Important Websites
The following are some of the most important free websites for research. They contain information on many different aspects of asylum, refugee, and human rights law:
- UNHCR Refworld

- Asylum and Refugee Resources
From the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library. - Center for Gender & Refugee Studies
Focuses on cases where gender is the basis for seeking asylum.
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Introduction
This research guide on asylum law and the Convention Against Torture is designed to be used with Cornell University Law Library's Immigration Law Research Guide. Resources cited in that guide are not cited in this guide.
- Immigration Law Research Guide

- For additional sources for research on refugees and asylum, see:
- Refugees/Asylum
From Cornell Law Library's Foreign and International Law: Topics research guide.
Useful Websites
- UNHCR: The UN Refugee Agency

- World Organisation against Torture

- HuriSearch
A search engine covering over 5,000 human rights websites. - asylumlaw.org

- Human Rights Documentation Initiative
This University of Texas Libraries initiative offers archived documentation, archived websites, and UT Libraries' own collections.
Legal Research Guides
- Guide to International Refugee Law Resources on the Web

- Refugee Law
From the UC Berkeley Law Library. - Georgetown Law Library: CALS Asylum Case Research Guide
Designed for use by students in Georgetown Law School's asylum clinic. - Conducting Research in International Human Rights Law
From Jacob Burns Law Library at George Washington University Law School. Includes significant coverage of research on the Convention Against Torture. - Asylum, Immigration, and Refugee Law
From Pappas Law Library at Boston University.
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Specialized Journals
- International Journal of Refugee Law

- Journal of Refugee Studies

- European Journal of Migration and Law

- Forced Migration Review

- World Refugee Survey
2007-2009 are available online. Print copies for prior years are available from Olin Library and the Library Annex







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