This is a selective guide to resources at Columbia University Libraries and on the Internet, for conducting research on international human rights issues. Please consult CLIO or Pegasus for other materials in the Columbia University Libraries.
 Access Restrictions: available to current Columbia faculty, staff and students only.
Columbia University Links
- Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research
- CHRDR is the official designated repository for the archives of major Human Rights organizations such as Amnesty International USA, Committee of Concerned Scientists and Human Rights Watch.
- Center for New Media Teaching and Learning:
- ReliefSim
This simulation will train humanitarian workers to manage complex emergencies. With the wealth of field data available, student can explore real-life scenarios to develop their skills and explore the complexity of the issues in a safe space.
- Center for the Study of Human Rights
- Human Rights Course Lists
- Columbia Human Rights Calendar
- Global Health Online Directory
- A searchable index of projects and programs involving Columbia University faculty, staff, and students who contribute expertise in education, research, and treatment relating to worldwide public health. Maintained by Digital Knowledge Venture, Columbia University.
- SIPA Human Rights Program
- Columbia Law School
- The Human Rights Institute at Columbia Law School
Guides
- Concise Guide to Human Rights on the Internet
- A basic guide, produced by Derechos Human Rights. It includes information on mailing lists and newsgroups.
- Displaced Peoples and Refugee Studies: a Resource Guide.
- London : Hans Zell, 1990.
- HV 640 .D57 1990 - Lehman
- Fenton, Thomas P.
- Human Rights: a Directory of Resources.
- Maryknoll, NY : Orbis, c1989.
- Z 7164 .L6 F46 1989 - Lehman
- Guide to International Human Rights Practice. 4th ed.
- Ardsley, N.Y. : Transnational Publishers, 2004.
- K 3240.4 .G94 2004 - Lehman
- Hall, Katherine C.
- International Human Rights Law: a Resource Guide.
- Queenstown, Md. : The Aspen Institute Justice and Society Program, 1993.
- JX 4263.P3 H143 1993 - Law
- International Law and Human Rights through the Doddel Server, University of Maastricht
- Kabasakal Arat, Zehra F.
- Human Rights Worldwide: a Reference Handbook.
- Santa Barbara, CA : ABC-CLIO, 2006.
- JC 571 .K23 2006 - Lehman
- Raisch, Marylin J.
- International Protection of Human Rights: Outline of the Process and Major Documents and a Brief Research Guide.
- The primary audience for this guide is law students, but the processes outlined for both the UN and Council of Europe are useful to any student of human rights.
- Tobin, Jack (John J.)
- Guide to Human Rights Research.
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard Law School Human Rights Program, 1994.
- K 3236 .T63 1994g - Lehman, Barnard Reference
- United Nations Centre for Human Rights.
- United Nations Reference Guide in the Field of Human Rights.
- New York : United Nations, 1993.
- Z 7164.L6 U54 1993g - Lehman
- JX 4263.P3 Un3553 1993 - Law
- The internet version, United Nations Documentation: Research Guide: Human Rights contains only material issued through the UN, but with many full-text links to documents.
Find Journal Articles
- HURISEARCH (HUman RIghts SEARCH)
- This search engine aims to provide one point access to all human rights information published by human rights organisations worldwide, and particularly human rights NGOs.
- International Development Abstracts.
- Norwich, UK : Geo Abstracts, 1982-2006
- HC 59.7 .I11 - Offsite
- International Political Science Abstracts. Bimonthly.
- Paris: International Political Science Association, 1951-
- JA 36 .I5 - Lehman
- R053 In8 - Butler Reference
- LexisNexis Congressional
- LexisNexis Congressional is a web version of the CIS Index, enhanced with links to full text documents, bill tracking features, and other new features; an excellent product and the best place to start for legislative research.
- LexisNexis Statistical. Monthly.
- Washington, D.C. Congressional Information Service, 1973-
- The LexisNexis Statistical database provides comprehensive access to statistical data. Many of the U.S. government sources are linked to the full text of the data, while state, private, and IGO sources are cited, allowing the researcher to then locate the statistical source in the library.
- PAIS International. Monthly.
- New York : Public Affairs Information Service, 1915-
- Z 7163 .P922 - Lehman
- Refugee Survey Quarterly.
- Geneva, Switzerland : UNHCR, Centre for Documentation on Refugees, 1994-
- JV 6008 .R51 - Lehman
- Continues Refugee Abstracts, 1982-1992.
- RSQ features current refugee and country information through a selection of country reports, documents, abstracts, and literature surveys.
- Rural Development Abstracts. Bimonthly.
- Farnham Royal, Eng. : Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, 1978-2008.
- Z 5074.E3 R8 - Lehman
Find Books
- CLIO: Columbia Libraries Online Catalog
- CLIO is the online catalog for the Columbia and Barnard libraries. It includes over 4 million records for books, journal or newspaper titles (not articles), online resources, government documents, microforms, sound or video recordings, archival collections, etc.
- WorldCat
- An online catalog of the collections of 24,000 member libraries of the OCLC consortium, comprising more than 36 million records for books, serials, manuscript collections, audiovisual materials, computer files, and other media.
- BorrowDirect
- A borrowing service offered by the university libraries of Columbia, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale. It is designed to allow students, faculty and staff to request (and receive in four days) books directly from each other's collections.
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- Bennett, James R.
- Political Prisoners and Trials: a Worldwide Annotated Bibliography, 1900 Through 1993.
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c1995.
- Z 7164.L6 B46 1995 - Barnard Reference
- R016.3358 B43 - Butler Reference
- Human Rights: a Bibliography 5 vol.
- Huntington, NY : Nova Science Publishers, c2000.
- Z 7164 .L6 H837 2000 - Lehman
- Human Rights Bibliography: United Nations Documents and Publications, 1980-1990. 5 vol.
- New York : United Nations, 1993.
- K 3236 .H863 1993 - Offsite
- UN System Pathfinder: Human Rights
- The purpose of this Pathfinder is to identify major publications of the organizations comprising the United Nations system. Materials were selected with a view to currency, relevance and usefulness. It includes global studies and reports, handbooks and guides, bibliographies and indices, international statistical publications, compilations of treaties, resolutions and documents as well as annual reports of UN bodies and specialized agencies.
- Z 7164.L6 V47 1987 - Lehman
- Walters, Gregory J.
- Human Rights in Theory and Practice: a Selected and Annotated Bibliography.
- Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1995.
- Z 7164.L6 W35 1995 - Lehman, Barnard Reference
- Weinberg, Meyer.
- World Racism and Related Inhumanities: a Country-by-country Bibliography.
- New York : Greenwood Press, 1992.
- Z 7164.R12 W5 1992 - Lehman, Barnard Reference
Directories
In addition to the directories listed below, there are directories for individual countries. Locate these with a subject search in CLIO (s=human rights--[name of country]--directories).
- Aall, Pamela R.
- Guide to IGOs, NGOs, and the Military in Peace and Relief Operations.
- Washington, D.C. : United States Institute of Peace Press, 2000.
- JZ 4850 .A17 2000 - Lehman
- Directorio de Organizaciones de Derechos Humanos: America Latina y el Caribe.
- Cambridge, MA : Human Rights Internet (USA), 1990.
- JC 599 .L3 D57 1990g - Journalism Reference
- Directory of Human Rights Institutes in Member States of the Council of Europe.
- Strasbourg : Council of Europe, 1994.
- KJC 5132 .D56 1994g - Lehman
- Human Rights Organizations & Periodicals Directory.
- Berkeley, Calif., Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute, 1973- .
- KF 4741 .H84 - Butler, Lehman, Barnard (Latest in Reference in all locations)
- Human Rights, Refugees, Migrants & Development: Directory of NGO's in OECD Countries.
- Paris : OECD Publications, 1993.
- HC 60 .H86 1993g - Business, Lehman
- North American Human Rights Directory.
