Universal Human Rights Index of UN Documents and other ways to search

The Universal Human Rights Index provides instant access for all countries to human rights information from the United Nations system. The index is based on the observations and recommendations of the following international expert bodies:

• the seven Treaty Bodies monitoring the implementation of the core international human rights treaties (since 2000)
• the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council (since 2006)

You can access the information by country, by rights and by body. Click here.

Searching for Treaty Body documents can be done on this site

The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) offers up-to-date information on the activities of the Treaty Monitoring Bodies. It published a Simple Guide to the UN Treaty Bodies, that provide human rights defenders and their organisations with a broad overview of the UN human rights treaty body system and other useful information, such as the relationship between the treaty bodies and other UN human rights mechanisms, a glossary and e-resources for further reference. The Simple Guide is available in English and French (last update July 2010).