International Law & Human Rights: A Short Guide: Special Topics
Land Rights
- Contemporary Land Grabbing, Research, and Bibliographyby Jootaek Lee
107 Law Library Journal (Spring 2015)
Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 216-2015
Health
- Global Health & Human Rights Resources & Databases(University of Southern California)
- Health and Human Rights Syllabi Database (USC)Syllabi from institutions worldwide.
Religion
- SHARIASource Portal (Harvard)A Portal for organizing the world’s information on Islamic law. It is a project of the Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School,
- SHARIASource Blog (Harvard)News and information from the Program in Islamic Law at the Harvard Law School.
- SHARIASource NewsletterNewsletter archives from the Program in Islamic Law at the Harvard Law School.
- Laws Criminalizing Apostasy in Selected Jurisdictions (2014)by Hanibal Goitom, Global Legal Research Center (Library of Congress)
Covers: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain ,Brunei, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran ,Iraq , Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Sudan, Syria , Tunisia ,United Arab Emirates , & Yemen - What Countries Criminalize Religious Conversion? Our New Report Examines this QuestionJune 12, 2014 by Hanibal Goitom
- Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief (UN)See links (on right) to reports, documents, and more.
- Feminist Sexual Ethics Project (Brandeis University)Many topics covered, including:
---Slavery, Religion and Sexual Ethics
---Jewish Sexual Ethics
---Muslim Sexual Ethics
---Christian Sexual Ethics - KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights.Articles and research about "...Shari’ah in general and the rights afforded to women in Islam, as well as conflict resolution, civil rights, and leadership....KARAMAH also disseminates the scholarship of Muslim jurists and other scholars from around the world... on Islamic Law..."
- US Court cases on Islamic LawFrom KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights.
"...Case studies are provided as a brief overview of how different courts in the U.S. have decided on matters relating to Islamic Law...."
Human Rights of Women
- Gendering Documentation: A Manual For and About Women Human Rights Defenders.Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (PDF; 105 pages.)
- Women in International Law: Research Sources (2002)(L. Louis-Jacques,U. Chicago)
- Honour Crimes Project(The Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law)
- Feminist Sexual Ethics Project (Brandeis University)Covers: Marriage and divorce; Dating; Sexual orientation; Family; Women's rights; Family planning; Sex education; Sexual harassment; Rape; Child sexual abuse; Clergy sexual misconduct; Sex workers; Trafficking in women. Includes: Slavery, Religion and Sexual Ethics, Jewish Sexual Ethics, Muslim Sexual Ethics, Christian Sexual Ethics, & Resources
- International Family Law: A Selective Resource Guide (2000)(by Marylin J. Raisch)
- Transnational and Comparative Family Law: Harmonization and Implementation (2013)(Globalex Research Guide by Marylin Johnson Raisch)
- Women’s Human Rights Conventionsfrom: University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
- Law Students for Reproductive Justice (If/When/How)Academic Resources
- women's rights & gender equality (The Guardian)In depth articles, interactive databases, video, photos, and more (from The Guardian)
- Rights of Women (OAS)Office of the Rapporteur on the Rights of Women, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
- Browse SSRN Networks & eJournal Subject AreasIncluded are:
-Women, Law, & Human Rights eJournal (SSRN)
http://www.ssrn.com/link/Women-Law-Human-Rights.html
-Women, Gender & the Law eJournal (SSRN)
http://www.ssrn.com/link/women-gender-law.html
-Sexuality & the Law eJournal (SSRN)
http://www.ssrn.com/link/Sexuality-Law.html
-Reproductive Justice, Law & Policy eJournal (SSRN)
http://www.ssrn.com/link/Reproductive-Justice.html
-Family & Children's Law eJournal (SSRN)
http://www.ssrn.com/link/family-law.html - Making Laws, Breaking Silence: Case Studies from the Fieldedited by RANGITA DE SILVA DE ALWIS. This book "grows out of a high level roundtable convened by Penn Law, UN Women, UNESCO, UN SDG Fund, and IDLO in March 2017. "
- Global Gender Equality Constitutional Database (UN Women)A repository of gender equality related provisions in 195 constitutions from around the world.
- Global Women’s Leadership Project: UN Women’s Family Law Database"The Database aims to “examine the entire legal system of a country to identify the law’s subtle and powerful impact on a woman’s status in her family.” [It includes]“property, inheritance, custody, guardianship, marriage, divorce, residence, citizenship, domicile, age of marriage, guardianship, female genital mutilation (FGM), “husband obedience” and sex-selective laws, among others” [for] each country..."
Same-Sex Marriage
- Same-Sex Marriage: Global ComparisonsCouncil on Foreign Relations, CFR Backgrounder
Author: Danielle Renwick, Copy Editor/Writer
Updated: August 31, 2015
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Films & Videos
- Global Health Films Database (USC)List of films that "address global health topics—ranging from documentaries to animated shorts to docu-series—categorized by title, topic, year, run time, genre, producer and other relevant key words. To reorganize the list by a certain category, simply click on the heading. Use the search bar to type in topics, regions or other categories, and the list will be filtered to your search terms."
- Kanopy Streaming ServiceKanopy offers more than 6,500 films in a wide variety of subject areas and from several educational film distributors including: Criterion Collection, Symptom Media, PBS, Green Planet Films, First Run Features, California Newsreel, BBCActive, NEVCO and German Film.
Faculty can create clips/playlists and embed any video or clip in UBLearns. - Swank Digital CampusA collection of more than 19,000 feature films, classic films, and documentaries can now be embedded directly into the UB Learns course management system and will allow students the flexibility of semester-long, 24/7 access to course-assigned films beyond the traditional classroom setting.
- Foreign, Comparative, and International Law and Justice on Film and TV: An A to Z Listcompiled by Lyonette Louis-Jacques, August 2010 rev
- Foreign, Comparative, and International Law and Justice on Film and TV videography, by Country/General.compiled by Lyonette Louis-Jacques. August 2010 rev.