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Global Law Links

Global Law Links

Below are International Law-related Web sites on the World Wide Web. The links below are organized according to the following outline:

  1. Research Guides (General)
  2. International Treaties
  3. Governments
  4. International Organizations
    -The United Nations System (including Specialized Agencies and Related Organizations)
    -The European Union
    -Other Regional and Inter-Regional Organizations and Arrangements
  5. International Courts and Tribunals
  6. Non-Governmental Organizations
  7. Legal Associations & Scholarly Societies
  8. Academic Institutions
  9. Further Research (Selected Areas)
    -National Laws & Constitutions
    -War, Peace and Security
    -International Criminal Law
    -Human Rights
    -International Economic Law
    -International Environmental Law
  10. Top Ten Links

1. Research Guides (General)

ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law

http://www.asil.org/resource/home.htm

 

Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL)

http://www.eisil.org/index.php?sid=255671336&t=index

 

International Law Links (UN Website)

http://www.un.org/law/index.html

FindLaw - Foreign & International Resources

http://www.findlaw.com/12international/

 

Hieros Gamos - International Law

http://www.hg.org/internat.html

 

LLRX - International Legal Research

http://www.llrx.com/cgi-bin/llrx.cgi?function=browsetopic2&id=16

 

Introduction to International Law Research ( Jean Davis and Victoria Szymczak, Brooklyn Law School)

http://brkl.brooklaw.edu/screens/rgintl.html

 

Foreign Public Law and Public International Law - Virtual Institute (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law)

http://www.mpiv-hd.mpg.de/en/VI/EVI.cfm

 

International Links and Resources (Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law)

http://lcil.law.cam.ac.uk/research/

 

Foreign and International Law Links ( Washburn University School of Law Library)

http://www.washlaw.edu/forint/forintmain.html

 

Foreign and International Law Resources (Harvard Law School Library)

http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/services/research/guides/international/web_resources/

 

Foreign & International Resources (Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School)

http://www.law.yale.edu/library/research/issues.html

Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) (Library of Congress)

http://www.glin.gov/

Useful Sources for Current Research in International Law (Pace Law School)

http://library.law.pace.edu/research/international_law_research.html

Globelaw - International Law Sources and Reference Material

http://www.globelaw.com/sources.htm

Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases

http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/foreign_intl/index.html

 

Foreign and International Legal Resources ( Pritzker Legal Research Center, Northwestern University School of Law)

http://www.law.northwestern.edu/lawlibrary/research/foreign/

 

International Law Links (Emory School of Law)

http://www.law.emory.edu/erd/subject/intl.html

 

International Law Links - E. B. Williams Law Library (Georgetown University)

http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/intl/intl.html

 

International and Foreign Resources (Westminster Law Library, University of Denver)

http://www.law.du.edu/library/weblinks/international.cfm

 

Research Guide to International Law on the Internet (Faculty of Political Science, University of Bologna)

http://www2.spfo.unibo.it/spolfo/ILMAIN.htm

 

Public International Law Pages (Francis Auburn, University of Western Australia)

http://www.law.ecel.uwa.edu.au/intlaw/

International Law Links (Swiss Directorate of International Law, DFA)

http://www.eda.admin.ch/sub_dipl/e/home/links.html

 

Droit International Public (Patrice Despretz, Paix et Sécurité Internationales, PSI)

http://www.toile.org/psi/dip.html

 

Actualité et Droit International (Revue électronique d'analyse juridique de l'actualité internationale)

http://www.ridi.org/adi/

 

JURIDICA - Law Information Resources (Riga Graduate School of Law)

http://www.juridica.lv/Search

 

RAVE - Faculty of Law, University of Düsseldorf (Research of articles and decisions in public international law and European law)

http://www.jura.uni-duesseldorf.de/rave/e/englhome.asp

 

FLAG Foreign Law Guide Project (Internet gateway to the holdings of foreign, international and comparative law in UK universities and national libraries)

http://ials.sas.ac.uk/library/flag/flag.htm

 

 

 2. International Treaties

 

United Nations Treaty Collection (Subscription required)

http://untreaty.un.org/

 

European Treaty Series (Council of Europe)

http://conventions.coe.int/treaty/EN/Menuprincipal.htm

 

Multilaterals Project (Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy)

http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multilaterals.html

 

ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law: Treaties

http://www.asil.org/resource/treaty1.htm

 

Guide to International Treaties (Los Angeles County Law Library)

http://lalaw.lib.ca.us/treaties.html

 

International Treaties Guide (NYU School of Law Library)

http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/treatiesguide.html

 

Law Online: International Treaties (US Law Library of Congress)

http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/treaties.html

 

The Avalon Project - Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy (Yale Law School)

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm

 

The International Law of Treaties (Walter Gehr, Austrian Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs)

http://www.public-international-law.net/

 

KONTERM: State Practice concerning Treaties (Erich Schweighofer, University of Vienna)

http://www.univie.ac.at/RI/KONTERM/intlaw/konterm/konterm.htm

 

International Humanitarian Law Database: Treaties and Documents (International Committee of the Red Cross)

http://www.icrc.org/ihl

 

International Human Rights Instruments (UNHCHR)

http://www.unhchr.ch/html/intlinst.htm

 

International Human Rights Instruments (University of Minnesota)

http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/treaties.htm

 

The UN Human Rights Treaty System (A.F. Bayefsky)

http://www.bayefsky.com/

 

 

3. Governments

 

Governments on the World Wide Web

http://www.gksoft.com/govt/

 

Foreign Government Resources on the Web (University of Michigan)

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/foreign.html

 

Nations of the World (US Law Library of Congress

http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/nations.html

 

Guide to Governments & Politics (SPIRE, Keele University)

http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/por/

 

Ministries of Foreign Affairs Online (Stefano Baldi)

http://hostings.diplomacy.edu/baldi/mofa.htm

 

Directory of Diplomatic Services

http://diplo.diplomacy.edu/directory/

 

US Department of State

http://www.state.gov/

 

UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)

http://www.fco.gov.uk/

 

Ministère des Affaires é trangères de la France

http://www.france.diplomatie.fr/

 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia

http://www.mid.ru/

 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China

http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng

 

Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/menu-en.asp

 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

http://www.infojapan.org/

 

Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

http://www.esteri.it/ita/index.asp

World Leaders

http://www.govspot.com/categories/worldleaders.htm

German Foreign Office

http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de

 

 

4. International Organizations

 

Alphabetic List of International Governmental Organizations (Northwestern University)

http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/resource/internat/igo.html

 

International Agencies on the Web (University of Michigan Documents Center)

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/intl.html

 

Union of International Associations

http://www.uia.org/extlinks/pub.php

IGO Internet Sites (Stanford University)

http://www.stanford.edu/group/Jonsson/igourl.html

The United Nations System (including Specialized Agencies and Related Organizations)

United Nations System of Organizations

http://www.unsystem.org/

 

UN System Pathfinder (Guide to major publications of the organizations comprising the UN system)

http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/pathfind/frame/start.htm

 

United Nations Documentation: Research Guide (Dag Hammarskjöld Library)

http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/resguide/

 

United Nations Scholars' Workstation (Yale University)

http://www.library.yale.edu/un/

 

United Nations

http://www.un.org/

 

UN General Assembly

http://www.un.org/ga/

 

UN Security Council

http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/

 

UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

http://www.un.org/esa/coordination/ecosoc/

 

UN Secretary-General

http://www.un.org/News/ossg/sg/index.shtml

 

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

http://www.unhchr.ch/

 

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home

 

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

http://www.undp.org/

 

United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)

http://www.unep.org/

 

United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-HABITAT)

http://www.unhabitat.org/

 

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

http://www.unicef.org/

 

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

http://www.unctad.org/

 

International Trade Centre [UNCTAD/WTO]

http://www.intracen.org/index.htm

 

United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)

http://www.uncitral.org/

 

International Law Commission

http://www.un.org/law/ilc/index.htm

 

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

http://www.unitar.org/

 

United Nations University (UNU)

http://www.unu.edu/

 

University for Peace (UPEACE)

http://www.upeace.org/

 

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

http://www.iaea.org/

 

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)

http://www.ctbto.org/

 

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

http://www.opcw.org/

 

World Bank Group

http://www.worldbank.org/

 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

http://www.imf.org/

 

International Labour Organization (ILO)

http://www.ilo.org/

 

World Health Organization (WHO)

http://www.who.int/en/

 

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

http://www.fao.org/

 

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

http://www.unesco.org/

 

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

http://www.unido.org/

 

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

http://www.wipo.org/

 

International Maritime Organization (IMO)

http://www.imo.org/

 

International Seabed Authority (ISA)

http://www.isa.org.jm/

 

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

http://www.icao.int/

 

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

http://www.itu.int/

 

Universal Postal Union (UPU)

http://www.upu.int/

 

World Trade Organization (WTO)

http://www.wto.org/

 

World Tourism Organization

http://www.world-tourism.org/

 

The European Union

European Union Official Server

http://europa.eu.int/index_en.htm 

 

A-Z Index of European Union Websites

http://www.eurunion.org/infores/euindex.htm

 

The ABC of the European Union

http://www.europa.eu.int/abc-en.htm

 

General Report on the Activities of the European Union

http://europa.eu.int/abc/doc/off/rg/en/welcome.htm

 

Bulletin of the European Union

http://europa.eu.int/abc/doc/off/bull/en/welcome.htm

Eur-Lex - The Portal to EU Law

http://www.europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/index.html

 

CELEX - Access to EU Law (fee-based database, password required)

http://europa.eu.int/celex/

 

Pre-Lex (Monitoring of the legislative decision-making process between institutions)

http://www.europa.eu.int/prelex/apcnet.cfm?CL=en

 

RAPID (Press Releases; Background Notes; Memos; Speeches)

http://europa.eu.int/en/comm/spp/rapid.html

 

SCADplus (Activities of the EU - Summaries of Legislation)

http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/dors/oeil/en/default.htm

 

Treaty of Nice

http://europa.eu.int/comm/nice_treaty/index_en.htm#

 

Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

http://europa.eu.int/comm/igc2000/dialogue/info/otherlinks/charter/index_en.htm

 

Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)

http://ue.eu.int/pesc/default.asp?lang=en

 

Cooperation in the Field of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA)

http://ue.eu.int/jai/default.asp?lang=en

 

European Convention

http://european-convention.eu.int/

 

Council of the European Union

http://ue.eu.int/en/summ.htm

 

European Commission

http://europa.eu.int/comm/index_en.htm

 

European Parliament

http://www.europarl.eu.int/

 

The Secretary-General/High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy

http://ue.eu.int/solana/index.asp

 

European Central Bank (ECB)

http://www.ecb.int/

 

European Investment Bank (EIB)

http://www.eib.eu.int/

 

European Court of Auditors

http://www.eca.eu.int/EN/menu.htm The European Ombudsman

http://www.euro-ombudsman.eu.int/home/en/default.htm

 

European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

http://www.esc.eu.int/pages/en/home.asp Committee of the Regions

http://www.cor.eu.int/en/index.html

 

ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (Africa Caribbean Pacific - European Union)

http://www.europarl.eu.int/intcoop/acp/10_01/default_en.htm

 

EU Enlargement

http://europa.eu.int/comm/enlargement/index_en.html

 

Eurostati

http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/

 

EU Information Sources and Contacts

http://europa.eu.int/geninfo/info/guide/index_en.htm#biblio

 

Accessing European Union Information (Delegation of the European Commission to the United States)

http://www.eurunion.org/infores/euindex.htm

 

Jurist EU - The Legal Education Network (Academic gateway to EU legal information, instruction and scholarship)

http://www.fd.unl.pt/je/index.htm

 

 

European Union Law: An Integrated Guide to Electronic and Print Rese( Marylin J.Rai

http://www.llrx.com/features/eulaw.htm

 

Dokumente zum Europäischen Recht (Reiner Schulze and Thomas Hören, Westfälische Wilhelmsuniversität Münster)

http://www.eu-history.info/

 

Constitution for Europe: Draft Constitutions andComments (Walter Hallstein Institute for European Constitutional Law)

http://www.rewi.hu-berlin.de/WHI/english/index.htm EuroInternet

 

Information Resources Related to European Integration in the Internet (Michael Nentwich)

http://eiop.or.at/euroint/ European Union Resources

 

European Union Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison

http://www.library.wisc.edu/guides/EU/

 

European Documentation Center - Virtual Library (University of Mannheim)

http://www.bib.uni-mannheim.de/bereiche/edz/en

 

