E. B. Williams Law Library

IGOs AND NGOs INVOLVED IN HUMAN RIGHTS

Selected Inter-Governmental Organizations

• United Nations

Commission on the Status of Women 
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women  (UNHCHR site)
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women  (WomenWatch site)
High Commissioner for Human Rights

• International Labour Organization

• Council of Europe

European Commission of Human Rights
European Court of Human Rights 
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
Human Rights Web

• Organization of American States

Inter-American Commission
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Inter-American Commission of Women

• Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

• African Union

African Human Rights Resource Center (University of Minnesota)

• UN High Commissioner for Refugees

• UNESCO

Selected Non-Governmental Organizations

• Amnesty International
• Human Rights Internet
• Human Rights Watch
• International Committee of the Red Cross
• Human Rights First (previously Lawyers Committee for Human Right)

Directories of Organizations

• HURISEARCH (HURIDOC)
• International Organizations list from Northwestern University Library
• UIA's International Organizations Web Sites Index Page

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS

General

• University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
• Human Rights--Multilaterals Project
• International Human Rights Instruments (UNCHCR)
• United Nations Treaty Collection GULC users click here  for access

Topical/Regional

• Basic Documents Pertaining to Human Rights in the Inter-American System (OAS)
• ILO-LEX (International Labor Standards Database)
• International Humanitarian Law
• International Instruments on Women's Rights (WomenWatch)
• Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM), Human Rights Treaties
• REFWORLD (UNHCR)
• Women's Human Rights Resources

CASE LAW

• European Commission of Human Rights
• European Court of Human Rights
• HUDOC (full-text search of cases from ECHR)
• Inter-American Commission
• Inter-American Court
• Inter-American System (University of Minnesota Human Rights Library) 
• Inter-American Human Rights Database (American University)
• International Court of Justice
• International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia 
• International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
• International Criminal Court
• International Labor Organization
• INTERIGHTS International Law Reports Database
• Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) Case Law Database
• The Project on International Courts and Tribunals

RELATED WEB SITES

• Annual Review of Population Law
• Bill of Rights Comparative Law Materials
• Buffalo Criminal Law Center, Criminal Law Resources on the Internet
• Derechos
• Human Rights and Constitutional Rights
• Human Rights Internet GULC users click here
• IGC Internet
• International Center for Research on Women
• International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
• International Women's Rights Action Watch
• OneWorld
• Physicians for Human Rights
• Reproductive Righs are Human Rights (CRLP)
• University of Minnesota Human Rights Library Links
• Women in International Law
• Women's Human Rights Resources
• WomenWatch

RESEARCH GUIDES

• Researching International Human Rights Law (Georgetown University)
• ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law: Human Rights
  Other useful chapters in this guide include:
  • Treaties
  • United Nations
  • International Criminal Law
• Bibliographies on Issues in Human Rights (Human Rights Center)
• Concise Guide to Human Rights on the Internet (Derechos -- Human Rights)
• International Labour Organization (ILO) Research Guide
• The Rights International Research Guide for International Human Rights Lawyers
• Sexuality, Gender, and the Law: National and International
• United Nations Documentation: Research Guide on Human Rights
• Women's Human Rights in Conflict Situations (ICHRDD)
  • 1999 Update