Outline Research Guides Treaties UN Materials and OHCHR International courts and tribunals Regional materials Europe The Americas Africa Other useful resources URLs for collections of Country Reports Subject materials

Research Guides

Treaties

UN Materials and OHCHR

International courts and tribunals

Regional materials

Europe

The Americas

Africa

Other useful resources

URLs for collections of

Country Reports

Subject materials

Research Guides ASIL http://www.asil.org/resource/humrts1.htm United Nations Documentation: Research Guide on Human Rights http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/spechr.htm The George Washington Law School http://www.law.gwu.edu/NR/rdonlyres/D07D93EB-A26A-4B40-A2E1-9DDEE95728AE/0/HumRights07.pdf

ASIL

http://www.asil.org/resource/humrts1.htm

United Nations Documentation: Research Guide on Human Rights

http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/spechr.htm

The George Washington Law School

http://www.law.gwu.edu/NR/rdonlyres/D07D93EB-A26A-4B40-A2E1-9DDEE95728AE/0/HumRights07.pdf

United Nations: Useful URLs UN web site @ http:// www.un.org / Official Web Locator @ Index to web sites of UN organisations - http:// www.unsystem.org / UN High Commissioner for Human Rights @ http:// www.ohchr.org / ASIL guide to UN research@ http://www.asil.org/resource/un1.htm UN Documentation: Research Guide @ http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/ UN Research Guide for Human Rights- http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/spechr.htm

UN web site @ http:// www.un.org /

Official Web Locator @ Index to web sites of UN organisations - http:// www.unsystem.org /

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights @ http:// www.ohchr.org /

ASIL guide to UN research@ http://www.asil.org/resource/un1.htm

UN Documentation: Research Guide @ http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/

UN Research Guide for Human Rights- http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/spechr.htm

Finding UN Documents UN ODS - http:// documents.un.org / UNBisnet - http:// unbisnet.un.org / Treaty Bodies Database - http:// tb.ohchr.org/default.aspx

UN ODS - http:// documents.un.org /

UNBisnet - http:// unbisnet.un.org /

Treaty Bodies Database - http:// tb.ohchr.org/default.aspx

UN Human Rights Bodies UN High Commissioner for Human Rights @ http:// www.ohchr.org/english / Charter Based bodies Established by the UN charter Address broad human rights issues Unlimited audience Majority voting Treaty Based bodies Established by a treaty Address issues covered by the treaty Audience is signatories of the treaty only Decisions based on consensus Documents available on UN ODS, UnBisnet Documents produced by the Treaty Based bodies are also available on the Treaty Bodies Database

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights @ http:// www.ohchr.org/english /

Charter Based bodies

Established by the UN charter

Address broad human rights issues

Unlimited audience

Majority voting

Treaty Based bodies

Established by a treaty

Address issues covered by the treaty

Audience is signatories of the treaty only

Decisions based on consensus

Documents available on UN ODS, UnBisnet

Documents produced by the Treaty Based bodies are also available on the Treaty Bodies Database

UN Human Rights Bodies: Charter Based Bodies Human Rights Council Special procedures (discuss and report on human rights situations relating to particular countries or themes) Commission on Human Rights No longer exists – predecessor of the Human Rights Council Sub commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights Carries out studies on human rights issues and make recommendations

Human Rights Council

Special procedures (discuss and report on human rights situations relating to particular countries or themes)

Commission on Human Rights

No longer exists – predecessor of the Human Rights Council

Sub commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

Carries out studies on human rights issues and make recommendations

Treaty Based Bodies Committee against Torture (CAT) Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW) Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) Human Rights Committee (CCPR) Documents produced by the Treaty Based Bodies are available on the Treaty Bodies Database as well as UN ODS, Unbisnet

Committee against Torture (CAT)

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW)

Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

Documents produced by the Treaty Based Bodies are available on the Treaty Bodies Database as well as UN ODS, Unbisnet

A-Z of issues with links to relevant bodies / rapporteurs Country information for each member including treaty ratification/reservation information, rapporteurships and special procedures relating to the country, news, events, links “ Ratifications and reservations” – treaties with signatories, reservations etc Country mandates – countries subject to HRC special procedures Links to the charter and treaty based organisations (introductory general information, publications, rules and procedures, events, relevant rapporteurships, relevant treaties and ratification information, links) plus links to Treaty bodies database Publications including fact sheets/special issues on various topics

Country information for each member including treaty ratification/reservation information, rapporteurships and special procedures relating to the country, news, events, links

“ Ratifications and reservations” – treaties with signatories, reservations etc

Country mandates – countries subject to HRC special procedures

Links to the charter and treaty based organisations (introductory general information, publications, rules and procedures, events, relevant rapporteurships, relevant treaties and ratification information, links) plus links to Treaty bodies database

International Courts and Tribunals

Guides Pict – Project on International Courts and Tribunals http://www.pict-pcti.org/ Explanation of the origins, history, functions and procedures of the international and regional courts UN Research Guide @ http:// www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/specil.htm

Pict – Project on International Courts and Tribunals

http://www.pict-pcti.org/

Explanation of the origins, history, functions and procedures of the international and regional courts

UN Research Guide @ http:// www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/specil.htm

International Courts and Tribunals online Where to find … Basic Court documents Court’s website Westlaw (for some courts) Annual reports etc – Court’s Website Judgments, Decisions, Indictments, related docs Court’s own web site Westlaw / Lexis Worldlii (usually judgment only)

Where to find …

Basic Court documents

Court’s website

Westlaw (for some courts)

Annual reports etc – Court’s Website

Judgments, Decisions, Indictments, related docs

Court’s own web site

Westlaw / Lexis

Worldlii (usually judgment only)

ICJ: Research Guides and Reference Works UN research guide includes a section on the ICJ @ http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/specil.htm#icj International Court of Justice Yearbook Internat 725 c 858 j-k Summaries of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders of the International Court of Justice Internat 121a Bibliography of the International Court of Justice Internat 400 c858

UN research guide includes a section on the ICJ @ http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/specil.htm#icj

International Court of Justice Yearbook Internat 725 c 858 j-k

Summaries of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders of the International Court of Justice Internat 121a

Bibliography of the International Court of Justice Internat 400 c858

ICJ: Judgments in print (Reports of) Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders – Internat 121 French and English Annual index Pleadings, Oral Arguments, Documents – Internat 122 Documentation relating to each case (e.g. application, written and oral proceedings, documents submitted to the court, selected correspondence etc) Published after the end of the case in the original language OSCOLA - cite the print series in preference to other series and online versions . If print is not available cite online version from the ICJ web site.

(Reports of) Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders – Internat 121

French and English

Annual index

Pleadings, Oral Arguments, Documents – Internat 122

Documentation relating to each case (e.g. application, written and oral proceedings, documents submitted to the court, selected correspondence etc)

Published after the end of the case in the original language

OSCOLA - cite the print series in preference to other series and online versions . If print is not available cite online version from the ICJ web site.

ICJ online : The ICJ web site @ http://www.icj-cij.org Basic Documents Cases Full text of judgments (contentious cases) / advisory opinions (advisory proceedings) Related documents (e.g. application, preliminary objections, provisional measures, merits oral and written proceedings, orders, summaries , press releases) No search facility

@ http://www.icj-cij.org

Basic Documents

Cases

Full text of judgments (contentious cases) / advisory opinions (advisory proceedings)

Related documents (e.g. application, preliminary objections, provisional measures, merits oral and written proceedings, orders, summaries , press releases)

No search facility

Background information – history, how the court works, judges etc Text of judgments and advisory opinions and related documents Statute of the Court, rules of procedure etc Information about the courts jurisdiction

ICJ Online: Westlaw and Worldlii Westlaw International (Directory)| All Westlaw Database | International/Worldwide | Multinational | Court and Tribunal Cases Full text judgments and orders but NOT all related documents Search engine allows subject searching How up to date? Worldlii – http:// www.worldlii.org “ International Decisions” > 26 international courts including ICJ Full text judgments (from ICJ website) and some related documents Search engine allows subject searching

Westlaw

International (Directory)| All Westlaw Database | International/Worldwide | Multinational | Court and Tribunal Cases

Full text judgments and orders but NOT all related documents

Search engine allows subject searching

How up to date?

Worldlii – http:// www.worldlii.org

“ International Decisions” > 26 international courts including ICJ

Full text judgments (from ICJ website) and some related documents

Search engine allows subject searching

For materials from beyond the UK/EU choose Westlaw International

Full list of results Result 1 Commentary relating to result 1

International Courts and Tribunals ICJ and other international courts and tribunals on Worldlii

Worldlii “International Decisions” database includes 27 international courts including: ICJ European Court of Human Rights Inter-American Court of Human Rights Decisions 1981- (Selected) Interights Commonwealth Human Rights Law 1992-2002 Interights International Human Rights Law 1981-2001 International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Decisions 2004- International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia Decisions 1996- United Nations Committee against Torture Decisions 1993- United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Decisions 1988- United Nations Human Rights Committee Decisions 1977- (WorldLII)

Worldlii “International Decisions” database includes 27 international courts including:

ICJ

European Court of Human Rights

Inter-American Court of Human Rights Decisions 1981- (Selected)

Interights Commonwealth Human Rights Law 1992-2002

Interights International Human Rights Law 1981-2001

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Decisions 2004-

International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia Decisions 1996-

United Nations Committee against Torture Decisions 1993-

United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Decisions 1988-

United Nations Human Rights Committee Decisions 1977- (WorldLII)

Combine terms using: AND, OR, NOT NEAR – within 50 words w/n –term 1 within n terms of term 2 Pre/n –term 1 must precede term 2 by n terms *truncation symbol Search across groups of courts. “All Human Rights Courts & Tribunals” is useful To find out when judgments were added to Worldlii for each court To browse a court click on the link, to search a court tick the check box

Results options – relevance, date, title

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia UN research guide @ http:// www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/specil.htm#ity Basic documents, annual reports @ http:// www.un.org/icty / Judgments in print (indictments, decisions, judgments) The Judicial Reports/ Recueils judiciaires Internat 580 I63c Judgments online ( indictments, decisions, judgments) ITY web site @ http://www.un.org/icty/ Westlaw Worldlii (judgment only – not entirely up to date) Oscola citation Case name (Decision type) ICTY-year#-case# (date). Alternatively cite International Legal Materials or International Human Rights Reports .

UN research guide @ http:// www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/specil.htm#ity

Basic documents, annual reports @ http:// www.un.org/icty /

Judgments in print (indictments, decisions, judgments)

The Judicial Reports/ Recueils judiciaires Internat 580 I63c

Judgments online ( indictments, decisions, judgments)

ITY web site @ http://www.un.org/icty/

Westlaw

Worldlii (judgment only – not entirely up to date)

Oscola citation

Case name (Decision type) ICTY-year#-case# (date).

Alternatively cite International Legal Materials or International Human Rights Reports .

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda UN Research Guide @ http:// www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/specil.htm#itr ICTR website Basic documents Indictments, decisions, judgments Status of pending cases Annual reports etc Westlaw (indictments, decisions, judgments) Worldlii Oscola citation – same as ICTY

UN Research Guide @ http:// www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/specil.htm#itr

ICTR website

Basic documents

Indictments, decisions, judgments

Status of pending cases

Annual reports etc

Westlaw (indictments, decisions, judgments)

Worldlii

Oscola citation – same as ICTY

Other international courts… International Criminal Court UN research guides @ http:// www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/specil.htm#icc http://www.icc-cpi.int / Special Court for Sierra Leone @ http://www.sc-sl.org / Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor @ http://www.cavr-timorleste.org /

International Criminal Court

UN research guides @ http:// www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/specil.htm#icc

http://www.icc-cpi.int /

Special Court for Sierra Leone @ http://www.sc-sl.org /

Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor @ http://www.cavr-timorleste.org /

Cases before UN Treaty Committees Worldlii Cases before Human Rights Committee, Committee against Torture, Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Netherlands Institute of Human Rights ( http:// www.law.uu.nl/english/sim / ) Databases > Case Law Cases before Human Rights Committee, Committee against Torture, Committees on…Elimination of Racial Discrimination, …Discrimination against women. Indexed by convention, subject, keyword, state, name etc

Worldlii

Cases before Human Rights Committee, Committee against Torture, Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination,

Netherlands Institute of Human Rights ( http:// www.law.uu.nl/english/sim / )

Databases > Case Law

Cases before Human Rights Committee, Committee against Torture, Committees on…Elimination of Racial Discrimination, …Discrimination against women.

Indexed by convention, subject, keyword, state, name etc

Cases before UN committees Cases before ECHR Cases before tribunals for Yugoslavia / Rwanda Comments by treaty bodies in response to country reports

Browse by treaty article, subject, keyword, country etc

Regional: Europe

Council of Europe - http:// www.coe.int Council of Europe Treaties http:// conventions.coe.int Directorate General of Human Rights @ http://www.coe.int/T/E/Human_rights/ documents and news organised by subject Commissioner for Human Rights @ http:// www.coe.int/t/commissioner / European Court of Human Rights - http://www.echr.coe.int/echr Judgments and decisions on Westlaw, Justis, HUDOC, Worldlii

Council of Europe Treaties http:// conventions.coe.int

Directorate General of Human Rights @ http://www.coe.int/T/E/Human_rights/ documents and news organised by subject

Commissioner for Human Rights @ http:// www.coe.int/t/commissioner /

European Court of Human Rights - http://www.echr.coe.int/echr

Judgments and decisions on Westlaw, Justis, HUDOC, Worldlii

Directorate General of Human rights – information for different themes/conventions (e.g. torture, women's rights, national minorities etc) including introductory information, publications/documents, country reports, news, events etc Text of the convention, signatories, ratifications, reservations etc Reports and other documents from the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights Legal affairs includes link to the Treaties Office – COE treaties, ratification information, subject index etc

European Court of Human Rights: Judgments Official Reports Before 1 Nov 1998 known as Series A and numbered consecutively e.g. Plattform ‘Ärtze für das Leben’ v Austria (App no 10126/82) (1988) Series A no 139 After 1 Nov 1998 - Renamed Reports of Judgments and Decisions (cited ECHR) e.g. Osman v UK (App no 23452/94) ECHR 1998-VIII 3124 Available in print at Internat 121 and online on Justis European Human Rights Reports (EHRR) e.g. Young, James and Webster v UK (App no 7601/76) (1982) 4 EHRR 38 Available in print at Internat 150 E60 on Westlaw OSCOLA – Cite Official Reports or EHRR

Official Reports

Before 1 Nov 1998 known as Series A and numbered consecutively e.g. Plattform ‘Ärtze für das Leben’ v Austria (App no 10126/82) (1988) Series A no 139

After 1 Nov 1998 - Renamed Reports of Judgments and Decisions (cited ECHR) e.g. Osman v UK (App no 23452/94) ECHR 1998-VIII 3124

Available in print at Internat 121 and online on Justis

European Human Rights Reports (EHRR)

e.g. Young, James and Webster v UK (App no 7601/76) (1982) 4 EHRR 38

Available in print at Internat 150 E60 on Westlaw

OSCOLA – Cite Official Reports or EHRR

ECHR: Transcripts Court Transcripts Court web site – HUDOC - http:// www.echr.coe.int/echr Worldlii Netherlands Institute

Court Transcripts

Court web site – HUDOC - http:// www.echr.coe.int/echr

Worldlii

Netherlands Institute

Full text searching use the following connectors: AND OR NOT WITHIN N OF *TRUNCATION ? SINGLE CHARACTER Reports of Judgments and Decisions (ECHR) on Justis

Full text searching use the following connectors: AND

OR

NOT

WITHIN N OF *TRUNCATION

? SINGLE CHARACTER

Transcript Official reports – old style series A Official reports – new style

EHRR on Westlaw UK section of Westlaw includes ECHR judgments European Court of Human Rights Reports (includes all court judgments and selected commission decisions)

UK section of Westlaw includes ECHR judgments

European Court of Human Rights Reports (includes all court judgments and selected commission decisions)

Choose “Advanced Search” for more options

Searches full text of all judgments Searches party names Searches for cases by legislation considered. Searches for cases which have considered an earlier case

Full text of the case Related information including: List of reports of the case Summary of the issues Legislation considered in the judgment Earlier cases considered in the judgment Later cases which have considered this judgment Commentary on the judgment

Related information including:

List of reports of the case

Summary of the issues

Legislation considered in the judgment

Earlier cases considered in the judgment

Later cases which have considered this judgment

Commentary on the judgment

ECHR web site http://www.echr.coe.int/ Basic Documents and texts of the court Database of transcripts of judgments and commission decisions To go direct to the transcripts database http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/

http://www.echr.coe.int/

Basic Documents and texts of the court

Database of transcripts of judgments and commission decisions

To go direct to the transcripts database http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/

