http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33200_20091016.pdf

Discusses the purposes and quantity of human trafficking in Latin America and the Caribbean, U.S. policy responses, and regional and country-level anti-trafficking efforts. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org.

http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/64/490

Includes as an annex the controversial Report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, the so-called Goldstone report. Reviews human rights violations to civilians that occurred during the Gaza Conflict in December 2008-January 2009. From the United Nations General Assembly and the Human Rights Council.

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS21922_20091001.pdf

Analyzes the 2009 elections, the charges of corruption, and the aftermath for the Karzai regime. Also looks at the performance of the government, issues relating to human rights, and the efforts to expand local governance. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org.

http://www.federalregister.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2009-22504_PI.pdf

Federal Register notice about interim final rules in partial implementation of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008. Prohibits group health plans, health insurance companies, and issuers of Medicare Supplemental policies from discriminating based on genetic information and from collecting such information. From the Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies.

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB287/index.htm

Subtitled: Declassified documents highlight U.S. concerns over role of Colombian security forces in February 2000 paramilitary killings. From the National Security Archive.

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R40827.pdf

This report describes the various laws regarding military recruitment on high school and college campuses and discusses the policy and legal issues that they may raise. Essentially institutions have been stopped from using anti-discrimination measures relating to gays as a reason to ban military recruiters from campus by several laws that prohibit release of federal funds to campuses that bar military recruiters. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.

http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/fsp2008/fsp2008.pdf

Describes the progress toward equal opportunity goals achieved by federal government employers during 2008. Offers statistics on the composition of the federal work force including characteristics by gender, race, disability and how each group ranked by pay and grade status. From the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

http://www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/ocft/PDF/2009TVPRA.pdf

Provides a list of 122 goods from 58 countries that the Department of Labor has reason to believe are produced by forced labor or child labor in violation of international standards. Authorized by the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act and built on 15 years of investigation. From the Bureau of International Labor Affairs of the U.S. Department of Labor.

http://www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/ocft/PDF/2008OCFTreport.pdf

The 8th annual report on what 122 countries around the world are doing to meet their international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. Each country section covers the incidence and nature of child labor, child labor laws and enforcement, and current government policies and programs to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. Large, slow loading file. From the Bureau of International Labor Affairs of the U.S. Department of Labor.

http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/64/36%20(SUPP)

Annual report to the General Assembly on the work of the office. Covers the Human Rights Council, Human Rights treaty bodies, and work in various countries and on various topics, including migration and trafficking, climate change and rights, and women's rights and gender work. From the United Nations.

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/torture_archive/comparison.htm

Offers parallel views of the CIA Inspector General's Report on Detention and Interrogation Activities, which was prepared in May 2004, released in part by the Bush Administration in May 2008, and then in somewhat fuller form by the Obama Administration in August 2009. From the National Security Archive at George Washington University.