INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS RESEARCH GUIDE

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FACULTY OF LAW LIBRARY

Compiled by John Bolan
Revised by Renu Mandhane
CONTENTS
1.

HANDBOOKS AND GUIDES ............................................................................................................................. 2

2.

DICTIONARIES........................................................................................................................................................ 2

3.

ENCYCLOPEDIAS................................................................................................................................................... 2

4.

DIRECTORIES .......................................................................................................................................................... 2

5.

BOOKS ......................................................................................................................................................................... 3

8.

HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNALS AND BODIES .......................................................................................... 7

9.

CHARTER-BASED BODIES ............................................................................................................................... 7

10.

TREATY-BASED BODIES................................................................................................................................... 9

11.

TRIBUNAL PRACTICE....................................................................................................................................... 11

12.

FINDING HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS .......................................................................................... 11

13.

PRINT SOURCES .................................................................................................................................................. 13

14.

RATIFICATION INFORMATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS .............................. 13

15.

HUMAN RIGHTS JURISPRUDENCE ........................................................................................................... 14

16.

COUNTRY REPORTS .......................................................................................................................................... 20

17.

WEBSITES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CURRENT EVENTS ................................................................... 20

18.

GUIDES/RESEARCH AIDS .............................................................................................................................. 21

19.

HOW TO FIND A UN DOCUMENT USING A UN DOCUMENT SYMBOL ................................. 22

20.

NGOs ........................................................................................................................................................................... 23

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HUMAN RIGHTS PROFESSIONAL TRAINING MANUALS ............................................................. 24

Subject Headings
To find materials on international human rights law, consult the Library catalogue under
the following subject headings:
human rights
[group] human rights
human rights [country or region]
women's rights
children's rights
You can also search by subject for specific organizations or specific human rights
instruments, such as conventions or treaties.
1. HANDBOOKS AND GUIDES
Franoise Bouchet-Saulnier, Practical Guide to Humanitarian Law, 2d ed. (Lanham, Md. :
Rowman & Littlefield Pub., 2007).
KZ6471 .B6813 2007 Reference
Victor H. Cond, A Handbook of International Human Rights Terminology, 2d ed. (Lincoln:
University of Nebraska Press, 2004).
K3239.6 .C659 2004 Reference
Janusz Symonides & Vladimir Volodin, eds., A Guide to Human Rights: Institutions,
standards, procedures (France: UNESCO, 2001).
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001233/123368e.pdf
2. DICTIONARIES
David Robertson, A Dictionary of Human Right, 2d ed. (London : Europa, 2004).
K3239.3 .R67 2004 Reference
Connect via U of T Catalogue [electronic resource 1997 edition]
3. ENCYCLOPEDIAS
David P Forsythe, ed., Encyclopedia of Human Rights (Oxford University Press, 2009).
Connect via UofT catalog [electronic resource]
James R. Lewis & Carl Skutsch, eds., The Human Rights Encyclopaedia (Armonk, N.Y.: M.E.
Sharpe, 2001).
Connect via UofT catalogue [electronic resource]
4. DIRECTORIES

Human Rights Organizations & Periodicals Directory (Berkeley, Calif., Meiklejohn Civil
Liberties Institute, 1973-)
KF4741 .H85 REF B
5. BOOKS
Numbers ending in STL are in the short term loan collection at the circulation desk.
5.1 Introductory
Thomas Buergenthal, Dinah Shelton & David P. Stewart, International Human Rights in a
Nutshell, 4th ed. (St. Paul, Minn.: West, 2009).
K 3240.4 .B82 2002 STL
Mark Freeman & Gibran Van Ert, International Human Rights Law (Toronto: Irwin Law,
2004).
K 3240 .F74 2004 STL
Connect via UofT Catalogue [electronic resource]
Sarah Joseph & Adam McBeth, eds., Research Handbook On International Human Rights Law
(Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2010).
Chapters in this work are written by different authors, each addresses a separate
topic. The intent of the work is to provide a grounding in major human rights topics.
K3240 .R474 2010 Stacks
David Weissbrodt & Connie de la Vega, International Human Rights Law : An Introduction,
(Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007).
K3240 .W45 Stacks
5.2 Casebooks & Textbooks
Dinah Shelton, Regional Protection Of Human Rights (New York: Oxford University Press,
2008).
Casebook devoted primarily to comparing the European, Inter-American and
African human rights systems, but does relate regional systems to both national law
and the global system for protection of human rights. Basic texts included in a
documentary supplement.
K3240 .S526 2008 Stacks
Rhona K.M Smith, Textbook on International Human Rights, 3d ed. (Oxford; New York:
Oxford University Press, 2007).
K3240 .S65 Stacks

Henry J. Steiner, Philip Alston & Ryan Goodman, eds., International Human Rights in
Context: law, politics, morals; text and materials, 3d ed. (Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2008).
Casebook examines the evolution of international human rights through primary
and secondary sources.
K3240.6 .S84 2008 STL
James C. Hathaway., The Rights of Refugees Under International Law. Cambridge, UK ; New
York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
K3230 .R45 H382 2005
Available as e-book via Catalogue
5.3 International Criminal Law
Antonio Cassese, International Criminal Law, 2d ed., (Oxford ; New York : Oxford University
Press, 2008).
K5000 .C37 STL
Robert J. Currie, International & Transnational Criminal Law (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2010).
K5015.4 .C87 2010 STL
Anja Seibert-Fohr, Prosecuting Serious Human Rights Violations (Oxford, UK : Oxford
University Press, 2009).
K5301 .S45 2009 Stacks
Available through U of T catalogue [electronic resource]
William A. Schabas, The International Criminal Court : a commentary on the Rome Statute
(Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010).
KZ6310.S328 Stacks
6. TRAVAUX PRPARATOIRES
Travaux Prparatoires are the preparatory works from the drafting and negotiation of a
treaty, such as minutes, drafts and reports, and as such are often of interest to legal
researchers. They are also used as an interpretive aid in clarifying the intentions or
meanings of treaties. Most useful to researchers in this regard are guides to travaux
preparatoires. These resources usually track the agreement article by article with
references to the locations in the travaux preparatoires relating to the text being discussed.
In addition, there are also collections of travaux preparatoires these are usually published
in chronological order, requiring the researcher to collate them to the text of the
agreement. As well, article by article commentaries and other expert analysis of treaties
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and conventions will often cite travaux preparatoires. Travaux preparatoires may also be
found on treaty-body websites, or published in print and online by the signatories.
6.1 Finding travaux preparatoires
Search the catalogue and periodical indexes by combining the phrase travaux
preparatoires with keywords identifying the instrument, e.g. Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights.
Search the website of any bodies established by the treaty, as well as related UN sites. Both
will often contain travaux preparatoires.
Search the catalogue and periodical indexes for commentaries or analysis on the
instrument, as these works will often cite travaux preparatoires as part of their analysis.
Search the UN Diplomatic Conferences site, which contains negotiation records for various
treaties and conferences in a searchable interface.
If you are unsuccessful in finding any travaux preparatoires using the name of the treaty,
try to find out if there was a conference for negotiation of the instrument, and search using
the conference name instead.
6.2 UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Marc J. Bossuyt, Guide to the Travaux Prparatoires of the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights (Dordrecht ; Boston : M. Nijhoff ; Hingham, MA : Distributors for the
United States and Canada: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1987).
K3238.31966 .B67
Manfred Nowak, U.N. Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: CCPR commentary 2d rev. ed.
(Kehl, Germany; Arlington, Va. : N.P. Engel, 2005).
Detailed analysis of the Covenant referencing case law, practice and academic
literature as well as comparative jurisprudence of the Euorpean and Inter-American
human rights systems.
K3238.31966 .A3 N68 2005 STL
6.4 UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women
(CEDAW)
Lars Adam Rehof, Guide to the Travaux Prparatories of the United Nations Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (Dordrecht; Boston: M.
Nijhoff Publishers; Norwell, MA, U.S.A.: Sold and distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by
Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993).
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K3243 .R44 1993 Stacks

