International Human Rights Research Guide (Organization/Jurisdiction)
LIBRARY INFORMATION
Where to Start:
To find a topic or to get started on your research, you might want to
look at Hastings Law
Library Human Rights Research Guide, or browse the topics covered
in the Encyclopedia of Human Rights, 2nd edition (JC571 E67 1996;
Reserve stacks), or scan the topics covered at the University
of Minnesota Human Rights Library.
Finding Books:
You can search the Encore for print titles at the Hastings Law Library. You
can search
other Library
Catalogs (including MELVYL®)
for additional print resources at local libraries. Or you can search
"WorldCat" on FirstSearch
to find out if any books exist on your topic at any library worldwide.
(Note: FirstSearch is only available from computers on campus.) If you
do find a book on your topic that we don't own at Hastings, you can
submit a request to have the book borrowed by Hastings through inter-library
loan (ILL). It can take up to three weeks to get books from ILL,
so plan ahead.
Finding Journal Articles:
Finding a journal article on your topic can be a great way to start
your research or to solidify an important point in your paper. The library
has created a useful guide
to finding journal articles that should answer most of your questions
about how to find articles in law reviews and other publications.
Getting Research Help:
The Reference Librarians are available to help you plan your research
strategy and to help you find the resources that might be useful in
your papers. Either stop by the reference desk, chat with the reference librarian, or if you
have a more complicated question, e-mail Vince Moyer, and make an appointment to discuss your research.
RESEARCH GUIDES
The library has published a series of legal research guides covering topics that might be relevant when you are doing your human rights research. Topics include:
International Human Rights ResearchEuropean Union
International Court of Justice
International Environmental Law
Finding Treaties
UN Resolutions
ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law: Human Rights
United Nations Documentation: Research Guide on Human Rights Research
Germain's Transnational Law Research: A Guide for Attorneys, by Claire M.
Germain
K85 .G47, Reference & Reserve Stacks
This widely-used guide is a great starting place for human rights research.
There are chapters covering The European Convention on Human Rights,
The European Court of Human Rights, European Union, International Environmental
Law, International Criminal Law, Human Rights, International Court of
Justice, and International Labor Law.
Guide to Human Rights Research, (published by Harvard Law School)
K3236 T63 1994, Reserve stacks & Reference desk
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS AND INFORMATION:
United Nations Human Rights Resources & Documents
Hastings Law Library Legal Research Guide: UN Resolutions
Print, CD-Rom & Microfiche Resources
Annual Review of United Nations Affairs
JZ4945 A66
United Nations Reference Guide in the Field of Human Rights
JC571 U58 1993
United Nations Yearbook
JZ4947 U5
United Nations Documents and Publications
JZ5010 .U57 (Micrographics)
An online
U.N. index is also available on campus for the years 1966 to current.
Internet Resources
Fifty Years After the Declaration : the United Nations' record on human rights
K3240
.F53 2001, 5th stacks
Human Rights: A Basic Handbook for UN Staff (2001), .pdf
United Nations Human Rights Homepage
United Nation's Commission on Human Rights
United
Nations Documentation: Research Guide - Human Rights
United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Homepage
UNHCHR's links to UN Human Rights Documents
United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees (UNHCR) Homepage
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) research webpage with Country of Origin and Legal Information databases collection of full-text databases representing the most comprehensive and reliable refugee information available on the Internet.
United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS) - This database includes a full-text search of treaties and international agreements as well as other UNTS databases. (Available only from computers on campus.) While many of the UN documents you need will be available online, for older documents you may need to use the Hastings UN micrographics collection (JZ5010 .U57, cabinets #11-#13, Micrographics).
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION
Keep in mind that there are books, websites and index entries to journal articles that spell International Labour Organisation as 'Labor' and/or 'Organization'. Here is the main page for the International Labour Organisation, click on the ILO Information Resources page for links to conventions, recommendations and statistics.
NATLEX is a continuously-updated database containing references to over 55,000 national laws on labour, social security, and related human rights, with over 300 laws in full text. Records and texts in NATLEX are in either English, French, or Spanish. Search by country or subject.
International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre (CIS) - The CIS collects and disseminates information on the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases. The page on Occupational Safety and Health Worldwide has links to ILO Conventions and Recommendations concerning occupational safety and health and Codes of Practice (practical guides which are not legally binding).
Cornell Law Library's ILO Research Guide
Judgments
of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organisation
K1704.23 .J83, 5th stacks
The
International Labor Organization : the international standards system
and basic human rights
K1705.4
.B37 1996, 5th stacks
ILO
Law on Freedom of Association : standards and procedures
HD6476.A2
I69 1995, 5th stacks
International
Labour Standards : a workers' education manual
K1705
.I53 1998, 5th stacks
Deregulation
and labour law : in search of a labour concept for the 21st century
K1705 .D47 2000, 5th stacks
Human
rights, labor rights, and international trade
K1705.4 .H86 1996, 5th stacks
International
encyclopaedia for labour law and industrial relations
K1705 .I5 , 5th stacks
International
labour law
K1705.4 .V34 1995, 5th stacks
ABA Labor and Employment Law Section Meeting Papers
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURTS & INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS
The International
Criminal Court (ICC) is the first permanent court capable of trying
individuals accused of the most serious violations of international
humanitarian and human rights law, namely genocide, crimes against humanity
and war crimes. The treaty that established the ICC, the Rome Statute,
entered into force on July 1, 2002, and provisional headquarters for
the Court were opened shortly thereafter. The ICC is expected to begin
investigating cases by 2004. Use
this website to read recent documents, press releases and fact sheets.
Crimes
Against Humanity : the struggle for global justice
K5301
.R63 2000, 5th stacks
International
Courts and Tribunals : selected documents and materials
KZ6250
.I57 1999, 6th Stacks
The
International Criminal Court and the Transformation of International
Law : justice for the new millennium
KZ6310
.S23 2002,6th Stacks
The
International Criminal Court : consent, complementarity and cooperation
KZ6310
.M57 2000, 6th Stacks
The
International Criminal Court : elements of crimes and rules of procedure
and evidence
KZ6310
.I575 2001, 6th Stacks
The
International Criminal Court : the making of the Rome Statute : issues,
negotiations, results
KZ6310
.I58 1999, 6th Stacks
International
Crimes, Peace, and Human Rights : the role of the International Criminal
Court
KZ6310
.I57 2000, 6th Stacks
An Introduction
to the International Criminal Court
KZ6310
.S33 2001, 6th Stacks
The
New International Criminal Court : rush to justice?
KF210.B74
D27 2002, 5th stacks
The
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court : a commentary
KZ6310
.R665 2002, 6th Stacks
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Global War Crimes Tribunal Collection
KZ1190 .G56 1997, 6th Stacks
[Includes background information, documents, and cases from the Yugoslav
& Rwanda tribunals.]
International Courts and Tribunals: selected documents and materials
KZ6250 .I57 1999, 6th Stacks
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
KZ1201.A12 M67 1998, 6th Stacks
The International Tribunal for Rwanda : facts, cases, documents
KZ1201.A12 I59 1999, 6th Stacks
REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS RESOURCES :
United States Government Documents on Human Rights
Hearings:
Hearings from the 41st Congress (1869) to current are available in microfiche. (This collection also includes a few hearings prior to 1869.)
Lexis and Westlaw include statements of witnesses at hearings before Committees of the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, and Joint Committees from 1993 to date.
To locate hearings available in the microfiche collection, use ProQuest Congressional (available to Hastings students, faculty, and staff).To view the full-text document on microfiche, please go to microfiche cabinets 2-7.
The Monthly Catalog is another index which can be used to locate hearings. It is available on Westlaw (GPO-CTLG).
Congressional Reports and Documents:
Westlaw
(LH)
- For the years 1948-1989, this database contains only selected reports;
from 1990 to date, it includes all congressional committee reports, including
reports on bills that did not become law.
Lexis (LEGIS;CMTRPT)
- This file contains the full text of House and Senate Committee Reports
from 1990 to present.
Proquest
Congressional (available to Hastings students, faculty, and staff)
- This database provides the full text of committee reports from 1989
to present.
CIS microfiche set (1789 to current)
Location: Micrographics cabinets #1-5
For recent reports available on the Internet:
THOMAS: 104th Congress
(1995) to present.
GPO
ACCESS: 104th Congress (1995) to present.
Congressional Research Service Reports:
CRS Reports provide valuable insight into how Congress makes decisions and are excellent sources for determining historical and current legal frameworks on domestic and international issues.
Sample
reports:
Kurds in Iraq: Status, Protection, and Prospects
94-423-F
U.S. Immigration
Policy on Haitian Migrants
RS21349
Other Selected U.S. Publications:
Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices
JC571 U48
1993-1999:
1999-current:
[Note - These reports are published annually.]