AEI - Archive of European Integration (University Library System, University of Pittsburgh)

http://aei.pitt.edu/

 

Internet Resources for the European Union (University of Sheffield Library)

http://www.shef.ac.uk/~lib/subjects/subeu.html

 

EU Electronic Resources (European University Institute)

http://www.iue.it/LIB/EUInformation/EUElectronicResources.shtml

European Union Bibliography (University of California Berkeley Library)

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/doemoff/govinfo/intl/gov_eu.html

 

European Union Research (NYU Law Library)

 

http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/euguide.html

 

European Interest Links (Jean Monet Center, NYU School of Law)

http://www.jeanmonnetprogram.org/links/index.html

 

European Commission Library Catalogue (ECLAS)

http://europa.eu.int/eclas/

 

CORDIS - Community Research and Development Information Service

http://www.cordis.lu/en/home.html

 

European Research Papers Archive (ERPA)

http://eiop.or.at/erpa/

 

European Integration Current Contents (Tables of Contents of Journals Relevant in European Integration Research; NYU Jean Monnet Center)

http://www.jeanmonnetprogram.org/TOC/index.php

 

EU Literature - Book reviews and review essays

http://www.europeanbooks.org/

 

EU Observer (EU related news provider)

http://euobserver.com/

 

Other Regional and Inter-Regional Organizations and Arrangements

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

http://www.nato.int/home.htm

 

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

http://www.osce.org

 

Council of Europe

http://www.coe.int/

 

Western European Union (WEU)

http://www.weu.int/

 

European Free Trade Association (EFTA)

http://www.efta.int

 

Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe

http://www.stabilitypact.org/

 

Organization of American States (OAS)

http://www.oas.org/

 

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

http://www.nafta-sec-alena.org/DefaultSite/index_e.aspx

 

Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)

http://www.ftaa-alca.org/

 

Mercado Común del Sur (Mercosur)

http://www.mercosur.org.uy/

 

Andean Community

http://www.comunidadandina.org/endex.htm

 

Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM)

http://www.caricom.org/

 

Association of Caribbean States (ACS)

http://www.acs-aec.org/

 

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

http://www.aseansec.org/home.htm

 

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

http://www.saarc-sec.org/ Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

http://www.apecsec.org.sg/

Shanghai Cooperation Organization

http://www.sectsco.org/

African Union (AU)

http://www.africa-union.org/

 

Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community/p>

http://www.au2002.gov.za/docs/key_oau/aectreat1.htm

 

East African Community (EAC)

http://www.eac.int/

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

http://www.ecowas.int/

 

Southern African Development Community (SADC)

http://www.sadc.int/  

 

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)

http://www.comesa.int/

 

League of Arab States

http://www.arableagueonline.org/

 

Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)

http://www.oic-oci.org /

 

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)

http://www.gcc-sg.org/home_e.html

 

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

http://www.opec.org/

 

The Commonwealth

http://www.thecommonwealth.org

 

Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie

http://www.francophonie.org/

 

Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

http://www.cisstat.com/eng/cis.htm

 

Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC)

http://www.bsec-organization.org/

 

Council of the Baltic States

http://www.cbss.st/

 

Nordic Council

http://www.norden.org/

 

Arctic Council

http://www.arctic-council.org/     

 

Pacific Islands Forum

http://www.forumsec.org.fj/

 

Pacific Community

http://www.spc.org.nc/

 

G8 Information Centre

http://www.g7.utoronto.ca/

 

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

http://www.oecd.org/home/

 

Group of 77

http://www.g77.org/

 

Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)

http://www.nam.gov.za/index.html

 

5. International Courts and Tribunals

International Court of Justice (ICJ)

http://www.icj-cij.org/

 

International Criminal Court (ICC)

http://www.icc-cpi.int/php/index.php

 

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)

http://www.un.org/icty/

 

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)

http://www.un.org/ictr/

 

International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)

http://www.itlos.org/

 

Permanent Court of Arbitration

http://www.pca-cpa.org/ Permanent Court of International Justice

http://www.worldcourts.com/pcij/eng/

 

International Court of Environmental A rbitration and C onciliation (ICEAC)

http://iceac.sarenet.es/

 

WTO Dispute Settlement Body

http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/dispu_e.htm#dsb

 

