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 RefworldVast collection of materials pertinent to asylum and refugee law. Includes country information, international treaties and other materials, policy documents, handbooks, and training materials.
- Center for Gender & Refugee StudiesFocuses on cases where gender is the basis for seeking asylum. UC Hastings.
Symbol Key
Free web sites available to all
Cornell Community - available to entire Cornell community
Law School Computers - available only using Law School workstations
Personal Account - law students and faculty access using personal accounts. Contact lawref@cornell.edu for more information.
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.
For additional sources for research on refugees and asylum, see:
Useful Websites
- Human Rights Documentation InitiativeThis University of Texas Libraries initiative offers archived documentation, archived websites, and UT Libraries' own collections.
- Forced Migration Current AwarenessHighlights web research and information relating to refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons, and other forced migrants.
- How to Find Cases in English Translation, RevisitedBlog post by Lyonette Louis-Jacques, University of Chicago, on methods for locating English translations of cases originally published in another language.
Legal Research Guides
- International Human Rights Law ResourcesFrom Jacob Burns Law Library at George Washington University Law School. Includes significant coverage of research on the Convention Against Torture.
- Human Rights Law Research GuideFrom Georgetown Law Library. Includes detailed advice on finding cases from around the world.
- Immigration LawResources for researching immigration, asylum and human rights issues from Pappas Law Library, Boston University.
