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This is a selective guide to resources at Columbia University Libraries and on the Internet, for conducting research on international
human rights issues.
Resources marked with this symbol are restricted to Columbia aliates.

ONLINE CATALOGS
CLIO: Columbia Libraries Online Catalog
CLIO is the online catalog for the Columbia and Barnard libraries. It includes over 4 million records for books, journal or newspaper
titles (not articles), online resources, government documents, microforms, sound or video recordings, archival collections, etc.
Pegasus: Columbia University Law School Library Online Catalog
Pegasus includes: U.S. federal and state law, selected Commonwealth jurisdictions, major foreign language collections and, since
1983, vernacular and Western language materials pertaining to law in Japan and the People's Rep. of China.
WorldCat
An online catalog of the collections of 24,000 member libraries of the OCLC consortium, comprising more than 36 million records
for books, serials, manuscript collections, audiovisual materials, computer les, and other media.
Borrow Direct
A borrowing service oered by the university libraries of Columbia, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale. It
is designed to allow students, faculty and sta to request (and receive in four days) books directly from each other's collections.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Cartwright, Rita Cantos.
Human Rights in the United States : a Dictionary and Documents. 2 vols.
Santa Barbara, CA : ABC-CLIO, 2000.
Call Number: KF 4747.5 .C37 2000
Crimes of War
"A unique collaboration of journalists, lawyers and scholars that seeks to raise awareness of the laws of war."

Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity

Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005.
Encyclopedia of Human Rights. 2nd ed. 5 vols.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Call Number: JC 571 .E673 2009 (Copies available in multiple locations)
Encyclopedia of the Worlds Minorities. 3 vol.
New York : Routledge, 2005.
Call Number: GN 495.4 .E63 2005
Financial Tracking Service: Tracking Global Humanitarian Aid Flows
The FTS is a global, real-time database which records all reported international hummanitarian aid(including that for NGOs and the
Red Cross / Red Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid, and private donations). FTS features a special focus on
consolidated and ash appeals, because they cover the major humanitarian crises and because their funding requirements are well
dened - which allows FTS to indicate to what extent populations in crisis receive humanitarian aid in proportion to needs.
Gorman, Robert F.
Historical Dictionary of Human Rights and Humanitarian Organizations. 2nd ed.
Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2007.
Call Number: JC 571 .G655 2007
Human Rights by Country
The website of the Oce of the High Commissioner for Human Rights provides information (OHCHR) on human rights in the world
for each Member State of the United Nations. The State's homepages provide: status of ratications/reservations of human rights
conventions; reporting status on human rights conventions; if a Government extended an open invitation to all thematic special
procedures; links to relevant (if any) resolutions or decisions of the General Assembly, Human Rights Council, Human Rights
Commission and statements; Voluntary Pledges and Commitments (if any); State's compliance with their treaty obligations.
Langley, Winston.
Encyclopedia of Human Rights Issues Since 1945.
Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 1999.
Call Number: JC 571 .L2747 1999
Lewis, James R.
The Human Rights Encyclopedia.
3 vols.
Armonk, N.Y. : Sharpe Reference, c2001.
PreventionWeb: Countries & Regions
For each country, PreventionWeb has collected information related to the prevention of natural disasters. This can include National
Platforms for Disaster Risk Reduction, other policies and plans, data and statistics, risk proles, educational materials, disaster risk
reduction organizations, maps, and other documents and publications.
Robertson, David.
A Dictionary of Human Rights. 2nd ed.
London ; New York : Europa, 2004.
Call Number: K 3239.3 .R67 2004g (Copies available in multiple locations)
Statistical Methods for Human Rights
New York ; London : Springer, c2008.

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BOOKS, JOURNALS, & ARTICLES

JOURNALS
This is a selective list of the major journals on human rights at Columbia and on the Internet. Many other journals also contain articles
related to the study of human rights, and can be accessed through the standard indexes.

Columbia Human Rights Law Review.

Call Number: P C725
Harvard Human Rights Journal.

1967/68-

1990- .

Human Rights Brief, Center For Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Washington College of Law, American University,
Washington, D.C.
Human Rights Dialogue. (1994-2005)
The Human Rights Dialogue series was a quarterly bulletin of the Carnegie Council designed to highlight the shifting parameters of
the human rights discourse, particularly with respect to East and Southeast Asia.
Human Rights Quarterly.
International Journal of Human Rights.
Call Number: JC 571 .I593

1997-

Journal of Humanitarian Assistance, University of Cambridge

The purpose of the Journal is to bring together academics, policy makers and practitioners in the eld of humanitarian assistance.
The Journal will encompass all aspects of humanitarian assistance, from early warning, to emergency provision, to the transition to
development, including: law, politics, the military, logistics, and the work of national and international organisations.
Migration News
Migration News summarizes the most important immigration and integration developments of the preceding month.
Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights.

