Research and Course Guides: JPST 250: Intro to Justice &amp; Peace: Human Rights

Selected Human Rights Websites

Amnesty International
Search by country for human rights information.
Human Rights Watch
Go to "Regions" and then look for specific country for reports on human rights issues.
U.S. Department of State
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
Links to: treaties and other instruments, U.N. documents, regional materials, U.S. human rights documents, bibliographies, human rights education, asylum and refugee materials, and links to other sites

Encyclopedia of Human Rights by David P. Forsythe
Publication Date: 2009
This encyclopedia offers comprehensive coverage of all aspects of human rights theory, practice, law, and history.
Encyclopedia of Global Justice by Deen K. Chatterjee (Editor)
Publication Date: 2011
The Encyclopedia is an international, interdisciplinary, and collaborative project, spanning all the relevant areas of scholarship related to issues of global justice, and edited and advised by leading scholars from around the world.
Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict by Lester R. Kurtz (Editor-In-Chief)
Publication Date: 2022
Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict, Third Edition, Four Volume Set provides timely and useful information about antagonism and reconciliation in all contexts of public and personal life, from the interpersonal to the global.
The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace by Nigel Young (Editor)
Publication Date: 2010
This innovative, multivolume encyclopedia charts the interdisciplinary field of Peace Studies, offering a comprehensive survey of the full range of historical, political, theoretical and philosophical issues relating to peace and conflict. All major figures are covered, as well as major events, organizations, theories, and much more.