Official Texts (Human Rights and Liberties)

Official Texts Sites:

Project Diana Project Diana: An online human rights archive at Yale University with case law decisions, important related treaties on human rights, and search engine. (Official Texts) http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diana/ Legal Reference Service from the Association for the Prevention of Torture Legal Reference Service from the Association for the Prevention of Torture: A database of international, regional and national documentation related to the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. (Official Texts) http://www.apt.ch/legal/ University of Minnesota Human Rights Library University of Minnesota Human Rights Library: Contains a large collection of international human rights treaties, instruments, general comments, recommendations, decisions, and views of treaty bodies. (Official Texts) http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/ Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948: Adopted and proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1948, available in hundreds of languages. (Official Texts) http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/ 2003 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2003 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Summaries on human rights practices in European, African, and Eurasian nations by the U.S. Department of State. (Official Texts) http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/ MagnaCartaPlus MagnaCartaPlus: Site includes abstacts, articles on Parliamentary Acts of the United Kingdom, the 1689 Bill of Rights, and a summary of United Nations Agreements on Human Rights. (Official Texts) http://www.magnacartaplus.org/abstracts/index.htm Declaration of Human Rights Declaration of Human Rights: An unusual presentation of the text of the Declaration of Human Rights with links providing interpretation and commentary. (Official Texts) http://home.sport.rr.com/cuthulu/ Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War: Adopted on 12 August 1949 and entry into force 21 October 1950. Text published by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. (Official Texts) http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/92.htm Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War: Adopted on 12 August 1949 and entry into force 21 October 1950. Text published by Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. (Official Texts) http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/91.htm The Civil Rights Act 1991 The Civil Rights Act 1991: The complete reference text of the Civil Rights Act in direct browsable format. (Official Texts) http://www.legalarchiver.org/civil.htm