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MagnaCartaPlus  - http://www.magnacartaplus.org/abstracts/index.htm  Site includes abstacts, articles on Parliamentary Acts of the United Kingdom, the 1689 Bill of Rights, and a summary of United Nations Agreements on Human Rights.  Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948  - http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/  Adopted and proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1948, available in hundreds of languages.  University of Minnesota Human Rights Library  - http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/  Contains a large collection of international human rights treaties, instruments, general comments, recommendations, decisions, and views of treaty bodies.  Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War  - http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/91.htm  Adopted on 12 August 1949 and entry into force 21 October 1950. Text published by Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.  Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War  - http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/92.htm  Adopted on 12 August 1949 and entry into force 21 October 1950. Text published by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.  Declaration of Human Rights  - http://home.sport.rr.com/cuthulu/  An unusual presentation of the text of the Declaration of Human Rights with links providing interpretation and commentary.  Project Diana  - http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diana/  An online human rights archive at Yale University with case law decisions, important related treaties on human rights, and search engine.  Legal Reference Service from the Association for the Prevention of Torture  - http://www.apt.ch/legal/  A database of international, regional and national documentation related to the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.  The Civil Rights Act 1991  - http://www.legalarchiver.org/civil.htm  The complete reference text of the Civil Rights Act in direct browsable format.  2003 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices  - http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/  Summaries on human rights practices in European, African, and Eurasian nations by the U.S. Department of State.