One of the most comprehensive and reliable resource for researching international and regional human rights law is the University of Minnesota's Human Rights Library. At this website, one may find treaties by subject matter, browse an alphabetical instrument list or run searches for treaties.
In addition to treaties, a vast amount of U.N., regional and U.S. human rights documentation is available via this website. This documentation includes the jurisprudence of court like bodies like the International Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights and other international bodies such as the Human Rights Committee (ICCPR) and the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights.
The Bibliographies and Research Guides and Topic Guides are helpful starting points for research on a particular subject. Note that the category of human rights is quite broad. For example, there are Topic Guides on slavery and forced labor, education and freedom of expression.
A useful feature of the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library website is the Ratification of Human Rights Treaties information it provides for each country. A chart like the one below, Ratification of International Human Rights Treaties by South Africa, displays all human rights treaties and indicates whether the country has or has not signed or ratified each treaty. The path to this information is as follows: UMN Human Rights Library Home Page > Treaties and other International Instruments > Ratification of International Human Rights Treaties by Country
Research Guide
Excellent electronic research guides (ERGs) like Marci Hoffman's International Human Rights are available via the American Society of International Law (ASIL)'s deFord Library and Information Center website. Such ERGs can be huge time savers. It is generally much easier to start research from a guide like this than to run searches in a large database. Also, at times, it can be challenging to navigate the Human Rights Library at the University of Minnesota as it is quite vast and complex. A narrative discussion such as that provided in a research guide can be a helpful alternative.
In addition to the general journal indexes described under the Treatises & Law Reviews Tab, the following journals are particularly relevant to international criminal law research:
Other sources for scholarly articles about emerging case issues, legislative trends and treaty applications include national and regional yearbooks which are available via Hein Online's Foreign and International Law Resources Library.
In addition, the catalog of the Peace Palace Library is a great tool for finding both journal articles, books and book chapters.
Because international human rights is a multidisciplinary topic, one should not overlook non law related journals and journal indexes. The following resource is especially useful and is available via the Law Library home page: EBSCOHost.
Beyond the Article databases listed at the Law Library home page, UIC law students have access to many more article databases in many different disciplines via the UIC Library's databases and collections websites.