1992- .

New York Law School Journal of Human Rights

Refugee Survey Quarterly. 1994- .
Call Number: JV 6008 .R51
Each issue contains selected country reports, documents and instruments, book reviews, and a bibliography on a specic
refugee-related topic. Continues Refugee Abstracts, 1982-1992.
Refugees Magazine. Quarterly. 1982- .
Call Number: HV 640 .R435
On Publications web page, search "Refugees Magazine."
Sur International Journal on Human Rights
Yale Human Rights & Development Law Journal.

Annual.

JOURNAL ARTICLES
HURISEARCH (HUman RIghts SEARCH)
This search engine aims to provide one point access to all human rights information published by human rights organisations
worldwide, and particularly human rights NGOs.
International Development Abstracts.
Norwich, UK : Geo Abstracts, 1982-2006.
Call Number: HC 59.7 .I11
International Political Science Abstracts.
Bimonthly.
Paris: International Political Science Association, 1951Call Number: JA 36 .I5 (Copies available in multiple locations)
PAIS International.
Monthly.
New York : Public Aairs Information Service, 1915Call Number: Z 7163 .P922
ProQuest Congressional
ProQuest Congressional is the most comprehensive online resource available for congressional publications and legislative
research. Included are: Committee Hearings, Committee Prints, Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports, House and Senate

Documents, House and Senate Reports, Senate Executive Reports, Senate Executive Treaty Documents, Legislative Histories,
Statutes at Large, the Serial Set and Serial Set Maps. Most of the content is full text.
ProQuest Statistical Insight
The ProQuest Statistical database provides comprehensive access to statistical data. Many of the sources are linked to the full text
of the data, although some state, private, and IGO sources are cited, allowing the researcher to then locate the statistical source on
the internet or in the library, either in print or as part of the microche service which accompanies the printed index.
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DIRECTORIES
In addition to the directories listed below, there are directories for individual countries. Locate these with a subject search in CLIO
(s=human rights--[name of country]--directories).
Aall, Pamela R.
Guide to IGOs, NGOs, and the Military in Peace and Relief Operations.
Washington, D.C. : United States Institute of Peace Press, 2000.
Call Number: JZ 4850 .A17 2000
Directorio de Organizaciones de Derechos Humanos: America Latina y el Caribe.
Cambridge, MA : Human Rights Internet (USA), 1990.
Call Number: JC 599 .L3 D57 1990g
Directory of Human Rights Institutes in Member States of the Council of Europe.
Strasbourg : Council of Europe, 1994.
Call Number: KJC 5132 .D56 1994g
Human Rights Organizations & Periodicals Directory.
Berkeley, Calif., Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute, 1973- .
Call Number: KF 4741 .H84 (Copies available in multiple locations)
Human Rights, Refugees, Migrants & Development: Directory of NGO's in OECD Countries.
Paris : OECD Publications, 1993.
Call Number: HC 60 .H86 1993g
Leadership Library
A comprehensive set of directories which includes IGOs, NGOs, foreign governments and nonprots.
North American Human Rights Directory.
Washington, D.C. : Human Rights Internet, c1984.
Call Number: K 3240.4 .N67 1984
ReliefWeb Directory of Humanitarian Organizations
Saha, Santosh C.
Dictionary of Human Rights Advocacy Organizations in Africa.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.
Call Number: JC 599 .A36 S24 1999
World Directory of Human Rights Research and Training Institutions. (2011)
World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples, Minority Rights Group International
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ANNUAL REVIEWS
Amnesty International Report. Annual.
London : Amnesty International Publications, 1982Call Number: K 3238 .A56 (Copies available in multiple locations)
Annual Report of the Oce of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Canadian Human Rights Yearbook

(1983-1992)
Country of Origin Information Reports, British Home Oce
These are detailed compilations of pertinent material produced by a wide range of external information sources. Each report
focuses on the main asylum and human rights issues in the country, but also provides background information on geography,
economy and history. COI Reports are regularly produced on the 20 countries which generate the most asylum applications in the
UK, based on the previous years statistics.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Annual.
Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1977Call Number: JC 571 .U48a (Latest Issue)
ECHO Annual Reviews (European Commission on Humanitarian Aid)
European Union Annual Report on Human Rights
Freedom in the World: Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties. Annual.
New York : Freedom House, 1978Call Number: JC 571 .G336
Human Rights and Democracy: the Foreign & Commonwealth Report
An annual report by the UK, previously titled Annual Report on Human Rights and Human Rights Report.
Human Rights Case Digest
Human Rights in Development Yearbook.
Annual.
The Hague ; Boston : Kluwer Law International ; Oslo : Nordic Human Rights Publications, c1999Call Number: JC 599 .D44 H868
Earlier title: Human Rights in Developing Countries Call Number: JX1 H8816
Human Rights Watch World Report. Annual.
New York, NY : Human Rights Watch, 1992Call Number: JC 571 .H785 (Copies available in multiple locations)
Hunger: Annual Report on the State of World Hunger. Annual.
Washington, DC : Bread for the World Institute on Hunger & Development, 1990Call Number: HD 9000.5 .H815
International Coalition for Religious Freedom World Report
Nations in Transit. Annual.
New York : Freedom House, 1997Call Number: JN 96 .A58 N38
New York Law School Journal of Human Rights

(1983-2003)

Privacy and Human Rights

This survey, by EPIC and Privacy International, reviews the state of privacy in over fty countries around the world. The survey
examines a wide range of privacy issues including, data protection, telephone tapping, genetic databases, ID systems and freedom
of information laws.
The Progress of Nations. Annual.
New York, NY : UNICEF, 1993-2000.
Call Number: RA 407.A1 P764
The nations of the world ranked according to their achievements in child health, nutrition, education, family planning, and
progress for women.
Full text web versions: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Refugees and Others of Concern to UNHCR. Annual.
Geneva : Statistical Unit, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 1994-2000.
Call Number: HV 640 .R4319
Full text web versions: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

South African Human Rights Yearbook

New York : Oxford University Press for UNICEF, 1990-1998.
Call Number: KTL 2460 .S68
The State of the World's Children. Annual.
Call Number: HQ 792.2 .S72 (Copies available in multiple locations)
The State of the World's Refugees. Biennial.
London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993Call Number: HV 640 .S677 (Copies available in multiple locations)
Statistical Yearbook: Trends in Displacement, Protection and Solutions. Annual.
Geneva, Switzerland : United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, c2002Call Number: HV 640.3 .S73 (Latest Issue)
Trends in International Migration. Annual.
Paris : OECD, 1992-2001.
Call Number: JV 6001 .A1 T74.
World Disasters Report. Annual.
London: Oxford University Press, 1993Call Number: HV 553 .W67
A publication of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Each year disaster relief is examined
from a special viewpoint: AIDS, neglected crises, information, discrimination, etc.
World Refugee Survey. Annual.
New York, N.Y., United States Committee for Refugees, 1980Call Number: HV 640 .U52
Includes country reports, statistics, articles on trends, and a directory of organizations.
Yearbook on Human Rights.
Biennial.
New York, UN, 1946Call Number: 341.1Un Un33 (1946-1975)
Call Number: JC 571 .U4 (1976-1988)
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HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS

CIAO: Columbia International Aairs Online
Columbia International Aairs Online (CIAO) is designed to be the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international
aairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 on that includes working papers from university research institutes,
occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences.
Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP)
ALNAP is a collective response by the humanitarian sector, dedicated to improving humanitarian performance through increased
learning and accountability. ALNAP uses the broad range of experience and expertise within its membership to produce tools and
analysis relevant and accessible to the humanitarian sector as a whole.
African Human Rights Resource Center
This human rights resource center contains a collection of international human rights materials with a particular focus on Africa as
well as a collection of global International Human Rights Instruments -- treaties, declarations, and other materials -- together with
authoritative citations. This site is a joint project of the Makerere University Human Rights and Peace Center and the University of
Minnesota Human Rights Center.
American Association for the Advancement of Science: Scientic Responsibility, Human Rights and Law Program
The Science and Human Rights Program has ve major purposes: (1) to document human rights violations aecting the scientic
community world-wide and to bring eective aid to foreign scientists, health professionals, engineers, teachers and students in
these elds whose internationally recognized human rights have been violated; (2) to advance the use of scientic methods and
procedures in the documentation and prevention of human rights violations; (3) to develop scientic methods for monitoring
implementation of human rights norms; (4) to promote greater understanding of and support for human rights within the scientic

