Human Rights Law

Legislation and case law

Legislation

• LegislationNZ
• New Zealand Legislation - NZ Acts, Bills and Regulations are available free, and downloadable
• Relevant legislation - from the Ministry of Justice site

Case law

• Case notes of the Human Rights Commissioner are on the Resources page
• HUDOC - European Court of Human Rights Portal database of case law
• Human Rights Review Tribunal decisions are available on NZLII
• International Criminal Court Situations and cases
• New Zealand Refugee Law - includes case search option

Treaties and Conventions

• Convention on the rights of the child
• United Nations Declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples
• Universal Declaration of human rights

Government and Organisations

• Human Rights Bodies - database of UN bodies
• Human Rights Commission Te Kāhui Tika Tangata
• Human Rights Foundation
• Human Rights New Zealand - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
• Human Rights Watch
• New Zealand National Human Rights Review Report - April 2009
• NZAID - New Zealand's International Aid and Development Agency
• United Nations Human Rights Council

Indigenous peoples and human rights

• Health and human rights of indigenous peoples - World Health Organization
• Rights of indigenous people
• United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)

Commentary

• Human rights and humanitarian law
• Converging currents: custom and human rights in the Pacific - New Zealand Law Commission study paper
• Human Rights Internet
• Human Rights Library -comprehensive directory of relevant links organised by topic
• Human Rights Network Portal - "meeting place for New Zealanders with an interest and commitment to human rights"
• Interights includes legal briefs submitted to international tribunals
• Protection Project - from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies ; address the issue of trafficking in persons as a human rights violation.
• Refugee Studies Centre - University of Oxford’s Centre for Development Studies
• United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law - a unique multi-media resource centre which consists of three main components, including the Lecture Series, Historic Archives and Research Library. Turn the sound on.
• Women's Human Rights Resources from the Bora Laskin Law Library.

Other jurisdictions

Asia/Pacific:

• ASEAN National Human Rights Institutions Forum
• Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions
• Asia Pacific Human Rights Network
• National Human Rights Commission - India

Australia:

• Australian Human Rights Commission
• Migration Review Tribunal / Refugee Review Tribunal includes decisions.

Europe:

• Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights
• European Court of Human Rights 

International :

• Amnesty International
• GlobalRights.org
• Human Rights Council (UN)
• International Commission of Jurists
• International Criminal Court
• Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
• United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

United Kingdom:

• British Institute of Human Rights
• Equality and Human Rights Commission
• Join Committee on Human Rights

United States

• ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law - Human Rights
• Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor