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INTERNATIONAL LAW RESOURCES
MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL & INTERDISCIPLINARY:
- EISIL
American Society of International Law's (ASIL) Electronic Information System for International Law - comprehensive database for primary documents, websites, and research resources in international law
- International Law Video Library
An interactive library of video clips of well-known persons discussing various topics in international law; you can also visit sites of importance to the study of international law
- International Legal Materials
Search ASIL's compilation of international laws, decisions and declaration on Westlaw (database: ILM) and Lexis (file-name: ILM) and HeinOnline (all are subscription databases available to Yale community only).
- Peace Palace Library
At the Hague, this library is one of the greatest resources for international law; search their catalogue, receive alerts of new titles and articles, find RSS feeds, ask-a-librarian, search for electronic newspapers, read the international law blog, find EU commercial law cases, and review up-to-date bibliographies on topics such as Terrorism and International Law, Water Resources and International Law, International Criminal Law, World Trade Organization, Sports Law, The Philosophy of Law, International Humanitarian Law, International Investment Law, and The Cultural Heritage of Mankind
- Recueil de Cours / Collected Courses
Since 1923 The Hague Academy of International Law organizes Collected Courses, prestigious post-university summer courses in private and public international law; the courses are published in the book series "The Hague Academy Collected Courses", now comprising over 320 volumes, online, and searchable
- War Crimes Research Portal
A comprehensive portal to international humanitarian law websites and international criminal tribunals; text of over 120 research memoranda on issues pending before the ICTY, ICTR, SCSL, and ICC; Research Guide to international humanitarian law and tribunals; "instant analysis" articles, written each month by the members of the American Branch of the International Association of Penal Law, on the hottest topics in international criminal law
Primary Sources:
- Avalon Project
Yale database of documents in law, history, and diplomacy back to the 18th century and earlier; includes Nuremberg trial transcripts
- International Law in Domestic Courts (ILDC)
Most important public international law issues decided in domestic courts around the world; full-text with authoritative English translations of key passages*
- International Law in U.S. Courts (i.lex)
Select U.S. court cases and related materials designed to serve as a practical resource for the judiciary and other legal professionals to identify and understand how international law is interpreted and applied by U.S. courts at both the federal and state level
- International Law Reports
Via the Justis database, click on "cases" and uncheck all other boxes to search just ILR; find important cases and documents in international law from 1919 to the present*
- Investment Claims
OUP's resource for materials and analysis in the field of international investment law and arbitration*
- United Nations Judicial Yearbook
Published annually since 1963, the Yearbook includes certain legal documents concerning the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations
Secondary Sources:
- American Foreign Relations since 1600: A Guide to the Literature
The most important published and unpublished works in U.S diplomatic literature, thoroughly annotated
- Biblioteca Jurídica Virtual
Created by the Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), this virtual library contains over 35 online, full-text foreign and international journals, including several indexed in IFLP
- Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (IFLP)
Index of foreign and international law review articles (in Ovid, IFLP is 7th from the bottom in the databases list; if you don't find the journal in Morris via Ovid's links, do a Title search in Morris for the journal just to be sure)*
- Kluwer Law International Journals
A variety of business, arbitration, environmental, tax, and trade law titles*
- Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law
A pre-eminent and comprehensive work covering the central and essential topics in international law*
- Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS)
Index to economic, political, and social issues; 1600 periodicals and journals, books, directories, reports, government documents; Yale Links connects to some full-text
- Recueil des Cours de l'Academie de la Haye / Hague Academy Collected Courses
Search entire collection of international law articles by volume, year, author, keyword; we do not have a subscription to online full-text, but we have the complete set in print on L1 - KZ 3092 .R43
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TREATIES:
- United Nations Treaties Collection
Includes databases for United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS), Multilateral treaties deposited with the UN, Status of Treaties (MTDSG), Certified True Copies (CTCs) of treaties, Depositary Notifications (CNs), and more
- HeinOnline United Nations Law Collection
