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Human Rights Seminar: SSCS 1300 Research GuideThis research guide provides a starting point for finding information about human rights issues. This guide is not meant to be an exhaustive list of resources, but some places to begin your search. If you need assistance with library research or accessing and using any of these resources, contact a Reference Librarian at the Minneapolis Campus Library at 651-690-7898 or 651-690-7780. See also guides on: Global Search for Justice guides Finding Books: Using CLICnetUse CLICnet to search for books and media in the St. Kate's library and the seven other CLIC libraries. Use the "Request" button to get items not at the St. Kate's Minneapolis Campus Library. Check out these titles: Countries and their cultures REF GN307 .C68 "Leave none to tell the story": genocide in Rwanda DT450.435 .D45 1999 Left to tell: discovering God amidst the Rwandan holocaust BX4705 .I45 A3 2006 The storyteller's daughter: one woman's return to her lost homeland DS352 .S45 2004 We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families: stories from Rwanda DR450.435 .G68 1998 What is the what: the autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng: a novel PS3605 .G48 W43 2006 Finding Journal Articles: Online DatabasesExamples of keyword searches: Afghans Afghanistan and refugees Rwandan genocide Rwanda and crimes against humanity Darfur conflict Sudan and genocide An all-purpose academic database covering many disciplines with full-text articles for nearly 4,500 journals. CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online Contains full-text documents related to theory and research in international affairs. (CQ Global Researcher will be on the right-hand side of the page) Comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in U.S. and world news from Congressional Quarterly Provides the full text of many news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications, including national and regional newspapers, wire services, and broadcast transcripts. Indexes publications about public policy and social issues from 120 countries. Provides full-text articles from the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, as well as 300 other newspapers. Please ask a Reference Librarian to suggest additional databases that might be useful. To see if the St. Kate's Library has the journal you need, in print or online, use Journals A-Z. Be sure to compare the issue dates available to those that you need. Internet ResourcesGeneral Information and Human Rights Organizations American Refugee Committee The American Refugee Committee is an "international nonprofit, nonsectarian organization that has provided humanitarian assistance and training to millions of beneficiaries over the last 27 years. ARC works with refugee communities in 10 countries around the world, helping people regain control of their lives." ARC provides shelter, clean water and sanitation, health care, skills training, microcredit education, and protection. See information on their programs in Darfur and Rwanda. Amnesty International Amnesty International (AI) is a "worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. AI's mission is to "undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights." See, in particular, their coverage of Darfur. Committee on Conscience, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum http://www.ushmm.org/conscience/ The Committee on Conscience mandate is to "alert the national conscience, influence policy makers, and stimulate worldwide action to confront and work to halt acts of genocide or related crimes against humanity." See, in particular, their coverage of Sudan/Darfur and Rwanda. Human Rights First http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/ Human Rights First is a nonpartisan, non-profit international human rights organization. Its mission is to "protect people at risk: refugees who flee persecution, victims of crimes against humanity or other mass human rights violations, victims of discrimination, those whose rights are eroded in the name of national security, and human rights advocates who are targeted for defending the rights of others." See their coverage of Darfur. Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. See their Regions pages, particularly their sections on Sudan and Rwanda. International Rescue Committee The International Rescue Committee serves refugees and communities victimized by oppression or violent conflict worldwide. Founded in 1933, the IRC is "committed to freedom, human dignity, and self-reliance. This commitment is expressed in emergency relief, protection of human rights, post-conflict development, resettlement assistance, and advocacy." See, in particular, their section on the Darfur Crisis. The Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is the world's most prestigious prize awarded for the preservation of peace. Click on the "Prize Laureates" to see the winners. United Nations Human Rights
Links to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Criminal Tribunal on Rwanda, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and a search guide on human rights documentation. University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
The University of Minnesota Human Rights Library houses one of the largest collections of more than 25,000 human rights documents, including several hundred human rights treaties and other primary international human rights instruments.
Country Information World Factbook, CIA https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html Library of Congress Country Studies http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
United States Department of State Country Pages A to Z http://www.state.gov/countries/ (Click on A-Z List of Countries under General Information) Country Reports on Human Rights http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/ Afghanistan Afghanistan Maps http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/afghanistan.html Library of Congress, A Country Study: Afghanistan http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/aftoc.html U.S. Department of State, Afghanistan Country Page http://www.state.gov/p/sca/ci/af/
Rwanda Human Rights Watch http://hrw.org/doc?t=africa&c=rwanda International Crisis Group http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?action=conflict_search&l=1&t=1&c_country=93 Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda http://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/rwanda/ Official website of the Republic of Rwanda Rwanda Page, African Studies Center http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Country_Specific/Rwanda.html U.S. Department of State, Background note: Rwanda http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2861.htm United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Photo Essay http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/kimberlee/
Sudan/Darfur Human Rights Watch http://hrw.org/doc?t=africa&c=sudan "On Our Watch" FRONTLINE PBS documentary broadcast November 2007 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/darfur/ International Crisis Group http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=1230&l=1 Library of Congress Country Study: Sudan http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/sdtoc.html Save Darfur Coalition Sudanreeves.org U.S. Department of State, Sudan http://www.state.gov/p/af/ci/su/ United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Sudan: Darfur Overview http://www.ushmm.org/conscience/alert/darfur/contents/01-overview/
Local Organizations and Events The Advocates for Human Rights Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers MAP Member Calendars http://www.mapm.org/membercal.htm Minnesota Genocide Intervention Network |