6.5 Convention on the Status of Refugees 1951

Paul Weis, The Refugee Convention, 1951: the travaux prparatoires analysed, with a
commentary (Cambridge; New York: Grotius Publications, 1995).
K3230 .R45 A34 1995 Stacks
6.6 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Sharon Detrick, ed., The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: a guide to the
"Travaux prparatoires" (Dordrecht ; Boston : M. Nijhoff, 1992).
K639 .A41989 A38 1992 Stacks
7. INDEXES AND DATABASES
To locate periodical literature, start with periodical indexes.
7.1 Legal Indexes
For a list of legal indexes please see Bora Laskin library websites how to find journals
page. Below is a list of interdisciplinary indexes useful for international human rights
research.
7.2 Full-text legal databases
LexisNexis Quicklaws Human Rights database: Source Directory > Area of law > Filter by
International > select Human Rights & Civil Liberties
Westlaws WORLD-JLR : search Westlaws WORLD-JLR database for efficient access to
Westlaws human rights periodical material.
7.3 Interdisciplinary Indexes and Databases
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
Indexes papers from university research institutes, NGO's, foundation-funded
research projects and other materials.
Contemporary Women's Issues
Sources provide information dealing with women's issues in over 190 nations.
Google Scholar
Set University of Toronto Libraries - Get it! U of Toronto in the scholar preferences
configuration page and search results will display with UofT access links, allowing
direct access to material where available through UofT.
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PAIS

Covers international literature in public affairs, public and social policies, and
international relations including government documents and publications of
international agencies.

University of Minnesota Human Rights Library.

Full-text searchable index of human rights treaties and related documents. Features
an option to search multiple human rights web sites silmultaneiously. Treaties can
be sorted by subject matter and by ratification by country.
Index to Periodical Articles Related to Law
Contains articles with legal aspects that appear in non-law journals. Part of Hein
Online, available through the UofT catalogue.
U of T Libraries main page
Offers three more methods of searching for interdisciplinary journal articles
Search for Articles tab > Option 1 - Select your topic, or
Search for Articles tab > Option 2 (Scholars Portal), or
E-Journals tab. Use this to check if U of T has an electronic subscription to a specific
journal.
The Electronic Information System for International Law
Maintained by the American Society of International Law
ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law/Human Rights
Maintained by the American Society of International Law
GlobaLex: International Human Rights Research Guide (NYU School of Law)
8. HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNALS AND BODIES
UN human rights bodies are categorized in two classes: charter-based bodies and treatybased bodies. The current Charter-based bodies are the Human Rights Council and its
subsidiaries. For information on the differences between Charter-based bodies and treatybased bodies see the United Nations Documentation: Research Guide on Human Rights
9. CHARTER-BASED BODIES
The best place to begin searching for documents of a UN body is always the website of the
body itself. In addition however, documents can be found in an array of locations. Below is
a table summarizing alternative locations for documentation issued by the bodies. Below
the table is a brief descripton of the resources found in the table.
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Body
*The best place to begin searching for
documents of a UN body is always the
website of the body itself
Human Rights Council

Online UN Resources for Bodys Documents

Periodic Review Working Group

Official Document System

UNBISnet
AccessUN
Universal Human Rights Index
UN-I-QUE

Human Rights Council Advisory

Committee

Official Document System

UNBISnet
AccessUN
Universal Human Rights Index
UN-I-QUE

special procedures

Official Document System

UNBISnet
AccessUN
Universal Human Rights Index
UN-I-QUE

Official Document System

UNBISnet
AccessUN
Universal Human Rights Index
UN-I-QUE

Universal Human Rights Index

Aimed at enabling researchers to locate human rights documents issued by the UN human
rights treaty bodies and the special procedures of the Human Rights Council, it is a
searchable index of UN human rights information based on the observations and
recommendations of the seven Treaty Bodies monitoring the implementation of the core
international human rights treaties (since 2000) and the Special Procedures of the Human
Rights Council (since 2006). Browseable by country, by rights and by body.
Access UN (electronic resource available through the UofT library catalogue)
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Provides access to current and retrospective United Nations documents and publications.
Articles appearing in UN periodicals are individually indexed. Indexing of the bilateral and
multilateral treaties in the UN Treaty Series. Documents from the six main bodies of the
United Nations - General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council,
Trusteeship Council, Secretariat and International Court of Justice - are indexed. Full-text
resolutions from the General Assembly, Security Council and the Economic and Social
Council are appended to their respective bibliographic citations.
ODS( Official Documents System of the United Nations)
Full-text access to official documents back to 1993 and resolutions back to 1946. Offers
simple , advanced and global search options. Best used when you have a U.N. document
number (e.g. CERD/C/225/Add.1) and want the full-text of the document.
UNBISNET (1979-)
Catalogue of UN publications and documentation indexed by the United Nations Dag
Hammarskjld Library and the Library of the UN Office at Geneva. Coverage is primarily
from 1979 forward, however, indexing for resolutions of the General Assembly, Economic
and Social Council, Security Council and Trusteeship Council are included back to 1946.
UNBISNET also includes an index to speeches (from the mid 1980s on) and voting
information (from the beginning for the Security Council and from the mid 1980s for the
General Assembly, ECOSOC and the Trusteeship Council)
UN-I-QUE (UN Info Quest)
A ready-reference file created by the Dag Hammarskjld Library to respond to frequently
asked questions, is designed to provide quick access to document symbols/sales numbers
for UN materials (1946 onwards).focuses upon documents and publications of a recurrent
nature: annual/sessional reports
10. TREATY-BASED BODIES
Body
Treaty or UN Charter

*The best place to

begin searching for
documents of a UN
body is always the
website of the body
itself

Alternative Online UN
Resources for Bodys
Documents

Committee against
Torture

Convention against Torture and

Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or
Punishment

Committee on the
Elimination of
Discrimination against
Women

Convention on the Elimination of

All Forms of Discrimination
against Women

Committee on the
Rights of Persons with
Disabilities

Convention on the Rights of

Persons with Disabilities

Committee on
Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights

International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights

Committee on the
Rights of the Child

Convention on the Rights of the

Child

Official Document System

UNBISnet
AccessUN
Universal Human Rights Index
UN-I-QUE

Human Rights
Committee

International Covenant on Civil

and Political Rights

Official Document System

UNBISnet
AccessUN
Universal Human Rights Index
UN-I-QUE

Committee on the
Elimination of Racial
Discrimination

International Convention on the

Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination

Official Document System

UNBISnet
AccessUN
Universal Human Rights Index
UN-I-QUE

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Official Document System

UNBISnet
AccessUN
Universal Human Rights Index
UN-I-QUE
Official Document System
UNBISnet
AccessUN
Universal Human Rights Index
UN-I-QUE
Official Document System
UNBISnet
AccessUN
Universal Human Rights Index
UN-I-QUE
Official Document System
UNBISnet
AccessUN
Universal Human Rights Index
UN-I-QUE

Committee on Migrant
Workers

International Convention on the

Protection of the Rights of All
Migrant Workers and Members of
Their Families

Official Document System

UNBISnet
AccessUN
Universal Human Rights Index
UN-I-QUE

11. TRIBUNAL PRACTICE

Manual on international courts and tribunals. Mackenzie, Ruth, Romano,Cesare P. R.,
Shany, Yuval, and Sands, Philippe. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. 2nd
ed.
Aims to provide the basic information required by a potential complainant to most
of the principal global and regional international courts and tribunals, including
information on complaint procedure, rules of procedure, likely cost of proceedings,
powers of decision, power to issue interim orders, jurisdiction, location and contact
information, presentation of pleadings.
KZ6250.M36 Reference B
12. FINDING HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS
The web sites of the human rights bodies are the best sources for finding treaties and other
instruments. Other sources are listed below.
Online sources
UN Treaty Collection
Provides access to the full text of treaties contained in the United Nations Treaty
Series (UNTS) as well as The Status of Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the
Secretary-General and Recently Deposited Multilateral Treaties.
OHCHR treaty-body
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
Provides full-text search capabilities for human rights related treaties and related
documents. (choose the search these documents by KEY WORD link) Offers
simultaneous searching across multiple human rights web sites, including the
United Nations, European Court of Human Rights, Amnesty International. Also lists
treaties by subject matter and according to ratification by country.
Flare Index to Treaties
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Searchable database with information on over 1,500 significant multilateral (three

or more parties) treaties from 1856 to the present, with details of where the full text
of each treaty may be obtained in paper and, if available, electronic form on the
Internet. Treaties included in FLARE have been selected for their significance.

International Legal Materials

Bi-monthly publication of American Society of International Law that includes the
full text of selected new, treaties in addition to other important legal materials,
including selected international case law. Available through UofT catalogue via Hein
Online. Also available through LexisNexis Quicklaw and Westlaw Canada (database:
ILM).
Access UN
Official Documents System of the United Nations
UNBISNET
League of Nations Treaty Series
Information about the 205 volumes of the League of Nations Treaty Series (LoNTS)
has been made available in the United Nations Treaty Collection website. During
migration of the database, the full text of the League of Nations material was lost.
Efforts are underway to recover this data. Basic information about the treaties is
available.
The United Nations Human Rights Treaties
This site provides access to documents and information from the UN human rights
treaty system. Materials include the text of treaties, documents from the UN treaty
bodies, information on reform of the system, and other information. Documents
issued by the treaty bodies are arranged by state, by category, and by theme or
subject matter. This last category (by theme or subject) is something not available
on other web sites.
Human Rights Treaties
Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM), Colllection of primary treaties and
instruments from several human rights systems, including the UN.
Inter-American Commission of Women

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Website contains, among other items, the principal Inter-American conventions

relating to women.

United Nations Humanitarian Treaties

International Humanitarian Law: Treaties & Documents - International Red Cross

13. PRINT SOURCES

Brownlie, Ian & Goodwin-Gill, Guy S. eds., Basic Documents on Human Rights, 5th ed.
(Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2006)
A collection of key documents covering all elements of the subject, with commentary
and bibliographic annotation.
K3238 .A1 B76 STL
Global human rights law collection (Nijmegen, The Netherlands: Global Law Association,
1999- )
In addition to the text of the instruments this work contains brief summaries of
international and regional human rights instruments including historical
development and key concepts.
K3238 .G54 Stacks
14. RATIFICATION INFORMATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS
14.1 UN Instruments
The page for each treaty-based UN Human Rights Body usually contains a link to
ratification information. Below are some other resources for ratification status.
Treaty Body Document Search
This database was established to monitor the implementation of the principal UN
human rights treaties. The database provides information on submission of reports
by States, documents issued by the treaty bodies and reporting and ratification
information. The documents are available as well as status and submission
information. Documents can be accessed in a variety of ways (by treaty, country,
symbol, etc.).
The United Nations Human Rights Treaties
Provides ratification information by treaty and by state. The information includes
the following: Limited to the UN human rights treaty system.
Human Rights Instruments
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Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM)

Provides information on signatures and ratification information for many treaties
and instruments from various human rights systems. Access to the information is by
treaty or country. Reservations and objections are searchable.

14.2 Inter-American Instruments

Basic Documents Pertaining to Human Rights in the Inter-American System
Signature and ratification information for many Inter-American human rights
treaties.
Treaties and Agreements
section of this OAS site
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Basic human rights documents and ratification status information.
Law Update
page of the Inter-American Commission of Women
Contains status and ratification information for the Inter-American Convention the
on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence Against Women.
14.3 ILO Instruments
Ratifications of the ILO Fundamental Conventions
14.4 European Instruments
Council of Europe Treaties Page
Includes signature and ratification information on the same page as the text of the
treaty
14.5 African Instruments
African (Banjul) Charter on Human and People's Rights
15. HUMAN RIGHTS JURISPRUDENCE
Finding human rights cases can be a difficult task; not all cases are reported, and case
reporters in this area are often published irregularly.
15.1 Online Resources for Human Rights Jurisprudence
In general, text of recent cases are well documented on the various court and committee
websites, however often not in a searchable interface. For the body websites, see above or
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google the name of the body. Listed below are searchable databases of international
human rights decisions.
15.2 Multi-jurisdictional Online Resources for Jurisprudence
The resources below cover more than one court or tribunal.
Oxford Reports of International Human Rights Law
Via the UofT catalogue, provides case law from the African Commission, the
European court of Human Rights, the UN Committee against Torture, the UN
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, the UN
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and the UN Human Rights
Committee. There is also a module for international criminal law.
Bayefsky.com: CCPR Jurisprudence
choose search then jurisprudence
Commonwealth and International Human Rights Case Law Databases (Interights)
Summaries of significant human rights decisions, from both domestic courts and
international tribunals..
Case Law Database
Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM)
This web site provides access to databases containing summaries of the case law
of the Human Rights Committee, the Committee Against Torture, and the
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. There is also a database
containing information on judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and
the concluding comments of the United Nations treaty bodies have been made
accessible. Coverage varies. Users must register to use the databases, but there is
no charge for access.
International Courts & Tribunals Library at WorldLII
A searchable collection of international courts and tribunals, including those that
focus on human rights. Coverage for each court and tribunal varies.
The Project on International Courts and Tribunals
Provides the full-text of selected cases and decisions from various international
courts and tribunals, including the European Court of Human Rights, the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights, and the International Criminal Tribunals for
Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. Note: This site does not seem to have been
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updated since 2008!

