Human Rights: Search Tools

 News Databases

• The AAAS Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights, Law & Ethics Focus Area
  The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) program has a sub-section on Human Rights with publications and other resources, including Directory of Scientific Society Action on Human Rights.
   
• Human Rights  and  Civil Liberties - are categories on the LLRX (Law and Technology Resources for Legal Professionals) site. It also has a general human rights resources guide from 2002 and a  refugee law guide from 2009 focuses on refugee law. Most links still active.

• Human Rights Forum -  Is a sub-section of "WN" (The WorldNews (WN) Network, with news from 2,000+ reputable sources including mainstream providers of English news (e.g. BBC, CNN, Reuters, etc.) and regional/local sources.

• Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) of the United Nations -  This site has information on the work of this body , including Human Rights Instruments and Mechanisms, Country reports, and databases created by the OHCHR.
   
• University of Minnesota Human Rights Library -  A comprehensive site includes many of the international human rights treaties and documents, as well as material from the UN Human Rights groups.  It also contains over 4,000 links to related sites throughout the world. (last updated in 2017)
   
• WWW Virtual Library: Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs
  A meta-site covering major directories, searchable databases, country reports, and resources related to specialized human rights subjects. It is edited and maintained, by Dr. Wayne A.Selcher, Professor of International Studies Emeritus, Department of Political Science, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA