Human rights activists and lawyers rely on reports produced by international organizations for asylum and other proceedings before various treaty bodies and tribunals.
Amnesty International
- Countries: Research, reports, and news by country and region.
- Topical research reports are also available (international justice, discrimination, detention, etc.).
- Library Catalog: Amnesty International Report, print reports. (London: Amnesty International Publications, 1979-2011).
Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board
Center for Gender and Refugee Studies (UC Law SF, formerly UC Hastings)
- Links to legal documentation and country condition information.
International Refugee Rights Initiative (Rights in Exile, formerly Fahamu Refugee Programme (FRP))
Fahamu Refugee Programme (FRP)
Freedom in the World (annual, New York: Freedom House, 1978-).
- Annual comparative assessment of the state of political rights and civil liberties (including use of the internet) in 192 countries and 14 related and disputed territories.
- Online: most recent edition
Human Rights in Development Yearbook (annual, Oslo: Norwegian University Press, 1998-)
- Continues Human Rights in Developing Countries series
Human Rights Internet.
- Canadian human rights information resource.
Human Rights First
- Formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
- Library Catalog: Lawyers Critique: Review of the Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for... (annual, New York: Lawyers Committee for Human Rights & Human Rights Watch, 1983-1996).
Human Rights Watch
- Library Catalog: World Report (annual, New York: Human Rights Watch, 1990-).
- Online: current report and much more information by topic or country
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Reports
- Annual Reports, Country Reports, and other publications. Many of these are available in print.
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
- See IDPs Worldwide section for the IDMC's yearly report on global trends and developments relating to internal displacement. See also the publications section.
International Crisis Group.
- Materials on preventing and resolving conflicts
IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks)
- News and analysis about sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia
Reporters without Borders
- Annual Report covers the state of press freedom worldwide, including access to the Internet
ReliefWeb
- Documents and reports on humanitarian relief and operations. Good source of news.
UNHCR
- Refworld, contains country reports, national legislation and case law, and all public domain UNHCR protection policies and guidelines
- Research and Evaluations includes global reports, news issues in refugee research, legal publications, and more
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- Library Catalog: Human Development Report [year] (New York: Oxford University Press, 1990-).
- Online: most recent edition
UNICEF
- Library Catalog: The State of the World's Children (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1980-).
- Database of publications, reports, policy, and research.
U.S. Committee for Refugees
- Search for refugee conditions by country or by issue.
U.S. State Department
