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Resources

  • Websites for regional courts, e.g. European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), African Court on Human and People’s Rights
  • ECHR case law on Westlaw UK database (European Human Rights Reports (EHRR))
    • As the European Convention on Human Rights is incorporated into English law, all cases from EHRR are available on Westlaw UK case search. You can also limit case searches to EHRR only.
  • Online you can find website for UN human rights bodies such as the Human Rights Committee, Committee on Migrant Workers, or Committee on Enforced Disappearance, to name a few.
    • UN human rights bodies – links to websites of each committee: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/Pages/HumanRightsBodies.aspx
  • Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/SP/Pages/Welcomepage.aspx
    • The special procedures of the Human Rights Council are independent human rights experts who report and advise on human rights from a thematic or country-specific perspective.
  • Sources of data on human rights:
    • Harvard Law School Library links to sources of data on international relations & human rights
      • Example: WomenStats which compiles qualitative and quantitative information on over 310 indicators of women's status in 174 countries
    • Human Rights Data Analysis Group
  • Documentaries and podcasts, for example:
    • Declarations - podcast from the University of Cambridge Centre of Governance and Human Rights 
    • Justice Visions - podcast hosted by the Human Rights centre at Ghent University, with a focus on research and practice regarding victim participation in transitional justice
    • Intercross - podcast by the Red Cross about violence and conflict.