Website of a key component of the United Nations approach to understanding, development and enforcement of human rights law. Contains links to issues by country, key instruments and regulatory bodies, and other useful information.
An inter-governmental body within the UN system made up of 47 States responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe.
From the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights. Contains information regarding treaty monitoring bodies established by the Human Rights Committee and other similar UN committees.
A database from Brill publishers containing over 400,000 documents going back to 1980 from 483 non-government human rights organisations from around the world. NOTE - These documents relate to many aspects of human rights - the collection is not law specific.
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights complements the protective mandate of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. The Court has the competence to take final and binding decisions on human rights violations. Currently 25 African States have acknowledged the Court's jurisdiction.
An international court set up in 1959 which rules on individual or State applications alleging violations of the civil and political rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights.