IHRP Human Rights Guide

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INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS RESEARCH GUIDEUNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FACULTY OF LAW LIBRARY

Compiled by John BolanRevised by Renu Mandhane

CONTENTS

1. HANDBOOKS AND GUIDES............................................................................................................................. 2

2. DICTIONARIES........................................................................................................................................................ 23. ENCYCLOPEDIAS................................................................................................................................................... 2

4. DIRECTORIES .......................................................................................................................................................... 2

5. BOOKS ......................................................................................................................................................................... 3

8. HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNALS AND BODIES.......................................................................................... 7

9. CHARTER-BASED BODIES ............................................................................................................................... 7

10. TREATY-BASED BODIES................................................................................................................................... 9

11. TRIBUNAL PRACTICE....................................................................................................................................... 11

12. FINDING HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS .......................................................................................... 11

13. PRINT SOURCES .................................................................................................................................................. 13

14. RATIFICATION INFORMATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS.............................. 13

15. HUMAN RIGHTS JURISPRUDENCE ........................................................................................................... 14

16. COUNTRY REPORTS .......................................................................................................................................... 20

17. WEBSITES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CURRENT EVENTS ................................................................... 20

18. GUIDES/RESEARCH AIDS .............................................................................................................................. 21

19. HOW TO FIND A UN DOCUMENT USING A UN DOCUMENT SYMBOL................................. 22

20. NGOs ........................................................................................................................................................................... 23

21. HUMAN RIGHTS PROFESSIONAL TRAINING MANUALS............................................................. 24


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Subject HeadingsTo find materials on international human rights law, consult theLibrary catalogueunderthe following subject headings:

human rights

[group] human rights

human rights [country or region]

women's rights

children's rightsYou can also search by subject for specific organizations or specific human rightsinstruments, such as conventions or treaties.

1. HANDBOOKS AND GUIDESFranoise Bouchet-Saulnier, Practical Guide to Humanitarian Law,2d ed. (Lanham, Md. :Rowman & Littlefield Pub., 2007).

KZ6471 .B6813 2007Reference

Victor H. Cond,A Handbook of International Human Rights Terminology, 2d ed. (Lincoln:University of Nebraska Press, 2004).

K3239.6 .C6592004Reference

Janusz Symonides & Vladimir Volodin, eds.,A Guide to Human Rights: Institutions,standards, procedures(France: UNESCO, 2001).

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001233/123368e.pdf

2. DICTIONARIESDavid Robertson,A Dictionary of Human Right, 2d ed. (London : Europa, 2004).

K3239.3 .R67 2004Reference

Connect via U of T Catalogue[electronic resource 1997 edition]

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ENCYCLOPEDIASDavid P Forsythe, ed., Encyclopedia of Human Rights(Oxford University Press, 2009).

Connect via UofT catalog[electronic resource]

James R. Lewis & Carl Skutsch, eds., The Human Rights Encyclopaedia(Armonk, N.Y.: M.E.Sharpe, 2001).

Connect via UofT catalogue[electronic resource]

4. DIRECTORIES
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Human Rights Organizations & Periodicals Directory(Berkeley, Calif., Meiklejohn CivilLiberties Institute, 1973-)

KF4741 .H85 REF B

5. BOOKSNumbers ending in STL are in the short term loan collection at the circulation desk.5.1 Introductory

Thomas Buergenthal, Dinah Shelton & David P. Stewart,International Human Rights in aNutshell, 4th ed. (St. Paul, Minn.: West, 2009).

K 3240.4 .B82 2002 STL

Mark Freeman & Gibran Van Ert, International Human Rights Law (Toronto: Irwin Law,2004).

K 3240 .F74 2004 STL

Connect via UofT Catalogue[electronic resource]

Sarah Joseph & Adam McBeth, eds., Research Handbook On International Human Rights Law(Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2010).

Chapters in this work are written by different authors, each addresses a separatetopic. The intent of the work is to provide a grounding in major human rights topics.

K3240 .R474 2010 Stacks

David Weissbrodt & Connie de la Vega, International Human Rights Law : An Introduction,

(Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007). K3240 .W45 Stacks

5.2 Casebooks & Textbooks

Dinah Shelton, Regional Protection Of Human Rights (New York: Oxford University Press,2008).

Casebook devoted primarily to comparing the European, Inter-American andAfrican human rights systems, but does relate regional systems to both national lawand the global system for protection of human rights. Basic texts included in adocumentary supplement.

K3240 .S526 2008 Stacks

Rhona K.M Smith, Textbook on International Human Rights, 3d ed. (Oxford; New York:Oxford University Press, 2007).

K3240 .S65 Stacks
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Henry J. Steiner, Philip Alston & Ryan Goodman, eds., International Human Rights inContext: law, politics, morals; text and materials, 3d ed. (Oxford : Oxford University Press,2008).

Casebook examines the evolution of international human rights through primaryand secondary sources.

K3240.6 .S84 2008 STL

James C. Hathaway., The Rights of Refugees Under International Law. Cambridge, UK ; NewYork : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

K3230 .R45 H382 2005

Available as e-book via Catalogue

5.3International Criminal Law

Antonio Cassese, International Criminal Law, 2d ed., (Oxford ; New York : Oxford University

Press, 2008). K5000 .C37 STL

Robert J. Currie, International & Transnational Criminal Law(Toronto: Irwin Law, 2010).

K5015.4 .C87 2010 STL

AnjaSeibert-Fohr, Prosecuting Serious Human Rights Violations (Oxford, UK : OxfordUniversity Press, 2009).

K5301 .S45 2009 Stacks

Available through U of T catalogue[electronic resource]

William A.Schabas, The International Criminal Court : a commentary on the Rome Statute(Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010).

KZ6310.S328 Stacks

6. TRAVAUX PRPARATOIRESTravaux Prparatoires are the preparatory works from the drafting and negotiation of atreaty, such as minutes, drafts and reports, and as such are often of interest to legalresearchers. They are also used as an interpretive aid in clarifying the intentions or

meanings of treaties. Most useful to researchers in this regard are guides totravauxpreparatoires. These resources usually track the agreement article by article withreferences to the locations in the travaux preparatoiresrelating to the text being discussed.In addition, there are also collections of travaux preparatoiresthese are usually publishedin chronological order, requiring the researcher to collate them to the text of theagreement. As well, article by article commentaries and other expert analysis of treaties
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and conventions will often cite travaux preparatoires. Travaux preparatoires may also befound on treaty-body websites, or published in print and online by the signatories.

6.1 Finding travaux preparatoires

Search the catalogue and periodical indexes by combining the phrase travauxpreparatoires with keywords identifyingthe instrument, e.g. Covenant on Civil andPolitical Rights.

Search the website of any bodies established by the treaty, as well as related UN sites. Bothwill often contain travaux preparatoires.

Search the catalogue and periodical indexes for commentaries or analysis on theinstrument, as these works will often cite travaux preparatoires as part of their analysis.

Search theUN Diplomatic Conferences site,which contains negotiation records for varioustreaties and conferences in a searchable interface.

If you are unsuccessful in finding any travaux preparatoires using the name of the treaty,try to find out if there was a conference for negotiation of the instrument, and search usingthe conference name instead.

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UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Marc J. Bossuyt,Guide to the Travaux Prparatoiresof the International Covenant on Civiland Political Rights(Dordrecht ; Boston : M. Nijhoff ; Hingham, MA : Distributors for theUnited States and Canada: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1987).

K3238.31966 .B67

Manfred Nowak, U.N. Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: CCPR commentary2d rev. ed.(Kehl, Germany; Arlington, Va. : N.P. Engel, 2005).

Detailed analysis of the Covenant referencing case law, practice and academicliterature as well as comparative jurisprudence of the Euorpean and Inter-Americanhuman rights systems.

K3238.31966 .A3 N68 2005 STL

6.4 UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women

(CEDAW)

Lars Adam Rehof, Guide to the Travaux Prparatories of the United Nations Convention onthe Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women(Dordrecht; Boston: M.Nijhoff Publishers; Norwell, MA, U.S.A.: Sold and distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada byKluwer Academic Publishers, 1993).
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K3243 .R44 1993 Stacks

6.5 Convention on the Status of Refugees 1951

Paul Weis, TheRefugee Convention, 1951: the travaux prparatoires analysed, with acommentary(Cambridge; New York: Grotius Publications, 1995).

K3230 .R45 A34 1995 Stacks

6.6 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Sharon Detrick, ed., The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: a guide to the"Travaux prparatoires"(Dordrecht ; Boston : M. Nijhoff, 1992).

K639 .A41989 A38 1992 Stacks

7. INDEXES AND DATABASESTo locate periodical literature, start with periodical indexes.

7.1 Legal Indexes

For a list of legal indexes please see Bora Laskin library websites how to find journalspage. Below is a list of interdisciplinary indexes useful for international human rightsresearch.

7.2 Full-text legal databases

LexisNexis Quicklaws Human Rights database: Source Directory > Area of law > Filter by

International > select Human Rights & Civil Liberties

Westlaws WORLD-JLR : search Westlaws WORLD-JLR database for efficient access toWestlaws human rights periodical material.

7.3 Interdisciplinary Indexes and Databases

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)

Indexes papers from university research institutes, NGO's, foundation-fundedresearch projects and other materials.

Contemporary Women's Issues

Sources provide information dealing with women's issues in over 190 nations.

Google Scholar

Set University of Toronto Libraries - Get it! U of Toronto in the scholar preferencesconfiguration page and search results will display with UofT access links, allowingdirect access to material where available through UofT.
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PAIS

Covers international literature in public affairs, public and social policies, andinternational relations including government documents and publications ofinternational agencies.

University of Minnesota Human Rights Library.

Full-text searchable index of human rights treaties and related documents. Featuresan option to search multiple human rights web sites silmultaneiously. Treaties canbe sorted by subject matter and by ratification by country.

Index to Periodical Articles Related to Law

Contains articles with legal aspects that appear in non-law journals. Part of HeinOnline, available through the UofT catalogue.

U of T Libraries main page

Offers three more methods of searching for interdisciplinary journal articles Search for Articles tab > Option 1 - Select your topic, or

Search for Articles tab > Option 2 (Scholars Portal), or

E-Journals tab. Use this to check if U of T has an electronic subscription to a specificjournal.

The Electronic Information System for International Law

Maintained by the American Society of International Law

ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law/Human Rights

Maintained by the American Society of International Law

GlobaLex: International Human Rights Research Guide (NYU School of Law)

8. HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNALS AND BODIESUN human rights bodies are categorized in two classes: charter-based bodies and treaty-based bodies. The current Charter-based bodies are theHuman Rights Counciland itssubsidiaries. For information on the differences between Charter-based bodies and treaty-

based bodies see the United Nations Documentation: Research Guide on Human Rights

9. CHARTER-BASED BODIESThe best place to begin searching for documents of a UN body is always the website of thebody itself. In addition however, documents can be found in an array of locations. Below isa table summarizing alternative locations for documentation issued by the bodies. Belowthe table is a brief descripton of the resources found in the table.
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Body Online UN Resources for Bodys Documents

*The best place to begin searching for

documents of a UN body is always the

website of the body itself

Human Rights Council Official Document SystemUNBISnetAccessUNUniversal Human Rights IndexUN-I-QUE

Periodic Review Working Group Official Document SystemUNBISnetAccessUN

Universal Human Rights IndexUN-I-QUE

Human Rights Council AdvisoryCommittee

Official Document SystemUNBISnetAccessUNUniversal Human Rights IndexUN-I-QUE

special procedures Official Document SystemUNBISnetAccessUNUniversal Human Rights IndexUN-I-QUE

Universal Human Rights IndexAimed at enabling researchers to locate human rights documents issued by the UN humanrights treaty bodies and the special procedures of the Human Rights Council, it is a

searchable index of UN human rights information based on the observations andrecommendations of the seven Treaty Bodies monitoring the implementation of the coreinternational human rights treaties (since 2000) and the Special Procedures of the HumanRights Council (since 2006). Browseable by country, by rights and by body.