community; and (5) to support the right of academic freedom, and the ability of scientists, teachers and students to pursue their
work without interference.
Amnesty International Online
Information at this site includes: Amnesty International's Mandate, Univ. Declaration of Human Rights, AI Statistics, AI Programs in
the USA, Amnesty International oces worldwide, AIUSA Publications Catalog, AI Annual Reports (1993-present), and human
rights reports for various countries.
Canadian Consortium on Human Security (CCHS)
The Canadian Consortium on Human Security (CCHS) is an academic-based network promoting policy-relevant research on
human security. The site provides article and publication abstracts, conferences and seminars, research funding sources, and
human security-related jobs postings.
Council of Europe, Commissioner for Human Rights
Provides access to the European Court of Human Rights and theThe European Community Humanitarian Oce (ECHO), as
well as all of the relevant human rights instruments for Europe. Includes a searchable Human Rights Documentation (HUDOC)
case law database.
Derechos Human Rights
Derechos Human Rights is the rst internet based human rights organization. Our purpose is to work for the promotion and respect
of human rights all over the world, for the right to privacy and against impunity for human rights violators. We use the internet as
our primary information and communication tool.
Federation Internationale des Ligues de Droits de l'Homme (International Federation of Human Rights Leagues)
FIDH consists of over 100 organizations in 86 countries. It is also active in the protection of those who work toward human rights.
Human Rights Internet (HRI)
HRI promotes human rights education, stimulates research, encourages the sharing of information, and builds international
solidarity among those committed to the principles enshrined in the International Bill of Human Rights. It serves the information
needs of international scholars, human rights activists, asylum lawyers, and other organizations via an extensive documentation
centre and computerized databases.
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch conducts regular, systematic investigations of human rights abuses in some seventy countries around the
world. It includes ve divisions covering Africa, the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, as well as the signatories of the Helsinki
accords. It also includes ve collaborative projects on arms transfers, children's rights, free expression, prison conditions, and
women's rights.
InterAction, A United Voice for Global Change
InterAction is a coalition of over 150 US-based non-prots working to promote human dignity and development in 165 countries
around the world.
International Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively
humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance.
It directs and coordinates the international relief activities conducted by the Movement in situations of conict. It also endeavours
to prevent suering by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles.
International Labour Organization (ILO)
The ILO has a mandate to promote international labor standards and practices -- the rights and conditions of people in the
workplace.
Minority Rights Group International
The group acts as an advocate for the rights of ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities at the UN and with individual governments.
New Tactics in Human Rights
The New Tactics in Human Rights project, led by a diverse group of international organizations and practitioners, promotes tactical
innovation and strategic thinking within the international human rights community.
Organization of American States
The OAS has a solid record of defending Human Rights, thanks to the work of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

Rights & Democracy: International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development (Canada)
Statewatch
"Monitoring the state and civil liberties in the European Union." Statewatch encourages the publication of investigative journalism
and critical research in Europe the elds of the state, justice and home aairs, civil liberties, accountability and openness.
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

HumanRights.gov
HumanRights.gov is the ocial United States Government (USG) website for human rights related information. The site's search
function links users directly with news, reports and explanatory information from the State Department, USG agencies and other
resources, allowing for easy access to publicly available documents.
U.S. Agency for International Development, Oce of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance
When disasters strike in foreign countries, the response within USAID is led by the Oce of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance
(OFDA), which is part of the Bureau for Humanitarian Response (BHR). When a disaster occurs, U.S. representatives to that country
determine if there is a need and desire for U.S assistance. If U.S. assistance is requested, OFDA and the U.S. Embassy and USAID
Mission in the aected country determine what OFDA assets are best suited for the specic disaster.
U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
CSCE publishes numerous reports on human rights, freedom of the press, elections, and minority populations, especially for
Eastern Europe and the former Soviet republics.
U.S. Dept. of Justice, Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section
U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service
FAS leads USDAs eorts to help developing countries improve their agricultural systems and build their trade capacity. FAS also
partners with the U.S. Agency for International Development to administer U.S. food aid programs, helping people in need around
the world. FASs non-emergency food aid programs help meet recipients nutritional needs and also support agricultural
development and education.

PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS AND ARCHIVES

Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research, Columbia University Libraries
CHRDR is the ocial designated repository for the archival collections and internal records of major Human Rights organizations such
as Amnesty International USA, Committee of Concerned Scientists and Human Rights Watch.
Human Rights by Country
The website of the Oce of the High Commissioner for Human Rights provides information (OHCHR) on human rights in the world
for each Member State of the United Nations. The State's homepages provide: status of ratications/reservations of human rights
conventions; reporting status on human rights conventions; if a Government extended an open invitation to all thematic special
procedures; links to relevant (if any) resolutions or decisions of the General Assembly, Human Rights Council, Human Rights
Commission and statements; Voluntary Pledges and Commitments (if any); State's compliance with their treaty obligations.
Basic Documents on Human Rights. 4th ed.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Call Number: K 3238 .A1 B76 2002 (Copies available in multiple locations)
Basic Documents Pertaining to Human Rights in the Inter-American System , from the Organization of American States
Human Rights: a Compilation of International Instruments.
New York : United Nations, 2002.
Call Number: K 3238 .H85 2002g

6th ed. 2 vols.

Human Rights Documents: Compilation of Documents Pertaining to Human Rights: U.S. Laws on Human Rights; Basic U.N.
Human Rights Instruments.
U.S. Government Documents Microche Y 4 .F 76/1: H 88/25
Human Rights in the Constitutions of UNESCO's member states in the Asia and Pacic region

Human Rights Library, University of Minnesota

Contains a wide-ranging collection of human rights documents and web links; excellent as a general overview of human rights
documentation: a collection of over ninety of the most important international human rights treaties and other instruments; general
comments, recommendations, decisions, and views of human rights treaty bodies; material on the work of other U.N. human rights
bodies, including the Commission and its Sub-Commission; the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and
Rwanda; decisions and advisory opinions of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Inter-American Commission on Human
Rights; material from the Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Asylum Branch of the U.S.
Immigration and Naturalization Service; material on human rights in Africa, human rights education materials, human rights
bibliographies; and links to other human rights and international law sites.
The International Bill of Human Rights.
Glen Ellen, CA : Entwhistle Books, 1981.
Call Number: K 3238 .A1 I533 1981(Copies available in multiple locations)
International Humanitarian Law Database, International Committee of the Red Cross
This site features the full text of 91 treaties and other documents dating back to 1856, commentaries on the four Geneva
Conventions (1949) and their Additional Protocols (1977), a list of signatures, ratications relating to IHL treaties, and the full text of
reservations. Users can browse treaties, texts, and articles by keywords, or list states, parties, and signatories by country or treaty.
Lessons Learned from U.S. Humanitarian Interventions Abroad, National Security Archive Electronic Brieng Book No. 30
(2000)
A very frank State Department report, obtained via a FOIA request by the National Security Archive.
Manual on Human Rights Reporting: Under Six Major International Human Rights Instruments.
Geneva : United Nations, 1997.
Call Number: K 3238 .M36 1997g
Multilaterals Project: Human Rights Section, Tufts University
The Multilaterals Project, begun in 1992, is an ongoing project at the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University,
Medford, Massachusetts to make available the texts of international multilateral conventions and other instruments. Although t he
project was initiated to improve public access to environmental agreements, the collection today also includes treaties in the elds
of human rights, commerce and trade, laws of war and arms control, and other areas. Although the vast majority of texts date from
the second half of this century, the collection also includes historical texts, from the 1648 Treaty of Westphalia to the Covenant of
the League of Nations.
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Treaty Bodies Database
This database was established to meet the growing interest in the bodies established to monitor the principal international human
rights treaties, also known as "conventional mechanisms": the Human Rights Committee, the Committee on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights, the Committee against Torture, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Committee on the
Elimination of Discrimination against Women and the Committee on the Rights of the Child. It includes:
full texts of State reports submitted under these treaties
concluding observations or comments
general comments and recommendations
other basic documents submitted to and issued by the treaty bodies
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Ocial Records of the Human Rights Committee.
New York, N.Y. : United Nations, c1993- .
Call Number:JX 1976.A49 XIV Y3221
United Nations Centre for Human Rights.
United Nations Reference Guide in the Field of Human Rights.
New York : United Nations, 1993.
Call Number: Z 7164.L6 U54 1993g
A guide to the U.N document numbers for all U.N. studies and reports on human rights and related aspects, arranged in broad
categories, with more specic subject and regional indexes.
The internet version, United Nations Documentation: Research Guide: Human Rights contains only material issued through the
UN, but with many full-text links to documents.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Project, Columbia University

