International Studies: Human Rights

Amnesty International 

Select by country or by topic

Freedom House 

Their reports allow sorting by topic or country. Also check out the "issues" tab at the top of the page.

Human Rights Watch 

US Department of State Reports on Human Rights 

Includes the Department's annual country reports

Human Rights Library 

The University of Minnesota provides links to treaties and official documents, as well as other publications on human rights.

Global Issues: Human Rights (United Nations) 

Includes news, and information, with links to UN offices concerned with human rights.

United Nations Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights 

Human Rights NGO Directory 

This extensive list provides links to a large number of human rights NGOs.

Legislationline 

"Legislationline.org provides direct access to international norms and standards relating to specific human dimension issues (see list of topics on left-hand column) as well as to domestic legislation and other documents of relevance to these issues. These data and other information available from the site are intended for lawmakers across the OSCE region."

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