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Administrative Law Resources - International
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Aeronautics Law Resources - International
Arbitration - International
Auditing Law - International
Banking - International
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Banking Law - International
Bankruptcy - International
Business Regulation and Reform - International
- Doing Business
"The Doing Business project provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms in 183 economies and selected cities at the subnational level." It is sponsored by the IFC (International Finance Corporation) and WB (the World Bank).
Canon Law - International
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Civil Law - International
Coalitions - International
Commercial Law - International
Commonwealth
- Commonwealth Secretariat
The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 54 countries that support each other and work together towards shared goals in democracy, development, debt management and trade.
Comparative Law Resources - International
- FCIL Newsletter
Newsletter of the Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Special Interest
Section of the American Association of Law Libraries [full text].
Competition Law - International
Computer Law - International
Conflict of Laws - International
Constitutional Law - International
Contract Law - International
- Autonomous Network of CISG Websites
Listing of many countries CISG links.
- CISG
(United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (1980) Table of Contents
- CISG
(United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (1980)
Copyright Law - International
- Collection of National Copyright Laws
In English. Site includes Africa, Arab States, Asia, The Pacific, Europe, North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean. From the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Court Rules - International
Courts of Last Resort
- Global Courts
Links to websites containing decisions of the supreme courts of a number of different countries.
Criminal Law - International
Cultural Property (Protection of Cultural Property)- International Laws and Treaties
Diplomatic and Consular Services - International
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Dispute Resolution Law - International
Divorce Law - International
Economic Development - International
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Election Law - International
Emigration and Immigration - International
- International Organization for Migration
(IOM)
The IOM is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits
migrants and society. It acts with its partners in the international
community to: assist in meeting the operational challenges of migration; advance
understanding of migration issues; encourage social and economic development
through migration; uphold the human dignity and well-being of migrants
- Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
"MPI is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit think-tank dedicated to the MPI is an independent, non-partisan,
non-profit think-tank dedicated to the study of the movement of people worldwide."
Environmental Law - International
Environmental Law - Arctic Region
- Arctic Council
Focuses on the protection of the Arctic environment and sustainable development as
a means of improving the economic, social and cultural well-being of the north, including declarations, member states and activities information.
- Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)
International organization established to implement components of the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy.
Family Law - International
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Foreign Law Periodicals--Indexes
Foreign Trade Law - International
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GATT
Foreign Trade Regulation - International
- Export/Import Law
From the law firm of Braumiller & Rodriguez. Includes international trade news,
events, workshops, and conferences
- The Federation of International Trade Associations (FITA)
- Foreign Trade Information System
From the Organization of American States
- Global Trade Net
Marketplace for international trade services.
- Lex Mercatoria
International Trade/Commercial Law Monitor
- International Trade Library from NYU Law
- Trade and Commercial Relations
From the Multilaterals
Project at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
- Trade Compliance Center
Includes WIPO, NAFTA and WTO documents, and bilateral trade agreements and
protocols organized alphabetically by country, subject, or signatory. Provides for
each country one or more of the following: commercial guide, country reports on
economic policy and trade practices, national trade estimate reports, trade policy
review summaries.
- Trade Regulation Overview from Legal Information Institute
- World Trade Organization
- WorldTradeLaw.net
Publications
Freedom of Information - International
Freedom of Religion - International
Freedom of the Press - International
Free Trade - International
- Center for Trade Policy Studies
Find questions and answers to the most frequently asked questions about globalization and free trade, including links to related works.
- The Federation of International Trade Associations
FITA is a source for trade leads, news, events, and "links to 7,000 international trade related Web sites." Search trade related information by country or region.
- Index of Free Trade Zones Worldwide
- International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
In French, Spanish and English.
- The National Law Center for Inter-American
Free Trade (NLCIFT)
The Center is a non-profit research and educational institution which seeks to
develop the legal infrastructure necessary to facilitate the movement of goods,
services and investment capital in the Western Hemisphere.
- The North American Free Trade Agreement
- SICE, Foreign Trade Information System
Many links to free trade agreements of various countries. Available in French, Spanish, Portuguese, and English.
