Basic course on international human rights protection Introduction to Human Rights Resources Online (Part I-IV) Part I – Monday Nov 19, 9-10:20 am (lecture)

“Finding the best HR-sources on the web”

Part II - Monday Nov. 19, 14-14:15 ” Non-Discrimination and the Protection of Vulnerable Groups ” Part III - Tuesday Nov. 20, 14-14:15 ” The Rule of Law” Part IV - Friday Nov. 23, 9-9:15 ” Human Rights Country Information Online” By NCHR-librarians Betty Haugen and Kristine Mesgrahl

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Goals for the course

• Become familiar with sites for documents from –United Nations human rights system –Regional systems –NGOs –Official sites and reliable alternatives –Full-text databases and link collections • Learn some basic search techniques – Search language, syntax Overall goal: Find the best human rights sources on the web

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Agenda

1. UN system 2. Regional systems 3. Other international Courts and Tribunals 4. NGOs 5. Link collections 6. Search engines 7. Basic search techniques

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UN system UN - United Nations UN and Human Rights High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) UN human rights instruments and monitoring bodies

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1.1 United Nations

a. United Nations home page http://www.un.org/ b. Guide to UN documentation http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/ c. Official Document system http://documents.un.org/ d. UN treaties : general – International law http://www.un.org/law/ – Treaties http://untreaty.un.org/ • • Status of multilateral treaties United Nations treaty series (subscription-fee)

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1.1.a United Nations home page

http://www.un.org/

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1.1.b Guide to UN documentation

http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/

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1.1.c Official Document system

http://documents.un.org/

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1.1.d UN treaties : International law

http://www.un.org/law/

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1.1.d UN treaties : Treaty collection (subscription-fee) • Status of multilateral treaties • United Nations treaty series http://untreaty.un.org/

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1.2 UN and human rights : OHCHR

http://www.ohchr.org/english/

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1.3 UN human rights instruments

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International human rights instruments and their monitoring bodies http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/index.htm

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United Nations Treaty bodies database http://tb.ohchr.org/default.aspx

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The United Nations Human Rights Treaties (Bayevsky.com) http://www.bayefsky.com/

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1.3.a. International human rights instruments and their monitoring bodies http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/index.htm

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1.3.b United Nations Treaty bodies database

http://tb.ohchr.org/default.aspx

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1.3.c The United Nations Human Rights Treaties (Bayevsky.com) http://www.bayefsky.com/

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2. Regional systems

1. Europe a. Instruments b. Case law : European Court of Human Rrights (ECHR) ”HUDOC” c. OCSE ODIHR 2. Other regions

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2.1.a Regional instruments: Europe

• EU Charter of Fundamental Rights http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/unit/charte/index_en.html

• Council of Europe treaty collection http://conventions.coe.int/ – Choose list by subject – human rights conventions and protocols - submit – European Convention on Human Rights – Convention and protocols: text, ratification status, explanatory reports (from P3)

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2.1.a

EU Charter of Fundamental Rights http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/unit/charte/index_en.html

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2.1.a

Council of Europe Treaty Collection http://conventions.coe.int/ • Choose list by subject – human rights conventions and protocols – submit • European Convention on Human Rights • Convention and protocols: text, ratification status, explanatory reports (from P3)

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2.1.b Europe - Case law : ECHR - ”HUDOC” ECHR Portal Search http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/search.asp?skin=hudoc-en

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2.1.c The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) http://www.osce.org/

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2.1.c Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) http://www.osce.org/odihr/

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2.2 Other regional systems

• Inter-American Court of Human Rights http://www.corteidh.or.cr

• The African Union

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s Commission on Human and Peoples

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Rights http://www.achpr.org/english/ • Currently under construction, for full-text decisions see also U of M HR library: http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/africa/comcas es/comcases.html

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3. Other international Courts and Tribunals

• International Criminal Court

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http://www.icc-cpi.int

• Ad hoc International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia http://www.un.org/icty/index.html

• Ad hoc International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda http://www.ictr.org

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4. Documents from human rights NGOs

• Amnesty International – http://www.amnesty.org/ • Human Rights Watch – http://www.hrw.org/ • Human Rights First – http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/ • Interights – http://www.interights.org/ • For more, see i.a. : U of M NGO links – http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/links/ngolinks.html

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5. Starting points : research guides & link collections

• Guide to UN human rights documentation http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/spechr.htm

• ASIL guide to HR resources http://www.asil.org/resource/humrts1.htm

• EISIL research guide : human rights http://www.eisil.org/index.php?sid=656810392&t=sub_pages&cat=185 • U of M Human rights library http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/

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6. Search engines

• Google – search advanced – note search tips! – ”Exact phrase” – ~Synonyms • Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com/ – Author: ” rkm smith ” • HURISEARCH – ”Google for human rights” http://www.hurisearch.org/

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6. HuriSearch

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7. Search language and techniques

• Subject terms • Classifications • Phrase or word search • Boolean operators • Truncation, wild card Ref. article in Course Compendium: “Tools Every Searcher Should Know and Use” Suzanne Bell Online; Sep/Oct 2007; 31, 5; pg. 22-27 One of many tutorials on the web: Quick tips (BARE BONES 101 ) http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/lesson7.shtml

From: University of South Carolina – Beaufort Library

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7.1 General search principles

Truncation/wildcard:

Replaces zero, one or several characters. Often * or ? (check search help for each database) Example 1: hous* finds house, houses, housing etc.

Example 2: wom?n finds woman and women

Phrase:

Search for words in a given order. ”Human rights”, not rights and human

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Where to get help:

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