Bibliography on International Human Rights

Find hereunder what I consider to be the most basic texts and resources concerning human rights-the international human rights covenants and conventions. This is by no means a definitive list and is only meant to be a starting point. Bibliography on International Human Rights Charter of the United Nations http://193.194.138.190/html/menu3/b/ch-cont.htm

Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Punishment (CAT)
http://193.194.138.190/html/menu3/b/h_cat39.htm

Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
http://193.194.138.190/html/menu3/b/e1cedaw.htm

Convention of the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
http://193.194.138.190/html/menu3/b/p_genoci.htm

Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
http://193.194.138.190/html/menu2/6/crc/treaties/crc.htm

The Geneva Conventions
http://www.asociety.com/geneva1.html

International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
http://193.194.138.190/html/menu3/b/d_icerd.htm

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
http://193.194.138.190/html/menu3/b/a_ccpr.htm
Optional Protocol of ICCPR
http://193.194.138.190/html/menu3/b/a_opt.htm
2nd Optional Protocol to ICCPR
http://193.194.138.190/html/menu3/b/a_opt2.htm

International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
http://193.194.138.190/html/menu3/b/a_cescr.htm

International Criminal Court (ICC) http://www.icc-cpi.int/

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) http://www.un.org/icty/

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) http://65.18.216.88/

Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) Documentation Centre http://sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/Dochome.nsf?Open
Another great resource for treaties, reservations and case law.

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OCHCHR) http://www.ohchr.org/english/

Ratification Status Document www.unhchr.ch/pdf.report.pdf
Periodic report issued by the UH High Commissioner for Human Rights which indicates the ratification status of the major treaties by country. Includes the date of signature or ratification.

Treaty Body Database http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf
All the major international treaties by country, treaty and type. Ratification status, reservations and reporting status is also available here.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/eng.htm or http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/

United Nations Human Rights Bodies http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/
Includes links to the Human Rights Commission (soon to be the new Human Rights Council), the treaty monitoring bodies and other rights related bodies.

University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/
A helpful online resource for international and regional treaties, research guides, refugees and asylum resources, tools for human rights education and many additional bibliographies.