Human Rights
General Resources
Search Engines
HuriSearch
A topical search engine dedicated exclusively to human rights Web sites with over 5,000 non-profit organization sites. (Free Resource)
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America Ref JC599.U5 E53 
Encyclopedia of Human Rights
Coverage of all aspects of human rights theory, practice, law, and history.
Lexicon of Human Rights
Contains terms often found in international human rights instruments along with definitions.
Organizations
ACLU
A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization whose mission is to fight civil liberties violations. Contains articles, reports and other publications on civil liberties and criminal justice issues. (Free Resource)
Amnesty International
Full-text reports and newsletters along with video and audio. (Free Resource)
Human Rights Organizations & Periodicals Directory Ref JC571 .H95
Human Rights Watch
News, reports, and multimedia. (Free Resource)
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Human rights body of the United Nations. Information on human rights by country along with publications. (Free Resource)
UN Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking
A UN agency devoted to ending human trafficking. Contains a number of free full-text reports, books and articles on the human trafficking. (Free Resource)
UN HCR Refworld
The UN Refugee's Agency Refworld is the leading source of information necessary for taking quality decisions on refugee status. (Free Resource)
UNICEF
Organization focusing on the rights of children worldwide. Provides information organized by region and country. (Free Resource)
Journals
Harvard Human Rights Journal PER
HKS Library keeps current year only. Full-text available back to 1988. Free access back to 2003 can be found at http://harvardhrj.com/.
South African Journal on Human Rights PER
HKS Library keeps current one year only. Full-text is available from 1985-2007.
The Wire
Magazine produced by Amnesty International. Issues are available back to 2007. (Free Resource)
Reports
Freedom House
Includes reports and annual scores of civil and political rights for most countries. (Free Resource)
Human Rights Reports
These reports from the U.S. Department of State cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (Free Resource)
Human Security Gateway
Hosted by Simon Fraser University, this gateway provides access to human security-related resources including reports, journal articles, news items and fact sheets. (Free Resource)
The State of the World's Children Ref HQ792.2 .S73
Produced by UNICEF, this annual report includes downloadable statistical tables that can be customized. (Free Resource)
The State of the World's Human Rights
Annual report produced by Amnesty International. Organized by region and issues. Includes country reports. (Free Resource)
World Report Ref JC571 .H785
Annual report from Human Rights Watch which summarizes human rights conditions in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide. (Free Resource)
Data
Armed Conflict Database
Excellent source of information on armed conflicts worldwide from 2000 to the present. Contains timelines and data.
CIRI Human Rights Data Project
Contains standards-based quantitative information on government respect for 15 internationally recognized human rights for 195 countries. (Free Resource)
MAR Project
Provides information on the status and conflicts of more than 283 politically-active ethnic groups in all countries with a current population of at least 500,000. (Free Resource)
Other Research Guides
Human Rights Law Research Guide
Produced by the Georgetown Law Library. (Free Resource)
Human Rights Research Guide
Research guide from the Columbia University Law School. (Free Resource)
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
A large collection of more than sixty thousand core human rights documents, including several hundred human rights treaties and other primary international human rights instruments. (Free Resource)