The Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights maintains an extensive collection of human rights literature and documents at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. The Urban Morgan Collection includes works on both the theoretical and practical aspects of the international protection of human rights, reports on the development of human rights case law abroad and before international tribunals, human rights journals, reports of international organizations, and significant works of fiction. The Urban Morgan Institute has endeavored to acquire literature to facilitate an interdisciplinary study of human rights and strives to maintain a current collection.

In addition, the College of Law Library maintains an archive of William J. Butler's papers.

An exciting venture for the Institute was the appointment of Professor Lockwood as the Series Editor of the Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights, a new book series published by the University of Pennsylvania Press. The following books have been published:

• Iain Guest, Behind the Disappearances: Argentina's Dirty War Against Human Rights and the United Nations (1990)
• Human Rights and Cross Cultural Perspectives: A Quest for Consensus (Abdullahi An-Na'im, ed., 1992)
• Menno T. Kamminga, Inter-State Accountability for Violations of Human Rights 1992)
• Human Rights and Statistics: Getting the Record Straight (Thomas B. Jabine & Richard P. Claude, eds., 1992)
• Richard Lewis Siegel, Employment and Human Rights: The International Dimension(1994)
• Genocide: Conceptual and Historical Dimensions (George J. Andreopoulos, ed., 1994)
• Howard B. Tolley, Jr., The International Commission of Jurists: Global Advocates for Human Rights (1994)
• Human Rights and Women: National and International Perspectives (Rebecca Cook, ed., 1994)
• Betty Reardon, Educating for Human Dignity (1995)
• Claude Welch, Protecting Human Rights in Africa: Roles and Strategies of Non-Governmental Organizations (1995). Selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book.
• Sandra Coliver, Article XIX, The Right to Know: Human Rights and Access to Reproductive Health Information (1995)
• Lance Compa & Stephen Diamond, Human Rights, Labor Rights, and International Trade (1996)
• Human Rights Education for the Twenty First Century (Richard Claude & George Andreapoulos, eds., 1997)
• Peter Juviler, Freedom's Ordeal (1997)
• Paul Gordon Lauren, The Evolution of International Human Rights: Visions Seen (1998). Selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book (2d ed. 2003)
• Jennifer Schirmer, Human Rights in the Guatemalan MilitaryProject: A Violence Called Democracy (1998). Winner of the 1999 PIOOM Human Rights Award.
• Johannes Morsink, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: A Drafting History (1999). Certified of Merit by the American Society of International Law and selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book.
• Ann Kent, Chinese Foreign Policy and Human Rights (1999). Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book.
• Mark Ensalaco, Chile Under Pinochet: Recovering the Truth (1999)
• Genocide in Cambodia: Documents from the Trial of Pol Pot and Ieng Sary (Howard J. DeNike, John Quigley, & Kenneth J. Robinson, eds., with assistance from Helen Jarvis & Nereida Cross,2000)
• NGOs and Human Rights: Promise and Performance (Claude E. Welch, Jr., ed., 2000)
• Giving Meaning to Economic Social and Cultural Rights (Isfahan Merali & Valerie Oosterveld eds., 2001)
• Reza Afshari, Human Rights in Iran: The Abuse of Cultural Relativism (2001)
• Ming Wan, Human Rights in Chinese Foreign Relations Defining and Defending National Interests (2001)
• Richard Pierre Claude, Science in the Service of Human Rights (2002), "Best Book in Human Rights" by the American Political Science Association, 2003.
• Makau Mutua, Human Rights: A Political and Cultural Critique (2002)
• John O'Manique, The Origins of Justice: The Evolution of Morality, Human Rights, and Law (2002)
• Human Rights Under African Constitution: Realizing the Promise for Ourselves (Abdullahi An-Na'im ed., 2003
• Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, Women in Israel: A State of Their Own (2003)
• Universal Jurisdiction: National Courts and the Prosecution of Serious Crimes Under International Law (Stephen Macedo, ed., 2003)
• A Force Profonde: The Power, Politics, and Promise of Human Rights (Edward A. Kolodziej ed., 2003)
• Teresa Godwin Phelps, Shattered Voices: Language, Violence, and the Work of Truth Commissions (2004)
• Human Rights, The Rule of Law, and Development in Africa (Paul Tiyambe Zeleza & Philip J. McConnaughay eds., 2004)
• Naomi Roht-Arriaza, The Pinochet Effect: Transnational Justice in the Age of Human Rights (2004)
• Stephen Landsman, Crimes of the Holocaust: The Law Confronts Hard Cases (2005)
• Eric Stover, The Witnesses: War Crimes and the Promise of Justice in The Hague (2005).  > “Best Book in Human Rights” by the American Political Science Association, 2005.
• Susan Slyomovics, The Performance of Human Rights in Morocco (2005)
• A Voice for Human Rights: Mary Robinson (Kevin Boyle ed., 2005)
• Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf, Female Circumcision: Multicultural Perspectives (2006)
• Economic Rights in Canada and the United States (Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann & Claude E. Welch, Jr. eds., 2006) ISBN 10-0-8122-3925-3
• Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights: A Legal Resource Guide (Scott Leckie & Anne Gallagher eds. 2006) ISBN 10-0-8122-3017-4
• Human Rights in the Arab World: Independent Voices (Anthony Chase & Amr Hamzawy eds., 2006)
• Abdullahi Ahmed An Na’im, African Constitutionalism and the Role of Islam (2006)
• Human Rights in the World Community: Issues and Action (3d ed. Richard Pierre Claude & Burns H. Weston eds., 2006)
• Erin Daly & Jeremy Sarkin, Reconciliation in Divided Societies: Finding Common Ground (2007)
• Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat, Human Rights in Turkey (2007)
• Sonia Cardenas, Conflict and Compliance: State Responses to International Human Rights Pressure (2007)
• The Phenomenon of Torture: Readings and Commentary (William F. Schulz ed., 2007)
• David Weissbrodt & Connie de la Vega, International Human Rights Law: An Introduction (2007)
• The Age of Apology: Facing up to the Past (Mark Gibney, Rhoda Howard-Hassmann, Jean-Marc Coicaud, & Niklaus Steiner eds., 2007)
• Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa: Did the TRC Deliver? (Audrey Chapman & Hugo van der Merwe eds., 2008)
• Lisa S. Alfredson, Creating Human Rights How Noncitizens Made Sex Persecution Matter to the World (2008)
• The Future of Human Rights: US Policy for a New Era (William F. Schulz ed., 2008)
• Susan Deller Ross, Women’s Human Rights: The International and Comparative Law Casebook (2008)
• Human Rights NGOs in East Africa: Political and Normative Tensions (Makau Mutua ed., 2008)
• Magarrell & Wesley, Learning from Greensboro: Truth and Reconciliation in the United States (2008)
• The International Struggle for New Human Rights (Clifford Bob ed. 2008)
• Reproductive Health and Human Rights: The Way Forward (Laura Reichenbach & Mindy Jane Roseman eds. 2009)
• Johannes Morsink, Inherent Human Rights: Philosophical Roots of the Universal Declaration (2009)
• Jean H. Quataert, Advocating Dignity: Human Rights Mobilizations in Global Politics (2009)

Order Information: The books may be ordered from The University of Pennsylvania Press by phone at 1-800-445-9880 or by accessing the Penn Press web site at www.upen.edu/pennpress/