Research Sources and Data

Trinity students conducting human rights research are encouraged to contact reference librarian Katherine Hart (297-2270) for assistance in navigating human rights sources.   Students interested in incorporating data into their human rights research projects should contact Rachel Barlow, the Social Science Data Coordinator (297-4114).

• Trinity College Library, Human Rights Research Resources

• Human Rights Links, University of Minnesota, Human Rights Library: links to numerous human rights documents, organizations, regional resources, and specific topics—highly recommended.

•  Human Rights (United Nations)

• Country Conditions (University of Minnesota, Human Rights Library):  research human rights conditions by country.

Human Rights Data

• Amnesty International Annual Reports: Describes human rights developments in most countries of the world.

• CIRI Human Rights Data Project Measures a wide variety of government human rights practices, including torture, workers' rights, women’s rights, and freedom of religion for over 20+ years.

• Human Development Reports United Nations Development Programme:  a wide range of global and regional data on economic and social conditions.

• Human Rights Organizations Database, Human Rights Internet Searchable list of human rights organizations in different countries

• Human Rights Watch, World Reports

• United States Department of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices