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View <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=202968935975543936291.000491f8248f9f6f88c77&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=27.994401,-6.328125&spn=122.532026,225&z=2&source=embed" style="text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Human Rights Reports</a> in a larger map <a name="ALBANIA" id="ALBANIA"></a>ALBANIA 0-929293 34-7 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/albania_3.PDF">Domestic Violence in Albania</a> Documents domestic violence as a human rights violation in Albania. The report gives a thorough Historical background on Albania and examines evidence of domestic violence in that country. The report also analyzes relevant Albanian laws and their implementation and compares these laws to Albania's obligations under international law. This is one part of a series on domestic violence in the Balkans. 1996 Cost to order: $5.00 0-929293 29-0 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/press_restrictions_in_albania_3.pdf">Press Restrictions In Albania</a> Documents and calls for an end to the legislative developments limiting press freedom in Albania, the repression measures taken against some journalists, and the government's apparent attempt to assert economic control over the print media. 1995 Cost to order: $8.00 0-929293 21-5 Trial Observation Report: The Albanian Trial of Five Ethnic Greeks for Espionage 1994 Cost to order: $5.00 0-929293 28-2 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/catsclaws_3.pdf">Trimming the Cats Claws: Politics of Impurity in Albania </a> Details an investigation of the protection of human rights in the Albanian legal system in light of the dramatic political changes in the country in 1990 and 1991. 1992 Cost to order: $9.00 0-929293 05-3 Human Rights in the People's Socialist Republic of Albania Provides a comprehensive and objective study of human rights in Albania, unearthing the day-to-day conditions in the country and producing recommendations to the Albanian Government, Foreign Governments and International Organizations seeking an end to 40 years of self-imposed isolation and urging adherence to the human rights commitment of the UN Charter to which Albania is bound by its membership in the U.N. 1990 Cost to order: $12.00 No ISBN <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/albania_-_violations_of_the_right_to_freedom_of_thought_conscience_and_religion_3.pdf">Albania: Violations of the Right to Freedom of Thought, Conscience, and Religion </a> 1988 Cost to order: $3.00 <a name="ARGENTINA" id="ARGENTINA"></a>ARGENTINA No ISBN Habeas Corpus and the Protection of Human in Rights in Argentina Reprint of article in Yale Journal of International Law by John P. Mandler 1991 <a name="ARMENIA" id="ARMENIA"></a>ARMENIA 0-929293 45-2 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/armeniareport_10-11-2002_2.pdf">Domestic Violence in Armenia</a> Documents domestic violence as a human rights violation in Armenia. The report analyzes the Armenian legal system, including criminal law, administrative law and family law as well as forensic regulations that relate to domestic violence. The report includes information on both the police and NGO response to domestic violence. The report also addresses Armenia's obligations under international law. 2000 Cost: $10.00 <a name="AUSTRALIA" id="AUSTRALIA"></a>AUSTRALIA 0-929293 18-5 Report on the Australian Royal Commission on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Deaths in Custody 1988 Cost to order: $3.00 <a name="BULGARIA" id="BULGARIA"></a>BULGARIA 0-929293-59-2 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/final_report_2_3.pdf">Implementation of the the Bulgarian Law on Protection against Domestic Violence: A Human Rights Report</a>, co-authored by The Advocates for Human Rights and the Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation (BGRF). On March 16, 2005, Bulgaria passed a new law to combat domestic violence. Since then, thousands of victims of domestic violence have come forward to use the law to obtain protection against their abusers. In 2006 alone, more than 2,000 cases of domestic violence under the new law were brought before the courts, resulting in 800 orders for protection. Throughout 2007, the Advocates and BGRF conducted human rights monitoring to investigate implementation of the law by all principals, including the state, police, judges, prosecutors, media and NGOs. This report presents the findings and makes recommendations to improve implementation of the law. This report was produced with the support of the Oak Foundation and UNIFEM. March 2008. Cost: $10.00 0-929293 42-8 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/sexharas_2.PDF">Sex Discrimination and Sexual Harassment in the Workplace in Bulgaria</a> Documents sex discrimination and sexual harassment in the workplace as human rights violations. The report analyzes the legal system of Bulgaria, including labor and employment laws, as well as the government's enforcement of these laws. The report includes information on trade union and employer responses to sex discrimination and sexual harassment and addresses Bulgaria's obligations under domestic and international law. 1999 Cost to order: $5.00 0-929293 33-9 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/bulgaria_2.PDF">Domestic Violence in Bulgaria </a> Documents domestic violence as a human rights violation in Bulgaria. The report analyzes the legal system in Bulgaria, including criminal laws, police response to domestic violence, administrative procedures and divorce laws. The report also addresses Bulgaria's obligations under international law. This report is part of a series on domestic violence in the Balkans. 1996 Cost to order: $5.00 <div> <a name="Croatia" id="Croatia"></a>CROATIA </div> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"> 0-929293-70-3 </div> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"> <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/croatia_final_report_2012.pdf">Implementation of Croatia’s Domestic Violence Legislation</a> (September 2012) </div> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"> Domestic violence is a serious problem in Croatia. Croatia passed a domestic violence law in 2003, later amended in 2009, which provides protective measures to victims of domestic violence. In October 2010 and February 2011, The Advocates for Human Rights, in collaboration with its partners, the Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation and Autonomous Women’s House Zagreb, sent delegations to Croatia to investigate the implementation of Croatia’s domestic violence legislation. The delegations conducted interviews with NGOs, shelter workers, police, judges, Centers for Social Welfare personnel, Ministry officials, health care workers, victims, prison personnel, and other government representatives. This report presents the delegations’ findings and makes recommendations to strengthen the government’s implementation of domestic violence laws to better protect victims and hold offenders accountable. </div> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"> </div> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"> </div> <a name="DPRK" id="DPRK"></a>DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA 0-929293- 03-7 Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Download <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/hr_in_the_dprk_part_1_2.pdf">First Part</a>, <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/hr_in_the_dprk_part_2_2.pdf">Second Part</a>, <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/hr_in_the_dprk_appendices_2.pdf">Appendices</a> Examines the DPRK government's established comprehensive system which consistently deprives its citizens of basic human rights and fundamental freedoms. Continued monitoring is called for and recommendations are given to the DPRK government and to international organizations to engage DPRK in compliance with the human rights instruments it has bound itself to. 1988 Cost to order: $15.00 </div> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"> </div> <a name="ETHIOPIA" id="ETHIOPIA"></a>Ethiopia 0-929293 65-9 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/oromo_report_2009_color_2.pdf">Human Rights in Ethiopia: Through the Eyes of the Oromo Diaspora </a> [<a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/oromo_report_2009_b_w_2.pdf">Download Report in Black & White</a>] The report highlights a continuing and pervasive pattern of human rights violations in Ethiopia based on documentation from Oromos in the diaspora. 2009 Cost to order: $10.00 <a name="GEORGIA" id="GEORGIA"></a>GEORGIA 99928-0-821-7 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/domestic_violence_and_child_abuse_in_georgia_-_web_version_2.pdf">Domestic Violence and Child Abuse in Georgia: An Assessment of Current Standings of Law and Practice Regarding Domestic Abuse and Child Abuse in Georgia, and Recommendations for Future United Nations Country Team Involvement</a>, co-authored by The Advocates for Human Rights and the Institute for Policy Studies in Georgia, has been published in English and Georgian by the United Nations Country Team in Georgia. It combines a review of current research on the topic with interviews of legal, medical and social service professionals to assess the problems of domestic violence and child abuse in Georgia and the response of governmental agencies, international institutions and social service agencies to these complex issues. The report includes specific recommendations to relevant agencies in Georgia and a commentary on Georgia’s domestic violence law. December, 2006 Cost to order: $10.00 <a name="GUATEMALA" id="GUATEMALA"></a>GUATEMALA 0-929293 08-8 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/quatemala_2.pdf">Justice Suspended: the Failure of the Habeas Corpus System in Guatemala </a> Documents the ineffectiveness of Guatemala's Habeas Corpus system in the government's failure to investigate crimes of political killings, kidnappings and disappearances and for failing to put an end to the extra-legal activity of the armed groups that perpetuate these crimes. Recommendations are given for improving the Habeas Corpus procedure. 1990 Cost to order: $7.00 <a name="HAITI" id="HAITI"></a>HAITI <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/haiti_2.PDF">Another Violence Against Women: The Lack of Accountability in Haiti.</a> Executive Summary only online. Documents the systematic rape of women as a tool of repression in Haiti during the military rule from 1991-1994 and evaluates the mechanisms established by the Haitian government to address this violence. 1995 Cost to order: $5.00 0-929293 06-1 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/restavek_child_domestic_labor_in_haiti_1990_b_w_2.pdf">RESTAVEK: Child Domestic Labor in Haiti</a> Details the common practice of domestic child labor in Haiti, known in Creole as "restavek", and illuminates the plight of restavek children who lack basic economic and civil rights. Recommendations, directed toward the abolition of restavek, are offered. 1989 Cost to order: $7.00 <a name="KENYA" id="KENYA"></a>KENYA 0-929293 25-8 No One Can Hear Us: Somali Refugees in Kenya 1992 Cost to order: $3.00 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/minorities_indig_communities_kenya_tjrc_-_2010.pdf">Engaging Minorities and Indigenous Communities in the Kenya TJRC</a> 2010 This briefing note focuses on recommendations for how the newly formed Kenya Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) can ensure that Kenya’s many minority and indigenous peoples, such as the Maasai, the Nubians, the Ogiek, the Endorois and many other groups can be active participants in the truth commission process in Kenya. <a name="KOSOVO" id="KOSOVO"></a>KOSOVO No ISBN <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/minnesotaplan_2.pdf">The Minnesota Plan: Recommendations for Preventing Gross Human Rights Violations in Kosovo </a> Details the severe repression of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo and gives recommendations for the international community to prevent an escalation of conflict and further abuses of human rights in this region of the former Yugoslavia. 