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 INFORMATION
RESOURCES
ON

HUMAN RIGHTS
 SOURCES OF INFORMATION
 DOCUMENTARY SOURCES
Categorised on originality and proximity to the
source of origin
 Primary Sources of Information (PSI)
 Secondary Sources of Information (SSI)
 Tertiary Sources of Information (TSI)
Documents may exist in variety of physical forms
1. Printed 2. Microform
3. Machine Readable viz. CD, DVD, Floppy,
4. ON-LINE Documents
 NON-DOCUMENTARY SOURCES
1. Institutional Sources
2. Individuals as Sources
 PRIMARY SOURCES OF
INFORMATION
Examples:
• Journal Articles Reporting Research Results
• Monographs    Proceedings of Meetings,
Conferences and Symposia.
• Technical Reports   Dissertations or Theses
(may also be secondary)
• Sets of Data, such as Census Statistics
• Works of Literature (such as poetry, drama,
fiction)
• Diaries  Autobiographies   Interviews,
Surveys, Fieldwork
SECONDARY SOURCES OF
Examples:
INFORMATION
• Bibliographies
• Encyclopaedias
• Indexing & Abstracting Services
• Biographical Works
• Dictionaries & Gazetteers
• Survey of Work done e. g. Advances in …
• Handbooks and Data Compilations
 TERTIARY SOURCES OF
INFORMATION (TSI)
Examples:
• Almanacs and Fact Books
• Bibliography of Bibliographies
• Directories and Chronologies
• Guidebooks, Manuals, etc.
• Indexing and Abstracting Sources used to
reach SSI
• Textbooks
 Disciplines & Examples of
Their PSI, SSI and TSI
Discipline PSI SSI TSI

Enginee Patent Derwent Guide to using

-ring Patents patent literature
Index
Science Original Biological Catalogue of
Research Abstracts “Annual Reviews”
article Publisher
History Explorer’s Index of Bibliography of
diary History Bibliographies
Literature
Discipline PSI SSI TSI

Literature Poem, Fiction, Concordance, Directory of

Drama Encyclopaedia, biographical
sources of
Who’s Who
information
Theatre Recording of Review of the Chronology of
performance Performance the plays
Human Convention, Dictionaries, Guides,
Rights Covenants, Encyclopaedias Human Rights
Declarations, Annuals Source Books
Instruments.
Law Bills, Acts, Annuals, Digests /
Debates, Yearbooks, Manuals , etc.
Cases Encyclopaedias
 Primary Sources on Human
Rights
 Treaties
 Conventions
 Covenants
 Declarations
 Instruments
 Journals
 Reports
 Conference Proceedings
 Articles published in Newspapers
 SOME TREATIES AND THEIR URL
Treaty No Source
Convention on the Prevention 19 78 UNTS277
and Punishment of the Crime http://untreaty.un.
of Genocide.1948 org

Convention relating to the Status 20 189 UNTS137

of refugees, 1951 www.unhcr.ch

International Conventions on the 26 660 UNTS 195

Elimination of All Forms of http://untreaty.un.
Racial Discrimination, 1966 org

International Covenant on 27 993 UNTS 3

Economic, Social and Cultural http://untreaty.un.
Rights,1966 org
UN TREATY COLLECTION
Website:
http://untreaty.un.org
Council of Europe :Treaties
Website:
http://conventions.coe.int
 CHRDR

Official
Designated
Repository for
the archival
collections
and internal
records of
major Human
Rights
organizations
such as
Amnesty
International
USA,
Committee of
Concerned
Scientists and
Human Rights
Watch
Useful
collection on
sources on HR
12 Part on
different
aspects
Conventions by
UN, ILO,
UNESCO,
European
Institution
 Other Basic Documents on HR
Examples

 Database on Human Rights Instruments in Asia

and the Pacific, UNESCO
 Human Rights: a Compilation of International
Instruments. 2 vols. N Y : U N, 1993.
 Manual on Human Rights Reporting: Geneva:
UN, 1997
 Human Rights Sourcebook. N Y: Paragon House
 The Internet version, U N Documentation
A Select List of Journals on H R
1. Australian Journal of Human Rights..
2. Buffalo Human Rights Law Review. Buffalo,
3. Columbia Human Rights Law Review. [New York]
4. European Human Rights Law Review. London: Sweet &
Maxwell, c1995- .
5. Harvard Human Rights Journal. Cambridge,
6. Human Rights.
7. Human Rights Brief,.
8. Human Rights Dialogue.
9. Human Rights Internet Reporter. Washington, D.C.:
Human Rights Internet (HRI), c1980-1999.
10. Human Rights Monitor (quarterly)
 Indian
A Select List :
Journals on Human Rights
1 Journal of the Legal Studies. Diamond Jubilee Special Issue on
Human Rights, Duties and Value Education. Vol. 37; 2006-07
2 Citizen Action (India: Citizen Action).
3 Communalism Combat (Bombay, India; Sabrang
Communications) (two monthlies).
4 Dalit Voice: Voice of the Persecuted Minorities (Inda: Dalit
Sahitya Academy).
5 Human Rights Summary (New Delhi: South Asia Human
Rights Documentation Centre).
6 Indian Journal of International Law (India: Indian Society of
International Law) (quarterly).
7 Indian People's Human Rights Commission Newsletter
(Bombay)
8 Journal of National Human Rights Commission, India.
9 Manushi: A Journal About Women and Society (New Delhi:
On-Line Human Rights Journals
1 Human Rights Law Journal. Kehl (West Germany);
Arlington, Va.: N.P. Engel, [c1980- ].
http://www.law.uga.edu/library/research/guide
s/hrtsuga.htm
2. Human Rights Quarterly. Full Text Online 1995-

E-Magazine

Voices
Unbridged
 REPORTS OF INTERNATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS
o AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
o OHCHR
o UN H R INSTRUMENTS
o ICCPR
o ICESCR
o UNHCR
o ILO
o UNDP
o ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
o NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
(New Delhi)
o STATE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONS
 Project Diana
Project Diana has resulted in the creation of
online access to a large number of IGO
documents and bibliographies. University of
Minnesota Human Rights Library
[http://www.umn.edu/humanrts]
Project Diana at the Yale Law School
[http://diana.law.yale.edu]
Diana at the University of Cincinnati Law School
[http://www.law.uc.edu/Diana]
 Secondary Sources on
Human Rights
Annuals
Yearbooks
Indexes
Bibliographies
Encyclopaedias
Dictionaries
Research Guides etc.
 Human Rights
Annuals
 Amnesty International Report. Annual
 ECHO Annual Reviews (European
Commission on Humanitarian Aid)
 European Union Annual Report on Human
Rights: From 1999 2006
 The UN Human Rights System:
 Freedom in the World: Annual Survey of
Political Rights and Civil Liberties. Annual.
N Y: Freedom House, 1978-
 Human Rights
Year Books
 Yearbook on Human Rights. Biennial.
NY, UN, 1946-
 Israel Yearbook on Human Rights. [Tel Aviv]: Faculty
of Law, Tel Aviv University
 Human Rights; Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices - 2006. India. Released March 6, 2007. U.S.
Dept. of State
 India - Annual report 2004. Amnesty International
 Human Rights Watch: India. NHRC, N D
 Human Rights Year Book Ed by P H Pareek IIHRS
Human Rights
Encyclopedias

Encyclopaedia of
HUMAN
RIGHTS
2nd Edition

Edward Lawson
 Human Rights
Dictionaries
 Robertson, David.
A Dictionary of Human Rights. 2nd ed.
London ; New York : Europa, 2004.
 Gorman, Robert F.
Historical Dictionary of Human Rights and
Humanitarian Organizations.2nd ed.
Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2007.
 English-Hindi Glossary of Human Rights Terms
(Manav Adhikar Shabdavali) By NHRC, N D
Human Rights
Indexes

UN
Information
Quest:
UN-I-QUE
 Human Rights
Bibliographies
 Bibliography of International Humanitarian
Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts, 2nd ed.
Geneva
 Political Prisoners and Trials: a Worldwide
Annotated Bibliography
 Human Rights: A Bibliography. Huntington,
NY: Nova Science Pub., c2000
 International Human Rights Law: A Resource
Guide.
 Human Rights Bibliography: U N Documents
& Publications, 1980-90
 Tertiary Sources on
Human Rights
DIRECTORIES:
Guide to IGOs, NGOs, and the Military in Peace and Relief
Operations
Human Rights Organizations and Periodicals Directory
North American Human Rights Directory.
Dictionary of Human Rights Advocacy Organizations in
Africa
World Directory of Human Rights Research and Training
Institutions.
World Directory of Minorities. 2nd ed.
 Tertiary Sources on
Human Rights
GUIDES and HAND BOOKS
Concise Guide to Global Human Rights by Daniel
Fischline. OUP. 2007
Internet Displaced Peoples and Refugee Studies: A
Resource Guide.
Human Rights: a Directory of Resources.
International Handbook of Human Rights.
Human Rights : a Reference Handbook.
Guide to Human Rights Research.
Oxford Handbook 0f Human Rights and
Criminal Justice in India. 2nd Ed. SAHRDC 2007
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