Resources for Legal Research on Human Rights
Quicklinks: Institutes | Bibliographies & Databases | Journals: online & print | News Services | Blogs | Mailing lists | Courses |
| Institutes | » | This sections starts with a non-exhaustive list of our partnering institutes: |
| » | Åland Islands Peace Institute, Åland | |
| » | Austrian Human Rights Institute, Salzburg | |
| » | Birkbeck College - School of Law - ohne Substanz | |
| » | Human Rights and Social Justice Research Institute, London Metropolitan University | |
| » | Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, Bochum | |
| » | Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights (BIM), Vienna | |
| » | Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Lund | |
| » | School of Human Rights Research, Utrecht | |
| » | For a more comprehensive list of Human Rights Institutes please consult one of the two following databases: | |
| » | UNESCO Human Rights Institutes Database - Even though this database is slightly outdated, it contains vast information on various human rights institutes, their fields of specialization | |
| » | Centers for Human Rights Research and Teaching, Human Rights Library, University of Minnesota | |
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| Bibliographies & Databases | » | Annotated Bibliography on Human Rights Infringements in a Post-September 11th United States, by David Aaron Pildis and edited by Matthew Dickhoff, for Richard Wilson and The Human Rights Institute at The University of Connecticut |
| » | Working Bibliography on Economic Rights, by Shareen Hertel, Assistant Professor in Political Science and Human Rights at the University of Connecticutst |
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| » | Bibliographical Pathfinder: African System for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights (2002), by Fordham O Wara, Human Rights Library, University of Minnesota | |
| » | Bibliography of Works of Artistic Expression Devoted to Human Rights, Human Rights Library, University of Minnesota |
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| » | Bibliography on Crimes of Honour, Human Rights Library, University of Minnesota | |
| » | Bibliographies on Issues in Human Rights, University of California, Berkeley, Human Rights Center | |
| » | Bibliography for Research on International Human Rights Law, by David Weissbrodt and Marci Hoffman, Human Rights Library, University of Minnesota | |
| » | Bibliography for Research on Human Rights in Asia, Human Rights Library, University of Minnesota | |
| » | Human Rights in the African Context, Human Rights Library, University of Minnesota | |
| » | Conflict and Violence: A Working Bibliography with Special Reference to Indonesia, |
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| » | Selected Bibliography from Human Rights Education: Conceptual and Practical Challenges, , Human Rights Library, University of Minnesota |
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| » | Human Rights Online Catalogue HRB | |
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| » | Crisis Watch Database | |
| » | Findoc database. Institute for Human Rights. Åbo Akademi University | |
| » | ESCR-NET database of case law on economic, social and cultural rights | |
| » | ECPAT International Online Database (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes) | |
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SIM Documentation Site by The Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM), contains a library and a case law section |
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| » | Electronic Information System for International Law (ESIL) - Human Rights Section | |
| » | ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law | |
| » | RAVE covers recent publications (articles and decisions) in public international law and European law by listing them systematically and providing their citations. | |
| Online Journals | » | Electronic Publications, Human Rights Library, University of Minnesota |
| » | Essex Human Rights Review | |
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| » | Health and Human Rights: An International Journal, please check also the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center's website |
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| » | Human Rights Dialogue (1994-2005), Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs | |
| » | Human Rights for Workers | |
| » | Human Rights, Peace and Justice in Africa: A Reader | |
| » | Human Rights Tribune | |
| » | South Asia Human Rights Documentation Center (SAHRDC) | |
| Print Journals | » | Australian Journal of Human Rights |
| » | Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice | |
| » | Buffalo Women's Law Journal | |
| » | Columbia Human Rights Law Review | |
| » | Columbia Journal of Gender and Law | |
| » | Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy | |
| » | Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal | |
| » | George Mason University Civil Rights Law Journal | |
| » | Georgetown Immigration Law Journal | |
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| » | Hastings Women's Law Journal | |
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| » | Human Rights Law Review, University of Nottingham |
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| » | Human Rights Quarterly | |
| » | International Journal of Refugee Law | |
| » | Journal of Human Rights, University of Connecticut | |
| » | Northwestern University Journal of International Human Rights | |
| » | South African Journal on Human Rights | |
| » | Stanford Journal of Civil Rights & Civil Liberties | |
| » | Texas Forum on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights | |
| » | Texas Journal of Women and the Law | |
| » | The International Journal of Human Rights | |
| » | The Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights | |
| » | The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Minority Issues | |
| » | University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class | |
| » | William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal | |
| » | William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law | |
| » | Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society (Wisconsin Women's Law Journal) | |
| » | Yale Human Rights & Development Law Journal | |
| News Services | » | Human Rights Watch Email List |
| » | Mailing lists of the Australian Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission | |
| » | Human Rights and Human Welfare - an international review of books and other publications | |
| » | Human Rights Tools | |
| Blogs | » | The Human Rights Blog - Human Rights news, action, announcements, opinions and miscellanea, also available in Spanish |
| » | Human Rights Listings - Forum for the distribution of notices regarding jobs, internships, fellowships, conferences, talks, classes, new films and books, call for papers, etc. in the human rights field. | |
| » | USA Watch - The USA Watch Website contains links to reports and news on human rights violations in and by the United States. | |
| » | blogcatalog - searches for blogs with human rights related entries and tags | |
| » | New York Law School Journal of Human Rights | |
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| » | Human Rights First - Elect to End Torture '08 | |
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| » | ccjhr blog, Center for Criminal Justice and Human Rights | |
| » | Human Rights in Punjab | |
| » | I4HRD - Iranians for Human Rights and Democracry | |
| » | China Confidential | |
| » | Vietnam Human Rights Journal | |
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| » | Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers (1990) | |
| Mailing Lists / Listservs | The subsequent lists offer the option for users to participate in discussions; for lists that have only a one-way channel of information see News Services | |
| » | American Society of International Law - ASILfourm Listserve | |
| » | Derechos' Human Rights Discussion List | |
| » | INT-LAW - Mainly for exchanging information about how to obtain different international law materials. Subscription by email. | |
| » | Academic Council on the UN System Discussion List - Discussions on the UN system. Subscription by email. | |
| » | Forced Migration - Discussion of forced migration issues. Subscription by email. | |
| » | International Justice Watch Discussion List JUSTWATCH | |
| » | The Global Human Rights Education List - This moderated forum has regular messages with upcoming trainings and conferences; studies and "lessons learned"; human rights education resources; and new activities from around the world. To subscribe enter your email address in the field on the right side of the page. | |
| » | Asylum-I - discussion of asylum issues. Subscription by email. | |
| » | Human Rights Program at the University of Chicago - This listserv operates as a forum for those interested in the school's Human Rights Program and includes information about activities, events, and news relating to human rights. | |
| Courses | » | Derechos - Human Rights Graduate and Professional Programs |
| » | Human Rights Tools - Master Degreees | |
| » | Human Rights Tools - Training Courses and Summer Schools | |
| » | LLM Guide - provides in between a search engine for human rights courses | |
| » | UNESCO World Directory of Human Rights Research and Training Institutions | |
| » | European Master's Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation | |
| » | Master of Arts in Human Rights and Democratisation, Malta | |
| » | Fahmu Open Course Ware - Introduction To Human Rights | |