Refworld (UNHCR)
Search for case law from various human rights courts and dispute settlement
bodies. Although concerned mainly with refugee/asylum seeking case law it allows
some flexibility when searching for human rights cases, including UN Treaty body
jurisprudence.
Lexis Human Rights Cases Database
Includes Butterworths Human Rights Cases, International Journal of Refugee Law
and the Northwestern University Journal of International Human Rights.
To access it > Source directory > by area of law > International > Human rights and
Civil liberties
Universal Human Rights Index
Contains the observations and recommendations of the seven UN human rights
treaty bodies, the comments by governments on the concluding observations issued
by the treaty bodies from the year 2000 on, as well as all reports published by the
Special Procedures since 2006. Searchable by keyword, right, country and body.
International Court of Justice
World Court Digest
Max Planck Institute
ICJ cases
15.3 Online Resources for Jurisprudence from specific Regions or Tribunals
15.3.1 Africa
Constitutional Library (Jutastat)
Contains, among other things, the South African Journal on Human Rights, covering
articles on constitutional matters, comments on cases, book reviews and general
articles on human rights issues. Password available via e.legal.
African Human Rights Law Reports
Selected national decisions and decisions from the African Commission on Human
and Peoples' Rights, as well as decisions of United Nations treaty bodies that deal
with African countries.
Decisions of the African Commission (University of Minnesota Human Rights Library)
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Official Documents section of the African Union website contains human rights decisions.
African Court on Human and Peoples Rights
15.3.2 Inter-American
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Jurisprudence of the court, including advisory opinions, and material dealing with
provisional measures and supervision of compliance.
Case law of the Inter-American Court on Human Rights (University of Minnesota)
University of Minnesotas Human Rights site maintains a mirror site to the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights website.
Westlaw Inter-American Commission on Human Rights - Organization of American States
database identifier: IACHR-OAS
Case reports appearing in the Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on
Human Rights and Basic Documents Pertaining to Human Rights in the InterAmerican System from the Organization of American States (OAS). Coverage begins
with 1994.
15.3.3 International Labour Organization (ILO)
Triblex
case law database of the ILO Administrative Tribunal (link to database on left side
of page)
Digest of Decisions of the Freedom of Association Committee
Ilolex searchable database of decisions
Ilolex on CD-ROM
Computerized version of the International Labour Code, in full text and in three
languages (English, French and Spanish), concerning human rights, employment
policy, working conditions, industrial relations, occupational safety and health, and
social security. A manual is also available.
HD 7801 .I56 Disc and Manual Stand-alone CD-Rom. Please ask at circulation desk
15.3.4 The European Court of Human Rights
HUDOC
Jurisprudence and publications of the European Court of Human Rights, the
European Commission of Human Rights and the Committee of Ministers.

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WESTLAW : Human rights law reports - database identifier: HRL-RPTS

Decisions from E.U. (and former European Economic Community) courts and
domestic courts in the United Kingdom and other E.U. member states that pertain to
human rights. Coverage begins with March 1999.
WESTLAW : Human rights law reports all - database identifier: HR-RPTS-ALL
Decisions from European Union (and former European Economic Community)
courts and domestic courts in the United Kingdom and other E.U. member states
that pertain to human rights published in Human Rights Law Reports, plus decisions
from the European Court of Human Rights and selected reports and decisions from
the European Commission of Human Rights, as well as settlements and resolutions
of the Committee of Ministers, published in European Human Rights Reports.
Coverage begins with 1960 for European Human Rights Reports and March 1999 for
Human Rights Law Reports.
15.4 Print Resources
Aside from the fact that older jurisprudence may only be available in print, print resources
can be very useful to the human rights researcher. Typically compiled by experts in the
field, their organization, detailed indexes and tables of contents make them useful
resources for tasks such as locating leading jurisprudence, or finding decisions by treaty
provision, country, right or complainant.
15.4.1 UN and Commonwealth
Leading Cases of the Human Rights Committee. Hanski, Raija & Scheinin, Martin, eds.
(Turku/bo: Institute for Human Rights, bo Akademi University, 2003.)
K3239.53 .L43 1 copy STL, 1 copy Stacks
Selected Decisions Under The Optional Protocol: second to sixteenth sessions. (Human Rights
Committee. New York : United Nations, 1985)
K3239.23 .U54
Commonwealth Human Rights Law Digest (London: Interights, 1996- ).
Case law from international human rights bodies and Commonwealth country
courts.
K3239.23 .C66
15.4.2 Europe
Human Rights Case Digest, (London : British Institute of Human Rights, 1990- ).
K3239.2 .H85
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Collection of Decisions - European Commission of Human Rights. (European Commission of

Human Rights. Strasbourg: Council of Europe, [1959-1974]).
This series indexes the summaries of the Decisions and Reports of the European
Commission of Human Rights., providing researchers with access by article,
paragraph and subparagraph of the Convention, by name of applicant or respondent
state and by subject matter
K3240.3 .E84
European Human Rights Reports, (London: European Law Centre Ltd., c1979-current).
K3240.3 .E87
Decisions and Reports - Council of Europe [and] European Commission for Human Rights.
(European Commission of Human Rights. Strasbourg: The Commission, 1975-1999).
K3240.3 .E84 no. 1-94
Donna Gomien, Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights: reference chart..
(Strasbourg : Council of Europe Press, 1995).
Useful for quickly finding information European Court of Human Rights cases.
Entries cross-reference comments to similar cases; and a separate set of charts lists
all cases by Convention articles addressed.
K3239.5 .E88 G66
Peter Kempees, ed., A Systematic Guide to the Case-Law of the European Court of Human
Rights, (The Hague ; Boston : Kluwer Law International, 1996).
Excerpts from decisions arranged by Article of the European Convention on human
rights and its Protocols, intended to provide an overview of the courts rulings
under each article.
K3239.2 .S97 1996 v.1-3.
International human rights reports.
K3236.2 .I57
15.4.3 Africa
African human rights law reports.
Rpts. Afr. D22 A47
15.4.4 Inter-American Court of Human Rights

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Organization of American States, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Series C--Decisions

and Judgments, (San Jos, Costa Rica : Secretara de la Corte, 1987- )
KDZ574 .A52 I584 no.42 Stacks
KDZ574 .A52 I584 no.63 Stacks
16. COUNTRY REPORTS
Amnesty International Country Reports
Asylumlaw.org
Canadian Immigration and Refugee Boards National Documentation Packages
Global IDP Project
Human Rights Watch World Reports
ICRC Country Reports
Country Reports (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights)
Refworld
SuperSearch - search 19 human rights databases at once
UNICEF state of the Worlds Children
U.S. Dept. of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
U.S. Dept.. of State, Annual Report on International Religious Freedom
U.S. Dept. of State Country Reports on Trafficking in Persons
Country reports table at the University of Minnesotas human rights library
Universal Periodic Review country reviews of of the UN Human Rights Council
17. WEBSITES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CURRENT EVENTS
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Amnesty International Online
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This is the official Internet site for AI. It contains the most up-to-date information -new document summaries, publications from AI (including the annual country
reports), and links to other sites.

