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Human Rights Initiatives - Program Reports

5 May 2005
Global and National Trends Affecting the Protection of Human Rights: Discussion Document
This represents a summary of major issues discussed by participants in the Human Rights Defender Policy Forum organized by The Carter Center and Human Rights First in Atlanta. It is not an exhaustive review of the discussions, nor does it necessarily represent the views of any of the individual participants in the meeting or the organizations they represent. A full report of the meeting will be issued later this year. 

14 May 2004
Human Rights Defenders on the Frontlines of Freedom: Protecting Human Rights in the Context of the War on Terror
Carter Center report from the Human Rights Defenders Conference, November 11-12, 2003.

1 Jul 1992
Investigating Abuses and Introducing Safeguards in the Democratization Process
A report from the 1990 Carter Center conference, "Investigating Abuses and Introducing Human Rights Safeguards in the Democratization Process." Includes welcome address by Jimmy Carter and opening presentation by Jamal Benomar (PDF format).