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Amnesty International
  • Annual country reports on human rights practices
  • Multiple investigations for individual countries
  • Includes U.S. violations
Annual Report on International Religious Freedom
  • Extensive country reports on religious rights
  • Includes percent of religious adherents, outbreaks of violence
  • Government laws protecting religious freedom
Anthems of the World
  • Audio of national anthems using Midi
  • Text of national anthems available selectively in English and/or native language
Background Notes on Countries of the World
    • Politics, foreign policy, human rights, history, economic and demographic information from U.S. State Department
    • Summarizes each country's history, economy, and foreign policy
    • Updated on a staggered basis every few years
    • The latest edition of the paper copy is in the Map Library as G59.U58
Bibliography for Research On International Human Rights Law
 
    • Extensive bibliography of paper, electronic and Internet sources
    • Covers treaties case law, research guides, periodicals, and country situations
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Ministers
    • Quarterly list of officials arranged by foreign country
CIA World Factbook
  • Brief information about a country's population, ethnicity, politics, economics, transportation and military
  • Demographic data includes age, sex, birth and death rates, ethnicity, and literacy
  • The corresponding paper copy is in Doc.Cen. G 122 .U56--Doc.Ref
Columbia Gazetteer of the World
 
    • Dictionary of places and place names, including cities, bridges, maritime or geological features, states, provinces
    • Each entry provides detailed information on the place, its history, and current economy as appropriate
    • Search by place name, type of place or keyword
Commonwealth
  • Secretariat of the British Commonwealth countries
  • Brief identification of the 53 British Commonwealth countries with information on their society, history, geography, and politics
  • Links to official government web pages
  • Quarterly newsletter and international agencies for which the Commonwealth countries are members
Country Briefings
 
    • Brief economic and economic policy forecasts
    • Summary economic data for past four years (GDP, unemployment, consumer prices)
    • Lengthier summary of recent political history
    • Current exchange rates
    • More extensive analysis (country reports, country surveys, risk data, cost of food) are available to UMich Users through EIU campus license
 
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