Human rights Centre

At UC Berkley. Searchable via a google custom search
Forced Migration Online
From the Ground
Pools RSS-feeds from major field-based NGOs into a single feed, with option to view
separate feeds for individual regions, has a search interface as well.
Hurisearch
Indexes over 5000 human rights websites, very good tool for searching for human
rights news on the web.
Human Rights Watch
Derechos Human Rights.
Links to key human rights resources, divided into categories such as Reports and
News.
OneWorld.net
Aggregates news and views from over 1600 human rights and anit-poverty sites.
http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/Diana/
From the University of Torontos Bora Laskin Law Library, intended to collect,
organize and disseminate information on women's human rights law. Includes a
Womens Humans Rights Resources database.
Human Rights Organizations Database
According to the website it contains information on 11474 organizations involved in
human rights.
18. GUIDES/RESEARCH AIDS
18.1 UN Research Guides
United Nations Documentation: Research Guide on Human Rights
Authored by the United Nations Dag Hammarskjld Library
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ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law: United Nations

Research Guide: the United Nations
Columbia University
18.2 League of Nations
Research Guide to League of Nations Documents andPublications
Northwestern University
18.3 European Court of Human Rights Research Guides
Peter Kempees, ed., A Systematic Guide to the Case-Law of the European Court of Human
Rights, (The Hague; Boston: Kluwer Law International, 1996).
K3239.2 .S97
18.4 General Research Guides
David Weissbrodt, et al., Selected International Human Rights Instruments and Bibliography
For Research on International Human Rights Law, 3rd ed., (Cincinnati, OH : Anderson
Publishing Co. 2001.)
As well as the text of major human rights instruments this work contains extensive
listing of sources for international human rights law research broken down by topic.
Includes sections with sources for status of Human rights instruments, legislative
history of human rights instruments, human rights case law and rules of procedure,
international criminal tribunals, practice guides and country situations.
K3240 .S45
Electronic Research Guide: Human Rights American Society of International Law
ESIL Electronic Information System for International Law: International Human Rights
Provides annotated links to primary materials, web sites and research guides.
Includes citations, entry into force and signature dates and amendments.
Human Rights Law Research Guide
Georgetown University Law Centre Law Library
Highlights and annotates the top resources for international law
19. HOW TO FIND A UN DOCUMENT USING A UN DOCUMENT SYMBOL
A UN document symbol is a unique identifier for a United Nations document that is usually
located in the upper right-hand corner of a document e.g. S/2009/391
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You can often locate the corresponding document using the Official Document System of
the United Nations (ODS), which contains the almost all documents issued since 1993 and
select documents from earlier years.
For older documents try UNBISnet, which provides bibliographic records for documents
from roughly 1980 onwards. Select keyword Search and choose UN Doc. Symbol / Sales
Nos. from the drop down menu and input the UN document symbol without punctuation
i.e. for E/CONF.85/L.33 you would input ECONF85L33 as the search term. UNBISnet will
provide a link to the full-text where available.
Guide to United Nations Document Series Symbols
20. NGOs
Below is an extremely small list of some major human rights NGOs. For a more
comprehensive list see Other NGOs at the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
website and Other NGOs at the Human Rights First website.
From the Grounds
A searchable database of various NGO reports
Amnesty International
Includes annual reports and country reports as well as general information about
the organization.
Human Rights Watch
Includes news and full-text of their recent World Reports and country reports. For
information on a country, click on 'Recent Publications' and then the country to get
to a list of links to both World Report sections on that country and other reports.
Human Rights First
Includes news and lawyer network
International Committee of the Red Cross
Includes many reports by country and issue. Full-text of the International Review of
the Red Cross since 1995.
Centre for Law and Democracy
An international human rights organisation based in Halifax, Canada. Website contains,
among other things, a section with papers/publications/reports (e.g. Hate Speech Rules
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jurisdictions and a few examples of laws the CLD was asked to help draft.

21. HUMAN RIGHTS PROFESSIONALS TRAINING MATERIALS

21.1 General Human Rights Law
OHCHR/UN Staff College Project, Human Rights: A Basic Handbook for UN Staff
OHCHR/ILO, Pocket Guide on Basic Human Rights Instruments, 1998
OHCHR, Fact Sheet No. 2: The International Bill of Human Rights
OHCHR, Fact Sheet No. 7: Complaint Procedures
OHCHR/UN Staff College Project, Manual on Human Rights Reporting, 1997
OHCHR, Fact Sheet No. 27: Seventeen Frequently Asked Questions about United Nations
Special Rapporteurs
OHCHR, Handbook on National Human Rights Plans of Action, 2002
OSCE, Individual Human Rights Complaints: A Handbook for OSCE Field Personnel, 2003
Global Rights, Using the Inter-American System for Human Rights, 2004
W. ONeill, A Humanitarian Practitioners Guide to International Human Rights Law, 1999
International Council on Human Rights Policy, Performance & Legitimacy: National Human
Rights Institutions, 2000
http://www.ichrp.org/
Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission/British Irish Rights Watch, Human Wrongs,
Human Rights: A Guide to the Human Rights Machinery of the United Nations, 2001
21.2 Human Rights Monitoring and Documentation, General
OHCHR, Training Manual on Human Rights Monitoring, 2001
Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Human Rights Monitoring, 2001
Norwegian Institute of Human Rights, Manual on Human Rights Monitoring: An
Introduction for Human Rights Field Officers, 2002
Asian Human Rights Commission, Human Rights Monitoring and Fact-Finding, 2000
Amnesty International/Council for the Development of Social Science Research in
Africa, Monitoring and Investigating Human Rights Abuses in Armed Conflict, 2001
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Amnesty International, Monitoring and Reporting Human Rights Violations in Africa:

AHandbook for Community Activists, 2002
21.3 Human Rights Education/Training, General
OHCHR, Human Rights Training: A Manual on Human Rights Training Methodology
OHCHR, ABC Teaching Human Rights: Practical Activities for Primary and Secondary
Schools
Columbia University Human Rights Center (P. Martin), Self-Help Human Rights Education
Handbook, 1996
Council of Europe, Teaching Guide to the European Convention on Human Rights, 1997
Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights Poland, How to Protect Human Rights - The United
Nations System of Human Rights Protection: Educational packet, 1997
Human Rights Resource Center (University of Minnesota), The Human Rights Education
Series
Amnesty International, International Human Rights Standards and Education, 1998
Amnesty International, A 12-Point Guide for Good Practice in the Training and Education
for Human Rights of Government Officials, 1998
Action Aid, Learning About Rights, December 2001
Asian Regional Resource Center for Human Rights Education, Human Rights Education
Pack, 1995
International Human Rights Network, Learning To Integrate Human Rights, 1999
International Human Rights Network, Towards Effective Training for Field Human Rights
Tasks, 1996
Open Society Institute (F. Tibbitts), An Annotated Primer for Selecting Democratic and
Human Rights Education Teaching Materials, 1997
21.4 Human Rights Advocacy
CARE, Advocacy Tools and Guidelines: Promoting Policy Change, 2001
21.5 Civil and Political Rights, General
OHCHR, Fact Sheet No. 15: Civil and Political Rights: The Human Rights Committee
Front Line, Civil and Political Rights Manual: Using International Human Rights
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Mechanisms and Procedures: An Online Manual for Human Rights Defenders,

Council of Europe, Handbook No. 1: The right to respect for private and family life. A guide
to the implementation of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, 2001
Council of Europe, Handbook No. 2: Freedom of expression. A guide to the implementation
of Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, 2001
Article 19, Freedom of Expression Manual, 1993
Article 19, The Virtual Freedom of Expression Handbook
21.6 Administration of Justice
OHCHR/IBA, Human Rights in the Administration of Justice: A Manual on Human Rights for
Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers, 2003
OHCHR, Fact Sheet No. 26: The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
Council of Europe, Handbook No. 3: The right to a fair trial. A guide to the implementation
of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, 2001
Council of Europe, Handbook No. 5: The right to liberty and security of the person. A guide
to the implementation of Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights, 2002
Amnesty International, Amnesty International Fair Trials Manual, 1998
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, What is a Fair Trial? A Basic Guide to Legal
Standards and Practice, 2000
International Commission of Jurists, Trial Observation Manual, 2002
UNICEF, Innocenti Digest No. 3: Juvenile Justice, 1998
21.7 Law Enforcement
OHCHR, Human Rights and Law Enforcement: A Manual on Human Rights Training for the
Police
Pocket Book
Trainers Guide
Expanded Pocket Book
Council of Europe, Human Rights and the Police: A Workbook for Practice-Oriented
Teaching, 1998
Council of Europe, Discussion Tools: A Police and Human Rights Trainers Manual
Council of Europe, Human Rights and their Protection under International Law: A Pamphlet
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for Police, 2000

Council of Europe, The Human Rights Challenge in Police Practice: A Reference Brochure
Council of Europe, VIP Guide: Vision, Innovation and Professionalism in Policing Violence
against Women and Children
ICRC (C. de Rover), To Serve and to Protect: Human Rights and Humanitarian Law for
Police and Security Forces, 1998
Amnesty International/Council for the Development of Social Science Research in
Africa,Monitoring and Investigating Excessive Use of Force, 2000
Amnesty International, 10 Basic Human Rights Standards for Law Enforcement Officials,
1998
Danish Centre for Human Rights, Human Rights and the Police: A Training Manual, 1999
21.8 Prisons
ICRC, Deprived of Freedom, 2002
Amnesty International/Council for the Development of Social Science Research in
Africa,Monitoring and Investigating Death in Custody, 2000
Penal Reform International, Making Standards Work: An International Handbook on Good
Prison Practice, 2001
Kings College London: International Centre for Prison Studies (A. Cole), A Human Rights
Approach to Prison Management: Handbook for Prison Staff, 2002
Association for the Prevention of Torture/ODIHR (A. Corbaz), Monitoring Places of
Detention: A Practical Guide for NGOs, 2002
21.9 Torture
OHCHR, Fact Sheet No. 4: Combating Torture
OHCHR, Fact Sheet No. 17: The Committee against Torture
OHCHR, The Istanbul Protocol: Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment Punishment, 2001
Council of Europe, Handbook No. 6: The prohibition of torture. A guide to the
implementation of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, 2003
Amnesty International/Council for the Development of Social Science Research in
Africa,Monitoring and Investigating Torture, Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment and
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Prison Conditions, 2000

Amnesty International, Combating Torture: A Manual for Action, 2002
University of Essex (C. Giffard), The Torture Reporting Handbook, 2000
University of Essex Human Rights Centre (C. Foley), Combating Torture: A Manual for
Judges and Prosecutors, 2003
21.10 Disappearances
OHCHR, Fact Sheet No. 6: Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
ICRC, The Missing Brochure, 2003
21.11 Killings
OHCHR, Fact Sheet No. 11: Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions
University of Essex Human Rights Centre (K. Thompson and C. Giffard), Reporting Killings
as Human Rights Violations Handbook, 2002
Amnesty International/Council for the Development of Social Science Research in
Africa,Monitoring and Investigating Political Killings, 2000
21.12 Human Rights Defenders
OHCHR, Fact Sheet No. 29: Human Rights Defenders: Protecting the Right to Defend Human
Rights
Diplomacy Training Program, Human Rights Defender Manual, 2001
21.13 Elections
UN Centre for Human Rights, Human Rights and Elections: A Handbook on the Legal,
Technical and Human Rights Aspects of Elections, 1994
OSCE, Handbook for Domestic Election Observers, 2003
OSCE, The ODIHR Election Observation Handbook, 1999
Norwegian Helsinki Committee, Election Observation Manual 1/2000, 2000
21.14 Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, General
OHCHR, Fact Sheet No. 16: The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
HURIDOCS, Promoting and Defending Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Handbook
Council of Europe, Handbook No. 4: The right to property. A guide to the implementation of
Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights, 2001
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International Human Rights Internship Program/Asian Forum for Human Rights and
Development, Circle of Rights: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Activism: A Training
Resource, 2000
International Human Rights Internship Program/M. Biokno, A Rights-Based Approach
Towards Budget Analysis, 1999
Front Line, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Online Manual
21.15 Housing
OHCHR, Fact Sheet No. 21: The Human Right to Adequate Housing
OHCHR, Fact Sheet No. 25: Forced Evictions and Human Rights
T. Barrameda/L. Espallardo, Learning, Reflecting and Acting for a Human Rights Future: A
Training Manual for the Education of the Human Right to Housing in Urban Communities,
1996
21.16 Water
Pacific Institute (P. Gleick), The Human Right to Water, 1999
21.17 Health
OHCHR, Fact Sheet No. 23: Harmful Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women
and Children
OHCHR, HIV/AIDS and Human Rights: International Guidelines: Access to Prevention,
Treatment, Care and Support Revised Guideline 6, 2002
WHO, 25 Questions & Answers on Health & Human Rights, 2002
UNESCO/UNAIDS, HIV/AIDS and Human Rights: A Kit of Ideas for Youth Organisations
UN Development Fund for Women, Gender, HIV and Human Rights: A Training Manual,
2000
International Programme on Reproductive and Sexual Health Law of the Faculty of
Law/University of Toronto, A Handbook for advocacy in the African Human Rights
System: Advancing Reproductive and Sexual Health, 2002
21.18 Rights-Based Approach to Development
OHCHR, Draft Guidelines: A Human Rights Approach to Poverty Reduction Strategies, 2002
OHCHR, Resource Database on Rights-Based Approaches to Development for Practitioners
in Asia-Pacific
UNDP, Poverty Reduction and Human Rights: A Practice Note, 2003