1993 Cost to order: $5.00 <a name="LIBERIA" id="LIBERIA"></a>Liberia ISBN 978-1449508876<a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/Final_Report.html"> A House with Two Rooms</a><a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/Final_Report.html"> </a> A House with Two Rooms documents the experience of human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law that forced Liberians to leave the country. It is based on an analysis of more than 1,600 statements, fact-finding interviews, and witness testimony at public hearings held in the U.S. The report also tells the story of the “triple trauma” experienced by members of the diaspora during their flight through Liberia and across international borders, while living in refugee camps in West Africa, and in resettlement in the U.S. and U.K. In addition, the report summarizes the views of Liberians in the diaspora on the root causes of the conflict and their recommendations for systemic reform and reconciliation. 2009 Cost to order: $25.99, To order from Amazon and receive free shipping, click <a href="http://www.amazon.com/House-Two-Rooms-Reconciliation-Commission/dp/1449508871/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1256149749&sr=8-1" target="_blank">here</a>. <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/liberia_is_not_ready_2010_2.pdf">Liberia is not Ready, 2010</a> This report highlights the reasons that the United States government should extend Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for Liberians, which is set to expire on March 31, 2010. The report, Liberia Is Not Ready 2010: A Report of Country Conditions in Liberia and Reasons the United States Should Extend Deferred Enforced Departure for Liberians, argues that current conditions in Liberia make forced return a dangerous and ill-advised option. Instead, the report recommends that the U.S. government act immediately to ensure Liberians are not deported. <a name="MACEDONIA" id="MACEDONIA"></a>MACEDONIA 0-929293 40-1 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/macedonia_2.PDF">Domestic Violence in Macedonia</a> Documents domestic violence as a human rights violation in Macedonia. The report analyzes the legal system of Macedonia, including criminal law and family law as well as forensic regulations that relate to domestic violence. The report includes information on both the police and NGO response to domestic violence. The report also addresses Macedonia's obligations under international law. 1998 Cost to order: $5.00 MEXICO 0-929293 50-7 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/child_survival_in_mexico-_20011_2.pdf">Full Rights, Whole Children: A Case Study of Child Survival and Human Rights in Mexico</a> Documents violations of children's economic, social and cultural rights in Mexico. This report supplements The Advocates' 1998 case-study on Child Mortality in Mexico. The new report includes an analysis of Mexico's macroeconomic polices, the Mexican health care system and government social welfare programs that impact child well-being. 138 pages, 2001 Cost to order: $12.00 0-929293 38-x Global Child Survival: A Human Rights Priority: Case Studies of Uganda, Mexico, and U.S. In developing and developed countries alike, more than 12 million children under the age of five die each year as a result of inadequate health services, violence, malnutrition, unsafe water, and lack of other basic necessities. These deaths constitute an unspeakable tragedy and must be recognized as a gross violation of fundamental human rights. This report tackles the serious issue of preventable child mortality and emphasizes that all rights -- civil, political, economic, social and cultural -- must be promoted and protected in order to ensure the health and survival of children. 1999 Out of Print 0-929293 38-X La Sobrevivencia Infantil Global: Una Prioridad de los Derechos Humanos Resumen Ejeeutivo Executive Summary of Global Child Survival: A Human Rights Priority: Case Studies of Uganda, Mexico, and United States. Spanish only. 1999 0-929293 36-3 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/lawlessness_2.pdf">The Rule of Lawlessness in Mexico: Human Rights Violations in the State of Oaxaca </a> Documents an array of human rights violations resulting from government act and omission in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, and gives recommendations to the Oaxacan state government and the Mexican federal government. Produced in conjunction with the Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights. 1996 Cost to order: $10.00 0-929293 27-4 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/derechos_humanos_y_poder_judicial_en_mexico_2.pdf">Derechos Humanos Y Poder Judicial En Mexico</a> Reviews the structure and practice of the judicial branch of government in Mexico as it affects the human rights of Mexican citizens. Analyzes structural and practical impediments to the independence of the judiciary, including the procedures for appointment and discipline of judges, and the use of judicial power as an instrument of executive authority. Spanish only. 1995 Cost to order: $5.00 0-929293 30-4 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/guerrero_1995_2.pdf">Massacre in Mexico: Killings and Cover-up in the State of Guerrero</a> Describes the state police killing of seventeen civilians and the lengths to which the Guerrero state government sought to cover up these killings. The report also analyzes the failed federal government response to the massacre in light of its international human rights responsibilities. 1995 Cost to order: $5.00 0-929293 24-x <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/codificando_2.pdf">Codificando Represion: El Codigo Penal para el Estado de Chiapas </a> Analyzes the Penal Code of the state of Chiapas and recommends fundamental changes in the document so that the legal standards that govern the state conform to international principles of human rights ratified by Mexico. Spanish only. 1994 Cost to order: $3.00 0-929293 20-7 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/human_rights_defenders_1994_2.pdf">Harassment of Human Rights Defenders in Mexico</a> Details escalating aggressions against human rights advocates, community workers and the Catholic Church prior to the national elections of August 1994, and urges the Mexican government to guarantee international human rights protections for these individuals and their organizations. 1994 Cost to order: $3.00 0-929293 23-1 El Hostigamiento de Defensores de derechos humanos. Spanish version of "Harrassment of Human Rights Defenders in Mexico". 