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I. Human Rights Bodies
United Nations
United Nations – Human Rightshttp://www.un.org/rights/ Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rightshttp://www.ohchr.org/english/ Human Rights Councilhttp://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/ Human Rights Treaty Bodieshttp://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/treaty/index.htm Special Procedures (country and thematic mechanisms) http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/chr/special/index.htm Documents from Secretary-General, the General Assembly, the Security Council, and the Economic and Social Councilhttp://www.un.org/documents/
United Nations – Human Rightshttp://www.un.org/rights/
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rightshttp://www.ohchr.org/english/
Human Rights Councilhttp://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/
Human Rights Treaty Bodieshttp://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/treaty/index.htm
Special Procedures (country and thematic mechanisms) http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/chr/special/index.htm
Documents from Secretary-General, the General Assembly, the Security Council, and the Economic and Social Councilhttp://www.un.org/documents/
Americas
Inter-American Commission on Human Rightshttp://www.cidh.org/publi.eng.htm
Africa
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rightshttp://www.achpr.org/english/_info/news_en.html
Council of Europe
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rightshttp://www.coe.int/t/commissioner/default_EN.asp Council of Europe Directorate General for Human Rightshttp://www.coe.int/T/E/Human_rights/ European Committee on Social Rightshttp://www.coe.int/T/E/Human_Rights/Esc/
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rightshttp://www.coe.int/t/commissioner/default_EN.asp
Council of Europe Directorate General for Human Rightshttp://www.coe.int/T/E/Human_rights/
European Committee on Social Rightshttp://www.coe.int/T/E/Human_Rights/Esc/
European Union
Human Rightshttp://europa.eu/pol/rights/index_en.htm Commission – Human Rights and Democratisationhttp://ec.europa.eu/comm/external_relations/human_rights/doc/index.htm European Parliament Human Rightshttp://www.europarl.europa.eu/comparl/human_rights/default_en.htm EU Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia/Fundamental Rights Agencyhttp://www.eumc.europa.eu/eumc/index.php
Human Rightshttp://europa.eu/pol/rights/index_en.htm
Commission – Human Rights and Democratisationhttp://ec.europa.eu/comm/external_relations/human_rights/doc/index.htm
European Parliament Human Rightshttp://www.europarl.europa.eu/comparl/human_rights/default_en.htm
EU Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia/Fundamental Rights Agencyhttp://www.eumc.europa.eu/eumc/index.php
United Kingdom
Department for Constitutional Affairs Human Rightshttp://www.dca.gov.uk/hract/dcahumanrights.htm Foreign and Commonwealth Office Human Rightshttp://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029393564 Joint Committee on Human Rightshttp://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/joint_committee_on_human_rights.cfm
Department for Constitutional Affairs Human Rightshttp://www.dca.gov.uk/hract/dcahumanrights.htm
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Human Rightshttp://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029393564
Joint Committee on Human Rightshttp://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/joint_committee_on_human_rights.cfm
II. Human Rights Instruments
International
Charter of United Nationshttp://www.ohchr.org/english/docs/UNcharter.pdf Universal Declaration of Human Rightshttp://daccessdds.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/NR0/043/88/IMG/NR004388.pdf?OpenElement International Human Rights Instruments and their monitoring bodieshttp://www.ohchr.org/english/law/index.htm
Charter of United Nationshttp://www.ohchr.org/english/docs/UNcharter.pdf
Universal Declaration of Human Rightshttp://daccessdds.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/NR0/043/88/IMG/NR004388.pdf?OpenElement
International Human Rights Instruments and their monitoring bodieshttp://www.ohchr.org/english/law/index.htm
American Convention on Human Rightshttp://www.cidh.org/Basicos/basic3.htm
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rightshttp://www.achpr.org/english/_info/charter_en.html
Council of Europe treatieshttp://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/ListeTraites.asp?CM=8&CL=ENG European Convention on Human Rightshttp://www.echr.coe.int/ECHR/EN/Header/Basic+Texts/Basic+Texts/The+European+Convention+on+Human+Rights+and+its+Protocols/ European Social Charterhttp://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/QueVoulezVous.asp?NT=035&CM=8&DF=3/26/2007&CL=ENG
Council of Europe treatieshttp://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/ListeTraites.asp?CM=8&CL=ENG
European Convention on Human Rightshttp://www.echr.coe.int/ECHR/EN/Header/Basic+Texts/Basic+Texts/The+European+Convention+on+Human+Rights+and+its+Protocols/
European Social Charterhttp://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/QueVoulezVous.asp?NT=035&CM=8&DF=3/26/2007&CL=ENG
EU Charter of Fundamental Rights http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/unit/charte/index_en.html
UK
The Human Rights Act 1998http://www.opsi.gov.uk/ACTS/acts1998/19980042.htm
III. Courts
International Court
International Court of Justicehttp://www.icj-cij.org/
Human Rights Courts
European Court of Human Rightshttp://www.echr.coe.int/ECHR/ Inter-American Court & Commission of Human Rights - http://www.corteidh.or.cr/index.cfm?&CFID=147661&CFTOKEN=96920963http://www.cidh.org/ African Court on Human Rightshttp://www.achpr.org/english/_info/court_en.html
European Court of Human Rightshttp://www.echr.coe.int/ECHR/
Inter-American Court & Commission of Human Rights - http://www.corteidh.or.cr/index.cfm?&CFID=147661&CFTOKEN=96920963http://www.cidh.org/