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UNDP, Human Rights Based Approach Check List for Programme Staff, 2003
UNDP, UNDP and Human Rights: Questions and Answers
CARE, Basic Introduction to Human Rights and Rights-Based Programming: Facilitators
Guidebook and Workbook
CARE (P. OBrien), Benefits-Harm Handbook and Facilitation Manual, 2001
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, Handbook in Human Rights
Assessment: State Obligations, Awareness and Empowerment, 2001
Overseas Development Institute, What Can We Do With a Rights-Based Approach to
Development?, 1999
Human Rights Internet, An Introduction to Human Rights and Development, 2003
Institute of Development Studies, IDS Policy Briefing No. 17: The Rise of Rights: Rightsbased Approaches to International Development, 2003
21.19 Racial Discrimination
OHCHR, Fact Sheet No. 12: The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Amnesty International, Using the International Human Rights System to Combat Racial
Discrimination: A Handbook, 2001
21.20 Indigenous Peoples, Minorities
OHCHR, UN Guide for Indigenous Peoples, 2001
OHCHR, UN Guide for Minorities
OHCHR, Fact Sheet No. 9: The Rights of Indigenous Peoples
OHCHR, Fact Sheet No. 18: Minority Rights
Forest Peoples Programme (F. MacKay), A Guide to Indigenous Peoples Rights in the InterAmerican Human Rights System, 2001
Minority Rights Group International/Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Minority Rights: A Guide
to UN Procedures and Institutions, 1998
21.21 Womens Rights
OHCHR, Fact Sheet No. 22: Discrimination Against Women: The Convention and the
Committee
UNICEF, Training of Trainers: Gender-Based Violence Focusing on Sexual Exploitation and
Abuse
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American Bar Association, The CEDAW Assessment Tool, 2002

Rights & Democracy, A Methodology for Gender-Sensitive Research
Rights & Democracy, Investigating Women's Rights Violations in Armed Conflicts
Rights & Democracy, Documenting Human Rights Violations by State Agents
21.22 Childrens Rights
OHCHR, Fact Sheet No. 10: The Rights of the Child
UNICEF, Standard Generic Training Module (SGTM) 6D: Child Protection
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, Ensuring the Rights of Indigenous Children, 2004
Save the Children, Child Rights Programming - How to Apply Rights Approaches in
Programming, 2002
Save the Children/UNHCR, Action for the Rights of Children: A Rights-Based Training and
Capacity Building Initiative
Defence for Children International, International Standards Concerning the Rights of the
Child
No Peace Without Justice/UNICEF, International Criminal Justice and Children, 2002
International Bureau for Childrens Rights, The Rights of Child Victims and Witnesses of
Crime, 2002
21.23 Refugees
OHCHR, Fact Sheet No. 20: Human Rights and Refugees
UNHCR, An introduction to the international protection of refugees (RLD 1), 1992
UNHCR, Refugee Children: Guidelines on Protection and Care, 1994
UNHCR, Guidelines on the Protection of Refugee Women, 1991
UNHCR, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence against Refugees, Returnees and Internally
Displaced Persons: Guidelines for Prevention and Response, 2003
UNHCR, Sexual Violence Against Refugees: Guidelines on Prevention and Response, 1995
UNHCR, Human Rights and Refugee Protection Training Module, 1995
UNHCR, A UNHCR Handbook for the Military on Humanitarian Operations, 1995
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UNHCR, Handbook for Emergencies, 2001

UNHCR, Partnership: Operations Management Handbook for UNHCRs Partners, 2003
IPU/UNHCR, Handbook for Parliamentarians: Refugee Protection: A Guide to International
Refugee Law, 2001
Reproductive Health Response in Conflict Consortium, Raising Awareness for Reproductive
Health in Complex Emergencies, 2002
Amnesty International, The UN and refugees human rights: a manual on how UN human
rights mechanism can protect the rights of refugees, 1997
University of Oxford Refugee Studies Centre, The Refugee Experience: Psychosocial
Training Module
21.24 Internally Displaced Persons
OCHA, Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement
W. Klin, Annotations on Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, 2000
OCHA/Inter-Agency Standing Committee, Manual on Field Practice in Internal
Displacement: Examples from UN Agencies and Partner Organisations of Field-Based
Initiatives Supporting Internally Displaced Persons, 1999
Inter-Agency Standing Committee Working Group, Training Modules on Internal
Displacement,Training Modules on Internal Displacement
Norwegian Refugee Council, NRC Training Modules on the UN Guiding Principles on IDPs
Global IDP Project, International human rights and humanitarian law merged into one
operational instrument: the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, 2002
Norwegian Refugee Council/Global IDP Project, Rights Have No Borders: Internal
Displacement Worldwide, 1998
Brookings Institution/John Hopkins SAIS Project on Internal Displacement (W. ONeill), A
New Challenge for Peacekeepers: The Internally Displaced, 2004
21.25 Trafficking
OHCHR, Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking,
2002
Brussels Declaration on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, 2002

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OSCE, National Referral Mechanisms: Joining Efforts to Protect the Rights of Trafficked
Persons: A Practical Handbook, 2004
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, Trafficking in Human Beings, Especially Women and
Children, in Africa, 2004
International Human Rights Law Group (A. Jordan), The Annotated Guide to the Complete
UN Trafficking Protocol, 2002
Terre des Hommes Nepal, Childtrafficking.com: Digital Library
21.26 Migrant Workers
OHCHR, Fact Sheet No. 24: The Rights of Migrant Workers
21.27 Conflict
International Humanitarian Law and Humanitarian Action OHCHR, Fact Sheet No.
13: International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
OHCHR, Fact Sheet No. 28: The Impact of Mercenary Activities on the Right of Peoples to
Self-Determination
ICRC, International Humanitarian Law: Answers to Your Questions, 2002
ICRC, Fact Sheet: What Is International Humanitarian Law?, 2004
ICRC, Fact Sheet: International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law:
Similarities and Differences, 2003
ICRC, Occupation and International Humanitarian Law: Questions and Answers, 2004
ICRC, Information Kit: National Enforcement of International Humanitarian Law, 2003
ICRC, Fact Sheet: Implementing International Humanitarian Law: From Law to Action, 2002
ICRC, Fact Sheet: Penal Repression: Punishing War Crimes, 2003
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Code of Conduct for The
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief, 1994
OCHA, An Easy Reference to International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law, 1999
OCHA, Aide Mmoire for the Consideration of Issues Pertaining to the Protection of
Civilians, 2004
Inter-Agency Standing Committee, Frequently Asked Questions on International
Humanitarian, Human Rights and Refugee Law in the Context of Armed Conflict, 2002
Inter-Agency Standing Committee, Growing the Sheltering Tree: Protecting Rights Through
Humanitarian Action, 2002
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The Sphere Project, Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response,
2001
UN Disaster Management Training Programme, International Law of Disasters and Armed
Conflict
UN Disaster Management Training Programme, Humanitarian Principles and Operational
Dilemmas in War Zones
UN Disaster Management Training Programme, An Overview of Disaster Management,
1992
UN Disaster Management Training Programme, Disaster Assessment, 1994
UN Disaster Management Training Programme, Disaster Economics, 1994
UN Disaster Management Training Programme, Disaster Management Ethics, 1997
UN Development Group, Practical Guide to Multilateral Needs Assessments in Post-Conflict
Situations, 2004
International Alert, Conflict sensitive approaches to development, humanitarian assistance
and peace building: Tools for peace and conflict impact assessment
International Alert, Conflict, Humanitarian Assistance and Peacebuilding: Meeting the
Challenges, 2003
International Council on Human Rights Policy, Ends and Means: Human Rights Approaches
to Armed Groups, 2000
US Institute of Peace, Training for Peace and Humanitarian Relief Operations: Advancing
Best Practices, 2002
D. Paul, Protection in Practice: Field-Level Strategies for Protecting Civilians from
Deliberate Harm, 1999
Peacekeeping UN DPKO, A Peacekeeping Training Manual
UN DPKO, Handbook on UN Multidimensional Peacekeeping Operations, 2003
UN DPKO, Ten Rules: Code of Personal Conduct for Blue Helmets
UN DPKO, United Nations Military Symbols Handbook, 2000
Conflict Transformation/Reconciliation Inter-Agency Standing Committee, Guidelines for
Field Staff for Promoting Reintegration in Transition Situations, 2000

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International Alert, Code of Conduct for Conflict Transformation Work, 1998

International Alert, Resource Pack for Conflict Transformation, 1996
International Peace Research Association/UNESCO, Handbook Resource and Teaching
Material in Conflict Resolution, Education for Human Rights, Peace and Democracy, 1994
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, Reconciliation after Violent
Conflict: A Handbook, 2003
Conflict Resolution Network, Conflict Resolution Trainers Manual: 12 Skills
Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management, Berghof Handbook for
Conflict Transformation
Alliance for Rights and Tolerance (Pristina), Good Practices Training Manual, 2002
L. Lutz/E. Babbitt/H. Hannum, Human Rights and Conflict Resolution from the
Practitioners Perspective, Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, 2003
Public International Law & Policy Group, The Drafters Handbook, 2004
21.28 Conflict Prevention
UN Interdepartmental Framework for Coordination Team, Applying Preventive
Measures: A Manual for UN Practitioners In Situations of Potential Conflict, October 2002
21.29 Women and Armed Conflict
ICRC, Women and War Fact Sheets, 2001
Rights & Democracy, Investigating Women's Rights Violations in Armed Conflicts
Inter-Agency Standing Committee, Gender & Humanitarian Assistance Resource Kit
ICRC (F. Krill), The Protection of Women in International Humanitarian Law, 1985
BRIDGE (Development-Gender), Gender and Armed Conflict: Overview Report, 2003
Gender Mainstreaming in Humanitarian Assistance
Windhoek Declaration: The Namibia Plan of Action On Mainstreaming a Gender
Perspective In Multidimensional Peace Support Operations, 31 May 2000
Inter-Agency Standing Committee, Background paper: Mainstreaming gender in the
humanitarian response to emergencies
Inter-Agency Standing Committee, Policy Statement for the integration of a gender
perspective in humanitarian assistance, 1999
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UN DPKO, Gender Resource Package for Peacekeeping Operations, 2004

UN DPKO, Lessons Learned Unit, Mainstreaming a Gender Perspective in Multidimensional
Peace Operations, 2000
UN DPKO, Gender and Peacekeeping Operations In-Mission Training, 2001
UNDP, Gender Mainstreaming Learning Manual & Information Pack
UNICEF, Mainstreaming Gender in Unstable Environment
FAO/WFP, Socio-Economic and Gender Analysis in Emergency Operations: Summary, 2000
UN Development Fund for Women, Women at the Peace Table: Making a Difference, 2001
International Alert, Gender Mainstreaming in Peace Support Operations: Moving Beyond
Rhetoric To Practice, 2002
International Alert, Gender Justice and Accountability in Peace Support Operations, 2004
International Alert, Gender and Conflict Early Warning: A Framework for Action, 2002
InterAction and Commission for the Advancement of Women, Weaving Gender in Disaster
and Refugee Assistance: Field Checklists, 1998
Seminar and workshop Papers
A. Sderberg Jacobson, Rethink! A Handbook for Sustainable Peace, 2004
21.30 Children and Conflict
UNICEF, Adolescent Programming in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations, 2004
UNICEF, Core Commitments for Children in Emergencies, 2004
UNICEF, Humanitarian Principles Training: A Child Rights Protection Approach to Complex
Emergencies, 1999
ICRC, Children in War Information Kit, 2003
ICRC, Summary Table of IHL Provisions Specifically Applicable to Children, 2003
ICRC, Fact Sheet: Legal Protection of Children in Armed Conflict, 2003
ICRC, Inter-agency Guiding Principles on Unaccompanied and Separated Children, 2004
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Save the Children, Education: Care & Protection of Children in Emergencies: A Field Guide,
2001
Norwegian Refugee Council, Protection of Children and Adolescents in Complex
Emergencies, 1999
International Bureau for Childrens Rights (R. Harvey), Children and Armed Conflict: A
guide to international humanitarian and human rights law, 2003
USAID, Helping Children Outgrow War, 2002
21.31 Child Soldiers
UNICEF/Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, Guide to the Optional Protocol on the
involvement of children in armed conflict, 2003
ICRC, Child Soldiers, 2003
Save the Children Fund, Children Not Soldiers: Guidelines for Working with Child Soldiers
and Children Associated with Fighting Forces, 2001
Asian Human Rights Commission/Human Rights Correspondence School, Child Soldiers,
2000
21.32 Older People and Conflict
UNHCR/Help Age International, Older People in Disasters and Humanitarian Crises:
Guidelines for Best Practice, 2000
21.33 Dealing with the Media, Information Management
UN Disaster Management Training Programme, Emergency Information Management and
Telecommunications, 1997
Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society, The Power of the Media: Handbook for
Peacebuilders, 2003
21.34 Working with the Military
ICRC, The ICRC and Civil-Military Relations in Armed Conflict, 2001
IASC, Civil-Military Relationship in Complex Emergencies: An IASC Reference Paper, 2004
International Alert, The Peacebuilding Dimension of Civil-Military Relations in Complex
Emergencies, 2002
21.35 Cultural Diversity
Emergency Management Australia, Guidelines for emergency managers working with
culturally and linguistically diverse communities
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21.36. Personal Security

DPKO, Hostage Incident Card
RedR, Training Modules for Trainers on NGO Security Management
http://www.redr.org/training/trainers_resources.htm
21.37 Medical Support
UN DPKO, Medical Support Manual for United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, 1999
21.38 Stress Management
UN DPKO, United Nations Stress Management Booklet, 1995
UNHCR, Managing the Stress of Humanitarian Emergencies, 2001
Pan American Health Organization (C. Bryce), Stress Management in Disasters, 2001

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