Immigration Clinic Research

From the United States Department of State.

From the United States Department of State. [1993 to 1995 was not available as of Nov. 2018.]

Includes the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices and selected news items. (HumanRights.gov is a project of the U.S. Department of State.)

Use the "Region Locator" to find your country or region

Country-by-country information on crime and violence, human rights, and more. The Newsroom/Key Documents for each country is especially helpful.

Charter body documents, treaty body documents, and other information, organized by country.

"Access to country-specific human rights information emanating from international human rights mechanisms in the United Nations system." Compiles "conclusions and recommendations addressed by UN independent experts to specific countries." Advanced search is best. You can search and filter by: state; rights ("themes"); affected persons; body making the recommendation; keywords; and document symbol.

Refworld gathers and organizes a massive amount of country information, news, and reports on the human rights and conflict situations from the UN, other IGOs, and NGOs. Refworld has News, Country Profiles, and Country Reports. Its "Advanced Search" is a great way to find documents relevant to your country or topic.

Bayefsky's documents by theme and documents by state features help pinpoint "concluding observations" and other documents on specific nations' practices. [Last updated in 2005. Try the UN's Universal Human Rights Index to find more recent UN treaty-body documents.]

UN Women is "the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women." The Publications page has country- and topic- specific information.

In Sight Crime studies and reports on organized crime in the Americas. In Sight Crime includes News and country-specific information.

CLADEM focuses on women's rights in Latin America and the Caribbean. Its site includes regional and national information. Some materials are available in English.

Latin American NGO caring for children in crisis, including children who have been victims of violence or human trafficking. Operates in Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.

News on all topics. Includes "Narco News." Most content is in English.

Regional news, with links to sites for individual countries. Tags let you drill down to articles on specific topics. Most content is in English.

ORMUSA promotes the rights of women in various spheres. A special site covers violence against women.

Concerned with all aspects of women's rights, including violence against women. [Note that USF's IT department blocks this site due to malware and phishing concerns.]

Areas of work include violence against women.

Monitors compliance with the Política Nacional de la Mujer. Areas of work include violence against women.

News from El Salvador on all topics.

Guatemala's National Human Rights Institution. The PDH deals with all aspects of human rights, and is accredited by the International Coordinating Committee for National Human Rights Institutions (ICC).

NGO monitoring and seeking to end violence against women in Guatemala.

A "non-profit, grassroots, solidarity organization dedicated to promoting human rights in Guatemala."

NGO addressing violence against women. Keeps statistics and issues reports.

NGO that monitors and keeps data on violence against women.

General Guatemalan news site covering the nation and region.

General news site for Guatemala, from the newspaper La Hora.

Honduras's National Human Rights Institution. The CONADEH deals with all aspects of human rights, and is accredited by the International Coordinating Committee for National Human Rights Institutions (ICC). One of its major functions is investigating complaints of rights violations.

NGO promoting women's rights in Honduras. Its work includes monitoring violence against women.

Honduran government body dedicated to monitoring and promoting the rights of children.

General Honduran news site.

General Honduran news site, from the newspaper El Heraldo.

General Honduran news site, from the newspaper El Tiempo.

Mexico's National Human Rights Institution. The CNDH deals with all aspects of human rights, and is accredited by the International Coordinating Committee for National Human Rights Institutions (ICC).

Links to web sites for national and regional Mexican newspapers.