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Human Rights Law Resources
Kate Jackson, Michaelmas term 2014
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What are we going to cover?
• Getting Started– General Sources– Journal indexes– Others (theses, dissertations, research papers)
• Primary sources– United Nations– Law reports
• Searching by region• Keeping up to date BUT …..
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General Sources of help
• Research guides• Libguide on Human right law• Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Law• Oxford Reports on International Law
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Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Law
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Journal indexes
• Social Science Citation Index (via Oxlip+)• Westlaw International (via Westlaw UK)• Google Scholar @ http://scholar.google.com
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Social Science Citation Index on Web of Science
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Westlaw International – World Journals
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Google Scholar
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Other sources
• ProQuest Theses and Dissertations for Social Sciences and Humanities (via Oxlip+)
• SSRN – Social Science Research Network (via Oxlip+)
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Primary SourcesUnless you know a good database/source that is
easy to search then always start off with the institution that created it…….
Image by Eugene Regis
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United Nations• Huge organisation• Lots of different bodies– Treaty based bodies– Charter based bodies
• Good starting point for thematic research
• Good research guides
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Finding UN Materials
• Official Document System• UNBISnet• UNI-QUE• HeinOnline• Research Guides– UN Documentation guide– Oxford Libguide on UN materials
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Finding Law Reports
• Website of relevant court BUT….• There are general collections– Oxford Reports on International Law– Westlaw– Worldlii– Interights
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Finding materials by region or country
• UN list by country • Universal Human Rights Index Database
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/Pages/UniversalHumanRightsIndexDatabase.aspx
• Human Rights Watch• Amnesty International• Red Cross
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Europe
• Treaties and Basic Documents:– Council of Europe website– European Court of Human Rights main page
• Case Law– ECHR – case law database – HUDOC– Databases such as Westlaw (for the EHRR reports),
Justis and Oxford Reports of International Law– Free resources - Worldlii
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Inter-American
• Treaties and Basic Documents– Organisation of American States– The Inter-American Court - main website
• Case Law– The Inter-American Court – under jurisprudence
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Africa
• Basic Documents and Treaties– The African Commission of Human and Peoples'
Rights– African Court of Human Rights
• Case Law– African Court of Human Rights - case law section– Human Rights Case Analyser
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Keeping up to date
• RSS feeds• Table of Content Services• Alerts (legal databases)
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Any Questions?