Macdonald-Kelce Library: Human Rights: Websites

On the Web

Center for Human Rights Documentation & Research (CHRDR) Columbia University. "...official designated repository for the archives of major Human Rights organizations such as Amnesty International USA, the Committee of Concerned Scientists, Human Rights First, and Human Rights Watch." Also has much more.
Geneva Conventions and their Commentaries The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols form the core of international humanitarian law, which regulates the conduct of armed conflict and seeks to limit its effects. They protect people not taking part in hostilities and those who are no longer doing so.
Human and Civil Rights "...primary source documents... on the issues of human and civil rights in the last three centuries. International in scope, this volume contains approximately 200 documents, such as speeches, magazine and newspaper articles, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, essays..."
Human Rights Collections - CRL Global Primary & secondary resources sorted by region. "... materials ranging from the proceedings of the post-World War II war crimes trials at Nuremberg and Tokyo to the files of the Khmer Rouge Santebal police recovered from the notorious Tuol Sleng Prison in Cambodia. Document types include treaties, speeches, government and NGO publications, reports, addresses from congresses and conventions, newspapers, transcripts, case files, personal diaries..."
Human Rights Documentation Initiative (HRDI) University of Texas. "...committed to the long-term preservation of fragile and vulnerable records of human rights struggles worldwide, the promotion and secure usage of human rights archival materials, and the advancement of human rights research and advocacy around the world."
Human Rights Watch Investigates and exposes human rights violations. Like Amnesty International, HRW is truly one of the leading rights organizations. And like Amnesty, the high quality of its work is reflected in its endorsement and use by governments, the media, activists, scholars and others. Its independence has lent credence to its objectivity.
U.S. Department of State: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices The annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, also known as the Human Rights Reports, cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agreements.
U.S. Department of State: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2020
U.S. Department of State: Federal Report on Human Trafficking
U.S. Department of State: Human Rights and Democracy
United Nations Libraries Research Guides: Human Rights An excellent guide to UN bodies concerned with human rights. Links to treaties, committees, libraries and databases. Thesaurus and suggestions for search terms for subjects.
ICTJ : International Center for Transitional Justice "...works to help societies in transition address legacies of massive human rights violations and build civic trust in state institutions as protectors of human rights."