Complete scanned pdfs of the United Nation Treaty Series (UNTS); retrieve a UN Treaty by UNTS citation, search by treaty/registration number, country, short title, popular name, subject; links to law review articles that cite a UN Treaty; finding aids, quick reference guide, wiki, and video tutorial; also find international arbitral awards, law of the sea documents, and more*
- HeinOnline Treaty & Agreements Library
Full-text treaties Library - U.S. Treaties and Other International Agreements (UST); Treaties and International Acts Series (TIAS); Kavass agreements; International Legal Materials (ILM); Treaties and Other International Agreements 1776-1949 (Bevans) vol. 1-13 (1776-1949); Treaties, Conventions, International Acts, Protocols and Agreements (Malloy), vol. 1-4 (1776-1937); Treaties and Other International Acts of the USA (Miller), vol. 1-8 (1776-1863); Indian Affairs, Laws and Treaties (Kappler), 1902-1971; Treaties in Force; Guide to U.S. Treaties in Force; variety of treaty texts*
- Internal Revenue Service: Income Tax Treaties
This IRS website contains full-text tax treaties between the U.SS and foreign countries (there are over 50 countries represented). Many of the treaties are accompanied by “technical explanations”
- Organization of American States
The Legal Services Department has compiled and made accessible bilateral and multilateral treaties and agreements, laws, and judgments made within the Interamerican system and outside of the system as well
- Treaties and International Agreements (TIARA)
Oceana's full-text searchable database of U.S. treaties and international agreements in force since 1783*
- Treaties (Multilateral)
Unofficial database of multilateral treaties
- Treaties in Force 2007
List of treaties and agreements of the United States in force on January 1, 2007
UNITED NATIONS DOCUMENTS:
- United Nations Official Document System (ODS)
The most comprehensive collection of official UN documents from 1993. Older UN documents added daily. Resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council from 1946*
- United Nations Judicial Yearbook
Published annually since 1963, the Yearbook includes certain legal documents concerning the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations
- AccessUN
Index to United Nations Documents, including Official Records, draft resolutions, and the UN Treaty Series*
- UNBISnet
Index to United Nations documents since 1979 and catalog of Dag Hammarskjöld Library*
- United Nations
Official website
- United Nations Security Council
Find Resolutions, Reports from the President, Secretary-General, Mission, and Subsidiary Bodies; under the Meetings tab, find full-text meetings records, resolutions, presidential statements; annual reports and other document
- Audiovisual Library of International Law
The UN's unique, multimedia resource consists of three pillars: (1) the Historic Archives containing documents and audiovisual materials relating to the negotiation and adoption of significant legal instruments under the auspices of the United Nations and related agencies since 1945; (2) the Lecture Series featuring a permanent collection of lectures on virtually every subject of international law given by leading international law scholars and practitioners from different countries and legal systems; and (3) the Research Library providing an on-line international law library with links to treaties, jurisprudence, publications and documents, scholarly writings and research guides
- HEUNI
Publications of the the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control, affiliated with the United Nations (HEUNI), the European link in the network of institutes operating within the framework of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme; the primary objective of HEUNI is to promote the international exchange of information on crime prevention and control among European countries
INTERNATIONAL COURTS & TRIBUNALS:
- Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)
The official website of the ECCC, a joint partnership of the UN and the Royal Government of Cambodia; find legal documents and other information
- Cambodia Tribunal Monitor for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
Primary source for news and information on the ECCC including news, webcasts, court schedule, and day-to-day updates
- Cambodian Defenders Project
A compendium of laws and legislation of the Kingdom of Cambodia is available
- United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials
Find General Assembly resolutions and reports of the Secretary-General
- Khmer Rouge Trial Task Force
Sponsored by the Royal Thai Government, the website has useful legislation in English relating to the preparation for the proceedings of the trials of the Khmer Rouge leaders
- Commission for Reception, Truth & Reconciliation in East Timor
Find the final report and other relevant documents - English, Portuguese, Indonesian, and Tetum
- Court of Justice of the European Communities
Search for judgments, opinions, and orders of the EC Courts delivered since 17 June 1997 (published in Reports of Cases before the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance (KJE924.5 .R47) or in the European Court Reports - Reports of European Community Staff Cases (KJE5932.A7 E93)); also, full text of certain unpublished decisions from 1 May 2004 - all official languages
- European Court of Human Rights
Search for judgments, decisions, resolutions, and reports of the European Court of Human Rights, the European Commission of Human Rights, and the Committee of Ministers in the ECHR's powerful HUDOC database -- English and French.
- Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Decisions, provisional measures, compliance reports, and advisory opinions of the Court, the autonomous judicial body of the OAS, established in 1979 and headquartered in San José, Costa Rica; great collection of human rights instruments- English and Spanish
- International Court of Justice (ICJ)
UN judicial organ at The Hague; includes decisions of the current court and the Permanent Court of International Justice (1922 - 1946)
- International Criminal Court (ICC)
Established by Treaty (Rome Statute), official database with information on current cases and proceedings - English and French
- ICC Database & Commentary
Searchable database of ICC case law commentary to the Rome Statute
- International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
Find ICTY cases and judgments, reports, and basic documents - English, French, Macedonian, Albanian
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
Find cases, transcripts, minutes, news, reports, basic documents related to the ICTR - English, French, Rwandan
- International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)
Find cases, documents, publications, basic texts - English and French
- Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
IGO established in 1899; find past and pending cases and other documents; court hears and decides territorial, treaty, and human rights disputes between states, as well as commercial and investment disputes
- Special Court for Sierra Leone (SC-SL)
created jointly by Sierra Leone government and UN - Find extensive documents including indictments, transcripts, judgments, daily journals, audio and video of the trials, and more
- War Crimes Research Portal
Find text of over 120 research memoranda on issues pending before the ICTY, ICTR, SCSL, and ICC
- World Court Digest
Max Plank Institute's reproduction of judgments, advisory opinions, and orders of the ICJ and individual judges (also in print: KZ213.W67 - L1 - F/I Ref)
- Central American Court of Justice (Corte Centroamericana de Justicia)
Find court decisions, treaties, and other documents
HUMAN RIGHTS:
- Africa Action
Find a variety of documents and positions papers from the oldest organization in the U.S. working on African affairs whose mission is to change U.S.-Africa relations to promote political, economic and social justice in Africa
- African Human Rights Law Reports (2000 - )
Search the fully-indexed reporters for legal decisions of relevance to human rights law in Africa; include selected domestic decisions from the continent, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and the United Nations treaty bodies dealing with African countries
- African International Courts & Tribunals
For each international court or tribunal substantially touching Africa, find an overview of the court, any recent news, the basic documents, a selected bibliography, biographies of its judges, and related jurisprudence from member states
- African Human Rights Resource Center
Find African human rights instruments and related documents from the UMinn Human Rights library
- Atrocities & Genocides
Yale 2006 conference presentation of internet resources on genocide research in ten countries
- Amnesty International
Search AI's Library archives for most reports, news releases and urgent actions published from 1996 to date.
- Centre for Human Rights
University of Pretoria's Centre focuses on human rights in Africa; find treaties, documents, law reports, journals, annual reports, and much more
- Council of Europe
COE has a human rights page with links to many COE divisions, including the Committee for the Prevention of Torture, the Commission against Racism and Intolerance, and the ECHR (where you can search for cases and European human rights treaties)
- Crisis in Darfur
In collaboration with Google Earth, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has brought together compelling visual evidence of the destruction in Darfur
- Diana
Yale project - find full-text of core human rights decisions and documents
- Eyes on Darfur
Amnesty International leverages the power of high-resolution satellite imagery to provide evidence of the atrocities being committed in Darfur
- For the Record
Search for UN human rights documents by year (1997-2003) and by country
- Human Rights Internet
Portal to search for human rights organizations, documents, and other information available online
- Human Rights Library
Minnesota's premier and comprehensive searchable collection of human rights documents and information, including treaties and links to organizations
- Human Rights Watch
NGO - Publications include an annual world report and other reports by theme and region
- Human Rights Treaties
Chronological list of human rights treaties from The Fletcher School at Tufts University
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Cases and reports of the Commission, headquartered in Washington DC, created in 1959 as an autonomous body of the OAS that provides recourse to individuals who have suffered human rights violations - English, Spanish, French and Portuguese
- International Council on Human Rights
A forum for applied research, reflection and forward thinking on matters of international human rights policy; find research reports and briefing papers with policy recommendations
- Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
Searchable library catalogue and articles database; full-text Yearbook of United Nations Law (Vol.1 1997-current); many full-text articles in the Electronic Journals Library
- OHCHR
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; find news and events, publications, international law and human rights insturments, and a searchable database for human rights documents of the OHCHR's Charter or treaty-based bodies.
- Prevent Genocide International
A global education and action network for the prevention of genocide and crimes against humanity; find domestic genocide laws around the world and international genocide conventions (last updated in 2005)
- SIM Documentation Site
Collection of human rights open-access databases allowing access to human rights documents, case law, and other legal materials
- South African Truth & Reconciliation Commission, Videotape Collection
Yale Artemis Project - watch streaming video of news broadcasts assembled by journalist Max Du Preez, covering the history and activities of the Commission
- UNHCR
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, established by UN General Assembly, is mandated to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide; hosts the powerful RefWorld database, a collection of reports relating to situations in countries of origin, policy documents and positions, and documents relating to international and national legal frameworks
- United Nations Human Rights Treaties
Access to human rights documents and parties to treaties; search by state, category, or theme/subject matter
- United States Institute of Peace
An independent, nonpartisan, national institution established and funded by Congress whose goals are to help prevent and resolve violent international conflicts, promote post-conflict stability and development, and increase conflict management capacity, tools, and intellectual capital worldwide; includes a library with digital collections including peace agreements, terrorism/counter-terrorism resources, and afghan oral histories, as well as library catalog with full-text USIP Special Reports and Peaceworks
INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL & ENERGY LAW:
- International Energy Treaties
A comprehensive database of full-text bilateral and multilateral energy treaties; browse by subject or party, search by keyword, subject, title; free registration
