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Human Rights Studies

This is a general guide to resources for human rights research.

Human Rights Data & Statistics Sources

CountryWatch
Provides comprehensive and up-to-date political,economic, cultural, business, and environmental information. Country Wire also provides current country-specific news.
Economist Intelligence Unit
EUI provides country reports with various economic data, statistics, news, and analysis.

Gender Statistics (World Bank)
The Gender Statistics database is a comprehensive source for the latest sex-disaggregated data and gender statistics covering demography, education, health, access to economic opportunities, public life and decision-making, and agency.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
ICPSR is one of the largest repositories for social science data in the world. Among the many topics covered, you will find statistics on crime, education, demographics, elections, religion, and much more.

Migration Data Hub
International & U.S. immigration statistics from the Migration Policy Institute, independent think tank in Washington, DC.
UN Data
UN Data provides statistical time series for countries from around the world covering a wide range of economic and socio-demographic topics. It includes descriptions of the international sources and definitions used in compiling the data.

UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) data & statistical sources:

World Bank DataBank
The DataBank is a compilation of a number of World Bank data products, the most significant one being World Development Indicators. It includes time series data from as early as 1960.