International Law & Human Rights

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Here is a selective list of sites useful for locating  international conventions (treaties) and laws of other countries.

Treaty Resources 

• Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL – ASIL)
• U. Minnesota Human Rights Library - Treaties
• Audiovisual Library of the United Nations (research portal)
  Click on "Research Library," then "Treaties". Includes links to Collections maintained by the United Nations, other international organizations, states, and other entities.
• United Nations Treaty Collection
  Full text of treaties; status of treaties deposited with UN Secretary-General.
• World Treaty Library (HeinOnline)
  Works from Rohn, Dumont, Wiktor, and Martens create a rich collection of world treaties, spanning from 1648 to present. Includes related treaty publications, scholarly articles, and a bibliography.
• African Union OAU/AU Treaties, Conventions, Protocols & Charters
• EUR-Lex Treaties currently in force
• Council of Europe treaties
• OAS Treaties
   

Laws 

• World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII)
• Click on SUBJECTS; choose “Family Health” or “Human reproduction and population policies”; click on country name.  Examine other subjects as well.
• Foreign and International Law Sources- Research Guides (Harvard)

Constitutions

• The Avalon project at Yale Law School : documents in law, history and diplomacy
       Search by category or keyword. See The American Constitution -- A Documentary Record
• World Constitutions Illustrated (HeinOnline) (UB Only)
• Constitute  (Comparative Constitutions Project) -- Exploring World's Constitutions

Decisions - Paper format

International Law Reports, 1919+ KZ 199 I58

Decisions - Online

Audiovisual Library of International Law (research portal)
Click on "Research Library," then "Jurisprudence" for links to Court websites.
Includes "Jurisprudence of International Courts, Tribunals, quasi-judicial entities and other mechanisms for the peaceful settlement of disputes "

Human Rights Decisions - Paper format

Collection of Decisions of the European Commission of Human Rights (Recueil de Decisions de la Commission europeenne des droits de l'homme), 1960-1974 KJC5135.A5 E869

Decisions and reports / Council of Europe / European Commission of Human Rights
KJC5135 .A5 E87
(Decisions et rapports / Conseil de l'Europe / Commission europeenne des droits de l'homme) 1975+

Commonwealth Human Rights Law Digest K 3239.23 C66 (Ref)

Publications of the European Court of Human Rights (Publications de la Cour europeenne des droits de l'homme)

• Series A. Judgments and decisions, 1961+ KJC 5132 A52 E88
• Series B. Pleadings, oral arguments, and documents, 1962+ KJC5132.A52 E882

University of Nottingham, UK, International Human Rights Reports, 1994+ K 3239.23 I58 (Ref)

International Law Reports, 1919+ KZ 199 I58

Human Rights Decisions - Online

• European Court of Human Rights (Strasbourg)
• HUDOC  Database (European Court of Human Rights)
  "The HUDOC database provides access to the case-law of the Court (Grand Chamber, Chamber and Committee judgments, decisions, communicated cases, advisory opinions and legal summaries from the Case-Law Information Note), the European Commission of Human Rights (decisions and reports) and the Committee of Ministers (resolutions). "1998-
  • HUDOC Manual

UNITED NATIONS

• United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

• Human Rights Bodies
• Universal Periodic Review
  (a process involving a review of the human rights records of all 192 UN Member States once every four years.)
• Global Issues on the UN Agenda
• Universal Human Rights Index
• UN Women: the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
• WomenWatch-WomenWatch is the central gateway to information and resources on the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women throughout the United Nations system
• Directory of UN Resources on Gender and Women's Issues (WomenWatch)
• Audiovisual Library of the International Law- A portal with many useful research links
• Bayefsky.com- Information on the UN human rights treaty system&its monitoring treaty bodies. Includes reports & documents from human rights treaty monitoring bodies.

Europe

• European Commission - Gender Equality
• European Union by Topic
• European Court of Human Rights (Strasbourg)
• Country Profiles- Factsheets on on the Court’s case-law and pending cases ORGANIZED BY COUNTRY (compiled by The Press Service)
• Theme FactSheets - on the Court’s case-law and pending cases (compiled by The Press Service)
• Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (US Helsinki Commission)
• Gender Equality

The Americas

• Organization of American States
• Inter-American Commission of Human Rights
• Inter-American Commission of Women

Africa

• African Union

OTHER IGO & NGO LINKS

• Human Rights Watch- Click on menu icon at top of page for TOPICS.
• Human Rights NGO Links (U. Minn. Human Rights Library) - See: “SPECIFIC TOPICS OF INTEREST”
• REFWORLD
• LABORDOC 1965+- Provides references to reports, studies and journal articles on labor relations, employment, working conditions, and related subjects. Worldwide coverage.
• Directory of Development Organizations (OECD) - This operation was implemented in partnership with European governmental and non-governmental organizations. It comprises a contact list of partner organizations, totaling over 8,000 entries.
• Duke University NGO Research Guide
• International Documents Collection (Northwestern University)
• List of IGOs
• NGO Global Network (click on “LINKS”)
• List of Non-governmental organizations associated with the United Nations
• ‍The NGO Cafe
  • NGO Bungee Jumps
  • Links to various NGO indices and resources on the internet.
  • ​NGO Databases and Directories
• Human Rights Education Associates - Research Centre an "international NGO that supports human rights learning; the training of activists and professionals; the development of educational materials and programming; and community-building through online technologies."
• Eldis ( Institute of Development Studies, Sussex)
• Free access to relevant, up-to-date and diverse research on international development issues. Includes over 40,000 summaries and links to full-text research and policy documents from over 8,000 publishers. See Site Map.
• Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
• CIVICUS Monitor  "...provides close to real-time data on the state of civil society and civic freedoms in 196 countries."