- International Environmental Agreements
A comprehensive database of full-text, bilateral and multilateral environmental agreements, secretariats, and data sets
- Natural Resources
University of Denver's Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program's portal to finding country-specific legislation, international treaties, journals, and websites for foreign and international environmental law research
- Research Guide
Global Warming: A Comparative Guide to the EU and the US and their Approaches to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol
- Research Guide
A Basic Guide to International Environmental Legal Research
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, LABOR, TRADE, TAX:
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IDATD
Integrated Database of Trade Disputes for Latin America and the Caribbean - a single database with documents from the official websites of the dispute resolution systems of the WTO, MERCOSUR, CARICOM, the Andean Community, NAFTA, and SIECA
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International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
ICC makes model codes, rules, and contracts to regulate conduct in transnational business. It has a variety of publications on its website on the issues in this area
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International Monetary Fund
This website provides updates on the activities of the IMF, an international financial organization with diverse economic goals
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Internal Revenue Service: Income Tax Treaties
This IRS website contains full-text tax treaties between the U.S. and foreign countries (there are over 50 countries represented). Many of the treaties are accompanied by “technical explanations”
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Investment Claims
OUP's resource for materials and analysis in the field of international investment law and arbitration*
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Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal
In both English and Persian, find background information, governing documents, and a searchable database of tribunal decisions, awards, and other documents. You must register for the database; it is free and login information will be emailed to you within a week or so
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Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
IGO established in 1899; find past and pending cases and other documents; court hears and decides territorial, treaty, and human rights disputes between states, as well as commercial and investment disputes
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Study Group on the European Civil Code
Reports on the work by the specialists on the European Civil Code who aim to "produce a codified set of Principles of European Law for the law obligations and core aspects of the law of property"
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Tax and Accounting Sites Directory
Links to tax websites of over 80 countries and all 50 of the United States; links to international resources, IRS information, tax treaties, EU websites, VAT (Value-added Tax) information, and more
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Tax Law by Country
Links to the tax websites of about 25 foreign jurisdictions, from Australia to the United Kingdom. There are also links to international tax resources, tax associations, and more
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Transnational Dispute Management (TDM)
A combination of newsletter, review-journal, internet service and primary materials database which goes across disciplines - law, psychology-psychoanalysis, international business management, economics, arbitration, WTO, international investment law, and across the various areas of "dispute management"
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U.S. Department of State
The Private International Law site, maintained by the Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Private International Law (L/PIL) at the U.S. Department of State; find treaties in force for the United States, other international instruments, and information on current negotiations and projects covering the private international law of such areas as trade and commerce, finance and banking, trusts and estates, family and children matters, and international judicial assistance
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U.S. Trade Representative
Find final agreements, press releases, and other documents and websites pertaining to global, regional, and bilateral trade agreements involving the U.S.
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UncleFed
Contains .pdf versions of bilateral tax treaties entered into between the U.S. and foreign jurisdictions
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WorldTradeLaw
Comprehensive source of WTO dispute settlements including index, database of dispute settlement tables and statistics, and summary and analysis of all reports and arbitrations*
REGIONAL HARMONISATION:
Africa:
- African Legal Affairs
This website is maintained by the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (Organisation pour l'Harmonisation en Afrique du Droit des Affaires -- OHADA). It features OHADA's activities as well as provides documentation on this issue. This website is in French (English version is under construction)
- African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States
Reports on the work of the ICP, including treaties and agreements
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
COMESA aims to turn Eastern and Southern Africa into a "fully integrated, internationally competitive regional economic community with high standards of living for all its people ready to merge into an African Economic Community"
Americas:
- The National Law Centre for InterAmerican Free Trade's InterAmerican Database
The National Law Centre for InterAmerican Free Trade is a non-profit research organization dedicated to developing the legal infrastructure to build the trade capacity and promote economic development in the Americas
- Andean Community
An organization that promotes development and cooperation between Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
- Caribbean Community
An organization that aims for economic and social development of the Commonwealth Caribbean
- Free Trade Area of the Americas
An organization of 34 democracies in the region that aim for political and cultural co-operation
- Inter-American Specialized Conferences
This resource is maintained by the legal department of the Organization of American States. It provides access to the international private law instruments adopted at the Inter-American Specialized Conferences on Private International Law as well as the Organization's recent activities in that area
- Latin American Integration Association
ALADI/ LAIA is a Latin American organization dedicated to integration between its 12 Latin American member states
- Mercosur
Mercosur is a regional trade agreement between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay
- Summit of the Americas Information Network
"The Summit of the Americas brings together the Heads of State and Government of the Western Hemisphere to discuss common concerns, seek solutions and develop a shared vision for their future development of the region, be it economic, social or political in nature."
Asia:
Europe:
*Yale Networks only (IP recognition and VPN access included)
**Yale affiliates only. Password on Sharepoint - Research Sites
***Yale workstations only (in Yale Law Library)
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