URSUS is the online catalog for the Garbrecht Law Library. It is the shared catalog for the libraries in the University of Maine System, the Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, and the Maine State Library. When doing a large research project, we recommend that you do not limit your search to just the law library's collection but take advantage of your access to all of the libraries in the system in order to find the material you need.
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This Guide is a starting place for Human Rights research at the Garbrecht Law Library. It provides information on a selection of monographs and reference books on Human Rights. These books are available in print or electronically. It also provides a selection of internet based resources to begin researching Human Rights.
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If you are new to human rights law, or unfamiliar with a particular aspect of human rights law, start your research with a secondary source. This includes treatises on the subject. In addition to providing background information, explanatory analysis, and commentary, secondary sources will help you to identify primary law materials that are relevant to your topic, such as treaties, country reports, national legislation, and case law. The list below will provide a great start. Searching the library catalog, URSUS, will help you find more books on point.
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
The OHCHR's website provides access to a wealth of documentation, including the core human rights treaties, links to the treaty bodies that monitor compliance with these treaties, other international human rights instruments, a directory of human rights information by country, and a directory of human rights databases.
RefWorld
Although it focuses on refugee and asylum law, this UN database also includes materials that address other human rights topics. Search or browse for international legal instruments (treaties), national laws, country reports, and case law