WTO Appellate Body

http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/appellate_body_e.htm

 

European Court of Justice

http://europa.eu.int/cj/index.htm

 

Court of First Instance of the European Communities

http://europa.eu.int/cj/en/instit/services/index.htm

 

EFTA Court

http://www.eftacourt.lu/

 

European Court of Human Rights

http://www.echr.coe.int/

 

Inter-American Court of Human Rights

http://www.corteidh.or.cr/index-ingles.html

 

Central American Court Of Justice (CACJ)

http://www.ccj.org.ni/

 

Court of Justice of the Andean Community

http://www.tribunalandino.org.ec/

 

African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights

http://www.africa-union.org/organs/Court_of_Justice.htm

 

Court of Justice of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

http://www.comesa.int/institutions/court_of_justice/

 

Special Court for Sierra Leone

http://www.sc-sl.org/

 

Project on International Courts and Tribunals

http://www.pict-pcti.org/index.html

Statute of the Iraqi Special Tribunal

http://www.cpa-iraq.org/human_rights/Statute.htm

 

6. Non-Governmental Organizations       

The NGOs Network

http://www.ngos.net/

Global Information Access Net (Directory of International Affairs Organizations, including NGOs)

http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/giant/

 

Non-governmental Organizations Research Guide (Duke University)

http://docs.lib.duke.edu/igo/guides/ngo/index.htm

 

NGO Global Network (Non-governmental organizations associated with the UN)

http://www.ngo.org/

 

Conference of NGOs (CONGO) in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations

http://www.ngocongo.org/index2.html

 

World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA)

http://www.wfuna.org/

 

Global Policy Forum: NGOs

http://www.globalpolicy.org/ngos/index.htm

 

World Directory of Development Organizations and Programs

http://www.coop4coop.org/

 

NGO-Net (Guide to NGOs in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union)

http://www.ngonet.org/

 

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

http://www.icrc.org/

 

International Commission of Jurists

www.icj.org/

 

World Federalist Association (WFA)

http://www.wfa.org/

 

World Jurist Association (WJA)

http://www.worldjurist.org/

 

International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC)

http://www.ilac.se

 

Amnesty International

http://www.amnesty.org

Freedom House

http://www.freedomhouse.org/

Human Rights Watch

http://www.hrw.org/

 

Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (LCHR)

http://www.lchr.org/

 

Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF)

http://www.asf.be/

 

International League for Human Rights (ILHR)

http://www.ilhr.org/index.html

 

International Federation for Human Rights Leagues (FIDH)

http://www.fidh.org/fidh-en/index.htm

 

International Service for Human Rights (ISHR)

http://www.ishr.ch/index.htm

 

World Organization Against Torture (OMCT)

http://www.omct.org/

 

Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT)

http://www.apt.ch/

 

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

http://www.aclu.org

 

Minority Rights Group International

http://www.minorityrights.org/

 

International Crisis Group (ICG)

http://www.intl-crisis-group.org/home/index.cfm

 

Coalition for International Justice (CIJ)

http://www.cij.org/

 

Coalition for the International Criminal Court

http://www.iccnow.org/

 

American Non-Governmental Organizations Coalition for the International Criminal Court

http://www.amicc.org/

 

Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers (CSC)

http://www.child-soldiers.org/

 

Prevent Genocide International 

http://www.preventgenocide.org/

 

Crimes of War Project

http://www.crimesofwar.org/

 

Greenpeace

http://www.greenpeace.org/international_en/

 

World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

http://www.panda.org/

 

Friends of the Earth International

http://www.foei.org/

 

Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD)

http://www.field.org.uk/

 

World Conservation Union (IUCN)

http://www.iucn.org/

 

Oxfam International

http://www.oxfam.org

 

7. Legal Associations Societies

 

International Law Association (ILA)

http://www.ila-hq.org/

 

International Bar Association (IBA)

http://www.ibanet.org International Law Students Association (ILSA)

http://www.ilsa.org/ European Law Students Association (ELSA)

http://www.elsa.org/

 

International Peace Research Association (IPRA)

http://www.human.mie-u.ac.jp/~peace/index.htm

 

International Law of War Association (ILOWA)

http://www.lawofwar.org/ International Society for Military Law and the Law of War

 

AISBL

http://www.soc-mil-law.org/ American Society of International Law

 

