Border Justice Web Links
Gateways
and Metasites
Border Action Network
http://www.borderaction.org/index.html
organization formed to protect human rights, civil rights, and the Sonoran desert environment. Site contains background information, reports, newsletters, annual reports, and links to other organizations.
Border and Latin American Information, NMSU
http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/bord
Provides a list of core llinks on U.S. Mexico border and Latin American topics.
Indiana University
http://www.indiana.edu/~jah/mexico/home.html
Project Rethinking History and the Nation State: Mexico and the United States provides articles and photo galleries of the US Mexico border.
Mexico Solidarity Network
http://www.mexicosolidarity.org/index.html
a coalition of over 80 organizations struggling for democracy, economic justice and human rights on both sides of the US-Mexico border. Site disseminates current news, workshops, press, and educational resources along with other related information to the US Mexico border.
NMSU Library
http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/bord/
Library pathfinder to a number of resources that include databases, gateways, and border research among others.
The Internet: A Handbook For US-Mexico Border Info
http://www.americaspolicy.org/pdf/bios/internet_handbook_eng.pdf
Provides a very comprehensive list of governmental and non-governmental web pages. While this is a tremendous resource it is a PDF file and requires that you type the link into a web browser.
Transborder Institute, University of San Diego
http://tbi.sandiego.edu/LINKS.htm
Provides links to web sites on a wide variety of border topics. Especially good for information on the Tijuana -- San Diego border.
University of San Diego
http://tbi.sandiego.edu/LINKS-frame.htm
Site provides an array of US Mexico border web pages which include business and trade, human and civil rights, and immigration among others.
University of Texas Lanic
http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/mexico/usmex/
Site provides a number of resources related to the US Mexico border. Subject areas include government, health, environment, and the economy.
UT-LANIC - US-Mexico Border
http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/mexico/usmex/
This comprehensive web site contains links on a wide variety of topics, including a section on Mexico and the U.S. - Mexico border.
Migrants and Immigration
Human Rights Watch - USA - Immigration, etc.
http://www.hrw.org/us/usdom.php?theme=Immigration%2FTreatment%20of%20Non-Citizens
Includes information about migrant workers amid general human rights immigration concerns in a post Sept 11 environment.
Juarez Murders
AI - Ending the brutal cycle of violence against w
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAMR410112004?open&of=ENG-2M2
Extensive Amnesty International report on the Juarez Murders. Updated March 8, 2004.
Border Issues - Women of Juarez for AI at ASUW
http://www.west.asu.edu/amnesty/library/LibResources/AIBorderResources.html
Provides direct links to information about the Women of Juarez from Amnesty International
Human Rights Watch - International Film Festival
http://www.hrw.org/iff/2002/ny/missing.html
Brief description of the film and links to other film and Human Rights related issues.
Human Rights Watch - Mexico
http://www.hrw.org/americas/mexico.php
Chronicles human rights issues in Mexico. Links to full text reports produced by HRW.
NPR : Who's Killing the Women of Juarez?
http://www.npr.org/display_pages/features/feature_1171962.html
Information related to several NPR broadcasts. Includes links to audio downloads.
P.O.V. Senorita Extraviada
http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2002/senoritaextraviada/getinvolved_resources.html
PBS.org provides a list of links that address issues germane to the U.S. - Mexico border. In addition, the Delve Deeper PDF link provides additional resources to two prior aired films titled Senorita Extraviada and Esquela .
PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) / POV
http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2002/senoritaextraviada/index.html
Info related to the PBS/POV broadcast on KAET in August. Includes video and related links
Women
Human Rights Watch on Women Workers in Mexico
http://www.hrw.org/doc/?t=women_labor&c=mexico
nongovernmental organization that conducts fact-finding investigations into human rights abuses in all regions of the world. Site offers articles, news, reports and links to related materials on women workers in Mexico.
LibertadLatina.org
http://www.libertadlatina.org/LA_Mexico_Ciudad_Juarez_Protest_08142002.htm
Site is dedicated to ending the sexual oppression of Latina & indigenous women & children in the Americas.
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
http://www.sistersofmercy.org/justice/mexico_border.html
Site provides information on issues regarding the border. SMA is a philanthropic and religious organization that seeks to assist and educate people of the maliciousness of racism and globalization prevalent in border towns.
Women on the Border
http://www.womenontheborder.org/activists_on_border.htm
Site provides links to other organizations which facilitate assistance to women who live on the border. Articles and other information regarding women and border issues are available.
Human Rights
AI - HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS IN THE BORDER REGION WI
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/engAMR510031998
Extensive 1998 report on the US - Mexican border region.
American Friends Service Committee
http://afsc.org/issues/index/mexus.asp
Quaker organization committed to principles of nonviolence and justice. Site provides articles, reports and other materials on the Mexico US border.
Amnesty International Worldwide - Migrants Rights
http://web.amnesty.org/pages/refugees-010703-news-eng
Includs Amnesty International's statement related to the UN Migrants Rights Convention and links to related AI materials including case studies, international and related AI documents, and more.
International Convention on the Protection of the
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/m_mwctoc.htm
Test of the major treaty related to the rights of migrants. Includes links to worldwide ratification status and other official documents. Links to posters and flyers are also provided.
Religious Task Force on Central America and Mexico
http://www.rtfcam.org/border/articles.htm
religious organization that seeks to promote faith-based solidarity in the US. Site provides photos, articles, books/video and other resources dealing with economic globalization and fears of terrorism at the U.S Mexico border.
The Global Campaign for Ratification of the Conven
http://www.migrantsrights.org/
Campaign materials and information related to ensuring broad ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Migrants.
UN-OHCHR - Committee on the Protection of the Righ
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/6/cmw/
UN Website for the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
Law Enforcement and Crime
Proposition 187 and Protect Arizona
Now
Economics, Trade and NAFTA
Maquiladoras
Environment
Environmental Health Coalition
http://www.environmentalhealth.org/border.html
a grassroots organization in the US that uses social change to achieve environmental justice. Site provides information regarding the organizations ongoing initiatives on globalization and health issues at the US Mexico border.
Health
Detention
Centers
Florence Immigration and Refugee Rights Project
http://www.firrp.org/
The Florence Project is a nonprofit legal service organization that provides free legal services to men, women and children detained by the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), formerly known as the INS.
Statistics and Demographics
Americas Program - statistics
http://www.americaspolicy.org/bios/index.html
Provides data on a variety of topics including the environment, immigration, demographics, maquiladoras and more.
Other
Americas Program
http://www.americaspolicy.org/index.html
nonprofit policy studies center that provides policy reports, issues briefs, political commentary and popular educational materials on U.S. Mexico relations.
Pan American Health Organization
http://www.fep.paho.org/default.asp
PAHO serves as a regional office for the World Health Organization. Site disseminates information and other links related to border health.
United States Mexico Border Health Commission
http://www.borderhealth.org/
organization formed between the US Dept. of Health and Human Services and the Mexican Ministry of Health. Site provides links to partners and other agencies working to improve the health conditions of the U.S. Mexico border region.
United States-Mexico Border Health Association
http://www.usmbha.org/english/index.htm
A site that serves to promote the improvement of the health and living conditions of the people of the United States-Mexico Border
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