Human Rights

European Human Rights System

Guide to researching the Council of Europe (CoE) and its regulation of human rights, by James Hart, Associate Senior Reference Librarian in the University of Cincinnati Law Library. The article was published in 2011 (and updated in 2023) on New York University's Globalex website. The guide covers the background, history and structure of the CoE and the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. It explains the roles and functions of the European Commission of Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights.

Bloody Sunday Inquiry

Bloody Sunday is the name commonly used to describe the incident on 30th January 1972 when a number of protesters were shot and killed by the RUC/armed forces in Northern Ireland. A re-investigation of the events was ordered by the British government in 1998. The Inquiry was chaired by Lord Saville. Its multi-volume report is available here on archived pages of the UK Government website.

African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights

The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights started work in 2006, dealing with human rights violations by member states of the African Union. Judgments and other case information are available on the site. The Publications section includes activity reports, the African Court Law Report, the African Human Rights Yearbook and the Joint Law Report of the African Court, European Court of Human Rights and Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

UNICEF

The website of UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) contains information about the organisation and its activities and about the United Nations in general. Focus areas include child survival and development, education, HIV/aids and children, child protection and child health including immunisation. Information can be viewed by country including details of projects and appeals, statistics and news from the region. Publications on the site include annual reports, The State of the World’s Children (published annually) and the full-text of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Human Rights Consortium

The Human Rights Consortium is based at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. Its aim is to facilitate, promote and disseminate academic and policy work on Human Rights÷ by hosting conferences and establishing a network of Human Rights researchers, policy-makers and practitioners. The Consortium brings together human rights researchers from several Institutes of the School including the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, the Institute of Historical Research, the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and the Institute for the Study of the Americas.

Arctic Circle

The Arctic Circle site has information on three interrelated themes: natural resources; history and culture; social equity and environmental justice. Material includes studies of the impact of natural resource development, ethnographic portraits of indigenous peoples and their culture, and information on land claims and self-determination. Also includes links to other sites related to the Circumpolar North. The virtual classroom section includes case studies under each of the three main themes. NB. The site has not been updated since January 2009.

United Nations Development Programme

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is "the UN's global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life". It works in over 150 countries worldwide and work for progress towards the Millennium Development Goals, seek to enhance the empowerment of women and publish the annual Human Development report. Their website provides press releases, documents, speeches and statements and publications of the United Nations Development Programme.

NEAR - Network for Education and Academic Rights

The website of the Network for Education and Academic Rights (NEAR) a non-governmental organisation concerned with the promotion of academic freedom and/or human rights in education. NEAR was established in June 2001 and is supported by UNESCO. The site includes information about the organisation, an alerting and archiving service, a notice board, and links to other related websites.

Indigenous Law Resources

A service developed and hosted by AustLII as part of  collaboration with the Council for Aboriginal and the Australian Research Council on Reconciliation and Social Justice in Australia. Provides a collection of primary documents on the subject of  indigenous law, relating particularly to Australia: parliamentary papers, government reports, policy documents, reports and submissions by civil society organisations, documents relating to test cases, and material concerning indigenous advocacy.

Native American Rights Fund: National Indian Law Library

Website of the National Indian Law Library established as a department of the Native American Right Fund in Boulder, Colorado, USA to serve the research needs of the Fund and the wider public. The site gives information about library services and unique collections of Native American legal resources with access to the NILL online catalogue. Materials held by the library include Tribal self-governance documents, treaty texts and Federal administrative documents and selected pleadings from important cases, reporters and manuals.

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