Guides and databases: Human Rights: Welcome

Welcome to the Human Rights subject guide

This guide has been compiled by your specialist Subject Liaison Librarian and provides guidance relating to resources in the subject areas of Human Rights, International Human Rights Law, and International Humanitarian Law.

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Subject Collections

The Arthur C. Spenser Human Rights Collection is located on the 1st floor of the UCL Main Library and collection contains books on international, regional and national human rights. Topics covered include the history, theory and philosophy of human rights, mechanisms for the protection of human rights, and human rights violations.

Primary legal materials including reports of cases heard in the European Court of Human Rights and the International Court of Justice are located in the Law collection.

Our print collections are complemented by an extensive range of online resources. The key resources in this subject area are:

Oxford Reports on International Law (ORIL)
The International Human Rights Law module covers decisions on human rights from a variety of global and regional courts, including cases on the European Convention on Human Rights, decisions of the UN human rights treaty bodies, decisions from the Inter-American system and decisions under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
Recueil des cours de l'Acadmie de Droit International de la Haye
Also known as Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law. Full text access to this important series of courses on public and private international law held annually at the Hague Academy of International Law
United Nations Law Collection
A collection of United Nations legal publications, including the United Nations Treaty Series, the League of Nations Treaty Series and publications of the International Court of Justice. Finding Aids and additional features make it easy to find a UN Treaty by entering a UNTS citation, search for a UN Treaty, and link to legal journal articles that cite a UN Treaty.

There are also some extremely useful resources freely available on the web, including:

ASIL Electronic Resource Guide: International Human Rights Law
A guide to online sources of international human rights law, compiled by the American Society of International Law (ASIL).
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
The ICRC is an independent, neutral organization ensuring humanitarian protection and assistance for victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence. It takes action in response to emergencies and at the same time promotes respect for international humanitarian law and its implementation in national law.
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
OHCHR is the leading UN entity on human rights. It serves as the secretariat for the Human Rights Council, the treaty bodies (expert committees that monitor treaty compliance) and other UN human rights organs. It also undertakes human rights field activities.

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