Bayefsky.com Database on the United Nations Human Rights Treaty System from York University. All material is organized by state and by subject matter. Includes detailed guidance on using the complaint option of the treaty system

Council of Europe – Treaties This treaty database includes many human rights treaties.

European Court of Human Rights  This comprehensive site includes a sophisticated, searchable case-law database (in both English and French), downloadable judgments and decisions, information on pending cases, basic texts and press releases. Part of the Council of Europe

Fletcher Multilaterals Project  Texts of international multilateral conventions and other instruments. Categorized by subject and arranged chronologically. Searchable.

For the Record  Produced in partnership with the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), this report summarizes the work of the United Nations on human rights issues and developments for the last year

Human Rights Library at the University of Minnesota  This comprehensive site includes many of the international human rights treaties and related documents, as well as material from the UN Human Rights groups. It also contains a comprehensive list of links to related sites including organizations throughout the world. In Arabic, English, French, Japanese, Russian and Spanish

Human Rights Network International A comprehensive site with instruments, cases, articles and website links

Inter-American Human Rights Database  From American University's Washington College of Law, this database contains full-text documents in English and Spanish adopted by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights from 1960 to the present

International Court of Justice  Pending cases and those under deliberation, press releases, documents.  Includes a listing of basic documents and decisions. Proceedings and transcripts are available for some cases

International Criminal Court The Court is now a functioning institution, with all senior officials (Judges, Prosecutor and Registrar) now in place. Maintained by the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (NGO Network), this site is divided into different parts, including Documents, where you can access UN, government, and NGO documents related to the ICC and links; and Rome, a section dedicated to the July 1998 conference where the ICC Treaty was created

International Human Rights Instruments from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

• Treaty Bodies Database Also from OHCHR, provides access to the jurisprudence, decisions, and comments of the United Nations human rights treaty bodies

International Humanitarian Law Database  Maintained by the Red Cross, this site contains the full-text of 89 treaties from 1865 to date, the Geneva Conventions and their additional Protocols, an actualized listing of signatures, ratifications and full text reservations of International Humanitarian Law treaties

International Humanitarian Law Research Initiative  This portal, developed by the Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research, provides free access to a searchable database of links to current research, reference materials, and regional and international news on International Humanitarian Law

INTERIGHTS The International Human Rights Law Database of recent IHRL tribunal decisions, treaties, organs and reports

Islam and Human Rights from Emory University School of Law

Legislationline is a "library without walls," provided by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). It compiles international texts and domestic legislation in the OSCE region, organized by topic, country and international standards

Project DIANA  Housed at the Yale University library, this massive compilation of information on Human Rights issues around the globe is an excellent research resource for those in the field.  It contains a  searchable list of documents organized by topic, a Hot Topics section, and a comprehensive list of links to other DIANA sites as well as to other Human Rights sites.  Highly recommended

Universal Declaration of Human Rights 

US Department of State

• Private International Law Database (PILDB)  Contains an extensive listing of documents, treaties, international projects in progress, trade/business transaction law, family law, rules, model laws and legal guides. Documents may be viewed online or downloaded at no cost

Women's Human Rights Resources at the Bora Laskin Law Library, University of Toronto

For a more detailed list of resources see Update to Annex: Human Rights, Country and Legal Information Resources on the Internet, By Elisa Mason.