Access UN(electronic resource available through the UofT library catalogue)
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Provides access to current and retrospective United Nations documents and publications.Articles appearing in UN periodicals are individually indexed. Indexing of the bilateral andmultilateral treaties in the UN Treaty Series. Documents from the six main bodies of theUnited Nations - General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council,Trusteeship Council, Secretariat and International Court of Justice - are indexed. Full-textresolutions from the General Assembly, Security Council and the Economic and SocialCouncil are appended to their respective bibliographic citations.

ODS(Official Documents System of the United Nations)Full-text access to official documents back to 1993 and resolutions back to 1946. Offerssimple , advanced and global search options. Best used when you have a U.N. documentnumber (e.g. CERD/C/225/Add.1) and want the full-text of the document.

UNBISNET(1979-)

Catalogue of UN publications and documentation indexed by the United Nations DagHammarskjld Library and the Library of the UN Office at Geneva. Coverage is primarilyfrom 1979 forward, however, indexing for resolutions of the General Assembly, Economicand Social Council, Security Council and Trusteeship Council are included back to 1946.UNBISNET also includes an index to speeches (from the mid 1980s on) and votinginformation (from the beginning for the Security Council and from the mid 1980s for theGeneral Assembly, ECOSOC and the Trusteeship Council)

UN-I-QUE (UN Info Quest)A ready-reference file created by the Dag Hammarskjld Library to respond to frequentlyasked questions, is designed to provide quick access to document symbols/sales numbersfor UN materials (1946 onwards).focuses upon documents and publications of a recurrentnature: annual/sessional reports

10.

TREATY-BASED BODIES

Body Treaty or UN Charter Alternative Online UNResources for Bodys

Documents

*The best place tobegin searching fordocuments of a UNbody is always thewebsite of the bodyitself
http://documents.un.org/http://documents.un.org/http://unbisnet.un.org/http://unbisnet.un.org/http://lib-unique.un.org/lib/unique.nsfhttp://lib-unique.un.org/lib/unique.nsfhttp://lib-unique.un.org/lib/unique.nsfhttp://unbisnet.un.org/http://documents.un.org/


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Committee againstTorture

Convention against Torture andOther Cruel, Inhuman orDegrading Treatment orPunishment


Committee on theElimination ofDiscrimination againstWomen

Convention on the Elimination ofAll Forms of Discriminationagainst Women


Committee on theRights of Persons withDisabilities

Convention on the Rights ofPersons with Disabilities

Official Document SystemUNBISnetAccessUN

Universal Human Rights Index- -

Committee onEconomic, Social andCultural Rights

International Covenant onEconomic, Social and CulturalRights


Committee on the

Rights of the Child

Convention on the Rights of the

Child

Official Document System

UNBISnetAccessUNUniversal Human Rights IndexUN-I-QUE

Human RightsCommittee

International Covenant on Civiland Political Rights


Committee on theElimination of RacialDiscrimination

International Convention on theElimination of All Forms of RacialDiscrimination

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Committee on MigrantWorkers

International Convention on theProtection of the Rights of AllMigrant Workers and Members ofTheir Families


11.TRIBUNAL PRACTICEManual on international courts and tribunals. Mackenzie, Ruth, Romano,Cesare P. R.,Shany, Yuval, and Sands, Philippe. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. 2nded.

Aims to provide the basic information required by a potential complainant to mostof the principal global and regional international courts and tribunals, including

information on complaint procedure, rules of procedure, likely cost of proceedings,powers of decision, power to issue interim orders, jurisdiction, location and contactinformation, presentation of pleadings.

KZ6250.M36 Reference B

12.FINDING HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTSThe web sites of the human rights bodies are the best sources for finding treaties and otherinstruments. Other sources are listed below.Online sources

UN Treaty Collection

Provides access to the full text of treaties contained in the United Nations TreatySeries (UNTS) as well as The Status of Multilateral Treaties Deposited with theSecretary-General and Recently Deposited Multilateral Treaties.

OHCHR treaty-body

University of Minnesota Human Rights Library

Provides full-text search capabilities for human rights related treaties and relateddocuments. (choose the search these documents by KEY WORD link) Offers

simultaneous searching across multiple human rights web sites, including theUnited Nations, European Court of Human Rights, Amnesty International. Also liststreaties by subject matter and according to ratification by country.

Flare Index to Treaties
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cmw/index.htmhttp://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cmw/index.htmhttp://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cmw/index.htmhttp://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/cmw.htmhttp://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/cmw.htmhttp://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/cmw.htmhttp://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/cmw.htmhttp://documents.un.org/http://documents.un.org/http://unbisnet.un.org/http://unbisnet.un.org/http://simplelink.library.utoronto.ca/url.cfm/55629http://simplelink.library.utoronto.ca/url.cfm/55629http://www.universalhumanrightsindex.org/http://www.universalhumanrightsindex.org/http://lib-unique.un.org/lib/unique.nsfhttp://lib-unique.un.org/lib/unique.nsfhttp://treaties.un.org/pages/ParticipationStatus.aspxhttp://treaties.un.org/pages/ParticipationStatus.aspxhttp://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/treaty/index.htmhttp://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/treaty/index.htmhttp://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/treaties.htmhttp://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/treaties.htmhttp://193.62.18.232/dbtw-wpd/textbase/treatysearch.htmhttp://193.62.18.232/dbtw-wpd/textbase/treatysearch.htmhttp://193.62.18.232/dbtw-wpd/textbase/treatysearch.htmhttp://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/treaties.htmhttp://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/treaty/index.htmhttp://treaties.un.org/pages/ParticipationStatus.aspxhttp://lib-unique.un.org/lib/unique.nsfhttp://www.universalhumanrightsindex.org/http://simplelink.library.utoronto.ca/url.cfm/55629http://unbisnet.un.org/http://documents.un.org/http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/cmw.htmhttp://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/cmw.htmhttp://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/cmw.htmhttp://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/cmw.htmhttp://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cmw/index.htmhttp://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cmw/index.htm


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Searchable database with information on over 1,500 significant multilateral (threeor more parties) treaties from 1856 to the present, with details of where the full textof each treaty may be obtained in paper and, if available, electronic form on theInternet. Treaties included in FLARE have been selected for their significance.

International Legal Materials

Bi-monthly publication of American Society of International Law that includes thefull text of selected new, treaties in addition to other important legal materials,including selected international case law. Available throughUofT cataloguevia HeinOnline. Also available through LexisNexis Quicklaw and Westlaw Canada (database:ILM).

Access UN

Official Documents System of the United Nations

UNBISNET

League of Nations Treaty Series

Information about the 205 volumes of theLeague of Nations Treaty Series(LoNTS)has been made available in theUnited Nations Treaty Collection website.Duringmigration of the database, the full text of the League of Nations material was lost.Efforts are underway to recover this data. Basic information about the treaties is

available.

The United Nations Human Rights Treaties

This site provides access to documents and information from the UN human rightstreaty system. Materials include the text of treaties, documents from the UN treatybodies, information on reform of the system, and other information. Documentsissued by the treaty bodies are arranged by state, by category, and by theme orsubject matter. This last category (by theme or subject) is something not availableon other web sites.

Human Rights Treaties

Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM), Colllection of primary treaties andinstruments from several human rights systems, including the UN.

Inter-American Commission of Women
http://simplelink.library.utoronto.ca/url.cfm/110231http://simplelink.library.utoronto.ca/url.cfm/110231http://main.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRdetail.cfm?Resources__ID=23482&T=J&FID=http://main.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRdetail.cfm?Resources__ID=23482&T=J&FID=http://main.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRdetail.cfm?Resources__ID=23482&T=J&FID=http://simplelink.library.utoronto.ca/url.cfm/55629http://simplelink.library.utoronto.ca/url.cfm/55629http://documents.un.org/http://documents.un.org/http://unbisnet.un.org/http://unbisnet.un.org/http://treaties.un.org/Pages/LONOnline.aspxhttp://treaties.un.org/Pages/LONOnline.aspxhttp://treaties.un.org/Pages/LONOnline.aspxhttp://treaties.un.org/Pages/LONOnline.aspxhttp://treaties.un.org/Pages/LONOnline.aspxhttp://treaties.un.org/http://treaties.un.org/http://treaties.un.org/http://www.bayefsky.com/http://www.bayefsky.com/http://sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/Library/HRinstruments.nsf/%28organization%29?OpenViewhttp://sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/Library/HRinstruments.nsf/%28organization%29?OpenViewhttp://portal.oas.org/Default.aspx?tabid=621&language=en-UShttp://portal.oas.org/Default.aspx?tabid=621&language=en-UShttp://portal.oas.org/Default.aspx?tabid=621&language=en-UShttp://sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/Library/HRinstruments.nsf/%28organization%29?OpenViewhttp://www.bayefsky.com/http://treaties.un.org/http://treaties.un.org/Pages/LONOnline.aspxhttp://treaties.un.org/Pages/LONOnline.aspxhttp://unbisnet.un.org/http://documents.un.org/http://simplelink.library.utoronto.ca/url.cfm/55629http://main.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRdetail.cfm?Resources__ID=23482&T=J&FID=http://simplelink.library.utoronto.ca/url.cfm/110231


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Website contains, among other items, the principal Inter-American conventionsrelating to women.

United Nations Humanitarian Treaties

International Humanitarian Law: Treaties & Documents - International Red Cross

13.

PRINT SOURCESBrownlie, Ian & Goodwin-Gill, Guy S. eds., Basic Documents on Human Rights, 5th ed.(Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2006)

A collection of key documents covering all elements of the subject, with commentaryand bibliographic annotation.

K3238 .A1 B76 STL

Global human rights law collection(Nijmegen, The Netherlands: Global Law Association,1999- )

In addition to the text of the instruments this work contains brief summaries ofinternational and regional human rights instruments including historicaldevelopment and key concepts.

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14.RATIFICATION INFORMATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS14.1 UN Instruments

The page for each treaty-based UN Human Rights Body usually contains a link toratification information. Below are some other resources for ratification status.

Treaty Body Document Search

This database was established to monitor the implementation of the principal UN

humanrights treaties. The database provides information on submission of reportsby States, documents issued by the treaty bodies and reporting and ratificationinformation. The documents are available as well as status and submissioninformation. Documents can be accessed in a variety of ways (by treaty, country,

symbol, etc.).

The United Nations Human Rights Treaties

Provides ratification information by treaty and by state. The information includesthe following: Limited to the UN human rights treaty system.

Human Rights Instruments
http://www.hrea.org/erc/Library/list.php?category%20id=27&category%20tvpe=3http://www.hrea.org/erc/Library/list.php?category%20id=27&category%20tvpe=3http://www.icrc.org/ihlhttp://www.icrc.org/ihlhttp://tb.ohchr.org/default.aspxhttp://tb.ohchr.org/default.aspxhttp://www.bayefsky.com/docs.php/area/ratifhttp://www.bayefsky.com/docs.php/area/ratifhttp://sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/Library/RATIF.nsf/Country?OpenViewhttp://sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/Library/RATIF.nsf/Country?OpenViewhttp://sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/Library/RATIF.nsf/Country?OpenViewhttp://www.bayefsky.com/docs.php/area/ratifhttp://tb.ohchr.org/default.aspxhttp://www.icrc.org/ihlhttp://www.hrea.org/erc/Library/list.php?category%20id=27&category%20tvpe=3


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Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM)

Provides information on signatures and ratification information for many treatiesand instruments from various human rights systems. Access to the information is bytreaty or country. Reservations and objections are searchable.

14.2 Inter-American Instruments

Basic Documents Pertaining to Human Rights in the Inter-American System

Signature and ratification information for many Inter-American human rightstreaties.

Treaties and Agreements

section of this OAS site

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Basic human rights documents and ratification status information.

Law Update

page of the Inter-American Commission of Women

Contains status and ratification information for the Inter-American Convention theon the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence Against Women.

14.3 ILO Instruments

Ratifications of the ILO Fundamental Conventions

14.4 European Instruments

Council of Europe Treaties Page

Includes signature and ratification information on the same page as the text of thetreaty

14.5 African Instruments

African (Banjul) Charter on Human and People's Rights

15.HUMAN RIGHTS JURISPRUDENCE

Finding human rights cases can be a difficult task; not all cases are reported, and casereporters in this area are often published irregularly.

15.1 Online Resources for Human Rights Jurisprudence

In general, text of recent cases are well documented on the various court and committeewebsites, however often not in a searchable interface. For the body websites, see above or
http://www.cidh.org/Basicos/English/Basic.TOC.htmhttp://www.cidh.org/Basicos/English/Basic.TOC.htmhttp://www.oas.org/dil/treaties_and_agreements.htmhttp://www.oas.org/dil/treaties_and_agreements.htmhttp://www.cidh.oas.org/Basicos/English/Basic.TOC.htmhttp://www.cidh.oas.org/Basicos/English/Basic.TOC.htmhttp://www.oas.org/cim/English/LawUpdateIndex.htmhttp://www.oas.org/cim/English/LawUpdateIndex.htmhttp://webfusion.ilo.org/public/db/standards/normes/appl/appl-ratif8conv.cfm?Lang=ENhttp://webfusion.ilo.org/public/db/standards/normes/appl/appl-ratif8conv.cfm?Lang=ENhttp://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/ListeTraites.asp?CM=10&CL=ENGhttp://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/ListeTraites.asp?CM=10&CL=ENGhttp://www.achpr.org/english/_info/charter_en.htmlhttp://www.achpr.org/english/_info/charter_en.htmlhttp://www.achpr.org/english/_info/charter_en.htmlhttp://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/ListeTraites.asp?CM=10&CL=ENGhttp://webfusion.ilo.org/public/db/standards/normes/appl/appl-ratif8conv.cfm?Lang=ENhttp://www.oas.org/cim/English/LawUpdateIndex.htmhttp://www.cidh.oas.org/Basicos/English/Basic.TOC.htmhttp://www.oas.org/dil/treaties_and_agreements.htmhttp://www.cidh.org/Basicos/English/Basic.TOC.htm


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google the name of the body. Listed below are searchable databases of internationalhuman rights decisions.

15.2 Multi-jurisdictional Online Resources for Jurisprudence

The resources below cover more than one court or tribunal.

Oxford Reports of International Human Rights Law

Via the UofT catalogue, provides case law from the African Commission, theEuropean court of Human Rights, the UN Committee against Torture, the UNCommittee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, the UNCommittee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and the UN Human RightsCommittee. There is also a module for international criminal law.

Bayefsky.com: CCPR Jurisprudence

choose search then jurisprudence

Commonwealth and International Human Rights Case Law Databases (Interights)

Summaries of significant human rights decisions, from both domestic courts andinternational tribunals..

Case Law Database

Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM)

This web site provides access to databases containing summaries of the case law

of the Human Rights Committee, the Committee Against Torture, and theCommittee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. There is also a databasecontaining information on judgments of the European Court of Human Rights andthe concluding comments of the United Nations treaty bodies have been madeaccessible. Coverage varies. Users must register to use the databases, but there isno charge for access.

International Courts & Tribunals Library at WorldLII

A searchable collection of international courts and tribunals, including those that

focus on human rights. Coverage for each court and tribunal varies.

The Project on International Courts and Tribunals

Provides the full-text of selected cases and decisions from various internationalcourts and tribunals, including the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and the International Criminal Tribunals forRwanda and the former Yugoslavia.Note: This site does not seem to have been
http://simplelink.library.utoronto.ca/url.cfm/111633http://simplelink.library.utoronto.ca/url.cfm/111633http://www.bayefsky.com/docs.php/area/jurisprudence/treaty/ccpr/opt/0/node/5/type/allhttp://www.bayefsky.com/docs.php/area/jurisprudence/treaty/ccpr/opt/0/node/5/type/allhttp://www.interights.org/database-search/index.htmhttp://sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/Dochome.nsf?Openhttp://sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/Dochome.nsf?Openhttp://www.worldlii.org/int/cases/http://www.pict-pcti.org/http://www.pict-pcti.org/http://www.pict-pcti.org/http://www.worldlii.org/int/cases/http://sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/Dochome.nsf?Openhttp://www.interights.org/database-search/index.htmhttp://www.bayefsky.com/docs.php/area/jurisprudence/treaty/ccpr/opt/0/node/5/type/allhttp://simplelink.library.utoronto.ca/url.cfm/111633


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updated since 2008!

Refworld(UNHCR)

Search for case law from various human rights courts and dispute settlement

bodies. Although concerned mainly with refugee/asylum seeking case law it allowssome flexibility when searching for human rights cases, including UN Treaty bodyjurisprudence.

Lexis Human Rights Cases Database

Includes Butterworths Human Rights Cases, International Journal of Refugee Lawand the Northwestern University Journal of International Human Rights.

To access it > Source directory > by area of law > International > Human rights andCivil liberties

Universal Human Rights Index

Contains the observations and recommendations of the seven UN human rightstreaty bodies, the comments by governments on the concluding observations issuedby the treaty bodies from the year 2000 on, as well as all reports published by theSpecial Procedures since 2006. Searchable by keyword, right, country and body.

International Court of Justice

World Court Digest

Max Planck Institute ICJ cases

15.3 Online Resources for Jurisprudence from specific Regions or Tribunals

15.3.1 Africa

Constitutional Library (Jutastat)

Contains, among other things, the South African Journal on Human Rights, coveringarticles on constitutional matters, comments on cases, book reviews and generalarticles on human rights issues. Password available via e.legal.

African Human Rights Law Reports

Selected national decisions and decisions from the African Commission on Humanand Peoples' Rights, as well as decisions of United Nations treaty bodies that dealwith African countries.

Decisions of the African Commission(University of Minnesota Human Rights Library)
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?page=category&skip=0&category=LEGALhttp://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?page=category&skip=0&category=LEGALhttp://www.universalhumanrightsindex.org/http://www.universalhumanrightsindex.org/http://www.icj-cij.org/http://www.icj-cij.org/http://www.mpil.de/ww/en/pub/research/details/publications/institute/wcd.cfmhttp://www.mpil.de/ww/en/pub/research/details/publications/institute/wcd.cfmhttp://www.law-lib2.utoronto.ca/pass/sastatpass.htmhttp://www.law-lib2.utoronto.ca/pass/sastatpass.htmhttp://simplelink.library.utoronto.ca/url.cfm/113244http://simplelink.library.utoronto.ca/url.cfm/113244http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/africa/comcases/comcases.htmlhttp://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/africa/comcases/comcases.htmlhttp://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/africa/comcases/comcases.htmlhttp://simplelink.library.utoronto.ca/url.cfm/113244http://www.law-lib2.utoronto.ca/pass/sastatpass.htmhttp://www.mpil.de/ww/en/pub/research/details/publications/institute/wcd.cfmhttp://www.icj-cij.org/http://www.universalhumanrightsindex.org/http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?page=category&skip=0&category=LEGAL


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Official Documentssection of the African Union website contains human rights decisions.

African Court on Human and Peoples Rights

15.3.2 Inter-American

Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Jurisprudence of the court, including advisory opinions, and material dealing withprovisional measures and supervision of compliance.

Case law of the Inter-American Court on Human Rights (University of Minnesota)

University of Minnesotas Human Rights site maintains a mirror site to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights website.

Westlaw Inter-American Commission on Human Rights - Organization of American States

database identifier: IACHR-OAS Case reports appearing in the Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on

Human Rights and Basic Documents Pertaining to Human Rights in the Inter-American System from the Organization of American States (OAS). Coverage beginswith 1994.

15.3.3 International Labour Organization (ILO)

Triblex

case law database of the ILO Administrative Tribunal (link to database on left side

of page)

Digest of Decisions of the Freedom of Association Committee

Ilolex searchable database of decisions

Ilolex on CD-ROM

Computerized version of the International Labour Code, in full text and in threelanguages (English, French and Spanish), concerning human rights, employmentpolicy, working conditions, industrial relations, occupational safety and health, andsocial security. A manual is also available.

HD 7801 .I56 Disc and Manual Stand-alone CD-Rom. Please ask at circulation desk

15.3.4 The European Court of Human Rights

HUDOC

Jurisprudence and publications of the European Court of Human Rights, theEuropean Commission of Human Rights and the Committee of Ministers.
http://www.africa-union.org/Official_documents/Speeches_&_Statements/offSpeeches_&_Statements.htmhttp://www.africa-union.org/Official_documents/Speeches_&_Statements/offSpeeches_&_Statements.htmhttp://www.african-court.org/http://www.african-court.org/http://www.corteidh.or.cr/index.cfm?&CFID=598467&CFTOKEN=36860698http://www.corteidh.or.cr/index.cfm?&CFID=598467&CFTOKEN=36860698http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/iachr/iachr.htmlhttp://www.ilo.org/public/english/tribunal/http://www.ilo.org/public/english/tribunal/http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/digestq.htmhttp://www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/digestq.htmhttp://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/search.asp?skin=hudoc-enhttp://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/search.asp?skin=hudoc-enhttp://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/search.asp?skin=hudoc-enhttp://www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/digestq.htmhttp://www.ilo.org/public/english/tribunal/http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/iachr/iachr.htmlhttp://www.corteidh.or.cr/index.cfm?&CFID=598467&CFTOKEN=36860698http://www.african-court.org/http://www.africa-union.org/Official_documents/Speeches_&_Statements/offSpeeches_&_Statements.htm


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WESTLAW : Human rights law reports - database identifier: HRL-RPTS

Decisions from E.U. (and former European Economic Community) courts anddomestic courts in the United Kingdom and other E.U. member states that pertain tohuman rights. Coverage begins with March 1999.

WESTLAW : Human rights law reports all - database identifier: HR-RPTS-ALL

Decisions from European Union (and former European Economic Community)courts and domestic courts in the United Kingdom and other E.U. member statesthat pertain to human rights published in Human Rights Law Reports, plus decisionsfrom the European Court of Human Rights and selected reports and decisions fromthe European Commission of Human Rights, as well as settlements and resolutionsof the Committee of Ministers, published in European Human Rights Reports.Coverage begins with 1960 for European Human Rights Reports and March 1999 forHuman Rights Law Reports.

15.4 Print Resources

Aside from the fact that older jurisprudence may only be available in print, print resourcescan be very useful to the human rights researcher. Typically compiled by experts in thefield, their organization, detailed indexes and tables of contents make them usefulresources for tasks such as locating leading jurisprudence, or finding decisions by treatyprovision, country, right or complainant.

15.4.1 UN and Commonwealth

Leading Cases of the Human Rights Committee. Hanski, Raija & Scheinin, Martin, eds.(Turku/bo: Institute for Human Rights, bo Akademi University, 2003.)

K3239.53 .L43 1 copy STL, 1 copy Stacks

Selected Decisions Under The Optional Protocol: second to sixteenth sessions. (Human RightsCommittee. New York : United Nations, 1985)

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Commonwealth Human Rights Law Digest(London: Interights, 1996- ).

Case law from international human rights bodies and Commonwealth country

courts. K3239.23 .C66

15.4.2 Europe

Human Rights Case Digest, (London : British Institute of Human Rights, 1990- ).

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Organization of American States, Inter-American Court of Human Rights,Series C--Decisionsand Judgments, (San Jos, Costa Rica : Secretara de la Corte, 1987- )

KDZ574 .A52 I584 no.42 Stacks

KDZ574 .A52 I584 no.63 Stacks

16.

COUNTRY REPORTSAmnesty International Country Reports

Asylumlaw.org

Canadian Immigration and Refugee Boards National Documentation Packages

Global IDP Project

Human Rights WatchWorld Reports

ICRC Country Reports

Country Reports(Inter-American Commission on Human Rights)

Refworld

SuperSearch- search 19 human rights databases at once

UNICEF state of the Worlds Children

U.S. Dept. of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

U.S. Dept.. of State, Annual Report on International Religious Freedom

U.S. Dept. of State Country Reports on Trafficking in Persons

Country reportstable at the University of Minnesotas human rights library

Universal Periodic Review country reviews of of the UN Human Rights Council

17.WEBSITES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CURRENT EVENTSUnited Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Amnesty International Online
http://web.amnesty.org/library/engindexhttp://www.asylumlaw.org/http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca:8080/Publications/index_e.aspxhttp://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca:8080/Publications/index_e.aspxhttp://www.internal-displacement.org/http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2009http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2009http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2009http://www.icrc.org/eng/operations_countryhttp://www.cidh.org/publi.eng.htmhttp://www.cidh.org/publi.eng.htmhttp://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmainhttp://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmainhttp://www.asylumlaw.org/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/webinator/metanew4http://www.asylumlaw.org/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/webinator/metanew4http://www.unicef.org/publications/index.htmlhttp://www.unicef.org/publications/index.htmlhttp://www.state.gov/g/drl/hr/http://www.state.gov/g/drl/irf/http://www.state.gov/g/tip/http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/asylum/country_conditions.htmlhttp://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/asylum/country_conditions.htmlhttp://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/Documentation.aspxhttp://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/Documentation.aspxhttp://www.ohchr.org/EN/Pages/WelcomePage.aspxhttp://www.ohchr.org/EN/Pages/WelcomePage.aspxhttp://www.amnesty.org/http://www.amnesty.org/http://www.amnesty.org/http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Pages/WelcomePage.aspxhttp://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/Documentation.aspxhttp://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/asylum/country_conditions.htmlhttp://www.state.gov/g/tip/http://www.state.gov/g/drl/irf/http://www.state.gov/g/drl/hr/http://www.unicef.org/publications/index.htmlhttp://www.asylumlaw.org/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/webinator/metanew4http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmainhttp://www.cidh.org/publi.eng.htmhttp://www.icrc.org/eng/operations_countryhttp://www.hrw.org/world-report-2009http://www.internal-displacement.org/http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca:8080/Publications/index_e.aspxhttp://www.asylumlaw.org/http://web.amnesty.org/library/engindex


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This is the official Internet site for AI. It contains the most up-to-date information --new document summaries, publications from AI (including the annual countryreports), and links to other sites.

Human rights Centre

At UC Berkley. Searchable via a google custom search

Forced Migration Online

From the Ground

Pools RSS-feeds from major field-based NGOs into a single feed, with option to viewseparate feeds for individual regions, has a search interface as well.

Hurisearch

Indexes over 5000 human rights websites, very good tool for searching for humanrights news on the web.

Human Rights Watch

Derechos Human Rights.

Links to key human rights resources, divided into categories such as Reports and

News.

OneWorld.net Aggregates news and views from over 1600 human rights and anit-poverty sites.

http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/Diana/

From the University of Torontos Bora Laskin Law Library, intended to collect,organize and disseminate information on women's human rights law. Includes aWomens Humans Rights Resources database.

Human Rights Organizations Database

According to the website it contains information on 11474 organizations involved inhuman rights.

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GUIDES/RESEARCH AIDS18.1 UN Research Guides

United Nations Documentation: Research Guide on Human Rights

Authored by the United Nations Dag Hammarskjld Library
http://hrc.berkeley.edu/index.htmlhttp://hrc.berkeley.edu/index.htmlhttp://www.forcedmigration.org/http://www.forcedmigration.org/http://fromtheground.net/http://www.hurisearch.org/http://www.hurisearch.org/http://www.hrw.org/enhttp://www.hrw.org/enhttp://www.derechos.net/links/http://www.derechos.net/links/http://www.oneworld.net/http://www.oneworld.net/http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/Diana/http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/Diana/http://www.hri.ca/organizations-database.phphttp://www.hri.ca/organizations-database.phphttp://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/spechr.htmhttp://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/spechr.htmhttp://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/spechr.htmhttp://www.hri.ca/organizations-database.phphttp://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/Diana/http://www.oneworld.net/http://www.derechos.net/links/http://www.hrw.org/enhttp://www.hurisearch.org/http://fromtheground.net/http://www.forcedmigration.org/http://hrc.berkeley.edu/index.html


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ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law: United Nations

Research Guide: the United Nations

Columbia University

18.2 League of Nations

Research Guide to League of Nations Documents andPublications

Northwestern University

18.3 European Court of Human Rights Research Guides

Peter Kempees, ed.,A Systematic Guide to the Case-Law of the European Court of HumanRights, (The Hague; Boston: Kluwer Law International, 1996).

K3239.2 .S97

18.4 General Research Guides

David Weissbrodt, et al.,Selected International Human Rights Instruments and BibliographyFor Research on International Human Rights Law, 3rd ed., (Cincinnati, OH : AndersonPublishing Co. 2001.)

As well as the text of major human rights instruments this work contains extensivelisting of sources for international human rights law research broken down by topic.Includes sections with sources for status of Human rights instruments, legislativehistory of human rights instruments, human rights case law and rules of procedure,

international criminal tribunals, practice guides and country situations.

K3240 .S45

Electronic Research Guide: Human RightsAmerican Society of International Law

ESIL Electronic Information System for International Law: International Human Rights

Providesannotatedlinks to primary materials, web sites and research guides.Includes citations, entry into force and signature dates and amendments.

Human Rights Law Research Guide

Georgetown University Law Centre Law Library

Highlights and annotates the top resources for international law

19.HOW TO FIND A UN DOCUMENT USING A UN DOCUMENT SYMBOLA UN document symbol is a unique identifier for a United Nations document that is usuallylocated in the upper right-hand corner of a document e.g. S/2009/391
http://www.asil.org/un1.cfmhttp://www.asil.org/un1.cfmhttp://library.law.columbia.edu/guides/United_Nationshttp://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/collections/league/background.htmlhttp://www.asil.org/humrts1.cfmhttp://www.asil.org/humrts1.cfmhttp://www.eisil.org/index.php?sid=990326800&t=indexhttp://www.eisil.org/index.php?sid=990326800&t=indexhttp://www.eisil.org/index.php?sid=990326800&t=indexhttp://www.eisil.org/index.php?sid=990326800&t=indexhttp://www.ll.georgetown.edu/intl/guides/HumanRightsLaw.cfmhttp://www.ll.georgetown.edu/intl/guides/HumanRightsLaw.cfmhttp://www.ll.georgetown.edu/intl/guides/HumanRightsLaw.cfmhttp://www.eisil.org/index.php?sid=990326800&t=indexhttp://www.asil.org/humrts1.cfmhttp://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/collections/league/background.htmlhttp://library.law.columbia.edu/guides/United_Nationshttp://www.asil.org/un1.cfm


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Under International Law, February 2010), variousanalysesof draft laws from differentjurisdictions and afew examples of lawsthe CLD was asked to help draft.

21.HUMAN RIGHTS PROFESSIONALS TRAINING MATERIALS21.1 General Human Rights Law

OHCHR/UN Staff College Project,Human Rights: A Basic Handbook for UN Staff

OHCHR/ILO,Pocket Guide on Basic Human Rights Instruments, 1998

OHCHR, Fact Sheet No. 2:The International Bill of Human Rights

OHCHR, Fact Sheet No. 7:Complaint Procedures

OHCHR/UN Staff College Project,Manual on Human Rights Reporting, 1997

OHCHR, Fact Sheet No. 27:Seventeen Frequently Asked Questions about United NationsSpecial Rapporteurs

OHCHR,Handbook on National Human Rights Plans of Action, 2002

OSCE,Individual Human Rights Complaints: A Handbook for OSCE Field Personnel, 2003

Global Rights,Using the Inter-American System for Human Rights, 2004

W. ONeill,A Humanitarian Practitioners Guide to International Human Rights Law, 1999

International Council on Human Rights Policy, Performance & Legitimacy: National HumanRights Institutions, 2000http://www.ichrp.org/

Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission/British Irish Rights Watch, Human Wrongs,Human Rights:A Guide to the Human Rights Machinery of the United Nations, 2001

21.2 Human Rights Monitoring and Documentation, GeneralOHCHR,Training Manual on Human Rights Monitoring, 2001

Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights,Human Rights Monitoring, 2001

Norwegian Institute of Human Rights, Manual on Human Rights Monitoring:AnIntroduction for Human Rights Field Officers, 2002

Asian Human Rights Commission,Human Rights Monitoring and Fact-Finding, 2000

Amnesty International/Council for the Development of Social Science Research inAfrica,Monitoring and Investigating Human Rights Abuses in Armed Conflict, 2001
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Amnesty International, Monitoring and Reporting Human Rights Violations in Africa:AHandbook for Community Activists, 2002

21.3 Human Rights Education/Training, General

OHCHR, Human Rights Training:A Manual on Human Rights Training Methodology

OHCHR, ABC Teaching Human Rights:Practical Activities for Primary and SecondarySchools

Columbia University Human Rights Center (P. Martin),Self-Help Human Rights EducationHandbook, 1996

Council of Europe,Teaching Guide to the European Convention on Human Rights, 1997

Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights Poland, How to Protect Human Rights -The United

Nations System of Human Rights Protection: Educational packet, 1997

Human Rights Resource Center (University of Minnesota),The Human Rights EducationSeries

Amnesty International,International Human Rights Standards and Education, 1998

Amnesty International,A 12-Point Guide for Good Practice in the Training and Educationfor Human Rights of Government Officials, 1998

Action Aid, LearningAbout Rights, December 2001

Asian Regional Resource Center for Human Rights Education,Human Rights EducationPack, 1995

International Human Rights Network, Learning To Integrate Human Rights, 1999

International Human Rights Network, Towards EffectiveTraining for Field Human RightsTasks, 1996

Open Society Institute (F. Tibbitts),An Annotated Primer for Selecting Democratic andHuman Rights Education Teaching Materials, 1997

21.4 Human Rights Advocacy

CARE, Advocacy Tools and Guidelines:Promoting Policy Change, 2001

21.5 Civil and Political Rights, GeneralOHCHR, Fact Sheet No. 15: Civil and Political Rights:The Human Rights Committee

Front Line, Civil and Political Rights Manual:Using International Human Rights
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Mechanisms and Procedures: An Online Manual for Human Rights Defenders,

Council of Europe, Handbook No. 1:The right to respect for private and family life. A guideto the implementation of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, 2001

Council of Europe, Handbook No. 2:Freedom of expression. A guide to the implementationof Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, 2001

Article 19,Freedom of Expression Manual, 1993

Article 19,The Virtual Freedom of Expression Handbook

21.6 Administration of JusticeOHCHR/IBA,Human Rights in the Administration of Justice: A Manual on Human Rights forJudges, Prosecutors and Lawyers, 2003

OHCHR,Fact Sheet No. 26: The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

Council of Europe, Handbook No. 3:The right to a fair trial. A guide to the implementationof Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, 2001

Council of Europe, Handbook No. 5:The right to liberty and security of the person. A guideto the implementation of Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights, 2002

Amnesty International,Amnesty International Fair Trials Manual, 1998

Lawyers Committee for Human Rights,What is a Fair Trial? A Basic Guide to Legal

Standards and Practice, 2000

International Commission of Jurists,Trial Observation Manual, 2002UNICEF, Innocenti Digest No. 3:Juvenile Justice, 1998

21.7 Law Enforcement

OHCHR,Human Rights and Law Enforcement: A Manual on Human Rights Training for thePolice

Pocket Book

Trainers Guide

Expanded Pocket Book

Council of Europe, Human Rights and the Police:A Workbook fo

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