African Court on Human Rightshttp://www.achpr.org/english/_info/court_en.html
International Criminal Tribunals
International Criminal Courthttp://www.icc-cpi.int/ International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslaviahttp://www.un.org/icty/index.html International Criminal Tribunal for Rwandahttp://69.94.11.53/default.htm Special Court for Sierra Leonehttp://www.sc-sl.org/
International Criminal Courthttp://www.icc-cpi.int/
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslaviahttp://www.un.org/icty/index.html
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwandahttp://69.94.11.53/default.htm
Special Court for Sierra Leonehttp://www.sc-sl.org/
Regional Court
European Court of Justicehttp://curia.europa.eu/
IV. Non-governmental Organisations
Amnesty Internationalhttp://www.amnesty.org/ Human Rights Watchhttp://www.hrw.org/ International Center for Transitional Justicehttp://www.ictj.org/ Interightshttp://www.interights.org/ Human Rights Firsthttp://www.humanrightsfirst.org/ International Committee of the Red Crosshttp://www.icrc.org/eng# Center for Economic and Social Rightshttp://cesr.org/low/about Centre on Housing Rights and Evictionshttp://www.cohre.org/
Amnesty Internationalhttp://www.amnesty.org/
Human Rights Watchhttp://www.hrw.org/
International Center for Transitional Justicehttp://www.ictj.org/
Interightshttp://www.interights.org/
Human Rights Firsthttp://www.humanrightsfirst.org/
International Committee of the Red Crosshttp://www.icrc.org/eng#
Center for Economic and Social Rightshttp://cesr.org/low/about
Centre on Housing Rights and Evictionshttp://www.cohre.org/
Europe
Statewatchhttp://www.poptel.org.uk/statewatch/
Justicehttp://www.justice.org.uk/ Libertyhttp://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/ British Institute for Human Rightshttp://www.bihr.org/
Justicehttp://www.justice.org.uk/
Libertyhttp://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/
British Institute for Human Rightshttp://www.bihr.org/
V. Human Rights Resources
Human Rights Centres at Universities
Centre for the Study of Human Rights, London School of Economics and Political Sciencehttp://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/human-rights/ Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, New York University School of Lawhttp://www.nyuhr.org/ Netherlands Institute for Human Rightshttp://www.uu.nl/uupublish/homerechtsgeleer/onderzoek/onderzoekscholen/sim/english/18199main.html Raol Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Lawhttp://www.rwi.lu.se/index.shtml Human Rights Centre, University of Essexhttp://www2.essex.ac.uk/human_rights_centre/ Human Rights Law Centre, University of Nottinghamhttp://www.nottingham.ac.uk/law/hrlc/
Centre for the Study of Human Rights, London School of Economics and Political Sciencehttp://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/human-rights/
Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, New York University School of Lawhttp://www.nyuhr.org/
Netherlands Institute for Human Rightshttp://www.uu.nl/uupublish/homerechtsgeleer/onderzoek/onderzoekscholen/sim/english/18199main.html
Raol Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Lawhttp://www.rwi.lu.se/index.shtml
Human Rights Centre, University of Essexhttp://www2.essex.ac.uk/human_rights_centre/
Human Rights Law Centre, University of Nottinghamhttp://www.nottingham.ac.uk/law/hrlc/
Reports and other tools
US State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practiceshttp://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/ UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Country Profileshttp://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365 Amnesty Country Reportshttp://web.amnesty.org/library/engindex Human Rights Watch Country and Annual Reportshttp://www.hrw.org/doc/?t=pubs Derechos http://www.derechos.net/ University of Minnesotta Human Rights Libraryhttp://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/ Faculty of Law, University of Bernhttp://www.universalhumanrightsindex.org/ Project on International Courts and Tribunalshttp://www.pict-pcti.org/index.html American Society of International Law Guide to Electronic Resources – Human Rights http://www.asil.org/resource/humrts1.htm#Section1 Human Rights Internethttp://www.hri.ca/index.aspx Human Rights Toolshttp://www.humanrightstools.org/
US State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practiceshttp://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/
UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Country Profileshttp://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365
Amnesty Country Reportshttp://web.amnesty.org/library/engindex
Human Rights Watch Country and Annual Reportshttp://www.hrw.org/doc/?t=pubs
Derechos http://www.derechos.net/
University of Minnesotta Human Rights Libraryhttp://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/
Faculty of Law, University of Bernhttp://www.universalhumanrightsindex.org/
Project on International Courts and Tribunalshttp://www.pict-pcti.org/index.html
American Society of International Law Guide to Electronic Resources – Human Rights http://www.asil.org/resource/humrts1.htm#Section1
Human Rights Internethttp://www.hri.ca/index.aspx
Human Rights Toolshttp://www.humanrightstools.org/
Human Rights lawyers' associations
Human Rights Lawyers Associationhttp://www.hrla.org.uk/links.php International Bar Association – Human Rights Institutehttp://www.ibanet.org/humanrights/headerpage.cfm
Human Rights Lawyers Associationhttp://www.hrla.org.uk/links.php
International Bar Association – Human Rights Institutehttp://www.ibanet.org/humanrights/headerpage.cfm
Blogs
Opinio Juris – Human Rightshttp://www.opiniojuris.org/human_rights/ Human Rights Bloghttp://www.humanrightsblog.org/archives/003400.html
Opinio Juris – Human Rightshttp://www.opiniojuris.org/human_rights/
Human Rights Bloghttp://www.humanrightsblog.org/archives/003400.html
