Human Rights Law Subject Guide

Where to Start:

If you are unsure about your subject, look it up in a dictionary or encyclopedia, or try a handbook for the latest information with facts and figures.
Why not try:

• Butterworths Concise Australian Legal Dictionary 3rd Ed. - REF K/211/.K1 BUT/2004
• Legal Terms- REF K/211/.K1 LEG/1998
• Halsbury's Laws of Australia - REF K/218/.K1 HAL/1991; Online version through LexisNexis AU

Books:

Use the Library catalogue to search for books held in the Library.

• Environment, human rights and international trade/edited by Francesco Francioni  - KC/230 ENV/2001
• Human rights in Australia: treaties, statutes and cases/Martin Flynn - KM/226/FLY/2003
• International human rights in context : law, politics, morals: text and materials/Henry J. Steiner and Philip Alston - KC/200 STE/2000
• International human rights, text and materials/Rebecca Wallace - KC/200 WAL/2001
• Protecting human rights: instruments and institutions/edited by Tom Campbell, Jeffrey Goldsworthy and Adrienne Stone - KC/200 PRO/2003
• Retreat from injustice: human rights law in Australia/Nick O'Neill, Simon Rice, Roger Douglas - KM/226 ONE 2004
• The impact of the United Nations human rights treaties on the domestic level/Christof Heyns and Frans Viljoen - KC/200 HEY/2002

Or you can look on the shelves at the following numbers:

• KC/200 - Human Rights – Australia
• KM/226 - Civil Rights – Australia

Electronic Resources (including Journal Databases):

Electronic resources provide secondary sources of information such as journal articles, news, reports and/or primary sources of information such as cases and legislation. Access electronic resources including journal databases from the Library's Electronic Resources page.

• AGIS PLUS Text - Attorney General's Information Service covering all aspects of law. Mainly Australian information
• Lexis - United States, International and Australian legislation and case law.
• Westlaw - United States, International and Australian legislation and case law.

Journals:

Journals may have more up-to-date information than books. You can search for journals using the Library catalogue. Try the following to start:

• Australian Journal of Human Rights ( 1994 - ) - KM/226.001/AUS or online via Austlii
• Annual Report – Human Rights Australia ( 1988 - ) - KM/226.001 AUS
• European Human Rights Law Review ( 2001 - ) - KC/200.001 EUR
• Human Rights Brief ( 1999 - ) - KC/200.001 HUMA

Web Resources:

You can try searching the Internet for more resources.

• Australian Human Rights Centre - AHR Centre is a Research Institute at the UNSW which provides accessible information on human rights
• Australian Treaties Library - Full text database, plus news and announcements and related materials
• Human Rights (WorldLII) - WorldLii subject page on Human Rights
• Castan Centre for Human Rights Law - The Centre was established to aid the study of human rights law, globally, regionally and in Australia
• University of Minnesota Human Rights Library - Access to over 10,000 documents and links to over 3,000 sites