PART I: WHERE TO FIND HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS:

U.S. Department of State, Human Rights
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/hr/

STATE DEPARTMENT COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS are here:
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/

U.S. Department of State, International Information Programs, Human Rights http://www.america.gov/dhr/human_rights.html

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE): United States Helsinki Commission
http://www.csce.gov/ CSCE addresses and assesses democratic, economic, and human rights developments firsthand. One can view the commission’s work by issue or country.

Human Rights Commission on International Religious Freedom:
http://www.uscirf.gov
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is a government commission monitoring religious freedom worldwide and advises the President, the Secretary of State, and Congress on how best to promote freedom of worship.

USINFO: Human Rights Global Reports:
http://www.america.gov/dhr/human_rights.html

PART II: BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND MAJOR RESEARCH GUIDES:

Columbia University, School of Law. Human Rights Research: Frequently Asked Questions.
http://www.law.columbia.edu/library/Research_Guides/internat_law/humrts

Getting Online for Human Rights: Using the Internet in Human Rights Work http://shr.aaas.org/Online/contents.htm

Human Rights Resources on the Internet:
http://www.llrx.com/features/rsd_bib2.htm

New York University School of Law: How To Research International Human Rights: A Research Guide: http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Human_Rights.htm

PART III: MAJOR INTERNET SITES CONCERNED WITH HUMAN RIGHTS
(A highly selective list)

Amnesty International: English: http://www.amnesty.org/
Arabic: http://www.amnesty.org/arabic/
AI works to promote internationally recognized human rights.
See their 2007 Human Rights report at:
http://thereport.amnesty.org/eng/Homepage

Derechos: http://www.derechos.org/ Works for the promotion of human rights all over the world and against impunity for human rights violators. NOTE: Some of the material is in Spanish.

Freedom House http://www.freedomhouse.org/
Through a vast array of international programs and publications, Freedom House is working to advance political and economic freedom, including human rights.

Human Rights Internet:
http://www.hri.ca/index.aspx
Purpose of this organization is to engage, educate and empower. Includes many links to educational resources and guides, and, a noteworthy category titled “Documentation and Education.”

Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/
Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world and is
an independent, nongovernmental organization supported by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide. It accepts no government funds, directly or indirectly.

PART IV: MAJOR CENTERS, COMMISSIONS AND INSTITUTES:

The Carter Center
http://www.cartercenter.org/
The Carter Center seeks to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy, and improve health.

The Cater Center’s Human Rights program can be found at:
http://www.cartercenter.org/peace/human_rights/index.html

Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law
http://www.wcl.american.edu/humright/center.cfm

Center for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/humanrights/
One of the oldest University-based human rights institutions, committed to the education and training of emerging human rights leaders, the Center has pioneered the promotion of human rights research, education, and training at Columbia University.
Human and Constitutional Rights Institute at Columbia University http://www.hrcr.org/
SEE ALSO: http://www.law.columbia.edu/center_program/human_rights
Includes web resources, country reports, emerging topics, national and international links, and documents

The Inter.-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
http://www.cidh.org/DefaultE.htm
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is one of two bodies in the inter-American system for the promotion and protection of human rights. The Commission has its headquarters in Washington, D.C. The other human rights body is the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which is located in San José, Costa Rica.

Northwestern University, School of Law. Center for International Human Rights: http://www.law.northwestern.edu/humanrights/

PART V: HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION, PROMOTION AND PROTECTION:

Human Rights Education Association:
http://www.hrea.org/erc/Library/index.php
Contains many curriculum and resource guides, and bibliographies, all freely available. Also has links to Human Rights Organizations and Resources

Human Right First:
http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/about_us/about_us.asp
Emphasizes the rule of law to help ensure human dignity and encourages the end of tyranny, extremism, intolerance, and violence.

Human Rights Education:
http://www.america.gov/journals/itdhr/0302/ijde/ijde0302.htm
ARABIC VERSION AT:
http://www.america.gov/journals/itdhr/0302/ijda/ijda0302.htm

HRI Human Rights Internet:
http://www.hri.ca/index.aspx
HRI is dedicated to the empowerment of human rights activists and organizations, and committed to education on human rights issues and the role of civil society.

The Inter.-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is one of two bodies in the inter-American system for the promotion and protection of human rights. The Commission has its headquarters in Washington, D.C.

International Human Rights Network: http://www.ihrnetwork.org/
Current IHRN Training programs can be found at:
http://www.ihrnetwork.org/current-programmes.htm (Training also includes capacity building)

People's Decade of Human Rights Education (PDHRE-International):
http://www.pdhre.org/
A non-profit, international service organization that works directly and indirectly with its network of affiliates — primarily women's and relevant organizations --to develop human rights education.

Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights
http://www.law.uc.edu/morgan2/
A leading institution in the promotion and protection of human rights, particularly as it relates to the education of tomorrow's leaders.

