Aegis is an independent international organisation devoted to taking practical action to prevent genocide. The 'Reports & Films' section includes Aegis' own publications along with UN conventions and other bodies' documentation on genocide.

The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights was established by charter in 1986. This site contains details of the Commission's history, members, mandate and Rules of Procedure. Documents available include the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child; the Protocol for the establishment of an African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights; the Protocol on the Rights of Women; the Convention on the Rights of Refugees; and other resolutions, declarations, reports and ratifications.

Amnesty International is a campaigning body for human rights worldwide. Its site includes reports on individual countries, searchable via an A-Z country index; campaign reports and thematic publications 1996 onwards; and annual reports 1998 onwards (with summaries for 1993-1997).

Sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme on Governance in the Arab Region (UNDP-POGAR). The index is a repository for the entire set of United Nations documents pertaining to human rights and the responses, including reservations, by the Arab member states to the committees that monitor the core international human rights treaties. Other resources include: country profiles and links to news sources, key web sites and bibliographic resources.

London based civil liberties specialists Bhatt Murphy have created timelines on their site setting out major events in a number of areas, with links to relevant legislation and case law. Subjects covered include: police misconduct, tariff setting for life sentenced prisoners, deaths in custody, immigration detention, parole hearings and  the prison disciplinary system.

A collection of links managed by the Bora Laskin Law Library at the University of Toronto. There are annotated links to articles, conventions, UN reports, NGO reports, case law and legislation (some full text) on women's international human rights law arranged by subject. The site also includes research guides, bibliographies and the Women's Human Rights Resources Database, a database of hundreds of resources including articles, documents and links.

The CAJ is an organisation campaigning for human rights and civil liberties in Northern Ireland. Publications available online include various key documents, annual reports, press releases, and a monthly newsletter Just News.

The Documents section in this area of the Commonwealth Secretariat site includes a table showing the ratification status of human rights treaties in Commonwealth countries, a number of declarations of principle on human rights, and documents produced by meetings of Commonwealth Heads of Government. The Documents section includes Best Practice guides and a twice-yearly Human Rights Update, January 2003 onwards.

The Commissioner for Human Rights is an independent institution within the Council of Europe, responsible for promoting human rights within member states. The first Commissioner began work in 1999, and the site has all documentation to date (including opinions, recommendations, reports, seminar papers and speeches).

The DCA Human Rights Unit's main responsibility is to ensure the successful implementation of the Human Rights Act 1998, which incorporates into UK law rights and freedoms guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights. In May 2007 this responsibility was transferred to the newly created Ministry of Justice, but the Human Rights section of the archived DCA site continues to provide useful information and resources. The site includes the Guide to the Human Rights Act 1998 (3rd edition) which is available as a downloadable PDF and a link to the full text of the Human Rights Act.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission was established on 1 October 2007 under the Equality Act 2006. It replaced the Equal Opportunities Commission, Commission for Racial Equality and Disability Rights Commission, taking over their existing responsibilities for racial, disability and sex discrimination and also taking on new responsibilities for aspects of equality relating to sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, and human rights. Current legislation, codes of practice, guidance, and advice on case handling can be found in the "Advice and guidance" section, while the "Legislative framework" section includes forthcoming legislation, responses to consultations, and information about the Commission's enforcement work.

CPT is the abbreviated name of the committee established by Article 1 of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1987). The database includes all CPT reports and public statements, and the "standards" from the CPT's annual general reports.

The full text of the Convention as amended by the Protocols, in html format, on the Council of Europe Treaty Office site.

The ECRE is an umbrella organisation of 76 refugee-assisting agencies in 30 countries.  The resources section contains policy and research papers, speeches, and press releases 2003 onwards.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), based in Strasbourg, was set up in 1959 under the European Convention on Human Rights. Information and documents relating to the history, composition and working of the Court include the HUDOC database of the case law of the Convention, the Court Rules, the text of the Convention and protocols, and dates of ratification. The HUDOC case law database covers the European Court of Human Rights, the defunct European Commission on Human Rights (1954-1998), and the Committee of Ministers. RSS feeds are available for ECHR news, webcasts and Information Notes.

An online collection of resources on forced migration, including research guides arranged by country; a searchable digital library; an image database; and full text journal articles. The site is managed by the Refugee Studies Centre in Oxford.

Official information website for the Claims Resolution Tribunal of the Holocaust Victim Assets Litigation against Swiss banks and other Swiss entities. The site includes rules of the tribunal, court documents, details of awards made (arranged alphabetically by claimant's surname), and the latest list of Swiss accounts that the tribunal believe belonged to victims of Nazi persecution

The 'Honour Crimes' Project is jointly co-ordinated by CIMEL (Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) and INTERIGHTS (International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights). It aims to co-ordinate an international approach to fighting 'honour crimes'. The site includes extensive links arranged either alphabetically for international organisations or by country for national organisations. Documentation in the Materials and Resources section also includes materials relating to 'crimes of honour' that were not produced by the CIMEL/INTERIGHTS Project. Case summaries are available in the Bibliography section arranged by country.

HUDOC is the official database of the case law of the European Convention on Human Rights. Content includes judgments, screening panel decisions and admissibility decisions of the European Court of Human Rights 1959 to date; public reports and admissibility decisions of the defunct European Commission on Human Rights complete from 1986 to 1999, with some earlier decisions; and resolutions of the Committee of Ministers 1959 to 2004. For more detailed information on the contents of the database and guidance on searching there is a downloadable HUDOC Internet Manual (pdf).

This site by Columbia University Law School, although no longer updated, contains a comprehensive set of links to human rights and constitutional rights resources, grouped together under a number of headings. These include country reports; international, regional and national links; web resources; and documents. Also available, by clicking on "Bills of Rights", is a database "Bills of Rights Comparative Law Materials", providing access to constitutional law cases from jurisdictions around the world.

The original full text of the Act on OPSI's United Kingdom Legislation site.

Human Rights Education Associates is an international non-governmental organisation which supports human rights learning and training. In the “Resource Centre” there is a library of documents, databases including a directory of organisations involved in human rights education, and an extensive links section. The "Learning Centre" contains a collection of subject-based study guides.

Human Rights First (formerly the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights) is an American advocacy organisation based in New York and Washington DC. The site includes details of their current work on asylum, refugees, and security detainees. Relevant US legislation is included along with press releases and details of current publications.

Created by the Centre for the Study of Human Rights (CSHR) at Columbia University, this annotated bibliography aims to map the study of human rights impact. The bibliography is divided into two sections. The first, 'Methods and Tools Relating to Human Rights Impact', is subdivided into subject areas including: Civil and Political, Economics, Social and Cultural, Health, Business, Children's Rights, and Sex and Gender. The second section, 'Reports and Papers Relating to Human Rights Impact', subdivides resources into the topics: Development, Humanitarian, and Peace and Conflict.

Human Rights Watch is an independent non-governmental organisation based in New York and concerned with defending human rights worldwide. The site contains news, commentaries and reports on human rights issues, arranged by topic and region. Also includes annual reports 1996 onwards, a news archive 1997 onwards and publications back to 1989 (arranged by relevant country or by date).

The Court was formed in 1969 and comprises of 25 American nations (excluding the USA). The site includes the Court's rules of procedure, decisions and judgments back to 1987, advisory opinions back to 1982, press releases back to 1998 (some available only in Spanish), the text of the Statute of the Court, and many international conventions on the subject of human rights.

The International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights (INTERIGHTS) is a UK registered charity, established in 1982. The site includes summaries (many unpublished) of Commonwealth and international human rights law reports, searchable by subject, country, treaty, tribunal and date of decision. Bulletins, "legal briefs" and a news sections are also available.

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) is a non-governmental organisation which promotes human rights and the rule of law both internationally and at a national level. Founded in 1952, it comprises a standing group of 60 eminent jurists from many jurisdictions worldwide, supported by an International Secretariat based in Geneva. Its web site includes a monthly E-Bulletin on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights and full text of ICJ publications from their Practitioners' Guide series, Human Rights and Rule of Law series, and Panel series. The ICJ Document Search is currently under construction.

This section of the ICRC site explains international humanitarian law (including its relationship to international human rights law), its role in the protection of victims of war, and its relationship with the work of the ICRC. Select "Info resources" and then "IHL databases" to access databases of treaties and of national implementation. The Treaty Database includes about 100 treaties and texts, commentaries on the four Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, an up-to-date list of signatures and ratifications, and full text of reservations. The National Implementation database provides documentation and commentaries concerning the implementation of international humanitarian law at national level. Throughout the site links are provided to key documents and other publications. ICRC annual reports are included from 1994 onwards, and press releases 2002 onwards.

A research guide prepared by Grace M. Mills, Director of the Law Library at Florida A&M University. The guide, first published on GlobaLex in March 2007 and now updated to March 2008, gives a brief introduction to the main human rights bodies and provides an extensive list of human rights documents organised by subject matter.

This Project works towards the development, coordination and increased employment of international law and humans rights standards as they pertain to capital punishment, primarily in the United States. The site is divided into sections on juveniles, foreign nationals, mental retardation, and mental illness, each including links to relevant case law. The "Brief Bank, General Resources and Statistics" section includes links under the following headings: briefs, international entities, guides, general resources, and general statistics.

Justice is an all-party law reform and human rights organisation. It is the British section of the International Commission of Jurists. The site includes press briefings on various subjects (asylum, criminal justice, human rights, privacy); a list of its publications, many of which may be downloaded; and regular downloadable bulletins.

Subscription site, providing full text of reported and unreported human rights cases from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and domestic courts. (Some transcripts are only available through the Transcripts Express service at an additional cost.) Other content includes full text of selected treaties, including an analysis of the European Convention on Human Rights; the Human Rights Act 1998, both consolidated and original versions; key legislation and proposed legislation; comments on domestic and ECHR cases; and summaries of relevant articles. The site is updated daily.

