The Albert Sloman Library: Human Rights

Human Rights: Websites and Portals - Country and Regional

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Freedom of Religion and Belief: A World Report by Kevin Boyle & Juliet Sheen

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Regional Systems

See the Human Rights home-page for finding case-law, legislation, official documentation and research guides.

Foreign, Domestic and Comparative Law

If you are researching a particular country and are looking for legislation and case-law, you should follow the Guide to Foreign, Domestic and Comparative Law on The Albert Sloman Library Law Site. See Also: Foreign, Domestic and Comparative Law Websites.

Selected Regional Human Rights Resources

Amnesty International: Human Rights by Country
Reports about the state of human rights in more than 150 countries.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (U.S. Dept. of State)
The Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are submitted annually by the U.S. Department of State to the U.S. Congress under the Foreign Assistance Act 1961. The reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 1999 onwards.

Children and Armed Conflict Unit: Country Profiles (University of Essex)
Provides country specific information on conflict areas, both past and present, and on countries with related issues affecting children. The country-specific information includes background on the conflict, the most recent conflict developments, NGO and IGO links, field activity and comment, reports and analysis from organisations and journalists. In addition, it contains relevant international and national agreements and legislation.

Derechos: Around the World
Derechos Human Rights is an international organization working for the respect and promotion of human rights all over the world. This section of the site contains links to websites, NGO's and reports from around the world.

Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is one of the world’s leading independent organizations and the website is an excellent resource for finding reports on individual countries.

ICRC: International Implementation Database
Covers the implementation of International Humanitarian Law at national level.

Interrights
The International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights works to promote respect for human rights through the use of law, by providing legal expertise to lawyers, judges, human rights defenders and other partners concerning international and comparative human rights law. The site contains and Commonwealth and International Human Rights Case-Law database containing summaries of significant human rights decisions.

Legislation Online (OSCE - ODIHR)
Covers a variety of topics: human trafficking, gender, elections, terrorism, citizenship, migration, freedom of information, freedom of assembly, etc.

Guide to Law Online
An alphabetical list of legal links for countries provided by the US Library of Congress.

NatLex
Database of national labour, social security and related human rights legislation maintained by the ILO's International Labour Standards Department. NATLEX contains over 65,000 records covering over 190 countries and over 160 territories and subdivisions, and all efforts are made to keep the database up-to-date.

OneWorld Network
Governed by the OneWorld International Foundation, OneWorld is a global participatory media network. This section on the OneWorld UK site contains links to the OneWorld network around the world. See also: OneWorldUK Guides: Country Guides

Treaty Bodies Database
Database which allows you to find UN documents and reports on particular countries. See also the Treaty Bodies Database older version which allows you to check the reporting status of a particular country and treaty, i.e. submitted by country or treaty, overdue by country or treaty, due by country or treaty.

University of Minnesota Human Rights Library Resources for Researching Country Conditions
Contains links to over 150 countries linking to such information (where available) as: constitution; government agencies; national human rights institutions; jurisprudence; ratification of international human rights instruments; NGO's and research centres; reports; and more.

UNDP: Country offices and Other Programmes
The United Nations Development Office list of country offices and programmes.

United Kingdom

1 Crown Office Row: Human Rights Update

Amnesty International UK

Bar Human Rights Committee

British Institute of Human Rights

Commonwealth Secretariat

Direct.Gov: Human Rights

Doughty Street Chambers

Equality and Human Rights Commission

FCO: Human Rights

Human Rights Act 1998