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Researching International Human Rights Law & PolicyEffective Tools & Techniques
Lyonette Louis-JacquesForeign and International Law Librarian & Lecturer in Law, D’Angelo Law Library, The University of Chicago Law School, Keystone, November 5, 2014
Welcome!
Lyonette “Lyo” Louis-Jacques
Plan your research strategy – what is the deliverable, desired outcome? Time, Cost, and Access Get background on human rights (including asking people)
Research challenges – locating foreign case-law, translation issues, myriad UN documents and determining level of authority, etc.
Consider search terms (synonyms, languages, connectors) The language/vocabulary of human rights Think in different dimensions (3D)
U.S. (“Bringing Human Rights Home”) Country, region Race, ethnicity, gender identity, class/status Data visualization Numbers Stories
Google? Google!
Research Techniques
Domestic Violence
Jessica Lenahan (Gonzales) at the IACHR
“[W]hat can we do about the injustice of intimate partner abuse? More than 10 years ago [in 1999], Jessica Lenahan faced just that question when the police failed to respond to her pleas for help, resulting in the deaths of her three children. Following that tragedy, she took the issue of police response to domestic violence to the United States Supreme Court, which ruled that she had no constitutional right to enforcement of her restraining order, and then to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).” – ACLU, Oct. 24, 2011
Seeking Justice for Jessica
Right to Education
Child Migrants
http://theyoungcenter.org/
Maria Woltjen
Omar Khadr
“Child in Armed Conflict”
Witches & Sorcerers
Background Sources Research guides Treaties & other
international instruments
Case-law (international and national)
Other documents Books Journal articles News & current
awareness Data, images, stories “People” resources
Key Tools
Guide to International Human Rights Practice
International Human Rights in a Nutshell
Encyclopedias (Max Planck PIL, Human Rights)
Quick Background on Human Rights
Wikipedia***
Study Supps.
Oxford Bibliographies
General Topical UN Office of the High Co
mmissioner for Human RightsHuman Rights IssuesHealth, Women, Violence, Police…
EISIL (American Society of International Law, Electronic Information System for International Law)
Research Guides
Inter-American System of Human Rights (Ellen Schaffer, American University, LibGuide, 2014)
The Inter-American System of Human Rights: A Research Guide (Cecilia Cristina Naddeo, GlobaLex, 2010)
The European Human Rights System (James W. Hart, GlobaLex, 2011)
Guides to Regional Systems
UN
Europe/Council of Europe
Americas Africa
EU*
Asia/Pacific
Human Rights System/Regimes
General IGO’s website
ECHR HUDOC Database IACtHR / IACHR UN OHCHR
ORIL: Oxford Reports on International Human Rights Law Module
ORIL: Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts (ILDC)
Justis’ International Law Reports (ILR)
UMN Human Rights Library
Topical/Keyword Global Health & Human Rig
hts Database Inter-American Court of Hu
man Rights (IACHR Project)
Database on HRC Decisions (Centre for Civil and Political Rights)
Case-Law Database (ESCR-Net)
WorldLII (International Decisions – e.g. IACtHR)
Cases
SIM Case-Law Research System****
Bayefsky.com OHCHRUniversity of
Minnesota Human Rights Library
EISILWomen’s Human Rights Resources Database (2011)
Treaties & Other HR Instruments
http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/diana/
ODSRefWorld
HeinOnline
Other Documents
Google***
Library Catalog
Google Books
WorldCat Peace Palace Library
Books
Human Rights Advocacy Stories (2009)
International Human Rights Litigation in U.S. Courts (Beth Stephens, 2008)
Court manuals, rules, guides, statistics, factsheets..
Lawyering & Advocacy
Books and other IHR lawyering resources
WestlawNextLexisAdvance/
LexisNexisAcademicHeinOnline
Google ScholarArticles Plus
(one-stop shop)
Journal Articles
http://scholar.google.com/
Factiva Google News
New York Times
Blogs, Listservs,
Social Media
News & Current Awareness
Data, Images, Stories
From ericposner.com
Who You Know
Local
InternationalNational
HuriSearch
“People” Resources
Law Reference Librarians
Area Studies
Subject Bibliographer
Ask A Librarian!
http://guides.lib.uchicago.edu/subjectguides
Research Courses• Law School classes• Cross-Listed Human Rights Courses• Advanced Legal Research: Foreign & International Law• Public International Law Research Lab
Clinics & Centers• International Human Rights Clinic• The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights• Housing, Mass Incarceration, Domestic Violence (projects, policy initiatives)
University, Chicago, and Beyond• Conferences, symposia, workshops, lunch talks!• Law School International Immersion Program (IIP), Summer J.D. Fellowships• Pozen Family Center for Human Rights Essay Prize, Internships, Vienna Study Abroad• Student groups, Midwest Coalition for Human Rights, Heartland Alliance, NALACC
IHR Research & Advocacy Opportunities
http://humanrights.uchicago.edu/page/curriculum
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