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- Ratification of Human Rights concerns by countries can be found at Human Rights in the World.
- The Country Reports on Human Rights Practices submitted annually by the U.S. Department of State to the U.S. Congress are available online from 1999 to the most current report. Print copies are available at the Drew library: 1986 through 1993 on A-level: Y 4.F 76/1-15: (YR) and 1994 onward: Y 4.IN 8/16-15: (YR).
- University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
- European Court of Human Rights HUDOC - free online access to the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, the European
- Human Rights Index of United Nations Documents - provides access to human rights information found in United Nations documents, related to countries and/or specific rights.
- Ref JC571 .A44- Amnesty International Report. See alsoalso Amnesty International. Ref JC571 .F66 - Freedom in the World and online at freedomhouse.org.
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- WHO (World Health Organization).
- International Digest of Health Legislation: WHO
- Also browse Index to UN Systems Programs for health or humanitarian assistance. try Global Issues on the UN Agenda.
Information about countries
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- TheNGO Database "contains information about the organizations that have Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations ECOSOC."
- Search this database by Field of Activity (general topic) or by a specific NGO name.
- Try the DPI/NGO (UN Department of Public Information, Non Governmental Organization) website.
- The Non-Governmental Organization Research Guide from Duke University helps you find NGO's by issues.
- Learn more about the relationship between NGOs and the NGLS, the United Nations at the UN-Non Governmental Liaison Service.
- The NGOs links page lists NGOs alpabetically and by topic.
- Once you have identified specific NGOs, search Academic Search Premier, ProQuest and LexisNexis Academic for scholarly articles and news stories on these organizations (databases available to Drew community from the Electronic Resources A-Z Databases by Title).
Researching UN issues
The best places to begin:
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- Since specific UN bodies/committees/conferences focus on particular topics, it is important to identify those entities which are most relevant to you topic. The Organization of the UN gives an overview of the organization of the United Nations and provides access to numerous bodies and organizations.
- The following subscription databases are relevant for United Nations research: Columbia International Affairs Online (CAIO); LexisNexis;World News; Worldwide Political Science, ScienceDirect, Academic Search Premier, Sociological Abstracts, EconLit, EconLit Proquest Political Science (databases available to Drew community from the Electronic Resources A-Z Databases by Titlepage page).
- See also International Law.
Understanding UN Document Symbols
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FOR MORE EXAMPLES AND MORE EXTENSIVE EXPLANATIONS SEE: Document Symbols : United Nations Documentation
Useful United Nations research guides from University libraries and other sources
- The United Nations Scholars's Workstation, a research guide developed by the Yale University Library.
- The United Nations offers its own Research Guide.
- International Agencies and Information, from The University of Michigan Library.
- Researching the United Nations, from Globalex is very comprehensive.
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