Some Useful International Law Websites
See also web references in chapter footnotes- General sites (with links to relevant materials)
- History of international law
- Sources
- International law andmunicipal law
- Human rights (See also International humanitarian law)
- Territory
- Air and space law
- Law of the sea
- Treaties
- International environmental law
- International courts and tribunals (see also Human rights)
- International terrorism
- International humanitarian law
- International institutions
- International Criminal Law
General sites (with links to relevant materials)
- The foreign and international law web of the Washburn University School of Law Library
http://www.washlaw.edu/forint/forintmain.html - Electronic resource guide of
the American Society of International Law
http://www.asil.org/resource/home.htm - Web journal research guide
http://www.llrx.com/international law.html - LyonetteLouis-Jacques guide to international law research, University of Chicago
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/~llou/forintlaw.html - University of Western Australia guide to international law resources
http://www.law.ecel.uwa.edu.au/intlaw/ - University of Bologna research guide to international law
http://www2.spfo.unibo.it/spolfo/ILMAIN.htm - Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law
http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/RCIL/home.htm - World Law site
http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/ - Hieros Gamos law links
http://www.hg.org/govt.html - University of Kent law links
http://library.ukc.ac.uk/library/lawlinks/international.htm
This listing excludes subscription services. The links were correct at the date of writing. No responsibility is undertaken as to their continued existence or accuracy.
- University of Laval, French Canadian site on international law
http://www.bibl.ulaval.ca/ress/droit/bouton8.html - French resource for international law generally
http://www.ridi.org/ - United Nations site dealing with international law generally
http://www.un.org/law - World Bank Law Library, including links to international organisations, treaties and legal topics
http://www4.worldbank.org/legal/lawlibrary.html - International Law Commission
http://www.un.org/law/ilc/ - ICC Legal Tools (these deal mostly with international criminal law, but also with general international law, human rights law, humanitarian law and national implementation)
http://www.icc-cpi.int/legaltools - ASIL Guide for Electronic Resources for International Law
http://www.asil.org/resource/home.htm - Law & Technology Resources for Legal Professions (International Law Guide)
http://www.llrx.com/international_law.html - University of Chicago Library (Legal Research on International Law Issues Using the Internet)
http://www2.lib.uchicago.edu/~llou/forintlaw.html - University of Bologna (Research Guide to International Law on the Internet)
http://www2.spfo.unibo.it/spolfo/ILMAIN.htm - The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge
http://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk/ - World Law
http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/ - HG.org Worldwide Legal Directories
http://www.hg.org/govt.html - Université Laval
http://www.bibl.ulaval.ca/mieux/chercher/portails/droit/droit_international - Réseau Internet pour le Droit International
http://www.ridi.org/ - United Nations (International Law)
http://www.un.org/law/
History of international law
- Yale University Avalon Project - historical documents
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
Sources
Treaties (see also Treaties)- UN treaty site
http://untreaty.un.org/
Cases (see also International courts and tribunals)
- Max Planck Institute World Court digest
http://www.virtual-institute.de/en/wcd/wcd.cfm - Index to court decisions and journal articles
http://www.jura.uni-duesseldorf.de/rave/e/englhome.asp
Sources and evidence of custom/state practice/development of international law (see also International law and municipal law)
- International Law Commission
http://www.un.org/law/ilc/ - UN Commission on International Trade Law
http://www.uncitral.org/en-index.htm - Links to government websites
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/
Writings
- Index to court decisions and journal articles
http://www.jura.uni-duesseldorf.de/rave/e/englhome.asp - European Journal of International Law
http://www.ejil.org/ and http://www3.oup.co.uk/ejilaw/ - International law journals
http://stu.findlaw.com/journals/international.html - Summary of international law journals (French)
http://www.srdi.ws/
International law andmunicipal law
National constitutions and legislation- International constitutional law site from University of Berne
http://www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/icl/index.html - World constitutions
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/06constitutional/03forconst/index.html - UK legislation
http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/ - UK statutory instruments
http://www.hmso.gov.uk/stat.htm - British and Irish legal information – cases and legislation
http://www.bailii.org/ - US legislation
http://thomas.loc.gov/ - Canadian legal materials
http://www.canlii.org/ - Canadian law
http://www.llrx.com/features/canadian3.htm - French legislation
http://www.journal-officiel.gouv.fr/ - French law
http://www.llrx.com/features/frenchlaw.htm - Australian legal materials
http://www.austlii.org/ - Materials from other jurisdictions
http://www.worldlii.org/ - Links to national laws
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/world/index.htm
National cases
- UK cases
http://www.courtserve2.net/index.htm - British and Irish legal information - cases and legislation
http://www.bailii.org/ - Scottish cases
http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/ - US Supreme Court cases
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/index.php - European judicial network in civil and commercial law
http://europa.eu.int/comm/justice home/ejn/index en.htm - Venice Commission links to national constitutional courts
http://www.coe.fr/venice/links-e.htm
Human rights (See also International humanitarian law)
International human rights- UN human rights
http://www.un.org/rights/index.html - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
http://www.unhchr.ch/ - University of Minnesota human rights library
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/ - British Council's human rights network
http://humanrights.britishcouncil.org/ - Women's human rights resources
http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/diana/ - Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org/ - International Criminal Court
http://www.un.org/law/icc/ - International Criminal Court materials
http://www.iccnow.org/ - International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
http://www.icty.org/ - International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
http://www.ictr.org/
Regional human rights
- European Court of Human Rights
http://www.echr.coe.int/ - European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
http://www.cpt.coe.int/en/ - European Commission against Racism and Intolerance
http://www.coe.int/t/E/human rights/ecri/ - European Centre for Minority Issues
http://www.ecmi.de/doc/index.html - African Commission for Human and Peoples' Rights
http://www.achpr.org/ - Decisions of African Commission
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/africa/comcases/allcases.html - Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/cases/commissn.htm - Inter-American Court of Human Rights
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/iachr/iachr.html - Official site for Inter-American Court of Human Rights
http://www.corteidh.or.cr/ - Official site for Inter-American Commission
http://www.cidh.oas.org/ - Human Rights Chamber, Bosnia
http://www.gwdg.de/~ujvr/hrch/hrch.htm
Territory
- International Boundaries Research Unit, University of Durham
http://www-ibru.dur.ac.uk/ - Boundary links
http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~phensel/territory.html#general - Antarctica site of Australian government
http://www.antdiv.gov.au/default.asp?casid=76
Air and space law
- McGill University Institute of Air and Space Law
http://www.iasl.mcgill.ca/ - International Civil Aviation Organisation
http://www.icao.int/ - UN international space law site
http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/SpaceLaw/spacelaw.htm - Russian space policy documents
http://www.fas.org/spp/civil/russia/pol docs.htm - NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/ - European Space Agency
http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/index.html
Law of the sea
- UN site dealing with law of the sea issues
http://www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm - Council on Ocean Law site
http://www.oceanlaw.org/
Treaties
- University of Yale Avalon Project
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm - University of Tufts Fletcher School Multilaterals Project
http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multilaterals.html - UN treaty site
http://untreaty.un.org/ - Council of Europe treaty site
http://conventions.coe.int/ - US treaties in force site
http://www.state.gov/s/l/c8455.htm - UK Foreign Office treaty site
http://www.fco.gov.uk/ - Australian Treaties Library
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/
International environmental law
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, established by WMO and UNEP
http://www.ipcc.ch/ - UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
http://unfccc.int/ - International Water Law Project
http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/ - IAEA
http://www.iaea.org/worldatom/ - OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
http://www.nea.fr/ - UN Commission on Sustainable Development
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/ - International Institute for Sustainable Development
http://iisdl.iisd.ca/
International courts and tribunals (see also Human rights)
- International Courts and Tribunals Project site
http://www.pict-pcti.org/home.html - International Court of Justice
http://www.icj-cij.org/ - International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
http://www.itlos.org/ - Permanent Court of Arbitration
http://pca-cpa.org/ - European Court of Justice and Court of First Instance
http://europa.eu.int/cj/en/index.htm - European Court of Auditors
http://www.eca.eu.int/EN/menu.htm - World Bank Inspection Panels
http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/ipn/ipnweb.nsf - World Bank Inspection Panel
http://www.bicusa.org/mdbs/wbg/inspectionpanel/ - UN Administrative Tribunal
http://untreaty.un.org/ola-internet/unat.htm - International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes
http://www.worldbank.org/icsid/ - International Chamber of Commerce dispute resolution
http://www.iccwbo.org/index court.asp - Iran–US Claims Tribunal
http://www.iusct.org/index-english.html - UN Compensation Commission (Iraq)
http://www.unog.ch/uncc/ - Court of Arbitration for Sport
http://www.tas-cas.org/ - Central American Court of Justice
http://www.ccj.org.ni/ - WTO Dispute settlement
http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/dispu_e.htm
International terrorism
- Terrorism
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/terrorism.htm - UN website on terrorism
http://www.un.org/terrorism - UN Office on Drugs and Crime terrorism programme
http://www.undcp.org/odccp/terrorism.html - Counter-Terrorism Committee of the Security Council
http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/committees/1373/ - EU and terrorism materials
http://europa.eu.int/comm/justice home/news/terrorism/documents/ index en.htm
International humanitarian law
- International humanitarian law research site
http://www.ihlresearch.org/portal/ihli/portalhome.php - International Committee of the Red Cross
http://www.icrc.org/ - University of Minnesota international humanitarian law
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/auoy.htm - University of Yale Avalon Project laws of war
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/lawofwar/lawwar.htm - Nuremberg war crimes trials
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/imt/imt.htm - Chemical and biological weapons site
http://fas-www.harvard.edu/~hsp/ - Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
http://www.sipri.se/ - Military law site
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Aspals/Homepage.htm
International institutions
General- Links to international organisations
http://www.uia.org/extlinks/pub.php - United Nations
http://www.un.org/ - WTO
http://www.wto.org
Specialised agencies
- International Maritime Organisation
http://www.imo.org/home.asp - ILO
http://ilo.org/ - WHO
http://who.org/ - Food and Agriculture Organisation
http://www.fao.org/
Regional organisations
- SFOR
http://www.nato.int/sfor/index.htm - KFOR
http://www.nato.int/kfor/welcome.html - WEU
http://www.weu.int/ - OECD
http://www.oecd.org/ - Council of Europe
http://www.coe.int/ - EU
http://europa.eu.int/ - Arab League
http://www.arableagueonline.org/arableague/index en.jsp - African Union
http://www.africa-union.org/ - Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
http://www.aseansec.org/ - SADC
http://www.sadc.int/ - ECOWAS
http://www.ecowas.int/ - ECOWAS documents
http://www.iss.co.za/AF/RegOrg/unity to union/ecowas.html - OAS
http://www.oas.org/default.htm - Arab League
http://www.al-bab.com/arab/docs/league.htm - NATO
http://www.nato.int/ - OSCE
http://www.osce.org/ - NAFTA
http://www.nafta-sec-alena.org/english/index.htm - Mercosur
http://www.mercosur.org.uy/ - High Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina
http://www.ohr.int/
International Criminal Law
- International Criminal Court
http://www.icc-cpi.int - International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
http://www.un.org/icty - Special Court for Sierra Leone
http://www.sc-sl.org - Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
http://www.eccc.gov.kh
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