Human Rights, Freedom, & Democracy
ACRL Internet Resources: Human Rights
From C&RL News, September 1999 Vol. 60, No. 8
Note: some web addresses have changed since it was published.
Amnesty International Reports
Library has print copies back to 1981
HV6254 .A45 (latest in REF, all others in stacks)
Also available from http://www.amnesty.org/.
Bertelsmann Transformation Index (BTI)
BTI publishes 2 rankings. "The Status Index ranks the countries according to their state of democracy and market economy; the Management Index ranks them according to their leadership's management performance..." Also see their detailed country reports.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Non-partisan think tank. Provides policy briefs and papers on a range of topics including democracy; rule of law; nonproliferation; trade & development; global policy; role of the U.S. and more.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
From the U.S. State Department.
CPJ (Committee to Protect Journalists) homepage
See their annual report: Attacks on the Press [year]: A Worldwide Survey" and their country summaries.
Encyclopedia of Human Rights
Ref JC571 .E67 1996
FIRST: Facts on Int'l Relations & Security Trends
A country profiles database from SIPRI and ISN that compiles international relations and security information from a variety of sources. Topics include armed conflicts, peacekeeping, weapons and other military data, human rights reports, etc.
Freedom in the World : The Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties
Ref JC571 .F66
Available online from Freedom House
Freedom of the Press: A Global Survey of Media Independence
Ref PN4736 .F74 2003
Available online from Freedom House
Human Rights Watch
Great for current awareness. Organized by countries and issues.
Human Security Report
From School for Int'l Studies, Simon Fraser University.
HuriSearch
Human Rights search engine that searches over 4,000 human rights websites.
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)
Also see the Voter Turnout Database
National Endowment for Democracy
See their publications and research sections.
Nations in Transit: Democratization in East Central Europe and Eurasia
Main Library JN96 .A58 N384 2004; 2002. Available online from Freedom House
Summary of UN Agreements on Human Rights
Includes Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Geneva Conventions; and many more.
Transition Report
European Bank for Reconstruction & Development's "in-depth analysis of economic progress in 29 countries from central Europe to Central Asia." (back cover). Print: Main Library Oversize HC244 .E26
UN Human Rights Webpage
Includes links to UN agencies and criminal tribunals.
