Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or any other status. Human rights include the right to life and liberty, freedom from slavery and torture, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to work and education, and many more. Everyone is entitled to these rights, without discrimination.
International human rights law lays down the obligations of Governments to act in certain ways or to refrain from certain acts, in order to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms of individuals or groups.
This guide provides general resources, research, and educational material to help guide you in your human rights-focused work. A guide for specific international arenas (Africa, Asia, Europe, etc) can be found here.
To start your research first try searching our Catalog. If you can't find what you need, no worries! Utilize our interlibrary loan system
Interlibrary loan (ILL) is a library service that provides access to books, articles, and other materials that are not available in the Suffolk University library collection. Through ILL, the library can borrow books and obtain copies of book chapters, articles and other materials from other libraries. Copies can be delivered through email or ILLiad.
Interlibrary Loan requests can go through your liaison or our interlibrary loan platform, ILLiad. You can register for an ILLiad account using your Suffolk credentials
Circulation Desk - 617-573-8177 - law_circulation@suffolk.edu
Research Desk - 617-573-8516 - lawref@suffolk.edu