Researching International Human Rights Law & Policy Effective Tools & Techniques Lyonette Louis-Jacques Foreign and International Law Librarian & Lecturer in Law, D’Angelo Law Library, The University of Chicago Law School, Keystone, November 5, 2014

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 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, 2011injustice of intimate partner abuse Seeking Justice for Jessica

Right to Education

Child Migrants 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 PracticeInternational Human Rights in a NutshellEncyclopedias (Max Planck PIL, Human Rights) Quick Background on Human Rights Wikipedia*** Study Supps. Oxford Bibliographies

GeneralTopical  UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights  Human Rights Issues  Health, Women, Violence, Police… UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights  EISIL (American Society of International Law, Electronic Information System for International Law) EISIL Research Guides

 Inter-American System of Human Rights (Ellen Schaffer, American University, LibGuide, 2014) Inter-American System of Human Rights  The Inter-American System of Human Rights: A Research Guide (Cecilia Cristina Naddeo, GlobaLex, 2010) The Inter-American System of Human Rights: A Research Guide  The European Human Rights System (James W. Hart, GlobaLex, 2011) The European Human Rights System Guides to Regional Systems

UN Europe/Council of Europe AmericasAfricaEU*Asia/Pacific Human Rights System/Regimes

General  IGO’s website  ECHR HUDOC DatabaseHUDOC Database  IACtHR / IACHR IACtHRIACHR  UN OHCHROHCHR  ORIL: Oxford Reports on International Human Rights Law Module: Oxford Reports on International Human Rights Law Module  ORIL: Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts (ILDC)Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts  Justis’ International Law Reports (ILR)International Law Reports  UMN Human Rights Library UMN Human Rights Library Topical/Keyword  Global Health & Human Rights Database Global Health & Human Rights Database  Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR Project) Inter-American Court of Human Rights  Database on HRC Decisions (Centre for Civil and Political Rights) Database on HRC Decisions  Case-Law Database (ESCR-Net) Case-Law Database  WorldLII (International Decisions – e.g. IACtHR)International Decisions Cases SIM Case-Law Research System****

Bayefsky.comOHCHR University of Minnesota Human Rights Library EISIL Women’s Human Rights Resources Database (  2011) Treaties & Other HR Instruments

ODS RefWorld 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

WestlawNext LexisAdvance/ LexisNexisAcademic HeinOnline Google Scholar Articles Plus (one-stop shop) Journal Articles

FactivaGoogle News New York Times Blogs, Listservs, Social Media News & Current Awareness

Twitter

Data, Images, Stories From ericposner.com

Who You Know LocalInternationalNationalHuriSearch “People” Resources

Law Reference Librarians Area Studies Subject Bibliographer Ask A Librarian! s

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

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