ASIL

http://www.asil.org/

 

European Society of International Law (ESIL)

http://www.esil-sedi.org/english/

 

African Society of International and Comparative Law (ASICL)

http://www.hri.ca/organizations/vieworg.asp?ID=5504

 

Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS)

http://www.acuns.wlu.ca/ Canadian Council on International Law (CCIL)

http://www.ccil-ccdi.ca/

 

Société Québécoise de Droit International (SQDI)

http://www.sqdi.org/

 

British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)

http://www.biicl.org/

 

Société Française Pour le Droit International (SFDI)

http://www.sfdi.org/

 

German Society of International Law (DGVR)

http://www.dgvr.de/en/eindex.htm

 

Società Italiana de Diritto Internazionale (SIDI)

http://www.sidi-isil.it/INDEX_EN.HTM

 

Japanese Society of International Law

http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jsil/index-e.htm

 

8. Academic Institutions

Hieros Gamos' International Directory of Law Schools

http://www.hg.org/schools.html

 

Centre de Droit International de l'Université de Paris 1 - Panthéon-Sorbonne (France)

http://cedin.univ-paris1.fr/

 

Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law, American University (USA)

http://www.wcl.american.edu/humright/center.cfm

 

Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University (USA)

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/humanrights/index.html

 

Center for International Legal Studies (Austria)

http://cils.net/index.htm

 

Center for International Studies, University of Oxford (UK)

http://cis.politics.ox.ac.uk/

 

College of Europe (Belgium)

http://www.coleurop.be/

 

International & Comparative Law Program, Duke University (USA)

http://www.law.duke.edu/intcomp/index.html

 

European Law Research Center, Harvard Law School (USA)

ttp://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/elrc/

 

European University Institute (Italy)

http://www.iue.it/

 

Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University (USA)

http://fletcher.tufts.edu/

 

Graduate Institute of International Studies (Switzerland)

http://heiwww.unige.ch/index.html

 

Hague Academy of International Law (Netherlands)

http://www.hagueacademy.nl/

 

Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (Germany)

http://www.ifhv.de/

 

International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development (Canada)

http://www.ichrdd.ca/

 

Inter-American Institute of Human Rights (IIHR)

http://www.iidh.ed.cr/

 

Institute for International Law and Justice, NYU School of Law (USA)

http://www.iilj.org/

 

Jean Monnet Center for International & Regional Economic Law & Justice

http://www.jeanmonnetprogram.org/index.html

EURAC Research - Institute for Minority Rights

http://www.eurac.edu/Org/Minorities/IMR/index.htm

Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge (UK)

http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/rcil/home.htm

 

Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (Germany) 

http://www.virtual-institute.de/eindex.cfm

 

Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM)

http://www.uu.nl/uupublish/homerechtsgeleer/onderzoek/onderzoekscholen/sim/english/18199main.html

 

Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS)

http://www.uu.nl/uupublish/homerechtsgeleer/onderzoek/onderzoekscholen/nilos/19460main.html

 

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

http://www.sipri.org/

 

T.M.C. Asser Institute (Netherlands)

http://www.asser.nl/

 

Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University (USA)

http://www.wws.princeton.edu/

 

9.  Further Research (selected areas)

 

National Laws & Constitutions A-Z World Constitutions ( Charter 88)

http://www.charter88.org.uk/links/link_cons.html Constitution Finder

 

(University of Richmond School of Law)

http://confinder.richmond.edu/ Constitutional Laws of Nations

 

(Chan Robles)

http://www.chanrobles.com/worldconstitutions.htm International Constitutional Law

 

International Constitutional Law (Universität Bern, Institut für Öffentliches Recht)

http://www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/icl/index.html Constitutions of EU Member States and Candidate Countries

 

(European Constitutional Law Network)

http://www.ecln.net/

 

Foreign Laws and Constitutions (Internet Law Library, Pritchard Law Webs)

http://www.priweb.com/internetlawlib/52.htm

Guide to Law Online (Law Library of Congress)

http://www.loc.gov/law/public/law-guide.html

National Constitutions (Jon Roland, Constitution Society)

http://www.constitution.org/cons/natlcons.htm

Government Gazettes Online

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/gazettes/index.htm

Find Law - Foreign Laws Arranged by Country

http://www.findlaw.com/12international/countries/    

 

