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Human rights collections & indexes
The following links refer to other specialized human rights collections. You may follow them to find additional online resources or to identify materials to request on interlibrary loan through the OHCHR Library.
Human Rights Research and Education Centre
University of Ottawa
Includes over 35,000 entries on Canadian and international human rights.
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
A collection of over 60,000 documents on human rights. The site includes thematic links and Google searches limited to this and other sites.
Derechos Humanos - Human Rights Links
A large collection of links to online resources in English and Spanish. Organized by subject. These include campaigns, law, NGOs, international organizations, education, etc.
UN Practitioner’s Portal on HRBA Programming
The Practitioner’s Portal brings together a wide range of resources on integrating human rights-based approaches (HRBA) into development programming, making them accessible to users through a single entry point (www.hrbaportal.org).
Human rights institutions & organizations
Human Rights Organizations
Detailed list maintained by the Human Rights Research and Education Centre at the University of Ottawa.
Council of Europe: Human Rights and Legal Affairs
Information on standard-setting and monitoring activities as well as cooperation with member states.
OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
The Organization for Security & Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Office is based in Warsaw, Poland. It is active in the fields of election observation, democratic development, human rights, tolerance and non-discrimination, and rule of law.
International legal sources: general
ASIL: Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law—Human Rights
An extensive guide to primary and secondary sources in international human rights law. Focuses on electronic sources but includes general research tips for locating documents and other materials. From the American Society of International Law.
International & Comparative Law
A guide maintained by the National University of Singapore Law Library. Includes links indexes to law resources, regional and national organizations, and treaties and conventions.
Foreign & International Law Sources on the Internet
From the Cornell University Law Library. Includes sections on foreign law sites, transnational organizations, U.S. Government sources on foreign and international law, and a topical guide.
See also: Law by Source: Global
World Legal Information Institute
A free, independent and non-profit global legal research facility developed collaboratively by, and including information from, legal information institutes and other organizations. Also contains 15,000+ links to law-related web sites.
Research Library of the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law
An online collection of web links to materials on treaties, jurisprudence of international courts and tribunals, UN publications and documents, and other scholarly information.
International legal sources: specialized
International Humanitarian Law
An explanation and resources from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
International Constitutional Law
Conventions, Treaties, etc.
United Nations Treaty Collection
International Legal Search Engine to Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Search for relevant treaties/conventions or specific articles in them, by country, domain (e.g. humanitarian law, rights of the child, etc.), and/or topic.
International Labour Standards
From the International Labor Organziation (ILO)
UNCITRAL Texts
From the UN Commission on International Trade Law.
UNESCO Legal Instruments
From the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
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