Transcripts database European Convention on Human Rights and additional protocols History, organization, composition, procedures etc

To search decisions of the European Commission (ceased 1999) open up decisions box. Note not all commission decisions are available. Use … to browse a thesaurus of terms Make sure the “from” field is not filled in when you open up the database HUDOC - Transcripts Some judgments are only available on one language

Full text Analytical information including dates, party names, who the case was referred by, Strasbourg case law cited, keywords, durable URL Keywords in context – finds your keywords and displays sorrounding text Links to related information

Inter American Human Rights system: Key web sites & documents OAS - http:// www.oas.org / Charter of the OAS @ http:// www.oas.org/juridico/english/charter.html Treaties @ http:// www.oas.org/DIL/treaties.htm American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man@ http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/oasinstr/zoas2dec.htm American Convention on Human Rights @ http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/oasinstr/zoas3con.htm

OAS - http:// www.oas.org /

Charter of the OAS @ http:// www.oas.org/juridico/english/charter.html

Treaties @ http:// www.oas.org/DIL/treaties.htm

American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man@ http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/oasinstr/zoas2dec.htm

American Convention on Human Rights @ http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/oasinstr/zoas3con.htm

Inter American Human Rights system: The Commission Inter American Commission on Human Rights @ http:// www.cidh.org/DefaultE.htm Reports adopted by the Commission @ http:// www.wcl.american.edu/pub/humright/digest / index.html Finding cases before the Commission Cases section of the Commission web site University of Minnesota index to Commission cases @ http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/cases/commissn.htm

Inter American Commission on Human Rights @ http:// www.cidh.org/DefaultE.htm

Reports adopted by the Commission @ http:// www.wcl.american.edu/pub/humright/digest / index.html

Finding cases before the Commission

Cases section of the Commission web site

University of Minnesota index to Commission cases @ http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/cases/commissn.htm

Inter American Human Rights system: The Court @ http:// www.corteidh.or.cr / University of Minnesota - Basic Documents / jurisprudence @ http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/iachr/iachr.html Reports Series A – Judgments and opinions (Advisory cases) Series B – Pleadings, Oral Arguments and Documents (relating to series A) Series C – Decisions and judgments (Contentious cases) Series D - Pleadings, Oral Arguments and Documents (relating to series C) Series E - Provisional measures Finding Cases online Court web site (as above) – Spanish versions appear first University of Minnesota (as above) - Judgments, opinions and decisions plus related documents Worldlii (most recent judgment available 2006)

@ http:// www.corteidh.or.cr /

University of Minnesota - Basic Documents / jurisprudence @ http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/iachr/iachr.html

Reports

Series A – Judgments and opinions (Advisory cases)

Series B – Pleadings, Oral Arguments and Documents (relating to series A)

Series C – Decisions and judgments (Contentious cases)

Series D - Pleadings, Oral Arguments and Documents (relating to series C)

Series E - Provisional measures

Finding Cases online

Court web site (as above) – Spanish versions appear first

University of Minnesota (as above) - Judgments, opinions and decisions plus related documents

Worldlii (most recent judgment available 2006)

Introductory information, publications, country reports

Country reports, resolutions, special reports Treaties, ratifications, reservations/declarations Cases Background information including relationship of Commission and Court Reports from special rapporteurs, country reports, cases, work with the court Special / Country reports Documents re: Migrant workers Freedom of expression Women

Documents re:

Migrant workers

Freedom of expression

Women

Statute of the court, rules of procedure, composition, history etc Browse judgments chronologically or by country Decisions and judgments =series c (contentious) Advisory = series A Text in word / pdf Annual reports – includes cases Search for judgment by keywords or by country/date range

Browse judgments chronologically or by country

Decisions and judgments =series c (contentious)

Advisory = series A

Text in word / pdf

Africa: some key web sites African Union http://www.africa-union.org / African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights http://www.achpr.org/english/_info/charter_en.html African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights http://www.achpr.org/ Africa Human Rights Resource Centre ( University of Minnesota Human Rights Library) – is this still current? @ http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/africa/index.html

African Union

http://www.africa-union.org /

African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights

http://www.achpr.org/english/_info/charter_en.html

African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights

http://www.achpr.org/

Africa Human Rights Resource Centre ( University of Minnesota Human Rights Library) – is this still current? @ http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/africa/index.html

Treaties and ratification details, speeches etc Includes link to AU information on Darfur/Sudan and Rights of the Child

Most recent country reports, and activities reports Treaties Activity reports including reports from Special Rapporteurs (note full reports appended as annexes) list of state reports but no full text Special Rapporteurs/ Subjects

Activity reports including reports from Special Rapporteurs (note full reports appended as annexes)

list of state reports but no full text

Treaties, conventions etc A-Z of Human Rights links (NGOs, governments, charities etc) Constitutive Act of the AU + documents / information re OAU/AU African summit 2002 Country reports and decisions from the UN Human Rights Committee. Possibly out of date? Compilations of treaties, books and articles on human rights in Africa. Nothing later than 1994. Report on NGOs in Africa published 1994. Journal article by J. Oloka-Onyango (1995)

Other useful web sites Interights @ http:// www.interights.org / Charity that promotes human rights through the law 2,000 summaries of significant human rights decisions from the Commonwealth and beyond Eisil @ www.eisil.org Treaties, conventions etc with related web sites and research guides University of Minnesota Human Rights Library @ http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/

Interights @ http:// www.interights.org /

Charity that promotes human rights through the law

2,000 summaries of significant human rights decisions from the Commonwealth and beyond

Eisil @ www.eisil.org

Treaties, conventions etc with related web sites and research guides

University of Minnesota Human Rights Library @ http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/

Case law database Summaries of some HR issues, bibliographies etc

Country Reports Collection of links to Country Reports in the ASIL research guide @ http://www.asil.org/resource/humrts1.htm Amnesty http:// web.amnesty.org/library/engindex Reports organised by country, region, theme Human Rights Watch http:// hrw.org / Reports organised by country and subject International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights Europe (esp E Europe) For Reports follow the link to “Documents and publications” http://www.ihf-hr.org/welcome.php US Dept of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices Choose Country Reports from the navigation bar Annual reports submitted to US congress http://www.state.gov/g/drl/hr/

Collection of links to Country Reports in the ASIL research guide @ http://www.asil.org/resource/humrts1.htm

Amnesty

http:// web.amnesty.org/library/engindex

Reports organised by country, region, theme

Human Rights Watch

http:// hrw.org /

Reports organised by country and subject

International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights

Europe (esp E Europe)

For Reports follow the link to “Documents and publications”

http://www.ihf-hr.org/welcome.php

US Dept of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

Choose Country Reports from the navigation bar

Annual reports submitted to US congress

http://www.state.gov/g/drl/hr/

Subject Approach Amnesty http://web.amnesty.org/library/engindex Human Rights Watch http:// hrw.org / University of Minnesota Topics Guide http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/edumat/topicguides.html Introduction to main issues Links to relevant web resources University of Minnesota Human Rights Library http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/links/links.htm Links to document repositories, organisations, country and subjects

Amnesty http://web.amnesty.org/library/engindex

Human Rights Watch http:// hrw.org /

University of Minnesota Topics Guide http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/edumat/topicguides.html

Introduction to main issues

Links to relevant web resources

University of Minnesota Human Rights Library http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/links/links.htm

Links to document repositories, organisations, country and subjects

Subject Approach Derechos http:// www.derechos.org / Particularly good for Latin America Human Rights Internet http://www.hri.ca/ Hurisearch - http://www.hurisearch.org/ search engine searching multiple human rights web sites Worldlii Human Rights Catalog http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/303.html Links to document repositories, organisations, country and subjects

Derechos http:// www.derechos.org /

Particularly good for Latin America

Human Rights Internet http://www.hri.ca/

Hurisearch - http://www.hurisearch.org/

search engine searching multiple human rights web sites

Worldlii Human Rights Catalog http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/303.html

Links to document repositories, organisations, country and subjects

Journals Use usual journals indexes Westlaw Index to Legal Periodicals Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals Social Science Citation Index Cambridge Scientific Abstracts : Social Sciences PAIS – Public Affairs Information Institute Links to free journals with Human Rights focus http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/links/journals.html

Use usual journals indexes

Westlaw

Index to Legal Periodicals

Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals

Social Science Citation Index

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts : Social Sciences

PAIS – Public Affairs Information Institute

Links to free journals with Human Rights focus

http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/links/journals.html