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A new website has been developed for human rights professionals called Human Rights Tools. It offers four services: 1. A library of carefully selected and commented resources: http://www.humanrightstools.org/index.htm Resources include: - monitoring and fact-finding tools, advocacy tools and other essential resources for human rights work - thematic resources on the protection of detainees, human rights defenders, refugees, and more - the top online databases for resources on human rights law, refugee law and humanitarian law There is also a section called "Your career" job vacancies and training opportunities can be found: http://www.humanrightstools.org/dcd/8_Your_career/ 2. Key resources for country analysis: http://www.humanrightstools.org/countryanalysis.htm To rapidly establish the human rights profile of a particular country and to facilitate analysis and follow-up of developments, you can draw on a number of resources listed here: the situation in terms of human rights, political and conflict analysis, the economics, the legal instruments which that country has ratified, and human rights-relevant news. 3. Daily updated human rights headlines: http://www.humanrightstools.org/rssnews.htm This page provides human rights news from a selection of top sources. 4. Newsletter: Subscribe to the newsletter for information about the latest human rights tools: http://humanrightstools.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/n/news/info/crin.org/8... The website and newsletter are produced by a small and independant group of volunteers who aim to facilitate the use of information on human rights available on the Internet.