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International Law: Sources of Law
Create from Seton Hall Law Guide located at: https://shlawlibrary.libguides.com/IntLaw
Select IHR Institutions
- European Court of Human RightsThe European Court of Human Rights is a supranational or international court established by the European Convention on Human Rights which rules on applications alleging violations of civil and political rights set out by the European Convention on Human Rights.
- United Nations Committee Against TortureThe Committee Against Torture (CAT) is the body of 10 independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by its State parties.
- International Covenant on Civil and Political RightsThe International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) is an international human rights treaty adopted by the United Nations (UN) in 1966. It is one of the two treaties that give legal force to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (the other being the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, ICESCR).
Human Rights Organizations
- Amnesty International News & UpdatesInternational human rights developments are tracked by this international human rights non-governmental organization.
- ASILASIL Insights, according to the American Society of International Law's website, "provide brief, balanced accounts of the international law issues raised by newsworthy late-breaking events."
- Council of Europe, Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law - NewsThis website tracks human rights developments in the Council of Europe.
- Human Rights Watch - NewsHuman rights news as monitored by this human rights non-governmental organization.
- U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - Press ReleasesProvides access to the press releases of the High Commissioner dealing with current issues of concern in the U.N. human rights system.
Country Reports
Country reports document human rights violations and conditions in a particular country. Some major sources for country reports are:
- U.S. State Department's Human Rights Reports: this is the starting point for most immigration judges and USCIS asylum officers.
- DOJ/EOIR's Country Conditions Research: another U.S. starting point for immigration judges.
- Amnesty International's Annual Report: the link here is for the 2015/2016 report. For prior years, just Google "Amnesty International human rights report [year]".
- Human Rights Watch World Report: Human Rights Watch is an NGO that prides itself on accurate fact-finding investigations and impartial reporting.
- OHCHR: Office of High Commissioner of Refugee's universal human rights index, organized by country.
- UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees provides country information by country or topic.