Human rights law

Good overview of the UN human rights system. A good place to start off. - [Read more]

Commented links to a number of resources on international human rights law, laid out in a one-page format which allows to easily follow its development. We found a lot of resources here actually! - [Read more]

Indispensable reference resource for the protection professional. Complete texts of all human rights instruments, in as many of the six UN languages as available. Includes human rights law, but also refugee law and international humanitarian law. Both hard law and soft law. Not only universal instruments, but also the regional instruments. - [Read more]

Organised by treaty. For each treaty: text of treaty, ratification and reservation tables, and all documents relating to the implementation mechanism: agenda of meetings, State reports, annual report of the committee, records of meetings, etc. - [Read more]

A number of training manuals available for download or order. - [Read more]

The International Council on Human Rights Policy offers a collection of papers on a variety of human rights issues, from migration to armed groups to NGO accountability. ICHRP is based in Versoix, Geneva. - [Read more]

A number of useful and concise booklets which explain specific mechanisms or issues, such as the Committee Against Torture, the Human Rights Commission, torture, the rights of the child. - [Read more]

The Universal Human Rights Index provides instant access for all countries to observations and recommendations made by the export bodies (committees, working groups, rapporteurs, etc.) of the seven Treaty Bodies, the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council (since 2006), and the Human Right Council. - [Read more]

Want to see immediately ALL the treaties a particular State is part to? And nicely organised by subject? Easy: just click here. - [Read more]