International Law & Human Rights: A Short Guide: Human Rights by COUNTRY
Portals - Human Rights - By Country
- Refworld Country Information CollectionFrom the UNHCR. "The country information collection consists of a wide variety of sources selected from UN, NGOs, Governments, International Organisations and others monitoring and reporting on country situations....The source selection takes into account global coverage, relevance and proven reliability, objectivity and timeliness."
- National Documentation Packages, Issue Papers and Country Fact SheetsFrom the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada.
- EOIR Virtual Law Library - Country ConditionsFrom the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) at the US Dept. of Justice.
Database includes: Country Conditions Research.
Also includes: Agency Decisions, Amicus Invitations, Federal Register, TPS, FAQs,
8 Code of Federal Regulations, Immigration and Nationality Act.
Human Rights in the United States - Country Reports & A Blog
- Trump Human Rights TrackerRegularly updated. Created by students and faculty at Columbia Human Rights Law Review and Columbia Law School’s Rightslink, Human Rights Clinic, and Human Rights Institute.
- Full text: The Report on Human Rights Violations in the United States in 2022State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China
- Full text of Human Rights Record of the United States in 2014State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China
- Human Rights At Home Blog (USA)Part of the Law Professor Blogs Network
COUNTRY REPORTS - United Nations
- Universal Periodic ReviewDocumentation
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---Search by SESSION
*NOTE: Click on Footnote# next to "Summary of stakeholders' information" to see original NGO reports submitted. - Human Rights by CountryUN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
- List of National Human Rights Institutions (with links)from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
- UN Treaty Body Document Search---by Convention
---by Country
---by Document type - UN News---by Region of the World
---by Topic - UN Country MandatesReports of Special Rapporteurs and Independent Experts from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
- UN Thematic MandatesReports of Special Rapporteurs and Independent Experts from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
- UN ODS (Official Documentation System)Searches full text of UN documents. Click on "Welcome, then" click on "Advanced Search"
Country Reports - IGOs - Regional
- European Court of Human Rights--Factsheets by Country (cases and pending cases)
--Factsheets by Topic - Council of Europe (CoE) - Commissioner for Human RightsCountry Monitoring
-- Search by Country
-- Search by Year - Human Rights (OAS)Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Rapporteurships and other OAS bodies dedicated to human rights
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights(Organization for American States)
Country Reports - Inter-American Commission on Human Rights - Annual Reports(Organization of American States)
Annual Reports
e.g., --2010 --(scroll down to) CHAPTER IV
-- country reports: Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Venezuela
--(scroll down to) CHAPTER V
-- Follow Up Report: Haiti - African Commission on Human and Peoples' RightsSTATES PERIODIC REPORTS and CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS; Statistics
- ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian NationsASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR)
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Country Reports - NGOs
- Amnesty International - Human Rights by Country---Human Rights by Country (News, Commentary, Research)
- Human Rights Watch - ReportsReports
--by Topic
--by Country - Human Rights Watch - 2017 World Report2017 World Report
(browse by country)
Country Reports - US Government
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices... submitted annually by the U.S. Department of State to the U.S. Congress ...
- A-Z List of Country and Other Area Pages (US State Dept.)Select a country and click on:
--Ambassador
--Background Notes
--USAID Country Page
--Library of Congress Country Study
--U.S. Embassy
--Fact Sheets
--Remarks
--Press Releases
--Quick Links to Major Reports