Derechos: Human Rights Listings

Late April 2009, the International Criminal Court (ICC) launched the new
version of the Legal Tools, an online library on international criminal
law and justice which will empower victims and others who seek a judicial
response to atrocities by providing a central vehicle to obtain
information on international criminal law.

The Legal Tools amount to a knowledge-transfer platform for international
criminal and human rights law made freely available to the general public
through the website of the ICC. The Legal Tools Database is the most
comprehensive on international criminal law. It contains more than 40,000
documents, including decisions and indictments from all international or
internationalised criminal tribunals, preparatory works of the ICC, case
documents from the ICC, treaties, information about national legal
systems, and relevant decisions from national courts. The service also
contains a new knowledge-base on national legislation implementing the ICC
Statute.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has a new search engine available at
http://www.cidh.oas.org/prensa/publichearings/advanced.aspx?Lang=EN

* It allows to search by theme, participants, dates, country, session number or title of the hearing, as well as combinations

* It includes links to audio recordings, videos and pictures available

* Search also for the sessions' inaugural ceremonies and press conferences

http://www.asil.org/humrts1.cfm

This guide provides a useful overview of electronic sources available for international human rights, regardless of the format. It includes general tips for doing research as well as for locating necessary documents and materials. It provides pointers on where to start: Bibliographic Databases and Online Catalogs, Research Guides and Bibliographies and Periodical Indexes.

The scope encompasses both primary sources on human rights instruments and jurisprudence, and secondary sources (including documents from non-governmental organizations and country reports) and concludes with links to other relevant websites.

The emphasis is on English-language materials, but the availability of resources in other languages is noted.

The Center for Social Innovation of Standford University has a website that includes podcasts of interviews with human rights campaigners, among others. They also offer a widget that allows you to publish their podcasts to your website.

You can find their site at http://sic.conversationsnetwork.org/series/humanRights.html