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HONORS 230 A: International Human Rights Advocacy
Background, News, and Reference Resources
HONORS 230 A: International Human Rights Advocacy: Background, News, and Reference Resources
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UN Universal Human Rights Index
Provides access to human rights recommendations and observations from the UN; browse key issues or impacted groups.
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
The leading UN entity for human rights, responsible for protecting and promoting human rights for all people across the globe.
UN Human Rights Documentation Guide
Guide to identifying human rights documentation; overview of key policies, reports, and resources.
UN OHCHR Library's External Human Rights Resources
List of human rights collections, indexes, and reports from other institutions.
U.S. Dept. of State: 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
The annual country reports on human rights practices by the US State Department; browse by country.
The World Bank: Human Rights Trust Fund Annual Report : Main report (English)
Outlines key issues and the activities funded by the Trust in 2023 - 2024.
World Policy Analysis Center
Legal and policy data about social development issues worldwide; browse by impacted communities.
Human Rights Watch: Reports
Summarizes conditions in 90+ countries; browse by country.
Amnesty International Reports
Documents abuses in 159 countries; view by region or browse key issues.
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Regional, national, and international newspapers, 1980's-present.
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Current international, national & regional newspapers, 1980 - present.
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Gale Ebooks
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Full text encyclopedias in all subject areas
Europa World
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Political, social and economic information about countries and world regions.
Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights
Topics range from key human rights issues to the relevant institutions, legal documents, and conceptual and procedural issues.
The Oxford Handbook of International Human Rights Law
Overview of the principles and history of international human rights law.
A Global Handbook on National Human Rights Protection Systems
Summaries of UN High Commissioners for Human Rights reports on the state of the national human rights protection systems of UN member states.
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UNdata
Offers data, insights, and tools, including country profiles, statistical yearbooks, and the ability to build custom tables for research.
CIRI Human Rights Dataset (Harvard University)
Provides data on various human rights violations for 202 countries annually over the years 1981-2011.
Our World in Data: Human Rights
Provides data, visualizations, and research on the protection of fundamental freedoms across countries and demographic groups.
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