Human Rights

An excellent guide to human rights research resources provided by the United Nations.

An excellent guide to human rights research resources provided by the United Nations.

United for Human Rights (UHR) assists and unites individuals, educators, organizations and governmental bodies to implement the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at local, regional, national and international levels. It was founded on the Declaration’s 60th anniversary in the face of continued worldwide abuses that violate the whole spirit and intent in which the community of nations, for the first time in history, conceived and adopted a charter of all human rights.

The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) applies three key principles to its work on human rights: DRL strives to learn the truth and state the facts in all of its human rights investigations, reports on country conditions, speeches and votes in the UN, and asylum profiles. DRL takes consistent positions concerning past, present, and future abuses. DRL forges and maintains partnerships with organizations, governments, and multilateral institutions committed to human rights.

This page describes some basic sources for research on behalf of individuals seeking asylum in the United States. It was designed for use by students at the Center for Applied Legal Studies[1] (CALS), the asylum law clinic at Georgetown Law Center[2]. It was developed and is maintained by the librarians of the John Wolff International and Comparative Law Library[3] at Georgetown Law Center[4].

This guide is intended to lead researchers through the primary materials and introduce important secondary sources. Special attention is paid to resources that specifically address international women's human rights.

This project is supported by The San Diego Union-Tribune, the San Diego Association of Black Journalists, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the Asian American Journalists Association San Diego Chapter and the San Diego Society of Professional Journalists.

A database for locating past and present legislation at the state and federal level.