Human Rights
The Center for Human Rights Documentation & Research (CHRDR) is a programmatic initiative of Columbia University Libraries focused on documenting the human rights movement and the history of human rights advocacy. RBML is the repository for archival collections supporting this mission. Core collections include the records of Amnesty International USA, Human Rights Watch, Human Rights First (formerly the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights), and the Physicians for Human Rights, among others.
Human Rights Web Archive
The Human rights web archive at Columbia University is a searchable collection of archived copies of human rights websites from around the world created by non-governmental organizations, national human rights institutions, tribunals and individuals. The HRWA is an initiative of the Center for Human Rights Documentation & Research and is a key focus of the Columbia University Libraries' Web Resources Collection Program.
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The following interests guide the Center’s collecting activities:
Records of human rights organizations, primarily non-governmental organizations (NGOs). This includes organizations of varying size and scope, and those addressing a broad spectrum of human rights issues that reflect the change and evolution of the movement; organizations formed in the post-WWII era are of primary but not exclusive interest;
Papers of individual scholars/advocates associated with the major NGOs and/or persons who have made notable contributions to human rights advocacy;
Oral Histories of human rights advocates, especially interviews complementing existing archival collections;
History of human rights education at Columbia University (faculty collections, curricular and program related materials; histories of institutes, centers);
Collections related to human rights-related programmatic initiatives of the University, such as the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, and the Human Rights Institute.
If you are interested in donating Amnesty International USA materials, please read the guidelines document. Please note that we cannot accept donations that have not been reviewed and discussed in advance of shipment.
Amnesty International USA Archives Guidelines for submitting materials
Contact Us
Please contact us at chrdr@columbia.edu.