This web-based project considers the inuence of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on international and domestic law,
politics and aairs over the last half century. It asks how and why international human rights have emerged, survived and even
ourished as a shared ideology in the latter half of the twentieth century.
The site is designed to be used as a resource in the classroom and in study at Columbia University and beyond, and oers
students an innovative way to learn about this fascinating document and the ideas, institutions, and personalities involved in its
history and modern day inuence.
Universal Human Rights Instruments, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Contains the full texts of over 90 international human rights treaties, declarations and principles, as well as their status of
ratication.
World Court Digest
The World Court Digest represents a reproduction, in a systematic arrangement, of the views on questions of international law
which are expressed in the judgements, advisory opinions and orders of the International Court of Justice as well as in the separate
opinions of individual judges. Human rights law is well represented.
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UNITED NATIONS
Human Rights Today: a United Nations Priority
Call Number: JC 571 .H784 1998g
This is a new edition in the series, UN Brieng Papers, which aims to provide a resource to key issues that are priority areas of
concern for the United Nations. The published version of this edition outlines the concrete steps that are being taken by the United
Nations at the international and national levels to strengthen its human rights programmes and work more eectively with its
partners in government and civil society to assure rights for all.
United Nations Documentation: Research Guide: Human Rights
A thorough guide, with links to full-text documents, to major UN human rights material.
United Nations Human Rights Activities
An overview of UN human rights activities.
United Nations Oce for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aairs
ReliefWeb
The purpose of ReliefWeb is to strengthen the response capacity of the humanitarian relief community through the timely
dissemination of reliable information on prevention, preparedness and disaster response.
United Nations Oce of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
UN Human Rights Council
Under Human Rights Issues, viewers can nd an alphabetical list of links to sites on each of the specic human rights issues
covered.
The menu on International Human Rights Calendar of Meetings links to meetings of relevance to human rights, 2004present.
UnderHuman Rights Work in the Field, there is information about each of the UNHCHR representatives around the world.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
United Nations Population Information Network (POPIN)
World Food Programme
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RELATED RESOURCES & GUIDES

Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research
CHRDR is the ocial designated repository for the archives of major Human Rights organizations such as Amnesty International

USA, Committee of Concerned Scientists and Human Rights Watch.

Center for New Media Teaching and Learning: ReliefSim
This simulation will train humanitarian workers to manage complex emergencies. With the wealth of eld data available, student
can explore real-life scenarios to develop their skills and explore the complexity of the issues in a safe space.
Institute for the Study of Human Rights
Human Rights Course Lists
Columbia Human Rights Calendar
Global Health Online Directory
A searchable index of projects and programs involving Columbia University faculty, sta, and students who contribute expertise in
education, research, and treatment relating to worldwide public health. Maintained by Digital Knowledge Venture, Columbia
University.
SIPA Human Rights Program
Columbia Law School
The Human Rights Institute at Columbia Law School
Ehrenreich, John.
The Humanitarian Companion : a Guide for International Aid, Development, and Human Rights Workers. Rugby, UK : ITDG
Pub., 2005.
Call Number: HV 553 .E3 2005g
Guide to International Human Rights Practice. 4th ed.
Ardsley, N.Y. : Transnational Publishers, 2004.
Call Number: K 3240.4 .G94 2004
Hall, Katherine C.
International Human Rights Law: a Resource Guide.
Queenstown, Md. : The Aspen Institute Justice and Society Program, 1993.
Call Number: JX 4263.P3 H143 1993
Human Rights: a Bibliography.
Huntington, NY : Nova Science Publishers, c2000.
Call Number: Z 7164.L6 H837 2000
International Law and Human Rights through the Doddel Server, University of Maastricht
Kabasakal Arat, Zehra F.
Human Rights Worldwide: a Reference Handbook.
Santa Barbara, CA : ABC-CLIO, 2006.
Call Number: JC 571 .K23 2006
Raisch, Marylin J.
International Protection of Human Rights: Outline of the Process and Major Documents and a Brief Research Guide.
The primary audience for this guide is law students, but the processes outlined for both the UN and Council of Europe are useful to
any student of human rights.
Tobin, Jack (John J.)
Guide to Human Rights Research.
Cambridge, MA : Harvard Law School Human Rights Program, 1994.
Call Number: JX 4263.P3 T554 1994
United Nations Centre for Human Rights.
United Nations Reference Guide in the Field of Human Rights.
New York : United Nations, 1993.
Call Number: JX 4263.P3 Un3553 1993
The internet version, United Nations Documentation: Research Guide: Human Rights contains only material issued through
the UN, but with many full-text links to documents.

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