http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm85/8593/8593.pdf
Describes what the British government is doing to protect and promote human rights, identifies 27 countries of concern where rights are being violated, and offers 13 case studies for closer detail. Parlimentary Paper Cm 8593
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R42559.pdf
Describes the current problems in Haiti, U.S. policy goals and concerns, the role of the UN stabilization mission, and Congressional concerns about human rights, elections, security and counter-narcotics efforts.
From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm#wrapper
Detailed descriptions of the human rights situation in each country as determined by U.S. officials From the State Department
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/10-1491
Unanimous Supreme Court decision that limits the ability of U.S. courts to hear civil lawsuits charging corporations with violations of human rights abroad. The case involved Nigerians living in the U.S. who alleged that a subsidiary of an international oil company aided Nigerian authorities in torturing and killing protestors opposed to the company’s operations in Nigeria in the 1990s. From the Cornell Legal Information Institute
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R43035.pdf
Describes the shift of U.S. policy toward Burma since 2011, when the quasi-civilian government took control of the country. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43015.pdf
Tries to answer the following questions: What legal protections are in place for information stored in the cloud? What legal process must the government follow to obtain this information? How do these rules differ from those applied in the physical world? From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/vprpt/2012/206029.htm
First U.S. report in a new international initiative in which governments, companies, and nongovernmental organizations lay out the principles that guide oil, gas, and mining companies in providing security for their operations in a manner which respects human rights. From the State Department
http://bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/hcv0311.pdf
An estimated annual average of 259,700 nonfatal violent and property hate crimes occurred against persons 12 and older. Classifies crimes by types of bias as perceived by victim including, race, religion, disability, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or association. From the Bureau of Justice Statistics