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Human Rights Legal Research Guide: Case Law

Jurisprudence

Many international criminal courts and tribunals post their decisions in some form online. For an excellent guide on international criminal law, consult ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources.

Annual Reports of Treaty Bodies include the case law for a given year: CAT, CEDAW, CERD, CRPD, HRC

Other finding tools for jurisprudence include the following databases:

AFRICA

AMERICAS

EUROPE

Secondary Sources

These are important sources that print either full-text or summaries of human rights decisions. Check the library stacks for these titles.

Defining Civil and Political Rights by Alex Conte; Richard Burchill
ISBN: 0754676560
Publication Date: 2009
Judicial process and human rights : United Nations, European, American and African systems : texts and summaries of international case-law by Louise Doswald-Beck and Robert Kolb.
ISBN: 3883571318
Publication Date: 2004
Selected Decisions of the Human Rights Committee under the Optional Protocol by United Nations
ISBN: 9789211541809
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 3rd ed. by Sarah Joseph; Melissa Castan
ISBN: 9780199641949
Publication Date: 2013

Human Rights Case Law Databases

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Human Rights Case Digest
Oxford Reports in International Law
International Human Rights Cases, Combined
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Human Rights Research in U.S. Courts

Challenging human rights violations : using international law in U.S. Courts
By Francisco Forrest Martin., 2001.
KF4749.M38 2001
The grounds of refugee protection in the context of international human rights and humanitarian law : Canadian and United States case law compared
by Mark R. von Sternberg, 2002.
KZ6530.V36 2002
Human Rights, 2nd ed.
Case book by Louis Henkin, 2009
K3240.H846 2009
Human rights litigation promoting international law in U.S. courts
By Ying-Jen Lo
KF4750.L693 2005
International human rights litigation in U.S. courts, 2nd ed.
By Beth Stephens, et al.
KF1309.5.S74 2008

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