Human Rights
U.S. Information | International Information | Nongovernmental Sources | Resources in the Catalog | Related TopicsU.S. Government Information
- Asylum Resources
This page from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has links to profiles, perspectives, and country information. - Bureau of Justice Statistics: Human Trafficking/Trafficking in Persons
- U.S. State Department
- Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
Current Information - Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
archive of information from the Clinton administration. - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
1999 to present. - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
1993 to 1999. - Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
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International Organization Information
- Amnesty International
- Council of Europe Human Rights Web
Provides case law from the European Court of Human Rights, the European Convention on Human Rights, The European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, and the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and other information. - Europe of Cultural Cooperation
Site of the European Cultural Convention signed in Paris on 19 December 1954 by 14 States. "Now there are 47 co-operating on a truly continental scale. It is the framework for the Council of Europe's activities in education, culture, cultural heritage, higher education, research, sport and youth. - European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment
Provides reference documents, annual reports, and reports by country (Reports to Governments, Government Responses, Public statements) - European Court of Human Rights
Provides general information about the composition and workings of the court, lists of pending cases, basic texts, press releases, effects of decisions, and other information. - Inter-American Conference on Social Security
- International Committee of the Red Cross includes information about relief operations around the world and information about Humanitarian Law, including:
- International Humanitarian Law Database contains "91 treaties and texts, commentaries on the four Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, an up-to-date list of signatures, ratifications relating to IHL treaties and full text of reservations. "
- TANDIS (Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Information System)
TANDIS provides information from the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) participating States, specialized institutions and other organizations, country pages providing information on country initiatives, legislation, national specialized bodies, statistics, and other information, thematic pages with information related to different key issues, international standards and instruments and information from intergovernmental organizations including country reports and annual reports. - Human Trafficking
- International Organization for Migration: Counter-Trafficking
This page provides information on the IOM's work on human trafficking. - UNESCO Human Trafficking Statistics Project
This site brings together numerous sources of human trafficking statistics. - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: Human Trafficking
This page links to publications, tools, and legal information on Human Trafficking.
- International Organization for Migration: Counter-Trafficking
- UNICEF
Provides Progress of Nations, a look at Health, Nutrition, Education, Family planning, Child rights, Progress for women, Aid, National performance gaps & statistical profiles on an international level. State of the World's Children focuses on issues relating to women and children. Both are available from the publications menu. - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights provides access to full text treaties on human rights and various official documents, statements, and press releases on human rights issues.
- Human Rights Bodies
List of some of the major international organizations working on human rights. - OFCHR Country Pages
- Research Guide: Special Topics: Human Rights from United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library and the Human Rights section of the United Nations web site.
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Provides statistics and publications on refugees and information, including country reports and reports on special topics such as children, statelessness, repatriation and other topics.
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Nongovernmental Sources
- Amnesty International
Amnesty International is a group who campaigns to end grave abuses of human rights. Thier vision is for every person to enjoy all the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. They are independent of any government, political ideology, economic interest or religion and are funded mainly by our membership and public donations. - Center for World Indigenous Studies
Now provides access to materials from the Fourth World Documentation Project, a collection of full-text materials. - Death Penalty Information Center
Includes full text publications about the death penalty, press releases, and statistics about the imposition of the death penalty. This site focuses on the United States. - Freedom House
Freedom House is an independent watchdog organization that supports the expansion of freedom around the world. Freedom House supports democratic change, monitors freedom, and advocates for democracy and human rights. The foundation of Freedom House's work is its analysis. We evaluate the components of freedom and leverage our analytical work to strengthen our advocacy and action efforts. Freedom House's rigorous research methodology has earned the organization a reputation as the leading source of information on the state of freedom worldwide. - HuriDocs
A human rights search engine searching over 500 human rights sites (NGOs, Human Rights Institutions, Academic Institutions, and International Organizations). Advanced search allows you to search by country or source. - Human Rights Watch
Provides news and full text publications from this organization. - Interights
Provides a database with recent decisions which apply international human rights laws. - Protection Project
Gathers "information regarding the national and international legislation protecting women and children from commercial sexual exploitation." The site features demographic data and maps, summaries of national statutes, texts of relevant international conventions, survivors' stories, video clips, human rights reports, and other relevant information. Although free, the site requires one-time registration for use. - University of Minnesota
Human Rights Library
An extensive collection of treaties by topic and other materials.
Resources in the Catalog
- The Library Catalog, Chinook
There are numerous secondary, federal, and international sources of information on human rights available in the collection.
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