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Human Rights Library

Access: Publicly available resource

Description: The University of Minnesota Human Rights Library houses one of the largest collections of more than fourteen thousand core human rights documents, including several hundred human rights treaties and other primary international human rights instruments. The site also provides access to more than four thousands links and a search engine for multiple human rights sites. Documents are available in six languages - Arabic, English, French, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish.

Also see the Amnesty International library , which contains an archive of most reports, news releases and urgent actions published from 1996 to date.

Coverage: Various Dates

Subject(s):
Area Studies
Law
Politics & Government
Publicly Available Resources

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Related Links
ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law
Global Legal Information Network ** http://www.glin.gov/ **
Guide to Law Online ** http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/index.html **
NATLEX ** http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex_browse.home?p_lang=en **
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Other Related Links:
Annual Report to Congress on International Religious Freedom, 1999-
Forced Migration Online (FMO)
Harvard Human Rights Journal
Selected International Treaties and Agreements (U.S. State Dept.)
U.S. State Department Human Rights Reports
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

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