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Labour

• African Labour Research Network (ALRN)
  The African Labour Research Network brings together trade unions-linked researchers from all over Africa to undertake joint research and publications in an attempt to develop alternatives to the neo-liberal development path.
• Cosatu
  The Congress of South African Trade Unions.
• Global Unions
  Global Unions is a website which is jointly owned and managed by a number of international trade union organisations. The website gives its members the ability to draw the attention of their partners, their members, and the press to the news they produce and the campaigns they run.
• International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
  The ICFTU represents 158 million workers in 231 affiliated organisations in 150 countries and territories. ICFTU is also a member of Global Unions.
  
• International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM)
  The ICEM is a rapidly growing industry-based world labour federation dedicated to practical solidarity. It unites trade unions in its sectors on all continents. Its aim is to become a truly global trade union.
  
• LaborNet
  Global online communication for a democratic, independent labour movement.
• LabourStart
  Labour news headlines from around the world
• Union Network International (UNI)
  UNI has more than 900 affiliated unions in 140 countries around the world, representing more than 15 million members. UNI is a global organisation that talks to multi-national employers, to international organisations, to governments, to employer groups and to other trade union organisations.
  

Legal

• International Commission of Jurists
  The ICJ are ''dedicated to the primacy, coherence and implementation of international law and principles that advance human rights''.
• International Bar Association
  In its role as a dual membership organisation, comprising 16,000 individual lawyers and 180 Bar Associations and Law Societies, the International Bar Association (IBA) influences the development of international law reform and shapes the future of the legal profession. Its Member Organisations cover all continents and include the American Bar Association, the German Federal Bar, the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, the Law Society of Zimbabwe and the Mexican Bar Association.
• International Rule of Law Directory
  The International Bar Association's (IBA) online directory of worldwide organisations establishing and implementing rule of law assistance.
• Legal Committee for Human Rights
  Since 1978, the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights has worked in the U.S. and abroad to create a secure and humane world by advancing justice, human dignity and respect for the rule of law. We support human rights activists who fight for basic freedoms and peaceful change at the local level; protect refugees in flight from persecution and repression; promote fair economic practices by creating safeguards for workers' rights; and help build a strong international system of justice and accountability for the worst human rights crimes. Zimbabwe specific page
• University of Minnesota African Human Rights Resource Centre
  Useful links to African legal, human rights and NGO organisations and documents.

Music

• One World
  One World is an independent music Cyberstore selling South African music. We don't sell international music, except for those titles that have some sort of connection to South Africa. These may be cult albums in SA (e.g. Rodriguez), 'Live in South Africa' titles (e.g. Chris de Burgh), or international titles that are unavailable anywhere else in the world. But One World's main emphasis is on South African music in its myriad of forms, styles and genres. We aim to carry all and any South African CD's, be they music, the spoken word or wildlife sounds. We also stock a limited range of books and videos, all relating to music or to wildlife.

News

• AfricaFiles
  AfricaFiles is a network of volunteers committed to promoting human rights and economic justice in Africa and to relaying African perspectives and alternative analyses. It clips from mostly African sources, and also commissions some original articles.
• IRIN
  Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), part of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). IRIN services are provided free-of-charge and are available in a range of forms, including analytical reports, fact sheets, interviews, daily country updates and weekly summaries in English, French and Kiswahili. Assistance to those without web access is available through subs@ocha.unon.org.

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International petitions
In addition to local actions by Zimbabweans to confront the current regime, many international organisations have launched petitions to demand respect for human rights and a return to democracy in Zimbabwe. Some of these include:
- Avaaz
- Every human has rights
- Human Rights First

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