1994 Cost to order: $3.00 No ISBN <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/democracia_1994_2.pdf">Reflexiones Sobre Democracia y Derechos Humanos</a> Presents various reflections about the relationship between democracy and human rights, discussing the various interpretations of these two concepts. The relationship and conclusions are discussed within the context of Mexican society and politics. 1994 Cost to order: $3.00 0-929293 19-3 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/gallardo_rodr_guez_case_1994.pdf">Stifling Human Rights Advocacy in Mexico: The Censure of Brigadier General Jose' Francisco</a> Gallardo Rodriguez Highlights the risks facing human rights advocates in Mexico today by detailing the case of a prominent Mexican general who was jailed after denouncing military human rights violations. 1994 Cost to order: $3.00 0-929293 22-3 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/national_public_security_1994_2.pdf">The Mexican Coordination of National Public Security</a> Analyzes the creation and potential impact on human rights protections of a new Mexican executive office with broad authority over the nation's security forces. 1994 Cost to order: $3.00 No ISBN Una Perspectiva Internacional del Proceso Electoral 1994: Derechos Electorales y Derechos Humanos (An International Perspective in the 1994 Electoral Process: Electoral Rights and Human Rights) Discusses electoral rights as a basic human right of all citizens, and focuses on the close relationship between the protection of political rights and other human rights. Includes electoral violence, electoral reforms, and experiences and impact of international election observers. 1994 Cost to order: $3.00 0-929293 16-9 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/civilians_at_risk_-_military_and_police_abuses_in_the_mexican_countryside_2.pdf">Civilians at Risk: Military and Police Abuses in Mexican Countryside</a> Documents patterns of human rights abuses by the Mexico military and police against indigenous communities in rural Mexico. 1993 Cost to order: $5.00 0-929293 13-4 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/conquest_continued_-_chiapas_1992_2.pdf">Conquest Continued: Disregard for Human and Indigenous Rights in the Mexican State of Chiapas</a> Details the intimidation, torture, and electoral fraud used by Mexico's police and ruling political party to exclude the indigenous population from political participation and economic progress in Chiapas. 1992 Cost to order: $10.00 0-929293 15-0 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/nafta_and_human_rights_1992_2.pdf">No Double Standards in International Law: Linkage of NAFTA with Hemispheric System of Human Rights </a> Calls for the linkage of the NAFTA agreement with international human rights enforcement mechanisms. 1992 Cost to order: $5.00 0-929293 11-8 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/oropeza_2.pdf">The Homicide of Dr. Victor Manuel Oropeza Contreras: A Case Study of Failed Human Rights Reforms in Mexico </a> Examines the homicide of a popular, outspoken newspaper columnist. The investigation of this death exemplified the abuses and failings of the Mexican police and prosecuting authorities. 1991 Cost to order: $5.00 0-929293 07-x <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/paperprotex_2.pdf">Paper Protection: Human Rights Violations and the Mexican Criminal Justice System</a> Documents chronic human rights abuses by the Mexican police forces and analyzes the relevant Mexican and international legal provisions. 1990 Cost to order: $7.00 MOLDOVA 0-929293-71-1 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/moldova_reportupload.pdf">Implementation of the Republic of Moldova's Domestic Violence Legislation: A Human Rights Report</a> (November 2012) Domestic violence, a serious problem in Moldova, violates fundamental human rights to safety and security and the rights to be free from torture and violence. In July 2010, Moldova became one of the first countries in the region to address domestic violence with specific legislation in both the civil and criminal systems. In November 2011, The Advocates for Human Rights, in collaboration with its partner, the Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation, sent a delegation to Moldova to investigate the implementation of Moldova’s domestic violence legislation. The delegation, with the support of the Moldovan Women’s Law Center conducted interviews throughout the country with police, prosecutors, judges, government ministry officials, NGOs, shelters, maternal centers, victims, child protection services employees, United Nations organizations, prison officials, academics, journalists, health care professionals, and lawyers. This report presents the delegation’s findings and makes recommendations to strengthen the government’s response to better protect victims of domestic violence and hold offenders accountable. 0-929293 46-0 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/moldovareport_10-11-2002_2.pdf">Domestic Violence in Moldova</a> Documents domestic violence as a human rights violation in Moldova. The report analyzes the legal system of Moldova, including criminal law and family law as well as forensic regulations that relate to domestic violence. The report includes information on both the police and NGO response to domestic violence. The report also addresses Moldova's obligations under international law. 2000 Cost to order: $10.00 0-929293 49-5 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/traffickingreport_2.pdf">Trafficking in Women: Moldova and Ukraine</a> Documents the trafficking of women for the commercial sex industry as a human rights violation in both Moldova and Ukraine. The report analyzes the mechanisms of trafficking in both countries and the NGO and governmental response to the problem, including information on Moldovan and Ukrainian law. The report also addresses the obligations of the Moldovan and Ukrainian government under international law. 2000 Cost to order: $10.00 MONGOLIA 0-929293-73-8 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/mongolia_report_final.pdf">Implementation of Mongolia’s Domestic Violence Legislation</a> (January 2014) Domestic violence is a serious problem in Mongolia, where