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Web links to key resources
The following compendium of resources is designed to facilitate student learning and to help you become familiar with the extensive international law resources that exist. This includes international organizations, tribunals, courts, and settlement bodies, legal blogs, and other relevant online resources.
International Organizations
Association of South East Asian Nations:
Caribbean Community:
Economic Community of West African States:
Eurasian Economic Union:
http://www.eaeunion.org/?lang=en
European Union:
https://europa.eu/european-union/index_en
International Committee of the Red Cross: War & Law:
https://www.icrc.org/en/war-and-law
International Monetary Fund:
http://www.imf.org/external/index.htm
International Sea Bed Authority:
https://www.isa.org.jm/
Mercado Común del Sur:
North Atlantic Treaty Organization:
http://www.nato.int/
Organization of American States:
United Nations Human Rights Council (former Commission on Human Rights):
http://www.ohchr.org
United Nations Human Rights Council—Commissions of Inquiry and Fact-finding Missions:
https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/Pages/COIs.aspx
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law:
http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/about_us.html
United Nations Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction
United Nations International Law Commission:
http://legal.un.org/ilc/
United Nations Millennium Goals:
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals
United Nations Organization system:
http://research.un.org/en/docs/unsystem/intro
United Nations Security Council:
http://www.un.org/en/sc/
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals:
United Nations Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform:
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/
United Nations Treaty Collection:
https://treaties.un.org/
World Bank Group:
World Trade Organization:
https://www.wto.org/index.htm
For resources relating to the UN Specialized Agencies, see:
http://research.un.org/en/docs/unsystem/sa
International tribunals, courts, and settlement bodies
African Court of Justice and Human Rights:
http://www.african-court.org/en
Caribbean Court of Justice:
http://www.caribbeancourtofjustice.org
CURIA (case law of the European Court of Justice):
http://curia.europa.eu
Documents from the Nuremberg trials (Harvard Law School Library):
http://nuremberg.law.harvard.edu/
Energy Charter Treaty Secretariat:
https://www.energychartertreaty.org/cases/list-of-cases/
Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia:
https://www.eccc.gov.kh/en
HUDOC (case law of the European Court of Human Rights):
http://hudoc.echr.coe.int
Inter-American Court of Human Rights:
https://www.corteidh.or.cr/index.cfm?lang=en
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (World Bank):
https://icsid.worldbank.org/en/
International Court of Justice:
http://www.icj-cij.org/homepage/index.php
International Criminal Court:
https://www.icc-cpi.int/
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda:
http://unictr.unmict.org/
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia:
http://www.icty.org/
International Labour Organization Administrative Tribunal:
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/tribunal/
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea:
https://www.itlos.org/
Kosovo Specialist Chambers
Permanent Court of Arbitration:
https://pca-cpa.org/en/home/
Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone:
Special Tribunal for Lebanon (often called the ‘Hariri Tribunal’):
World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Body cases:
https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/find_dispu_cases_e.htm#results
International law blogs and news sources
American Society of International Law Blog:
https://www.asil.org/blogs/ilib
American Society of International Law Insights:
https://www.asil.org/insights
An International Law Blog:
https://aninternationallawblog.wordpress.com/
Berkeley Journal of International Law Blog:
http://berkeleytravaux.com/
Beyond The Hague:
https://beyondthehague.com/
EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law:
http://www.ejiltalk.org/
ESIL Reflections: European Society of International Law:
http://www.esil-sedi.eu/node/84
Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog of the ICRC:
https://blogs.icrc.org/law-and-policy/
International Judicial Monitor:
http://www.judicialmonitor.org/summer2016/
International Law Observer:
http://www.internationallawobserver.eu/
International Law Reporter:
http://ilreports.blogspot.dk/
IntLawGrrls:
https://ilg2.org/
Just Security:
https://www.justsecurity.org/
Lawfare Blog:
https://www.lawfareblog.com/topic/international-law-loac
Opinio Juris:
http://opiniojuris.org/
(A list of links on the right hand side will point you to blogs focusing more on the political approach to international relations)
Other relevant online resources
Amnesty International:
www.amnesty.org
This site is excellent for human rights research.
The American Society of International Law:
www.asil.org
The ASIL insight section contains current commentary on international law.
Audiovisual Library of International Law:
An exhaustive collection of video lectures from eminent international legal scholars and practitioners.
British Institute of International and Comparative Law:
www.biicl.org
This site has reports from research projects in international law.
ChathamHouse (International Law Programme):
https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-departments/international-law-programme
The Royal Institute of International Affairs in the UK has a dedicated international law programme with extensive resources.
Climate Chance:
https://www.climate-chance.org/en/
A climate change-related resource dedicated to achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement.
Derechos Human Rights Links:
www.derechos.net/links/law/
A collection of links to various human rights resources.
Documents in Law, History, Diplomacy - Avalon Project:
avalon.law.yale.edu
This site compiles original historical documents on international law.
European Climate and Health Observatory:
https://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/observatory
Access to a range of resources and web links relating to climate change and human health
Human Rights Watch:
www.hrw.org
An extensive NGO resource for human rights research.
International Commission of Jurists:
www.icj.org
The International Commission of Jurists is dedicated to the primacy, coherence and implementation of international law and principles that advance human rights.
International Committee of the Red Cross:
www.icrc.org
This site has extensive resources relating to the law of armed conflict, especially in relation to the Geneva Conventions.
International Law Association:
www.ila-hq.org
The International Law Association conducts studies and publishes materials of interest in all areas of international legal research.
Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law:
www.lcil.cam.ac.uk
This site contains an extensive documentation centre for the law on State responsibility.
Max Planck Encyclopaedia of Public International Law:
Exhaustive survey of concepts and current developments in international law, updated regularly.
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law:
www.mpil.de/ww/en/pub/news.cfm
A valuable online resource relating to current developments and fundamental research in international law.
Oxford Public International Law:
Though a subscription is required, an extensive collection of searchable resources, including Oxford Reports on International Courts of General Jurisdiction (OCIGJ), Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts (OILDC), and Oxford Reports on International Organizations (ORIO).
Société française pour le droit international:
The focal point for news and current developments in the French-speaking world, with a ‘Gallery of eminent international law jurists’ for historical interest.
United Nations, Office of Legal Affairs
A website of general interest in relation to new legal developments within the United Nations and its various organs and agencies.
Universityof MinnesotaHuman Rights Library:
www1.umn.edu/humanrts
A resource containing a detailed list of cases and treaties with a specific focus on human rights and international criminal law.