Liberty, also known as the National Council for Civil Liberties, is an independent organisation seeking to protect civil liberties and promote human rights in England and Wales. Includes press releases, submissions, articles on different aspects of the Human Rights Act 1998, plus details of current and completed test cases, which Liberty has taken to higher English Courts and the European Court of Human Rights.

The Commission was set up in March 1999 under section 68 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 in compliance with the commitment made by the British Government in the Good Friday Agreement. The site includes human rights related legislation and policy documents, press releases, speeches and articles, from 1999 onwards.

OHCHR is the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, who is the United Nations official with principal responsibility for UN human rights activities. The "International Law" section of the site has the texts of the many treaties for which the Office is responsible, including the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. Information on ratifications and reservations is also available on this page.

One Crown Office Row chambers in the Temple, London, provides this service, updated fortnightly and containing over 1,000 reports and commentaries on human rights cases from 1998 onwards, arranged by subject. There is a selection of full text articles on human rights issues, and practical guidance on the Human Rights Act 1998 and the European Convention.

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is an ad hoc international organisation under the United Nations, with 56 participating states, concerned with conflict prevention and crisis management. Its Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is active in areas which include election observation, democratic development, human rights and the rule of law. ODIHR publishes and maintains the Legislationline database: a link to that and other specialised OSCE databases is provided in the Resources pages. Also in Resources there is a Documents Library containing decisions, recommendations, treaties, fact sheets, and other publications.

Privacy International is an independent non-governmental organisation founded in 1990 to protect personal privacy. Resources on its web site have an emphasis on surveillance matters and include: recent news articles from around the world on privacy (including an archive 1996 onwards); Privacy International reports 1995 onwards; an archive of country reports; European agreements on privacy; international human rights agreements and selected UN conventions.

Project Diana is an online human rights archive at Yale Law School. Selected cases and documents are available on the web site.

Public Interest Lawyers is a Birmingham law firm specialising in international human rights law, international criminal law and public international law. This site has details of cases, opinions (such as on the legality of the Iraq war), and links to treaties.

This database, developed by the Human Rights Centre at Queen's University, Belfast, contains legislative texts and other relevant information on the states of emergency in Northern Ireland, China, El Salvador, India, Malaysia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Turkey and East Timor. The information is no longer being updated and is for historical reference purposes only.

Site produced by the University of Michigan Law School, containing selected court decisions (full text pdf) relating to the international status and treatment of refugees from a number of jurisdictions around the world.  There is also a useful set of links to related refugee law sites.

Online resource on capital punishment maintained by Reprieve, the London based organisation founded by anti-capital punishment lawyer Clive Stafford Smith. The site includes extensive links, case histories, reports, articles, press releases and the organisation's online journal, "Reprieve Update".

Established in 1994 to promote human rights and international justice, this independent research and training centre is now part of the U.C. Berkeley School of Law. The Human Rights Center (HRC) has conducted human rights investigations in more than a dozen countries, including the United States, Iraq, Rwanda, Uganda, Burma and the former Yugoslavia. The site includes information on both current and completed projects. Also available are a range of publications, including HRC reports, articles and bibliographies.

Launched by barristers' chambers One Crown Office Row on 31 March 2010, the UK Human Rights Blog aims to provide "a free, comprehensive and balanced legal update service". Content includes case summaries, commentary, news and features, authored by human rights and public law specialists. There is also an archive of case summaries dating back to the year 2000.

UNHCR is the UN agency responsible for safeguarding the rights and well-being of refugees. Its website provides detailed information, news, online documents and statistics. Select Resources to access the searchable "Refworld" database of online country information, legal information, policy documents and reference documents.

The full text English language version of the Declaration on the site of the UN's Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Click on Search by Translations or Regions near the top left of the page for access to all translations (over 300), arranged either alphabetically or by region.

The Universal Human Rights Index is a project developed by the Institute of Public Law of the University of Bern, Switzerland. The index provides access to documents of the United Nations human rights treaty bodies and the Special Procedures of Humans Rights Council. It contains all concluding observations issued by the treaty bodies from the year 2000 onwards, as well as reports published by the Special Procedures since 2006. Documents can be accessed by country, rights or body.

Contains over 60,000 documents on human rights and related material, and a comprehensive set of links to over 4,000 other sites, arranged by topic, region and organisation.

The US Department of State's web pages dedicated to human rights issues. The site includes country reports from around the world arranged by year, region and country. The archive goes back to 1993. Also included are reports prepared by the State Department on issues such as torture and racial discrimination.

This site, produced by Dr Stuart D. Stein of the University of the West of England, brings together resources, either on-site or via links, which are concerned with genocide, war crimes and mass killing. It includes details of trials of war criminals, international treaties, and laws implementing genocidal policies (for example pre-second world war German legislation).