it was estimated that one in three women was a victim of domestic violence in 2010, according to an estimate by the National Center Against Violence (NCAV), headquartered in Ulaanbaater, Mongolia. Developed by The Advocates and its partner, the NCAV, this report analyzes the real-life results that followed the Mongolian government’s enactment of the Law to Combat Domestic Violence (LCDV) in 2004. The Advocates and NCAV led two fact-finding missions in January and March 2013, traveling to seven cities in Mongolia and conducting 137 interviews, including with ministry officials, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), victims, social workers, police, judges, prosecutors, lawyers, governors, and health care workers. In January 2014 the report was presented to Mongolian parliamentarians, Ministry of Justice officials, prosecutors, judges, and the U.S. ambassador to Mongolia and embassy personnel. This report presents the findings of extensive research and makes recommendations to strengthen the government’s domestic violence laws to better protect victims and hold offenders accountable. Specifically the report points to challenges obtaining restraining orders; the consequences of domestic violence not being directly addressed by penal legislation; the barriers the country’s Family Law poses to obtaining a divorce; and the results of the lack of shelters and essential social services and support. Cost to order: $10.00 <a name="NEPAL" id="NEPAL"></a>Nepal 0-929293 41-X <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/nepal_2.PDF">Domestic Violence in Nepal</a> Documents domestic violence as a human rights violation in Nepal. The report analyzes the legal system of Nepal, including the criminal law and family law provisions that relate to domestic violence. The report includes information on both the police and NGO response to domestic violence. The report also addresses Nepal's obligations under international law. 1998 Cost to order: $5.00 <a name="PHILIPPINES" id="PHILIPPINES"></a>Philippines No ISBN <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/philippines_2.pdf">The</a> <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/philippines_2.pdf">Philippines: A Human Rights Scrapbook</a> <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/philippines.pdf"></a> 1989 Cost to order: $5.00 <a name="POLAND" id="POLAND"></a>POLAND No ISBN <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/poland_domestic_violence_2002_10-18-2002_2.PDF">Domestic Violence in Poland</a> Documents domestic violence as a human rights violation in Poland. The report analyzes the response of both the criminal justice system and civil law to the problem of domestic violence. The report includes information about recently-implemented police programs to coordinate the management of domestic violence cases. The report also addresses Poland's obligations under international law, including the criteria for accession into the European Union. 2002 Cost to order: $10.00. 0-929293 53-3 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/poland_discrimination_2002.PDF">Employment Discrimination and Sexual Harassment in Poland</a> Documents sex-based discrimination and sexual harassment as human rights violations in Poland. The report analyses Poland's existing constitutional protections and the prohibitions on sex discrimination and sexual harassment found in Polish labor and criminal law. The report also addresses Poland's obligations under international and European law, including the criteria for accession into the European Union. 2002 Cost to order: $10.00. <a name="ROMANIA" id="ROMANIA"></a>ROMANIA 0-929293 26-6 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/d_v_in_romania_1995.pdf">Lifting the Last Curtain: A Report on Domestic Violence in Romania</a> Documents domestic violence as a human rights violation in Romania. The report analyzes the legal system of Romania, including criminal law and family law as well as forensic regulations that relate to domestic violence. The report includes information on both the police and NGO response to domestic violence. The report also addresses Romania's obligations under international law. 1995 Cost to order: $5.00 0-929293 01-0 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/ruta_2.pdf">Ioan Ruta - A Case Study of Human Rights in Romania</a> Summarizes the MLIHRC's work in the case of Mr. Ioan Constantin Ruta, a Romania citizen presently living in MN, who was detained mysteriously by the Romanian government for four months before being charged with criminal bribery. This report details the conditions of Mr. Ruta's detention, summarizes the events which occurred after his conviction that led to his release and provides an analysis of the legal aspects of Mr. Ruta's arrest, imprisonment, and trial. 1988 Cost to order: $15.00 <a name="SAUDI%20ARABIA"></a>SAUDI ARABIA 0-929293 12-6 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/saud_2.pdf">Shame in the House of Saud: Contempt for Human Rights in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia</a> Documents Saudi Arabia's deplorable human rights record, especially regarding the criminal justice system and the treatment of foreign workers, women and the Shi'a minority. 1992 Cost to order: $15.00 <a name="SOMALIA" id="SOMALIA"></a>SOMALIA 0-929293 25-8 No One Can Hear Us: Somali Refugees in Kenya 1992 Cost to order: $3.00 <a name="TAJIKISTAN" id="TAJIKISTAN"></a>TAJIKISTAN 978-0-929293-51-6 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/tajikistan_3_6_07_layout_-_final_mc.pdf">Domestic Violence in Tajikistan</a> (October 2008) Domestic violence is a serious problem in Tajikistan. In November 2005 and April 2006, The Advocates for Human Rights sent delegations to Tajikistan to investigate the government and community response to domestic violence. The delegations conducted over one hundred interviews of domestic violence survivors, national and local government representatives, judges, prosecutors, members of the militia, doctors, religious leaders, attorneys, representatives of non-governmental organizations, representatives of international organizations, academics and a journalist. Once the interviews were completed, The Advocates drafted a human rights report that analyzes the response of both the criminal justice system and civil law to the problem of domestic violence, outlines Tajikistan’s obligations under international law, and includes recommendations for addressing this human rights violation. The Advocates has also compiled an addendum, which provides a two-year update of current conditions and new developments in Tajikistan since the initial draft of the report. The report is being released in conjunction with The Advocates’ delegation to Tajikistan in October 2008. <a name="TUNISIA" id="TUNISIA"></a>Tunisia 0-929293 09-6 Tunisia: Human Rights Report of 1989 Provides an account of human rights conditions in Tunisia as of March 1989 and finds that while the progress made by the Tunisian government in the area of human rights is commendable, there are features of Tunisian law and institutions that still prevent the Tunisian Government from fully complying with its obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Tunisian Constitution. 1990 Cost to order: $7.00 0-929293 02-9 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/tunisia_human_rights_crisis_1987_b_w_2.pdf"></a><a href="javascript:void(0)/*259*/">Tunisia</a><a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/tunisia_human_rights_crisis_1987_b_w_2.pdf">: Human Rights Crisis of 1987</a> <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/tunisia_human_rights_crisis_1987_b_w_2.pdf"></a> Reviews the Tunisian government's official position regarding human rights and the human rights situation in Tunisia, including specific reports of human rights violations and the human rights organizations in existence in Tunisia. 1988 Cost to order: $7.00 <a name="UGANDA" id="UGANDA"></a>UGANDA 0-929293 38-x Global Child Survival: A Human Rights Priority: Case Studies of Uganda, Mexico, and U.S. In developing and developed countries alike, more than 12 million children under the age of five die each year as a result of inadequate health services, violence, malnutrition, unsafe water, and lack of other basic necessities. These deaths constitute an unspeakable tragedy and must be recognized as a gross violation of fundamental human rights. This report tackles the serious issue of preventable child mortality and emphasizes that all rights -- civil, political, economic, social and cultural -- must be promoted and protected in order to ensure the health and survival of children. 1999 Out of Print <a name="UKRAINE" id="UKRAINE"></a>UKRAINE 0-929293 47-9 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/ukrainereport_2.pdf">Domestic Violence in Ukraine</a> Documents domestic violence as a human rights violation in Ukraine. The report analyzes the Ukrainian legal system, including criminal law and forensic regulations, family law, housing law and draft legislation on domestic violence. The report includes information on the police response to domestic violence and gives an overview of the services that are available to Ukrainian women. The report also addresses Ukraine's obligations under international law. 2000 Cost to order: $10.00 0-929293 49-5 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/traffickingreport_2.pdf">Trafficking in Women: Moldova and Ukraine</a> Documents the trafficking of women for the commercial sex industry as a human rights violation in both Moldova and Ukraine. The report analyzes the mechanisms of trafficking in both countries and the NGO and governmental response to the problem, including information on Moldovan and Ukrainian law. The report also addresses the obligations of the Moldovan and Ukrainian government under international law. 2000 Cost to order: $10.00 <a name="UNITED%20STATES"></a>UNITED STATES 0-929293-75-4 <a href="http://theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/ahr_moving_from_exclusion_to_belonging_final.pdf">Moving from Exclusion to Belonging: Immigrant Rights in Minnesota Today</a> (March 2014) <a href="http://www.energyofanation.org/belonging.html">Click here to download by chapter. </a> <a href="http://www.energyofanation.org/uploads/ahr_exclusion_to_belonging_exec_summary.pdf">Click here for the Executive Summary.</a> <a href="http://www.energyofanation.org/uploads/one_sheeter_moving_from_exclusion.pdf">Click here for the One-Page Summary.</a> The Advocates for Human Rights’ report on the human rights of refugees and immigrants in Minnesota draws on nearly 200 individual interviews and more than 25 community conversations involving hundreds of people throughout the state. It places the findings within the context of state, federal, and international human rights law to identify what is working to promote integration and success, what is failing, and what gaps exist in public policy. DISCRIMINATION AND DISTANCE Regardless of immigration status, immigrants and refugees face barriers to belonging in the Minnesota community because of discrimination and distance. Immigrants and refugees face the challenge of living in a state plagued by some of the nation’s worst racial disparities in the areas of employment, health, civic engagement, and educational outcomes. Discrimination against Muslim immigrant communities continues in employment, immigration, and religious expression. Immigrants and refugees with legal status often remain ineligible for public safety net programs and face difficulty establishing new lives in Minnesota due to lack of credit history, recognized credentials, or social and professional networks. Parents and teachers struggle to communicate while schools tackle the challenge of educating a student population that speaks approximately 230 languages at home. EXCLUSION AND FEAR Thousands of undocumented Minnesotans and their families live excluded from the community and in constant fear of deportation, leaving them vulnerable to human rights violations and abuses in Minnesota. For Minnesotans who lack legal immigration status, and their families, fear of detention and deportation defines how they interact with all facets of the system. Undocumented immigrants often avoid calling the police, complaining about dangerous or exploitative working conditions or unsafe housing, seeking medical care, or engaging in their children’s schools in an attempt to stay “under the radar.” Undocumented immigrants in Minnesota face human rights violations by the government, including serious due process violations and