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Human Rights

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Background Information

Dictionaries

Historical Dictionary of Human Rights and Humanitarian Organizations

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/record=b3128418

Alphabetical entries give brief synopses of organizations involved in the history of human rights theory and practice. Lists treaties, founding members, related organizations, and addresses. Includes chronology of events, definitions of important terminology, lists of acronyms and abbreviations, and appendixes containing full text of many international human rights documents.

Location: LAU Ref Stacks JC571 .G655 2007

Human Rights in the United States: a Dictionary and Documents

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/record=b2339187

Descriptions of laws in the field, with focus on human rights in the historical, political, and legal areas of the United States.

Location: LAU Ref Stacks KF4747.5 .C37 2000

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Civil Liberties in America

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/record=b3133742

Location: LAU Ref Stacks JC599.U5 E53 2005

Encyclopedia of Human Rights

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/record=b2062239

Short entries and longer essays focusing on human rights issues, people and comparative world regions and countries.

Location: LAU Ref. JC 571 .E67 1996

Government & Legal Resources

Government Agencies

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/record=b1981736

State Department Reports listed by country. 1999-most recent edition available online at http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/.

Location: Y4.F 76:1-15 (call number varies)

International Resources

European Union: Annual Human Rights Report

http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/human_rights/doc/index_archive.htm

Access from 1999 to most recent edition.

Internet Resources

Web Sites

Amnesty International

http://www.amnesty.org/en/human-rights

Website contains news, features, actions, video and audio, and information about countries, campaigns and issues. Browse by country or topic, or search the document library by keyword.

Europa: Human Rights Activities of the European Union

http://europa.eu/pol/rights/index_en.htm

Provides summaries of legislation, legal texts, links to key sites, and basic documentation of human rights issues from EU countries.

Human Rights Watch

http://www.hrw.org/

Includes full text of recent world reports and country and regional reports.