PART VI: UNITED NATIONS:

UN: Human Rights and Business Learning Tools: Educational, Online Modules
http://www.unssc.org/web/hrb/Default.asp?mod=0&sec=0&cur=0

UN Cyberbus: Human Rights In Action:
http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrights/index.asp

UN Human Rights:
http://www.un.org/rights/

UN Human Rights Council:
http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/

PART VII: VIRTUAL/ELECTRONIC LIBRARIES OF HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTATION:

Human Rights Tools: E-Library:http://www.humanrightstools.org/dir/

Human Rights Web: http://www.hrweb.org/

Internacional Labour Organization: Human Rights Documents by Country: http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex_browse.subject?p_lang=en&p_classification=01.05

University of Minnesota Human Rights Library: http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/
The principal focus of the Human Rights Library is to assist human rights advocates, monitors, students, and educators. Voted one of the top 10 Human Rights Web sites of the decade.

PART VIII: LEGAL ASPECTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS:

The American Society of International Law:http://www.asil.org/resource/humrts1.htm
The mission of the American Society of International Law is to foster the study of international law and to promote the establishment and maintenance of international relations on the basis of law and justice.

Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL)
Maintains an excellent legal guide for International Human Rights Law worldwide: http://www.eisil.org/index.php?sid=668522265&t=sub_pages&cat=185

Legal Search Engine :www.llrx.com
One of the best new search engines for legal materials in LLRX: can be used for finding newer/updated materials on Human Rights, has an embedded search engine.

Ongoing Current Legal News: http://jurist.law.pitt.edu
The CURRENT AWARENESS site has a section just for HUMAN RIGHTS in the news: http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/currentawareness/humanrights.php

PART IX: MINORITY RIGHTS

Minority Rights Group International
http://www.minorityrights.org

Minority Rights Group International (MRG) works to secure the rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and indigenous peoples worldwide, and to promote cooperation and understanding between communities. The organizations programs are described on its site, and summaries of its publications and projects are provided.

The Minorities at Risk (MAR) Project
http://www.bsos.umd.edu/cidcm/mar

Monitors and analyzes the status and conflicts of communal groups in all countries with a current population of at least 500,000. Selected project materials on more than 284 groups are available through this site for researchers, public officials, journalists, students, activists, and others

PART X: GUIDES AND MANUALS:

Concise Guide to Human Rights on the Internet
http://www.derechos.org/human-rights/manual.htm

Human Rights Tools: http://www.humanrightstools.org/

Introduction to Human Rights:http://www.america.gov/products/pubs/hrintro/hrintro.htm

PART XI: HUMAN RIGHTS BLOGS:

Human Rights Blogs: http://www.derechos.org/human-rights/lists/
Derechos Human Rights links to several blogs that can be useful tools for anyone interested in human rights.

PART XII: SEARCH ENGINES: SPECIFIC AND GENERAL:

HUMAN RIGHTS SEARCH ENGINE: HURISEARCH:
http://www.hurisearch.org/ (Searches for specific Human Rights Document)

ELDIS: www.eldis.org
Searches manuals, projects, guides, work related issues of NGOs and Civil Society groups throughout the world, the embedded search engine is highly useful.

Legal Search Engine:www.llrx.com

World Legal Information Institute: has a highly useful embedded search engine for researching Human Rights treaties and projects around the globe :
http://www.worldlii.org/forms/search1.html

Alternative Search Engines other than Google:

Librarians Index to the Internet:www.lii.org

Virtual Libraries

Infomine:http://infomine.ucr.edu

Internet Public library:www.ipl.org

PART XIII: WHERE TO LOCATE FREE MASTER’S THESES

MIT THESES: FREELY AVAILABLE:
http://dspace.mit.edu

An example of an MIT Thesis is the following:

Interpreting Global Justice: Variations in perspectives of U.S. Environmental Organizations on Environment, Human Rights, and Social Equity:
http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/17684

PART XIV: FREE ELECTRONIC JOURNALS ON HUMAN RIGHTS:

Harvard Human Rights Journal:http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/hrj/
Some of the articles (not all) are available online, free of charge.

Human Rights and Human Welfare:http://www.du.edu/gsis/hrhw/
Most of the articles are freely available online.

Human Rights Education:
"http://www.america.gov/journals/itdhr/0302/ijde/ijde0302.htm
ARABIC VERSION AT:
http://www.america.gov/journals/itdhr/0302/ijda/ijda0302.htm

Northwestern University Journal of International Human Rights:
http://www.law.northwestern.edu/journals/jihr/"
(Some of the articles are freely available online)

SUR: International Journal for Human Rights:
http://www.surjournal.org/eng/

SSRN: In addition, a new index to conference papers, conference publications, and select journals from academic institutions is now available through the SSRN [Social Science Research Network] database, recently made free of charge. One needs to register to access and search this database of 150,000 conference papers [and growing in size monthly], but, registration is free of charge. A recent search on the topic “Human Rights” revealed this interesting article:

The Economic Effects of Human Rights Lorenz Blume and Stefan Voigt University of Kassel - Department of Economics and University of Marburg - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Date Posted: February 5, 2005 Last Revised: January 15, 2006