exclusion from access to safety net programs essential to their rights to safety and security of the person, housing, food, and health. Excluded from access to an effective remedy, undocumented immigrants often fall victim to human rights abuses by private actors including discrimination and exploitation. Cost to <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/Order_Form2">order</a>: $25.00 0-929293-72-X <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/sh_2013_final_full_rept.pdf">Safe Harbor: Fulfilling Minnesota's Promise to Protect Sexually Exploited Youth</a> (Feburary 2013) In 2011, Minnesota passed the Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Youth Act (Safe Harbor 2011), laying the groundwork for a victim-centered response to sexually exploited children and those at risk of sexual exploitation. Safe Harbor 2011 defined prostituted children as the victims of sexual exploitation, ended reliance on delinquency proceedings as the sole systems response to meeting the needs of these crime victims, and called for the creation of a framework for implementation of the changes to the delinquency definition, which become effective on August 1, 2014. In spite of the strong protections enshrined in the law, Safe Harbor 2011 is limited. Its provisions apply only to children age 15 and under; sex trafficking victims ages 16 and 17 are not protected. Moreover, Safe Harbor 2011 does not provide the mechanisms or the funding to implement the changes to Minnesota’s delinquency code when Safe Harbor goes into effect in 2014. Comprehensive supportive services and housing must be funded and implemented immediately so that they are available when Safe Harbor’s changes to Minnesota’s delinquency definition go into effect in 2014. This report analyzes Safe Harbor 2011, including the Safe Harbor Working Group process and the comprehensive approach to Safe Harbor which it developed, entitled No Wrong Door: A Comprehensive Approach to Safe Harbor for Minnesota’s Sexually Exploited Youth. In addition, this report examines Safe Harbor 2011 against international standards, federal laws, and emerging state practice related to the sexual exploitation of children to identify gaps that remain. 0-929293-67-3 <a href="javascript:void(0)/*258*/">A Practitioner’s Guide to Human Rights Monitoring, Documentation and Advocacy</a> This manual provides guidance on how to use a human rights framework to work for social change in the United States. The manual walks practitioners through every step in the human rights documentation process, from establishing the project and objectives to setting up the interviews to writing a report and making recommendations. Each section goes in-depth, posing questions and considerations to readers so they can best structure the process to suit their needs and resources. The manual also helps practitioners plan how to push forward recommendations using strategies from education and lobbying to litigation and international human rights mechanisms. Finally, the manual helps organizations understand how they can use human rights in their work for social change. The Advocates produced this manual at the request of the US Human Rights Network and with funding from the U.S. Human Rights Fund. 0-929293-58-4 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/report_final_10_13_08.pdf">Sex Trafficking Needs Assessment for the State of Minnesota</a> (full report); <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/executive_summary_10_13_08.pdf">Executive Summary</a> (Originally published September 2008; revised edition October 2008) Sex trafficking violates women and children’s basic human rights, including the right to be free from slavery and slavery-like practices; the right to equal protection under the law; the right to be free from discrimination based on race, nationality, and gender; and the rights to life, security of person and freedom from torture. Governments also violate trafficked persons’ rights when they fail to prevent sex trafficking, prosecute perpetrators or provide trafficked persons with effective remedies for these violations, such as access to courts and legal immigration status. At the request of the State of Minnesota’s Human Trafficking Task Force, The Advocates for Human Rights has prepared and published a needs assessment on sex trafficking in Minnesota. The report examines the government response to this issue at the local, state, tribal and federal levels; identifies facilities and services currently available to trafficking victims in Minnesota; assesses their effectiveness; and makes recommendations for coordinating services to better meet the needs of sex trafficking victims statewide. 978-0-929293-51-7 “Journey to Safety: The Battered Immigrant Woman’s Experience” – Video and <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/jts_5_15_07_3.pdf">Facilitator’s Guide</a> Published by The Advocates for Human Rights in partnership with Battered Women’s Justice Project and Pangea World Theater. Supported by Grant No. 2004-WT-AX-K073 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. This set of training materials is designed to put participants in the shoes of an immigrant victim of domestic violence as she tries to negotiate the legal, medical and government systems. The Journey to Safety video contains a 40-minute performance by Pangea World Theater, as well as three case studies and interviews with policemen, policymakers, prosecutors, judges, medical professionals, and other legal advocates. The activities included in the Facilitator’s Guide are designed to complement the information presented in the performance and allow participants to 1) identify the barriers, 2) research and understand the complexity of the issues, and 3) develop strategies to address the problem. The Facilitator’s Guide also provides a wide range of information and tools for professionals working with immigrant victims of domestic violence, such as fact sheets, referral lists, case studies, and domestic violence resources. June 2007 Cost to order: $25.00 0-929293 57-6 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/final_report_dec_10_2004_2_2.pdf">The Government Response to Domestic Violence Against Refugee and Immigrant Women in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Metropolitan