Gay Rights - International
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- GayLawNet
- Gay/Lesbian News Network: A Division of GLINN Media Corp
- Gay and Lesbian Organizations and Publications
Hundreds of links to articles, bookstores, organizations, and much more, from the University of Washington Libraries.
- International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics (IGLA)
- International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights
Commission (IGLHRC)
Founded to fill the gap between the international human rights movement
and the gay rights movement, neither of which fully addressed human rights
violations against sexual minorities.
- International Gay and Lesbian Football Association (IGLFA)
- International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA)
- International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA)
- Legal International Law Enforcement for Gay and Lesbians.
- One National Gay & Lesbian Archives
Houses "the world's largest research library on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender heritage and concerns."
- Sexuality, Gender,
and the Law: National (U.S.) and International
By Lyonette Louis-Jacques
Government Publications - International
Gypsies - International
Civil Rights
Historical Law - International
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Human Rights - International
- AAAS Directory of Human Rights Resources on the Internet
- Amnesty International
- Center for Human
Rights and Humanitarian Law
Based at the Washington College of Law at American University.
- Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices [site not updated after January 20, 2001]
Submitted annually by the U.S. Department of State to the U.S. Congress, the
reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker
rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- Human Rights Library
From the Human Rights Center, University of Minnesota
- Human Rights Treaties
From the Multilaterals
Project at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
- Human Rights Treaties and
other Instruments
From the University of Minnesota's Human Rights Library.
- International League for Human Rights
- International Service for Human Rights
- Interights
The international center for legal protection of human rights, including an international human rights law database.
- Rights International
- United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights
- U.S. Dept. of State's Human Rights Page
Women's Rights - International
- ACLU Women's Rights
- Amnesty International, Women's Human Rights
- Annual Review of
Population Law
By Harvard Law School and the United Nations Population Fund. "This web site contains a database of summaries and excerpts of legislation, constitutions, court decisions, and other official government documents from every country in the world relating to population policies, reproductive rights and health, women's status and rights, children and adolescents, HIV/AIDS and related topics. The period covered by the database is 1974 through the present (2004-)."
- Captive Daughters
"[D]edicated to ending the sex trafficking of children, with a particular focus as it affects girls and adolescent females."
- Center for Reproductive Rights(CRLP)
A non-profit legal and policy advocacy organization dedicated to promoting women's
reproductive rights. CRLP's domestic and international programs engage in
litigation, policy analysis, legal research, and public education seeking to
achieve women's equality in society and ensure that all women have access to
appropriate and freely chosen reproductive health services.
- International Alliance of Women (GAATW)
- MADRE
Demanding Human Rights for Women and Families Around the World.
- WCRO/WILP Gender Jurisprudence Collections
The Gender Jurisprudence Collections (GJC) includes judgments, decisions, orders, and other documents relating to the treatment of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) issued by eleven of the international/ized courts and tribunals included in the WCRO’s broader Jurisprudence Collections.
- Women and Human Rights Links
From the University of Minnesota's Human Rights Library.
- Women's Human Rights net (WHRnet)
Women's Human Rights net. "Providing comprehensive information and analysis on women's human rights and global issues."
- Women's Human Rights Resources
From the Bora Laskin Law Library at the
University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
- Women's Rights
From Human Rights Watch.
Indigenous Peoples - International
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Intellectual Property - International
- Berne
Convention for the Protection of Literary & Artistic Works (Paris text, 1971)
In English.
- Intellectual
Property and the National Information Infrastructure
The Report of the Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights.
- Intellectual
Property Rights
Various foreign countries IP rights links from SICE, Foreign Trade Information System.
- International Intellectual Property Alliance
A private section coalition that represents US copyright-based industries in "bilateral and multilateral effort to improve international protection of copyright materials."
- The International IP Directory
A guide to lawyers around the world.
- Max Planck Institute for Foreign and
International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law
In English or German.
- Researching Intellectual Property in an International Contex
By Stefanie Weigmann, Senior Reference Librarian at the Boson University School of Law. Published March 1, 2000.
- US Patent and Trademark Office
A 'related web site' listing, linking to many countries intellectual property offices such as Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Mexico. Luxembourg, Sweden, Poland, Peru, UK, Malaysia, New Zealand,and more.
