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U.S. Human Rights Documents
U.S. human rights legislation
U.S. reservations, declarations, and understandings to human rights treaties
Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000: Trafficking in Persons Report,
U.S. Department of State (2001).
U.S. Department of State Human Rights Reports
U.S. Department of State International Religious Freedom Reports
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
Supporting Human Rights and Democracy
 The U.S. Record 2005-2006
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 15 (a) of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, United States of America, U.N. Doc. A/HRC/WG.6/9/USA/1 (2010).
U.S. -- State Human Rights Commissions
U.S. historical documents
Other U.S. human rights documents
U.S. government information links
Selected Refugee Cases from Federal Circuit Courts (1994-97)
Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000: Trafficking in Persons Report
Treatment of Detainees at Guantanamo
Leila Zerrougui et al., Situation of the Detainees at Guantánamo,
U.N. Doc. E/CN.4/2006/120  (2006).
Human Rights Record of the USA

Human Rights Committee

Core U.S. human rights report to Human Rights Committee
First U.S. human rights report to the Human Rights Committee (1994)
Second and Third Periodic Report of the United States of America to the UN Committee on Human Rights Concerning the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Concluding Observations of the Human Rights Committee on the First U.S. Report to the Committee
Concluding Observations of the Human Rights Committee on the Second and Third U.S. Reports to the Committee (2006).
Human Rights Committee, List of Issues To Be Taken Up in Connection with the Consideration of the Second and Third Periodic Reports of the United States of America,
U.N. Doc. CCPR/C/USA/Q/3 (2006).
*document also available from the OHCHR
Report Concerning The International Covenant On Civil And Political Rights - ICCPR (2011)

Committee on the Eliminination of Racial Discrimination

Periodic Report of the U.S. to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination concerning the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (2007).
United States, Initial Report to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (September 2000).
*document also available from the U. S. Department of State
NGO Shadow Reports Under the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 2008
ACLU report "Abandoned and Abused- Orleans Parish Prisoners in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina"
United States, Periodic Report of the United States of America to the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Concening the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
(April 2007).
United States, Periodic Report of the United States of America to the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Concening the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Annex 1
 (April 2007).
United States, Periodic Report of the United States of America to the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Concening the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Annex II
(April 2007).
United States, Periodic Report of the United States of America to the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Concening the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Annex III
(April 2007).
Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: United States of America,
U.N. Doc. CERD/C/59/Misc.17/Rev.3 (2001).
Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: United States of America,
U.N. Doc. CERD/C/USA/CO/06 (2008).

Committee Against Torture

United States of America, Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 19 of the Convention,
U.N. Doc. CAT/C/28/Add.5 (2000).
Second Periodic Report of the United States of America to the Committee Against Torture,
May 6, 2005.
Committee Against Torture, Consideration of US Periodic Report (day 2 of 2), Palais des Nations (Room XII),
May 8, 2006.
Conclusions and recommendations of the Committee against Torture, United States of America,
U.N. Doc. CAT/C/USA/C/2 (2006).
Concluding Observations of the Committee Against Torture on the First U.S. Report to the Committee

Committee on the Rights of the Child

United States, Initial Report of the United States of America to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child Concerning the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict,
U.N. Doc. CRC/C/OPAC/USA/1 (2007).
United States, Initial Report of the United States of America to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child Concerning the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict,
U.N. Doc. CRC/C/OPAC/USA/1 Annex (2007).
Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 8 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict, United States of America,
U.N. Doc. CRC/C/OPAC/USA/CO/1 (2008).
Consideration of Reports Submitted by States under Article 12(1) of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution, and Child Pornography, United States of America,
U.N. Doc. CRC/C/OPSC/USA/CO/1 (2008).

 


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