- Washington, D.C. : Human Rights Internet, c1984.
- K 3240.4 .N67 1984 - Lehman
- ReliefWeb Directory of Humanitarian Organizations
- Saha, Santosh C.
- Dictionary of Human Rights Advocacy Organizations in Africa.
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.
- JC 599 .A36 S24 1999 - Lehman
- World Directory of Human Rights Research and Training Institutions. (2003)
- World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples, Minority Rights Group International
Background Information
- Human Rights by Country
- The website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights provides information (OHCHR) on human rights in the world for each Member State of the United Nations. The State's homepages provide: status of ratifications/reservations of human rights conventions; reporting status on human rights conventions; if a Government extended an open invitation to all thematic special procedures; links to relevant (if any) resolutions or decisions of the General Assembly, Human Rights Council, Human Rights Commission and statements; Voluntary Pledges and Commitments (if any); State's compliance with their treaty obligations.
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- Crimes of War
- "A unique collaboration of journalists, lawyers and scholars that seeks to raise awareness of the laws of war."
- Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
- Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005.
- Encyclopedia of Human Rights. 2nd ed. 5 vols.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- JC 571 .E673 2009 - Butler Reference
- Encyclopedia of the World’s Minorities. 3 vol.
- New York : Routledge, 2005.
- GN 495.4 .E63 2005 - Lehman
- Gorman, Robert F.
- Historical Dictionary of Human Rights and Humanitarian Organizations. 2nd ed.
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2007.
- JC 571 .G655 2007 - Lehman
- International Handbook of Human Rights.
- New York : Greenwood Press, 1987.
- JC 571 .I587 1987 - Lehman
- Langley, Winston.
- Encyclopedia of Human Rights Issues Since 1945.
- Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 1999.
- JC 571 .L2747 1999 - Lehman
- Lewis, James R.
- The Human Rights Encyclopedia. 3 vols.
- Armonk, N.Y. : Sharpe Reference, c2001.
- JC 571 .L523 2001 - Lehman
- Maddex, Robert L.
- International Encyclopedia of Human Rights: Freedoms, Abuses, and Remedies.
- Washington, DC : CQ Press, 2000.
- JC 571 .M3243 2000
- PreventionWeb: Countries & Regions
- For each country, PreventionWeb has collected information related to the prevention of natural disasters. This can include National Platforms for Disaster Risk Reduction, other policies and plans, data and statistics, risk profiles, educational materials, disaster risk reduction organizations, maps, and other documents and publications.
- Robertson, David.
- A Dictionary of Human Rights. 2nd ed.
- London ; New York : Europa, 2004.
- K 3239.3 .R67 2004g - Lehman
- Statistical Methods for Human Rights.
- New York ; London : Springer, c2008.
- JC 571 .S7865 2008g
Annual Reviews
- Amnesty International Report. Annual.
- London : Amnesty International Publications, 1982-
- K 3238 .A56 - Lehman
- Annual Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Canadian Human Rights Yearbook
(1983-1992)
- Country of Origin Information Reports, British Home Office
- These are detailed compilations of pertinent material produced by a wide range of external information sources. Each report focuses on the main asylum and human rights issues in the country, but also provides background information on geography, economy and history. COI Reports are regularly produced on the 20 countries which generate the most asylum applications in the UK, based on the previous year’s statistics.
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Annual.
- Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1977-
- JC 571 .U48a - Latest in Lehman
- This report is submitted to the Congress by the Department of State in compliance with law. Congress has also written into law formal requirements that U.S. foreign and trade policy take into account countries' human rights and worker rights performance and that country reports be submitted to the Congress on an annual basis.
- ECHO Annual Reviews (European Commission on Humanitarian Aid)
- European Union Annual Report on Human Rights
- Freedom in the World: Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties. Annual.
- New York : Freedom House, 1978-
- JC 571 .G336 - Barnard, Lehman
- Human Rights Case Digest
- Human Rights in Development Yearbook. Annual.
- The Hague ; Boston : Kluwer Law International ; Oslo : Nordic Human Rights Publications, c1999-
- JC 599 .D44 H868 - Lehman
- Earlier title: Human Rights in Developing Countries -- JX 1 H8816 - Law
- Human Rights in the OSCE Region (2000-2007)
- Human Rights Watch World Report. Annual.
- New York, NY : Human Rights Watch, 1992-
- JC 571 .H785 - Lehman
- Hunger: Annual Report on the State of World Hunger. Annual.
- Washington, DC : Bread for the World Institute on Hunger & Development, 1990-
- HD 9000.5 .H815 - Latest in Lehman
- International Coalition for Religious Freedom World Report
- International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights Annual Report (1999-2007)
- Nations in Transit. Annual.
- New York : Freedom House, 1997-
- JN 96 .A58 N38 - Lehman
- New York Law School Human Rights Annual (1983-1987)
- Privacy and Human Rights
- This survey, by EPIC and Privacy International, reviews the state of privacy in over fifty countries around the world. The survey examines a wide range of privacy issues including, data protection, telephone tapping, genetic databases, ID systems and freedom of information laws.
- The Progress of Nations. Annual.
- New York, NY : UNICEF, 1993-2000.
- RA 407.A1 P764 - Lehman
- The nations of the world ranked according to their achievements in child health, nutrition, education, family planning, and progress for women.
- Full text web versions: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
- Refugees and Others of Concern to UNHCR. Annual.
- Geneva : Statistical Unit, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 1994-2000.
- HV 640 .R4319 - Lehman
- Full text web versions: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
- Report on Science & Human Rights, U.S. Committee for Refugees
- The State of the World's Children. Annual.
- South African Human Rights Yearbook
- New York : Oxford University Press for UNICEF, 1980-
- HQ 792.2 .S72 - Latest in Lehman
- The State of the World's Refugees. Biennial.
- London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993-
- HV 640 .S677 - Latest in Lehman
- Statistical Yearbook: Trends in Displacement, Protection and Solutions. Annual.
- Geneva, Switzerland : United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, c2002-
- HV 640.3 .S73 - Latest in Lehman
- Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: the U.S. Record
- Trends in International Migration. Annual.
- Paris : OECD, 1992-
- JV 6001 .A1 T74 - Latest in Lehman
- Full text available from SourceOECD.
- World Disasters Report. Annual.
- London: Oxford University Press, 1993-
- HV 553 .W67 - Latest in Lehman
- A publication of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Each year disaster relief is examined from a special viewpoint: AIDS, neglected crises, information, discrimination, etc.
- World Refugee Survey. Annual.
- New York, N.Y., United States Committee for Refugees, 1980-
- HV 640 .U52 - Latest in Lehman
- Includes country reports, statistics, articles on trends, and a directory of organizations.
- Full text web versions: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
- Yearbook on Human Rights. Biennial.
- New York, UN, 1946-
- 341.1Un Un33 - Butler (1946-1973/74)
- JC 571 .U4 - Latest in Butler Reference (1975/76- )
Human Rights Advocacy Organizations
- CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
- Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is designed to be the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 on that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences.
- African Human Rights Resource Center
- This human rights resource center contains a collection of international human rights materials with a particular focus on Africa as well as a collection of global International Human Rights Instruments -- treaties, declarations, and other materials -- together with authoritative citations. This site is a joint project of the Makerere University Human Rights and Peace Center and the University of Minnesota Human Rights Center.
- American Association for the Advancement of Science: Science and Human Rights Program
- The Science and Human Rights Program has five major purposes: (1) to document human rights violations affecting the scientific community world-wide and to bring effective aid to foreign scientists, health professionals, engineers, teachers and students in these fields whose internationally recognized human rights have been violated; (2) to advance the use of scientific methods and procedures in the documentation and prevention of human rights violations; (3) to develop scientific methods for monitoring implementation of human rights norms; (4) to promote greater understanding of and support for human rights within the scientific community; and (5) to support the right of academic freedom, and the ability of scientists, teachers and students to pursue their work without interference.
- Amnesty International Online
- Information at this site includes: Amnesty International's Mandate, Univ. Declaration of Human Rights, AI Statistics, AI Programs in the USA, Amnesty International offices worldwide, AIUSA Publications Catalog, AI Annual Reports (1993-present), and human rights reports for various countries.
- Canadian Consortium on Human Security (CCHS)
- The Canadian Consortium on Human Security (CCHS) is an academic-based network promoting policy-relevant research on human security. The site provides article and publication abstracts, conferences and seminars, research funding sources, and human security-related jobs postings.
- Council of Europe, Commissioner for Human Rights
- Provides access to the European Court of Human Rights and the The European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO), as well as all of the relevant human rights instruments for Europe. Includes a searchable Human Rights Documentation (HUDOC) case law database.
- Derechos Human Rights
- Derechos Human Rights is the first internet based human rights organization. Our purpose is to work for the promotion and respect of human rights all over the world, for the right to privacy and against impunity for human rights violators. We use the internet as our primary information and communication tool.
- The European Union's Human Rights & Democratisation Policy
- An overview of EU human rights policy, with links to relevant documents and publications, as well as related programs.
- Federation Internationale des Ligues de Droits de l'Homme (International Federation of Human Rights Leagues)
- FIDH consists of over 100 organizations in 86 countries. It is also active in the protection of those who work toward human rights.
- Human Rights Internet (HRI)
- HRI promotes human rights education, stimulates research, encourages the sharing of information, and builds international solidarity among those committed to the principles enshrined in the International Bill of Human Rights. It serves the information needs of international scholars, human rights activists, asylum lawyers, and other organizations via an extensive documentation centre and computerized databases.
- Sponsors the Human Rights Organizations Database, which includes thousands of records on funding sources, publications, jobs, events and organizations.
- Human Rights Watch
- Human Rights Watch conducts regular, systematic investigations of human rights abuses in some seventy countries around the world. It includes five divisions covering Africa, the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, as well as the signatories of the Helsinki accords. It also includes five collaborative projects on arms transfers, children's rights, free expression, prison conditions, and women's rights.
- InterAction, American Council for Voluntary International Action
- InterAction is a coalition of over 150 US-based non-profits working to promote human dignity and development in 165 countries around the world.
- International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development (Canada)
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance. It directs and coordinates the international relief activities conducted by the Movement in situations of conflict. It also endeavours to prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles.
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- The ILO has a mandate to promote international labor standards and practices -- the rights and conditions of people in the workplace.
- International Monitor Institute
- The mission is to identify and acquire visual and audio evidence of human rights violations and the circumstances that produce them; to render a detailed synopsis of the material for a searchable database; to ensure that the materials are accessible to the public; and to preserve the collection for all time.
- Minority Rights Group International
- The group acts as an advocate for the rights of ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities at the UN and with individual governments.
- New Tactics in Human Rights
- The New Tactics in Human Rights project, led by a diverse group of international organizations and practitioners, promotes tactical innovation and strategic thinking within the international human rights community.
- Organization of American States
- The OAS has a solid record of defending Human Rights, thanks to the work of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
- Statewatch
- "Monitoring the state and civil liberties in the European Union." Statewatch encourages the publication of investigative journalism and critical research in Europe the fields of the state, justice and home affairs, civil liberties, accountability and openness.
- United Nations
- U.S. Agency for International Development, Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance
- When disasters strike in foreign countries, the response within USAID is led by the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), which is part of the Bureau for Humanitarian Response (BHR). When a disaster occurs, U.S. representatives to that country determine if there is a need and desire for U.S assistance. If U.S. assistance is requested, OFDA and the U.S. Embassy and USAID Mission in the affected country determine what OFDA assets are best suited for the specific disaster.
- U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
- CSCE publishes numerous reports on human rights, freedom of the press, elections, and minority populations, especially for Eastern Europe and the former Soviet republics.
