I. Useful Web Sites

• Refugee and Asylum Resources
  University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
• Asylumlaw.org
• UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
  Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• UNHCR Thematic Compilation of Executive Committee Conclusions
  http://www.unhcr.org/publ/3d4a51d45.html -- protection publications -- compilations and commentaries
  or http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/publ/opendoc.pdf?tbl=PUBL&id=3d4ab3ff2
• World Organisation Against Torture
• Children and Family Justice Center
  Convention Against Torture Resources 
• 9th Circuit Immigration Outline 

II. Country Reports

• Basic Country Conditions Research 
  Links to State Department, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch reports, and to Country of Origin and Legal Information from UNHCR.
• U.S. Department of State Country Reports 
  Full text of Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, 1993-2003.
• Amnesty International 
  Search for annual reports and news releases, by country and themes, since 1996.
• Human Rights Watch 
  Reports on conditions in countries throughout the world.
• Guide to Country Research for Refugee Status Determination, by Elisa Mason 
  This research guide provides recommendations for retrieving and applying country and human rights information to enhance refugee protection.

III. Experts

• Asylumlaw.org 
  Database of expert witnesses available when you register for free to use that part of the web site.
• Center for Gender and Refugee Studies 
  Leads on potential expert witnesses, arranged by subject matter and country.

Search for articles in Legal Resource Index (on Lexis & Westlaw), in Index to Legal Periodicals (on Cornell Library Gateway), and in GenderWatch (on Gateway, through Find Databases)

Consider who is on committees or working in fields that address the topic

See news and commentaries and organizational information on pertinent web sites.

IV. Researching Asylum and the Convention Against Torture

Westlaw

Through Directory, Immigration Topic offers databases on federal cases, statutes, administrative materials, treatises, and law reviews.

Lexis

Area of Law by Topic offers Immigration cases, statutes, administrative materials, treatises, law reviews, and news.
Board of Immigration Appeals Decisions
Immigration Law and Procedure Prof. Yale-Loehr's multi-volume treatise
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices from the State Department

Cornell Library Gateway

http://catalog.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?PAGE=bbSearch
Library Catalog guided keyword search

Pat Court  
Cornell Law Library  
January 2007