Area: A Human Rights Report</a> (<a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/appendix_a_methodology_2_2.pdf">Appendix A</a>, <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/appendix_b_glossary_2_2.pdf">Appendix B</a> and <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/appendix_c_immigrant_and_refugee_power_and_control_wheel_2_2.pdf">Appendix C</a>) (<a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/executive_summary_2.pdf">Executive Summary</a>) Documents domestic violence against refugee and immigrant women in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area as a human rights violation in the United States. With this report, The Advocates highlights many of the innovative programs and legislative initiatives that advance the safety of battered refugee and immigrant women in our community and the prosecution of their abusers. The report finds that battered refugee and immigrant women in the Twin Cities area nevertheless face serious obstacles in accessing protection from domestic violence and government services, and in pursuing accountability for their abusers. These obstacles include language barriers and inadequate access to interpretation services; barriers from within immigrant communities that impede government effectiveness; fear of government institutions and immigration authorities; inadequate funding of necessary services and programs, and other obstacles in the law or implementation of the law. This report includes an analysis of governments’ compliance with their obligation to protect the human rights, safety and security of refugee and immigrant women who are victims of violence. 2004 Cost to order: $10.00 0-929293 38-x Global Child Survival: A Human Rights Priority: Case Studies of Uganda, Mexico, and U.S. In developing and developed countries alike, more than 12 million children under the age of five die each year as a result of inadequate health services, violence, malnutrition, unsafe water, and lack of other basic necessities. These deaths constitute an unspeakable tragedy and must be recognized as a gross violation of fundamental human rights. This report tackles the serious issue of preventable child mortality and emphasizes that all rights -- civil, political, economic, social and cultural -- must be promoted and protected in order to ensure the health and survival of children. 1999 Cost to order: $15.00 0-929293 17-7 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/oakdale.pdf"></a><a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/oakdale_2.pdf">Oakdale</a> <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/oakdale_2.pdf"></a><a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/oakdale_2.pdf">Detention Center: The First Year of Operation</a><a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/oakdale.pdf"> </a> Provides an account of the human rights conditions at the Oakdale Federal Alien Detention Center in Oakdale Louisiana, during its first year of operation. The improper, illegal and sometimes cruel treatment of the multinational alien detainees is documented and recommendations are given for a more humane approach to the problem of illegal immigration. 1997 Cost to order: $3.00 0-929293 10-x <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/krome_2.pdf">Hidden from View: Human Rights Conditions in the Krome Detention Center </a> Examines the conditions of confinement and standards of operation of The Immigration and Naturalization Service's Krome Avenue Detention Center in South Dade County, Florida, a minimum security short term facility that houses detained aliens and has been the subject of serious allegations of due process and human rights abuses. 1991 Cost to order: $7.00 978-0-929293-51-6<a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/sites/608a3887-dd53-4796-8904-997a0131ca54/uploads/97648_final_voices_from_silence2.pdf"> Voices from Silence</a> The Advocates for Human Rights' publication, “Voices from Silence: Personal Accounts of the Long-Term Impact of 9/11,” details the impact of 9/11 on the lives of immigrants, refugees, and religious minorities in Minnesota. This report, due to be released Thursday, February 22, 2007 documents personal stories of fear and discrimination in a post-9/11 environment and contextualizes them with an overview of laws and policies that have affected these communities. 2007 Cost to order: $20 0-929293 54-1 <a href="http://www.energyofanation.org/education_immigration.html">"Energy of a Nation: Immigrants in America" - A Teaching Guide for Grade 8 through Adult</a> The Advocates for Human Rights proudly announces the publication of Energy of a Nation: Immigrants in America, 3rd Edition. This curriculum is a distinctive, comprehensive guide to teaching students about immigration in the United States. Designed for grade 8 through adult audiences, with a module for upper elementary and middle level students, this learning tool provides important fundamental concepts, as well as critical context to elevate students' basic understandings and expand their perspectives. Cost: $35 Lesson plans include engaging activities, handouts, fact sheets, PowerPoints, and other materials. No ISBN Assisting Indigent Political Asylum Seekers in the United States: A model for volunteer legal assistance Reprint of article published in the Hamline Law Review by Barbara Frey. 1990 No ISBN The Minnesota Center for Victims of Torture: Setbacks and Advances for a Proposed American Model Treatment Program Reprint of article in Hamline Journal of Public Law and Policy by Barbara Frey. 1987 <a name="UZBEKISTAN" id="UZBEKISTAN"></a>Uzbekistan 0-929293 48-7 <a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/uzbekreport_2.pdf">Domestic Violence in Uzbekistan</a> Documents domestic violence as a human rights violation in Uzbekistan. The report analyzes the Uzbek legal system, including the criminal justice system and family law. The report includes a discussion of the mahallah structure and how it relates to domestic violence as well as information on both the police and NGO response to domestic violence in Uzbekistan. The report also addresses Uzbekistan's obligations under international law. 2000 Cost: $10.00 ~ <input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><input id="jsProxy" onclick="jsCall();" type="hidden">