, Transaction) (.org site)"Occasional news of the Baltic States."

Human Rights Internet (E) (includes Search Engine, Transaction) (.ca site) "HRI is 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, and other languages) (.edu) Comprehensive library of human rights links.

Human Rights Watch Reports (E, and many other languages) (includes Search Engine, Transaction) (.org site)"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."

Law Assembly (E, R) (includes Search Engine, Transaction) (.ru site)"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) (includes Transaction) (.org site) "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."

Privacy and Human Rights:  An International Survey of Privacy Laws (E) (.org site) "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) (includes Transaction) (.org site) 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. 

Republic of Latvia Naturalization Board (Lv, E, R) (.lv site)The Naturalization Board (hereinafter in the text - NB) was set up in 1994. It is a state administrative institution. The main task of NB is to deal with citizenship issues.

Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law  (E) (includesTransaction) (.se site)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.

Union of Councils for Soviet Jews (E) (includes Search Engine, Transaction) (.com site)"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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