Web Links: Public International Law
- Resource Guides
- International & Regional Organizations
- International Courts and Tribunals
- Treaties and Other International Agreements
- Others
1. Resource Guides
American Society of International Law Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law
- The ASIL guide to electronic resources for international law provides access to electronic resources for researching various areas of international law.
Cornell Law School - LII
The Cornell LII page on international law provides an overview of international law; covering domains, sources and subjects. It includes United States constitutional documents, federal statutes, international organizations, conventions and treaties.
Foreign Databases by Jurisdiction (New York University School of Law)
- This guide provides research sources covering international organizations, international law databases, the United Nations and treaties.
Introduction to International Law Research (Brooklyn Law School)
- This is a comprehensive resource guide to international law ; it includes treaties, bibliographies, databases, indexes, judicial decisions and case law.
Legal Research on International Law Issues Using the Internet (D'Angelo Law Library)
- A collection of resources in international law; including major United States government agencies, international organizations, databases and research guides.
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
- The Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law is a renowned research institution. The website provides access to electronic versions of the Institute's publications such as the Heidelberg Journal of International Law, World Court Digest, Yearbook of United Nations Law, Public International Law bibliography, Encyclopedia of Public International Law, Journal of the History of International Law. It features the online public access catalogue and links to relevant international law websites.
2. International & Regional Organizations
a. Meta Sites
Union of International Associations
- The Union of International Associations (UIA) is a non-profit, apolitical, independent and non-governmental organization that researches, monitors and provides information on international organizations, associations and their global challenges. It features a links directory, databases and the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential.
b. United Nations
International Law Commission
- The International Law Commission works for the promotion of the progressive development of international law and its codification. The website features annual reports, topical research guides and other full-text publications.
Official Web Site Locator for the United Nations System of Organizations
- This is
an alphabetical index of websites of the United Nations system of organizations.
UN-I-Que: United Nations Info Quest
- UN-I-Que is a database "designed to provide quick access to document symbols/sales numbers for UN materials (1946 onwards). It does not give full bibliographic details nor does it replace existing bibliographic databases (UNBIS, UNBIS plus on CD-ROM) produced by the Library. UN-I-QUE focuses upon documents and publications of a recurrent nature".
UNESCO
- The UNESCO website provides regional and topical research guides, full-text publications, conventions and statistics.
United Nations
- The UN website provides access to international law materials in the form of publications, reports and maps. It also features the Dag Hammarskjold Library, its research guides and tools, UN Pulse news service and other multimedia resources. These Un related databases - AccessUN, United Nations Law Collection, United Nations Official Document System are available to York University faculty and students.
United Nations Foundation
- The UN Foundation is an advocate for the UN and it focuses on children's health, climate energy, sustainable development, technology, women and population. The website provides access to news, blogs and other multimedia resources.
3. International Courts & Tribunals
International Court of Justice
- The International Court of Justice is the primary judicial organ of the
United Nations. The website provides access to cases, court forms and documents, citations and useful links.
International Courts and Tribunals (Harvard Law School Library)
- This pathfinder provides basic introductory information about international courts and tribunals.
International Criminal Court
- The International Criminal Court is the first permanent treaty based court. The website features information about situation, cases, reports on activities of the court, court forms and rules of procedure.
International Criminal Court: Resources in Print and Electronic Form
- Compiled by Lyonette Louis-Jacques of the University of Chicago Law Library; this pathfinder includes books, periodicals and articles.
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
- This tribunal was set uoto deal with crimes that took place during the conflicts in the Balkans in the 1990s. The website provides detail information about cases, victim statements, rules of procedure and evidence, judicial supplements, video and audio resources.
Project on International Courts and Tribunals (PICT)
- PICT
produces academic research and concrete action to facilitate the work of the international courts and tribunals. The website contains information on courts, tribunals, research themse, full-text publications, bibliographies and a news archive.
4. Treaties and Other International Agreements
The Avalon Project (Yale Law School)
- A digital archive of documents in law, history and diplomacy. It includes documents from 400 BCE to date.
World War 1 Document Archive: Hague Conventions
- A collection of documents related to the Hague Convention from 1899 - 1954.
Multilaterals Project (Fletcher School at Tufts University)
-The Multilaterals Project
collection includes treaties in the areas of environmental agreements, human rights, commerce and trade, laws of war and arms control. Historical texts date from the 1648 Treaty of Westphalia to the Covenant of the League of Nations.
United Nations Treaty Collection
-This database includes the full-text of every treaty and international agreement entered into by a member of the United Nations. Available to York faculty and students.
5.OTHERS
Researching Careers in International Law
-This is a collection of resources about legal careers in international law prepared by Lyonette Louis-Jacques of the University of Chicago Law Library.
International Law Dictionary and Directory (Ray August)
- The International Law Dictionary and Directory is a listing of definitions of words and phrases used in public and private international law with linked cross references to related words and phrases; descriptions of international organizations with links,; acronyms of international organizations and descriptions of countries with links.
RAVE
- RAVE is a database for finding citations to decisions and articles in public international law and European law in the legal literature. It is sponsored by the North Rhine-Westphalia Ministry of Sciences and Research and the Paul Mikat Foundation. Coverage is from 1995 to 2005, and it mostly written in German legal periodicals and many non-German ones can be searched in English, French, or German
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