Library Guides: INTS 4909 Climate Migration and Human Rights: Government and International Organization Information

U.S. Government Information

GovInfo
The Government Publishing Office's portal to official U.S. government publications from all three branches, but especially Congress and selected Executive Branch publications.
ProQuest Congressional
Offers access to congressional publications dealing with the wide variety of topics addressed by Congress.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
Published annually by the U.S. Dept. of State.
US State Dept. - Human Rights
Links to reports, treaties, and related Web sites.
DTIC - Defense Technical Information Center
Defense Technical Information Center. Provides full text of defense and military-related reports.

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Defense Technical Information Center. Provides full text of defense and military-related reports.

Homeland Security Digital Library
A portal to material that can be found in other databases (Congressional Research Service reports, GAO reports and testimony, DTIC documents, RAND publications) as well as materials not easily located in other places, such as theses from the Naval Postgraduate School.

United Nations Official Documents System
Provides searching and retrieval of bibliographic records and full text of major portions of UN documents.

United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
"As the principal United Nations office mandated to promote and protect human rights for all, OHCHR leads global human rights efforts speaks out objectively in the face of human rights violations worldwide. We provide a forum for identifying, highlighting and developing responses to today's human rights challenges, and act as the principal focal point of human rights research, education, public information, and advocacy activities in the United Nations system."
United Nations Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council
"The special procedures of the Human Rights Council are independent human rights experts with mandates to report and advise on human rights from a thematic or country-specific perspective. The system of Special Procedures is a central element of the United Nations human rights machinery and covers all human rights: civil, cultural, economic, political, and social. As of 1 April 2013 there are 36 thematic and 13 country mandates."
All UN Human Rights bodies
Provides explanation of all UN Human Rights entities.