War, Peace and Security

The Avalon Project - The Laws of War (Yale Law School)

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/lawofwar/lawwar.htm

 

(ICRC)

http://www.icrc.org/ihl

 

War, Peace and Security Server (Information Resource Centre, Canadian Forces College)

http://wps.cfc.forces.gc.ca/en/index.php

 

Treaties on the Rules of Warfare (Fletcher)

http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multi/warfare.html

International Peace and Security (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://www.cfr.org/issue/65/international_peace_and_security.html

 

Web Genocide Documentation Centre (Stuart Stein, University of the West of England)

http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/genocide.htm

 

International Boundaries Research Unit, University of Durham (Database of news reports on international boundary problems from 1991 to present)

http://www-ibru.dur.ac.uk/

 

International Relations and Security Network, ETH Zurich (Electronic clearinghouse for resources and institutions in the field of international relations and security studies)

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/

 

United Nations Peacekeeping (UN-PKO Department)

http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/dpko/home.shtml

 

Peacekeeping and Related Operations

 

 

 

Reference Resources

University of New Brunswick, Saint John Ward Chipman Library http://www.unbsj.ca/library/subject/peace1.htm

 

International Peacekeeping (SOSIG - Social Science Information Gateway)

http://www.sosig.ac.uk/roads/subject-listing/World-cat/intpeace.html

 

Foreign Military Studies Office - Research Links

http://fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/recent.htm

International Terrorism Resources Page

 

UN Library

http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resources/terrorism/index.html Legal Resources on Terrorism

 

ASIL

http://www.asil.org/terrorind.htm Backgrounder on National Security Law and Counter-Terrorism

 

Cornell Legal Information Institute

http://www.law.cornell.edu/background/warpower/

 

Terrorism/Counter-Terrorism Web Links (US Institute for Peace)

http://www.usip.org/library/topics/terrorism.html

 

The War on Terrorism: Post-Saddam Iraq (Joyner Library, East Carolina University)

http://www.lib.ecu.edu/govdoc/iraq.html#mil2 Materials and Link-Collection on the Iraq War

 

Horst Fischer

http://www.horstfischer.info/iraq.asp

 

The Iraq War Debate 2002/2003 (University of Michigan Documents Center)

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/iraqwar.html

 

International Criminal Law

International Criminal Law Resource Guide (ASIL)

http://www.asil.org/resource/crim1.htm Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL)

 

International Criminal Law

http://www.eisil.org/index.php?sid=527987447&t=sub_pages&cat=21

International Criminal Law: A Selective Resource Guide (Marylin J. Raisch and Gail Partin)

http://www.llrx.com/features/int_crim3.htm

International Law on the Internet - International Criminal Law (University of Bologna)

http://sun1.spfo.unibo.it/spolfo/CRIMLAW.htm

 

United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network (UNCJIN)

http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/uncjin.html

 

International Criminal LawNetwork (The Hague)

http://www.icln.net/

 

Human Rights

 

Researching International Human Rights Law (UC Berkeley Law Library)

http://www.law.berkeley.edu/library/staff/mhoffman/humanrights.html

 

Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL): Human Rights

http://www.eisil.org/index.php?sid=527987447&t=sub_pages&cat=185

 

Project Diana: An Online Human Rights Archive (Yale Law School)

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diana/

 

Human Rights Internet - A Human Rights Gateway

http://www.hri.ca/welcome.asp

 

Rights International Research Guide  (Center for International Human Rights Law)

http://www.rightsinternational.org/links.html

 

Netherlands Institute of Human Rights Documentation Center

http://sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/Dochome.nsf?Open

 

University of Minnesota Human Rights Library

http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/index.html

 

Human Rights Links (Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law)

http://www.rwi.lu.se/

 

Legislationline - International texts and domestic legislation in the OSCE region dealing with the rule of law and the protection of human rights (OSCE/ ODIHR )

http://www.legislationline.org/

 

International Economic Law

Researching International Economic Law on the Internet (IIEL, Georgetown University Law Center)

http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/intl/iiel/links.htm

 

ASIL Electronic Research Guide: International Economic Law

http://www.asil.org/resource/iel1.htm Guide to International Trade Law Sources on the Internet

 

