IGOs/NGOs
- Amnesty International A worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards. In particular, Amnesty International campaigns to free all prisoners of conscience; ensure fair and prompt trials for political prisoners; abolish the death penalty, torture and other cruel treatment of prisoners; end political killings and “disappearances”; and oppose human rights abuses by opposition groups. Tip: Use the site map to locate reports by country.
see also:
Amnesty International [microform]
a major collection of published and unpublished research material. 1983+.
Mugar Microforms Rm JC571 .A44 (Index)
Amnesty International report. 1975/76+
An annual summary report of worldwide issues and Amnesty International’s response. Available through the website 2007-2011, or in the Reference collection at Mugar Reference X JC571 .A44a
- Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. This website provides breaking news and current project information of the organization including the campaign to ratify the International Criminal Court. Many publications by this organization are listed in BULSearch under “Human Rights Watch”.
see also Human Rights Watch World Reports 1989+ (including current year.)
- Foreign Policy in Focus – Human Rights A “think tank without walls” that functions as an international network of more than 650 policy analysts and advocates. “Unlike traditional think tanks, FPIF is committed to advancing a citizen-based foreign policy agenda-one that is fundamentally rooted in citizen initiatives and movements.” (from the site)
Includes access to the Aadel Collection, “a growing depository of documents recovered by the IHRDC that relate to human rights issues in Iran.”
HuriSearch (Human Rights Search Engine) is a free web resource produced under the auspices of HURIDOCS (Human Rights Information and Documentation Center, a global network of human rights organizations, established in 1982. HuriSearch enables one-stop searching of the contents of more than 5000 human rights websites.
- Treaty Bodies Database (United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights) While State reports and concluding observations constitute the core of the database, you will also find other full-text documents (Documents)and factual data (Reporting Status, Status of Ratification) concerning reporting process and ratification of the treaties, as well as information relating to the Committees. Well organized, can be sorted by country.
- Refworld (UNHCR)"Collection of reports relating to situations in countries of origin, policy papers, case law and other documents relating to international and national legal frameworks. The documents have been carefully selected from - and with - UNHCR field offices, governments, international, regional and non-governmental organizations, academic institutions and judicial bodies."