- U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
Primary Source Documents and Archives
- Human Rights by Country
- The website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights provides information (OHCHR) on human rights in the world for each Member State of the United Nations. The State's homepages provide: status of ratifications/reservations of human rights conventions; reporting status on human rights conventions; if a Government extended an open invitation to all thematic special procedures; links to relevant (if any) resolutions or decisions of the General Assembly, Human Rights Council, Human Rights Commission and statements; Voluntary Pledges and Commitments (if any); State's compliance with their treaty obligations.
- Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research
- CHRDR is the official designated repository for the archival collections and internal records of major Human Rights organizations such as Amnesty International USA, Committee of Concerned Scientists and Human Rights Watch.
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- Basic Documents on Human Rights. 4th ed.
- New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
- K 3238 .A1 B76 2002 - Lehman
- Basic Documents Pertaining to Human Rights in the Inter-American System , from the Organization of American States
- Human Rights: a Compilation of International Instruments. 2 vols.
- New York : United Nations, 1993.
- K 3238 .H85 1993g - Lehman
- Human Rights Documents: Compilation of Documents Pertaining to Human Rights: U.S. Laws on Human Rights; Basic U.N. Human Rights Instruments.
- Y 4 .F 76/1: H 88/25 - U.S. Government Documents Microfiche
- Human Rights in the Constitutions of UNESCO's member states in the Asia and Pacific region
- Human Rights Library, University of Minnesota
- Contains a wide-ranging collection of human rights documents and web links; excellent as a general overview of human rights documentation: a collection of over ninety of the most important international human rights treaties and other instruments; general comments, recommendations, decisions, and views of human rights treaty bodies; material on the work of other U.N. human rights bodies, including the Commission and its Sub-Commission; the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda; decisions and advisory opinions of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; material from the Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Asylum Branch of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service; material on human rights in Africa, human rights education materials, human rights bibliographies; and links to other human rights and international law sites.
- The International Bill of Human Rights.
- Glen Ellen, CA : Entwhistle Books, 1981.
- K 3238 .A1 I533 1981 - Barnard, Lehman
- International Human Rights Instruments of the United Nations, 1948-1982.
- Pleasantville, N.Y. : UNIFO Publishers, 1983.
- JX 4263 .P3 In885 - Law
- International Humanitarian Law Database, International Committee of the Red Cross
- This site features the full text of 91 treaties and other documents dating back to 1856, commentaries on the four Geneva Conventions (1949) and their Additional Protocols (1977), a list of signatures, ratifications relating to IHL treaties, and the full text of reservations. Users can browse treaties, texts, and articles by keywords, or list states, parties, and signatories by country or treaty.
- Lessons Learned from U.S. Humanitarian Interventions Abroad, National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 30
- A very frank State Department report, obtained via a FOIA request by the National Security Archive.
- Manual on Human Rights Reporting: Under Six Major International Human Rights Instruments.
- Geneva : United Nations, 1997.
- K 3238 .M36 1997g - Lehman
- Multilaterals Project: Human Rights Section, Tufts University
- The Multilaterals Project, begun in 1992, is an ongoing project at the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts to make available the texts of international multilateral conventions and other instruments. Although t he project was initiated to improve public access to environmental agreements, the collection today also includes treaties in the fields of human rights, commerce and trade, laws of war and arms control, and other areas. Although the vast majority of texts date from the second half of this century, the collection also includes historical texts, from the 1648 Treaty of Westphalia to the Covenant of the League of Nations.
- U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Treaty Bodies Database
- This database was established to meet the growing interest in the bodies established to monitor the principal international human rights treaties, also known as "conventional mechanisms": the Human Rights Committee, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Committee against Torture, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and the Committee on the Rights of the Child.
- It includes:
- - full texts of State reports submitted under these treaties
- - concluding observations or comments,
- - general comments and recommendations
- - other basic documents submitted to and issued by the treaty bodies
- United Nations.
- United Nations Actions in the Field of Human Rights.
