Human Rights Research Guide: Primary Sources

Free Web Resources

• United Nations Treaty Collection
• International Legal Search Engine to Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
• Council of Europe Treaties
• International Labour Standards from the International Labor Organziation (ILO)
• UNESCO Legal Instruments from the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

For Non-US Treaties, please refer to another research guide at http://libguides.law.rutgers.edu/treaties.

First, try to use the pre-defined/pre-established custom identified by cases, scholarly publications, digests, yearbooks, and restatements.