Useful Stuff related to LAW and INJUSTICE

(For a different kind of blog, have a look at http://www.ketchupandcurry.blogspot.com)

UK:

• Legislation made by the UK government: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/index.htm
• European Convention on Human Rights information: http://www.echr.coe.int/echr [alternative web-based version of one of the PDF documents (Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) is provided here (click here).]
• YOUR RIGHTS: The Liberty Guide to Human Rights http://www.yourrights.org.uk/
• Online info from the CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU http://www.adviceguide.org.uk (you can also search for YOUR LOCAL CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU at the bottom of this page: http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/index/getadvice)
• Directgov website - Rights and responsibilities on various areas of law
• Convention on the Rights of the Child (signed by every country except the USA and Somalia) http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/pdf/crc.pdf (Full PDF version) OR http://tinyurl.com/33jbwk (Full HTML version) OR http://www.unicef.org.uk/youthvoice/pdfs/uncrc.pdf (youth-friendly PDF version) OR http://tinyurl.com/yq35ba (youth-friendly HTML version)

USA

• US Constitution info: http://www.usconstitution.net/ (also has clearer explanations aimed at children)
• Bill of Rights: http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs/billeng.htm
• Useful Legal information: http://www.findlaw.com/
• FUNDING to help you get a lawyer: http://www.lsc.gov/map/index.php (main page: http://www.lsc.gov)

CANADA

• Canadian Constitution Act: http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/const/index.html
• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/charter/index.html
• YOUR RIGHTS explained briefly and simply: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomer/fact_08e.html
• Useful Canadian Law info, website sponsored by Alberta Law Foundation, but has NATIONAL information) http://www.law-faqs.org/
• Links to information on FUNDING to help you get a lawyer: http://canadaonline.about.com/od/legalaid/
• Canadian legal info (some links don't work): http://www.gahtan.com/cdnlaw/Legislation/Canadian/ (main page: http://www.gahtan.com/cdnlaw/)

OTHER COUNTRIES (European Convention on Human Rights - treaties/conventions)

PDF versions - to download Adobe Acrobat Reader to read PDF documents, visit http://www.adobe.com/. Language titles are written in English (for example, "French" instead of Français), therefore the following are in ENGLISH alphabetical order (but the actual documents are in each country's language):

• Albanian: http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/9D74A089-C364-456A-A23B-2C1B0725F73C/0/AlbanianAlbanais.pdf
• Bulgarian: http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/F84D2B7F-0F2E-403B-892F-8CA51C30A8B3/0/BulgarianBulgare.pdf
• Catalan: http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/18639001-ACAF-4D45-A20A-DC538FB3961E/0/Catalan.pdf
• Croatian: http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/8E8F1266-6754-4880-80DD-BBA9D2677D9C/0/CroatianCroate.pdf
• Czech: http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/82E3CE7F-5D3D-46EB-8C13-4F3262F9E20B/0/CzechTchèque.pdf
• Danish: http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/94278436-323D-4D61-975C-ED74651974E0/0/DanishDanois.pdf
• Dutch: http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/655FDBCF-1D46-4B36-9DAB-99F4CB59863C/0/DutchNéerlandais.pdf
• [English is available above, under "UK" section]
• Estonian: http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/1125B8C7-01C2-46CD-BE4C-37EACCFDFFC1/0/EstonianEstonien.pdf
• Finnish: http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/235FB947-3ABB-4EAF-AD0F-FA020B6A3ADD/0/FinnishFinnois.pdf
• French: http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/086519A8-B57A-40F4-9E22-3E27564DBE86/0/FrenchFrançais.pdf
• German: http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/F45A65CD-38BE-4FF7-8284-EE6C2BE36FB7/0/GermanAllemand.pdf
• Greek: http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/E4317264-DB27-42FE-873E-1ECCACABB045/0/GreekGrec.pdf
• Hungarian: http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/01BD2C9F-96C5-4AC7-A4F6-389A89ACEE24/0/HungarianHongrois.pdf
• Italian: http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/0D3304D1-F396-414A-A6C1-97B316F9753A/0/ItalianItalien.pdf
• Latvian: http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/56D2C838-7133-4010-8D00-99BE58570B95/0/LatvianLetton.pdf
• Lithuanian: http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/EBDFB6BB-2A0E-48D0-935F-43AFC0A961C7/0/LithuanianLituanien.pdf
• Macedonian: http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/28DB92A0-FCBC-40DB-86CB-645A8028A019/0/MacedonianMacédonien.pdf
• Norwegian: http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/64A274D8-37A3-41F8-B64F-BDD4C2219334/0/NorwegianNorvégien.pdf
• Polish: http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/7B5C268E-CEB3-49A5-865F-06286BDB0941/0/PolishPolonais.pdf
• Portuguese: http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/7510566B-AE54-44B9-A163-912EF12B8BA4/0/PortuguesePortugais.pdf
• Romanian: http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/E7126929-2E4A-43FB-91A3-B2B4F4D66BEC/0/RomanianRoumain.pdf
• Russian: http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/6AE69C60-8259-40F8-93AF-8EF6D817C710/0/RussianRusse.pdf
• Serbian: http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/70ED854D-0A0B-4D87-859D-51C79FE38CA2/0/SerbianSerbe.pdf
• Slovakian: http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/5989ED6B-D455-48DE-A143-4F7491582C98/0/SlovakianSlovaque.pdf
• Slovenian: http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/200393FD-EAD3-434F-BD46-41BE147A18E9/0/SlovenianSlovène.pdf
• Spanish: http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/1101E77A-C8E1-493F-809D-800CBD20E595/0/SpanishEspagnol.pdf
• Swedish: http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/1009F7DB-87E3-4056-8E17-8A8A41768BA7/0/SwedishSuédois.pdf
• Turkish: http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/3BAA147F-29C9-48CE-AF64-FB85A86B2433/0/TurkishTurc.pdf
• Ukrainian: http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/888FC791-E2C0-4096-AF5E-D843F09C0E24/0/UkrainianUkrainien.pdf

Web-based (NOT PDF) versions:

• ALBANIA, BULGARIAN, CATALAN, and CROATIAN only - all on this page (all of the above countries): http://www.writely.com/View.aspx?docid=bdp5g7fkd3wn