WTO and GATT Research

http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/wtoguide.html

 

World Trade Online

http://www.insidetrade.com/

 

Global Trade Negotiations Home Page (Harvard University)

http://www.cid.harvard.edu/cidtrade/

 

International Financial Institutions Research Site (Wellesley College)

http://www.wellesley.edu/Economics/IFI/index.html

 

Juris International (Database on international trade law))

http://www.jurisint.org/

 

Transnational Law Database (Online reference tool for transnational commercial law)

http://www.transnational-law.de/

Lex Mercatoria

http://www.lexmercatoria.org/

International Environmental Law International Environmental Law and Policy: A Comprehensive Reference Source (D. Hunter, J. Salzman and D. Zaelke, WCL, American University)

http://www.wcl.american.edu/environment/iel/

 

Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL): International Environmental Law

http://www.eisil.org/index.php?sid=527987447&t=sub_pages&cat=18

 

International Environmental Law Research Guide (Georgetown University Law Library)

http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/intl/guides/environment/

 

http://www.nationalaglawcenter.org/bibguide/envint.htm Pace

 

Pace Environmental Law Library (Pace University School of Law)

http://www.law.pace.edu/environment/libresearch.html

 

ENTRI - Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators ( Online portal for environmental treaty data)

http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu:9080/entri/index.jsp

 

ECOLEX - Electronic Gateway to Environmental Law

http://www.ecolex.org/index.php

Global Research - Environment

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=theme&themeId=4

Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)

http://www.ciel.org/

Multilateral Environmental Agreements (FIELD)

http://www.field.org.uk/links.php


 

TOP TEN Links

 

10.     United Nations Homepage

The main portal for information from the UN institutions and agencies and up-to-date information on UN policies and programs. Conventional but indispensable.

 

         http://www.un.org/

 

09.       SPIRE Guide to Governments & Politics (Keele University, UK)

Immensely useful resource guide when information on governments and national politics is what you are looking for. Also contains links to constitutions, electoral systems and domestic & international media.     

 

       http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/por/

 

08.       Multilaterals Project (Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University)

Provides online access to a vast number of international multilateral conventions and other instruments. If you are looking for the text of a global or regional treaty, you most probably find it here.

07.       University of Minnesota Human Rights Library

Probably the largest collection of human rights resources on the internet. The site covers more the 14.450 human rights documents, human rights research engines, an online catalog of human rights education resources, as well as links to training, field and job opportunities. Documents are available in Arabic, English, French, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish.  

06.       Project on International Courts and Tribunals (PICT)

PICT is a joint undertaking of the Center on International Cooperation, New York University, and the Centre for International Courts and Tribunals, University College London. Its website contains information on, and links to, all existing international courts and tribunals. Its news archive is updated daily.
           http://www.pict-pcti.org/index.html

 

05.       RAVE (University of Düsseldorf, Faculty of Law)

Extensive data base covering recent publications (articles and decisions) on public international law and European law, starting with the year 1995. Permits, via hyper links, direct access to relevant material published on the WWW. Updated on a three-monthly basis.

          

http://www.jura.uni-duesseldorf.de/rave/e/englhome.asp

 

04.       Research Guide to International Law on the Internet (Massimo Magagni)

University of Bologna) Contains a wide range of selected and annotated international law links. User-friendly and comprehensive. A great starting point for international legal research on the internet.  

http://www2.spfo.unibo.it/spolfo/ILMAIN.htm

 

03.       Virtual Institute (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law)

Contains the vast electronic offerings of the Max Planck Institute in Heidelberg, including OPAC, the Online Public Access Catalog, with bibliographical references to books, periodicals and articles available at the library of the Institute.

 

           http://www.mpivhd.mpg.de/en/VI/EVI.cfm

          

02.       ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law

One of the most comprehensive international law guides on the web. Continuously updated and expanded. Links visitors to the particularly useful Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL).

 

01.       European Journal of International Law (EJIL)

One of the world's leading and most stimulating international law journals. The website offers the full text of the Journal's first ten volumes as well as one full text article and abstracts of all other articles published in the Journal's recent issues. Its "Current Developments" pages contain reports of recent case practice in a number of different fora pertaining to international law. The site also features a forum for discussion, a reading room, links with related sites and an email announcement service.

           http://www.ejil.org/