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HONORS 230 A: International Human Rights Advocacy: Background, News, and Reference Resources
Reports & Policies
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UN Universal Human Rights IndexProvides access to human rights recommendations and observations from the UN; browse key issues or impacted groups.
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UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human RightsThe leading UN entity for human rights, responsible for protecting and promoting human rights for all people across the globe.
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UN Human Rights Documentation GuideGuide to identifying human rights documentation; overview of key policies, reports, and resources.
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UN OHCHR Library's External Human Rights ResourcesList of human rights collections, indexes, and reports from other institutions.
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U.S. Dept. of State: 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights PracticesThe annual country reports on human rights practices by the US State Department; browse by country.
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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.
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World Policy Analysis CenterLegal and policy data about social development issues worldwide; browse by impacted communities.
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Human Rights Watch: ReportsSummarizes conditions in 90+ countries; browse by country.
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Amnesty International ReportsDocuments abuses in 159 countries; view by region or browse key issues.
News Sources
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Access World News This link opens in a new window
Regional, national, and international newspapers, 1980's-present.
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Global Newsstream This link opens in a new windowCurrent international, national & regional newspapers, 1980 - present.
Reference Resources
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Europa World This link opens in a new windowPolitical, social and economic information about countries and world regions.
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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
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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.
Data Resources
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UNdataOffers data, insights, and tools, including country profiles, statistical yearbooks, and the ability to build custom tables for research.
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CIRI Human Rights Dataset (Harvard University)Provides data on various human rights violations for 202 countries annually over the years 1981-2011.
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Our World in Data: Human RightsProvides data, visualizations, and research on the protection of fundamental freedoms across countries and demographic groups.