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Amnesty International

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African Commission on Human and People's Rights

Council of Europe

Freedom House

Human Rights First

Human Rights Campaign

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

International Federation for Human Rights

Encyclopedia of Genocide - Choice Review - "...Although it gives heavy coverage to the Nazi Holocaust, the encyclopedia addresses numerous other instances of genocide. Moreover, its effort to examine the subject through the lens of numerous subtopics--e.g., definition; denial; art, literature, and film; the psychology of perpetrators and victims; detection, investigation, and prevention--creatively enriches the experience of readers. Imaginatively conceived, the encyclopedia is the handiwork of almost 100 scholars who represent a rich array of scholarly opinion.

Encylopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity - Summary description - The Encyclopedia spans the globe to explain the issues behind crimes against humanity and human rights issues as they relate to individual countries and the world at large. It traces the history of events that qualify as genocide and crimes against humanity, profiles perpetrators and heroes, and explains international laws and law proceedings aimed at ending genocide and crimes against humanity. It also delves into depictions and manifestations of the phenomenon, such as propaganda, sociological and philosophical explanations, literature and film. 

The Encyclopedia of Peace Psychology - Summary description - Although not specifically related to human rights violations, contains almost 300 entries contributed by leading international scholars focusing exclusively on psychological analyses and perspectives on peace and conflict. 

Encyclopedia of Political Science - Summary description - The encyclopedia of political science comprehensively examines the central ideas, concepts, and frameworks underlying the study of politics and highlights the intersections of politics with other disciplines. Explore wide range of concepts and frameworks, both Western and non-Western, national and international. Utilize a thematic table of contents that maps major subfields and topics in politics. 

More Reference Books are available on the topic in the Social Science, Health and Education Library on the northeast side of the Main Library, Room 100.

Treaties and States Party to Such Treaties

International Humanitarian Customary Laws

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

International Committee of the Red Cross     

•International Humanitarian Customary Laws - http://www.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/home

Organizations and Bodies

Human Rights Treaty Bodies

Each of the following UN committees monitors compliance with one or two major human rights conventions. The documents of each committee are available on the Treaty Body Database.  

• Committee against Torture
• Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
• Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
• Committee on the Rights of the Child
• Human Rights Committee

Charter-based Bodies

The Commission on Human Rights and the Sub-commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights publish some of the most authoritative country reports found on the Internet. The documents of these two bodies--as well as human rights documents issued by the General Assembly, the ECOSOC, and the Security Council--are available on the Charter-based Bodies Database.

• Commission on Human Rights
• Economic and Social Council
• General Assembly
• Security Council
• Sub-commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

Related Bodies

• Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights  
  Supports the work of the Commission on Human Rights, the Sub-commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, and the Treaty Bodies.

Human Rights Courts and Tribunals

• Inter-American Court of Human Rights
• International Criminal Court
• International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
• International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
• European Court of Human Rights   
  Includes full-text case law, judgments and decisions, and other documentation for cases brought before the Court. Search these documents by using the  HUDOC database.

NGOs

• Amnesty International (UK)   
  AI's authoritative reports on countries and major human rights issues, as well as links to Web sites in nineteen categories, can be accessed through its Library.
• Human Rights Internet  
  Serves the information needs of scholars and human rights advocates through its extensive Documentation Centre.
• Human Rights Watch    
  Includes authoritative reports on a wide range of human rights issues.

Databases

• Inter-American Human Rights Database  
• Contains documents on cases brought before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
• United Nations Treaty Collection  
  This online database provides the most detailed information on the status of major multilateral instruments deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations and covers a range of subject matter such as Human Rights, Disarmament, Commodities, Refugees, the Environment and the Law of the Sea.

Annual Reports

• Annual Report of Amnesty International 
  Gives a snapshot of the human rights situation in every country.
• Annual Report of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders  
  Records human rights violations committed against human rights advocates by country.
• European Union Annual Report on Human Rights  
  Describes the EU's development in the field of human rights and explains the goals, methods, and activities of EU human rights bodies.
• Human Rights Watch World Report ​ Assesses the human rights situation in every country.  

Guides

• INCORE Guide to Internet Sources on Truth and Reconciliation  
  Consists of links to scholarly articles, international organizations, academic programs and institutes, news sources, and listservs.
• United Nations Documentation Research Guide: Human Rights  
  Describes UN human rights bodies and documentation.

Documentation

• Amnesty International Library  
  Provides full-text reports on regions, sub-regions, countries, and current human rights issues.
• DIANA International Human Rights Database  
  Designed as an archive of international human rights documentation.
• Inter-American Human Rights System  
  Includes documentation from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the Inter-American Human Rights Commission.
• University of Minnesota Human Rights Library  
  Includes conventions, research guides, bibliographies, and links to over 2,400 other human rights sites.