Dispatch
KZ231 U832 (This publication ceased in 1999.) The Department of State's Dispatch was the weekly record of the U.S. Department of State
from 1990 through 1999. It provided a diverse compilation of major speeches,
congressional testimony, policy statements, global issue fact sheets,
country profiles, treaty actions, ambassadorial appointments, and other
foreign policy information from the State Department. It is available
on Westlaw (USDPTSTDIS),
Lexis (Department
of State Dispatch) or on the Internet as Dispatch
Magazine.
European Human Rights
Hastings Law Library Legal Research Guide: European Union
European Court of Human Rights
European Court of Justice Cases (on Lexis)
European Human Rights Reports (on Westlaw)
Human Rights Cases (on Lexis)
2002 European Union Annual Report on Human Rights
Cases and Materials on the European Convention on Human Rights
KJE5132 .M68 2007, 6th stacks
European Human Rights Case Locator 1960-2000
KJE5132.A36 M46 2000, 6th stacks
European
Human Rights Case Summaries 1960-2000
KJE5132.A7 M46 2002, 6th stacks
European
Human Rights Law : text and materials
KJC5132 .J36 2000, 6th stacks
Leading
cases of the European Court of Human Rights
KJC5132.A52 L42 1997, 6th stacks
The
Strasbourg Case Law : leading cases from the European Human Rights Reports
KJC5132
.A54 2001, 6th stacks
Inter-American Human Rights
The Inter-American Human Rights Database contains documents in English and Spanish adopted by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights since its first session in 1960.
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Organization of American States) Link here to cases published by the IACHR.
The
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
KDZ579.I58
D38 1992, 5th stacks
The
Inter-American Human Rights System
KDZ578.I5
D38 1997, 5th stacks
The
Inter-American System of Human Rights
KDZ574
.I57 1998, 5th stacks
The
Inter-American System : Treaties, Conventions & Other Documents
KDZ10 .I57 1983 (not current), 5th stacks
Inter-American
Yearbook of Human Rights
KDZ574.A85 I68, 5th stacks
[Includes documents and cases from the Inter-American Commission on
Human Rights & the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (in English
& Spanish).]
Report
of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on the Status of Women
in the Americas
KDZ136.W64
I58 1998, 5th stacks
SOME LOCAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Artists Embassy
International - dedicated to the universal language of the
Arts for peace...to support understanding, international friendship,
inter-cultural appreciation and encouragement of artists. (SF/Richmond)
Asian
Law Caucus - promotes, advances and represents the legal and
civil rights of the Asian and Pacific Islander communities. (San Francisco)
Amnesty International - Learn about Human Rights, stay informed with RSS feeds and get involved with the local chapter.
Center for Justice
& Accountability - works to stop torture and other serious
human rights abuses around the world by helping the survivors of such
abuses hold their perpetrators accountable, especially those perpetrators
who live in or visit the United States. (SF)
Crabgrass - a small non-governmental organization based in San Francisco
working globally and locally, on environmental, social justice and human
rights issues. (SF)
Earthjustice - a non-profit public interest law firm dedicated to protecting the
magnificent places, natural resources, and wildlife of this earth and
to defending the right of all people to a healthy environment. (Oakland)
Electronic Frontier
Foundation - a donor-supported membership organization working
to protect fundamental rights regardless of technology; to educate the
press, policymakers and the general public about civil liberties issues
related to technology; and to act as a defender of those liberties.
(SF)
Global
Exchange - a human rights organization dedicated to promoting
environmental, political, and social justice around the world. (SF)
Human Rights Watch - dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the
world...to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, to protect
people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders to justice...investigate
and expose human rights violations and hold abusers accountable...challenge
governments and those who hold power to end abusive practices and respect
international human rights law. (SF)
Natural Heritage
Institute - a non-governmental, non-profit organization founded
in 1989 by a group of experienced conservation lawyers and scientists
who foresaw the need for a toolkit for the next era of environmental
problem solving: where the technical dimensions are more complex, the
social calculus less obvious, the economics more central, the ramifications
more global, and the conventional pathways less efficacious. (Berkeley)
Peaceworkers - a San Francisco-based international nonviolent peace organization,
is the original sponsor of the proposal for a Global Nonviolent Peace
Force. (SF)
Pesticide Action
Network North America - works to replace pesticide use with
ecologically sound and socially just alternatives. (SF)
Tibet
Justice Center - committed to solving the situation in Tibet
peacefully, through the rule of law. (Berkeley)
Women's
Institute for Leadership Development - to promote human rights
through the conscious leadership and action of women and girls...WILD
provides human rights education, engages in public advocacy, and collaborates
on the adoption and implementation of international human rights standards
in the United States. (SF)
Last updated November 18, 2011.
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