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International Criminal Law, Humanitarian Law, and Human Rights Research Guide

A Research Guide for the Students in the International Human Rights Clinic.

General Human Rights Research Guides

ASIL's Guide includes a research guide on International Human Rights. 

The Peace Palace Library has a guide on Human Rights, Migration, Minorities & Refugees.

A useful source for human rights research.  

United Nations Research Guides

The Research Guide from the United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Library explains how to research the United Nations human rights system, including information on how to research charter-based and treaty-based human rights bodies.

While technically not a research guide, this website from the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights ("OHCHR") is a valuable source for learning about the international human rights system.

Regional Human Rights Research Guides

A research guide by Francisco A. Avalos on the human rights system in the Americas.

The IJRC has this useful overview of the Inter-American human rights systems, including a detailed and useful manual for human rights practitioners and advocates entitled Advocacy Before the Inter-American System: A Manual for Attorneys and Advocates.  

This Columbia University Law Library Research Guide provides an overview of the African Human Rights System.

This Columbia University Law Library Research Guide provides a useful overview of the European Human Rights System.

Books on International Human Rights

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