- JX 1976.A49 XIV H883 1994 - Law
- United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
- Official Records of the Human Rights Committee.
- New York, N.Y. : United Nations, c1993- .
- JX 1976 .A49 XIV Y3221 - Law
- United Nations Centre for Human Rights.
- United Nations Reference Guide in the Field of Human Rights.
- New York : United Nations, 1993.
- Z 7164.L6 U54 1993g - Barnard Reference, Lehman
- JX 4263.P3 Un3553 1993 - Law
- A guide to the U.N document numbers for all U.N. studies and reports on human rights and related aspects, arranged in broad categories, with more specific subject and regional indexes.
- The internet version, United Nations Documentation: Research Guide: Human Rights contains only material issued through the UN, but with many full-text links to documents.
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Project, Columbia University
- This web-based project considers the influence of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on international and domestic law, politics and affairs over the last half century. It asks how and why international human rights have emerged, survived and even flourished as a shared ideology in the latter half of the twentieth century.
The site is designed to be used as a resource in the classroom and in study at Columbia University and beyond, and offers students an innovative way to learn about this fascinating document and the ideas, institutions, and personalities involved in its history and modern day influence.
- Universal Human Rights Instruments, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Contains the full texts of over 90 international human rights treaties, declarations and principles, as well as their status of ratification.
- World Court Digest
- The World Court Digest represents a reproduction, in a systematic arrangement, of the views on questions of international law which are expressed in the judgements, advisory opinions and orders of the International Court of Justice as well as in the separate opinions of individual judges. Human rights law is well represented.
Journals
This is a selective list of the major journals on human rights at Columbia and on the Internet. Many other journals also contain articles related to the study of human rights, and can be accessed through the standard indexes.
- Columbia Human Rights Law Review. 1967/68-
- P C725 - Law
- Harvard Human Rights Journal. 1990- .
- JX 4263. P3 H261 - Law
- Human Rights. 1970-
- P H85 - Law
- Human Rights Brief, Center For Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Washington College of Law, American University, Washington, D.C.
- Human Rights Dialogue. (1994-2005)
- The Human Rights Dialogue series was a quarterly bulletin of the Carnegie Council designed to highlight the shifting parameters of the human rights discourse, particularly with respect to East and Southeast Asia.
- Human Rights Internet Reporter. 1986- .
- JX 1 H8821 - Law
- Human Rights Law Journal (HRLJ). 1980- .
- JX 1 H883 - Law
- Human Rights Quarterly. Full Text Online 1995- present.
- Barnard Periodicals, 1985- present.
- Comp 908.1 Un351 - Law Library, 1981- present.
- Human Rights Watch (newsletter). 1988- .
- JX 4263.P3 H8818 - Law
- International Human Rights Reports. 1994- .
- JX 4263.P3 In835 - Law
- International Journal of Human Rights. 1997-
- JC 571 .I593 - Lehman
- Journal of Humanitarian Assistance, University of Cambridge
- The purpose of the Journal is to bring together academics, policy makers and practitioners in the field of humanitarian assistance. The Journal will encompass all aspects of humanitarian assistance, from early warning, to emergency provision, to the transition to development, including: law, politics, the military, logistics, and the work of national and international organisations.
- Migration News
- Migration News summarizes the most important immigration and integration developments of the preceding month.
- Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights. 1992- .
- JX 1 N382 - Law
- New York Law School Journal of Human Rights
- OCHA News
- A weekly publication of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
- Refugee Survey Quarterly. 1994- .
- JV 6008 .R51 - Lehman
- Each issue contains selected country reports, documents and instruments, book reviews, and a bibliography on a specific refugee-related topic. Continues Refugee Abstracts, 1982-1992.
- Refugees Magazine. Quarterly. 1982- .
- HV 640 .R435 - Lehman
- On Publications web page, search "Refugees Magazine."
- Sur – International Journal on Human Rights
- Yale Human Rights & Development Law Journal. Annual.
- JX 4263 .P3 Y12 - Law
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