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- WIPO LEX
WIPO Lex is a one-stop search facility for national laws and treaties on intellectual property (IP) of WIPO, WTO and UN Members. It also features related information which elaborates, analyzes and interprets these laws and treaties. It provides streamlined access to reference material of key importance for optimal information on the global IP System.
International Courts
International Courts - Research Sites
- Project on International Courts
(PICT)
PICT's mission is to address the legal, institutional and financial issues arising
from the multiplication of international courts and tribunals. It couples
academic research with concrete action aimed at facilitating the work of these courts.
- International Court Internet Services
The official web site of the International Court System.
- ReliefWeb
ReliefWeb is a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
International Courts - Specific Courts
International Finance
International Law Resources
International Organizations and Statutes
Internet Law
Investment Law (Foreign) - International
Justice (Administration of Justice) - International
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Labor Law - International
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- International Labor Law
From the American Bar Association regarding the Labor & Employment Law Committee.
- International Labor Law
Many links regarding labor law from the E.B. Williams Law Library including information from organizations to instruments.
- (ILO) International Labour Organization
A specialized agency within the UN which seeks the promotion of social justice.
- International Law and Child Labour from Georgetown
Child Labour conventions, committees, proposals, etc.
- NATLEX
In English, Spanish, and French. "The database of national labour, social security and related human rights legislation maintained by the ILO's International Labour Standards Department. Records in NATLEX provide abstracts of legislation and relevant citation information, and they are indexed by keywords and by subject classifications." "Contains over 55,000 records covering over 170 countries and territories."
Law of the Sea
Law Schools
League of Nations
Legislative Bodies - International
Libel and Slander - International
Libraries - Foreign
Maritime Law - International
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Military Law - International
Mining Law - International
Minority Rights Law - International
Money Laundering - International
Natural Resources Law - International
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Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) - International
- Department of Public Information (DPI): Non Governmental Organizations (NGO) Section
This "United Nations Headquarters serves as the liaison between the Department and NGO associated with DPI. These organizations disseminate information about the UN to their constituency, thereby building knowledge of and support for the Organization at the grassroots level. Currently, close to 1,400 NGOs from all regions of the world are associated with DPI." In Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Russian, and Spanish.
- Directory of Non Governmental International Organizations
Directory of NGOs having general consultative status with the International Labour Organization.
- Economic and Social Council: Non Governmental Organizations
Journal of the United Nations. ODS, Official Document System.
- International and Non Governmental Organizations
From the Geneva network.
- NGOs
From Development Gateway.
- The NGO Café
"A meeting place for NGOs to discuss, debate and disseminate information on their work, strategies and results."
- NGO Global Network
NGOs associated with the United Nations.
- NGO: Global Policy Forum
This page links to information and analysis about NGOs at the UN and in global policy-making more broadly.
- NGO Research Guide
Duke University Perkins Library. Thousands of NGOs listed by alphabet, geography, and issues.
- NGO Watch
A project of The American Enterprise Institute and the Federalist Society.
- NGO Worldline
NGOs by region, current topics of interest, publications and worldchat.
- WANGO: World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations
"A global organization whose mission is to serve its member organizations, strengthen and encourage the non-governmental sector as a whole, increase public understanding of the non-governmental community, and provide the mechanism and support needed for NGOs to connect, partner, and multiply their contributions to solve humanity's basic problems. "
Outer Space Exploration - International Law
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- Academy for Future Science
Existing Space Law Concepts and Legislative Proposals by J. J. Hurtak, PhD.
- International Space Law
From European Center for Space Law (ECSL). Many links to reports, regulations, agreements, declarations, and treaties.
- Office for Outer Space Affairs: UN Office at Vienna
United Nations Treaties and Principles on Space Law.
- Outer Space Treaty
"Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies." Signed at Washington, Londo, Moscow, January 27, 1967.
- The Space Review
Essays and Commentary about the final frontier.
Pan-Americanism
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Patent Law - International
Population Law - International
- Annual Review of
Population Law
By Harvard Law School and the United Nations Population Fund. "This database
contains summaries and excerpts of legislation, constitutions, court
decisions, and other official government documents from every country in the
world relating to population policies, reproductive health, women's rights, and
related topics"--Title screen.
- Center for Reproductive Law & Policy
"The Center for Reproductive Law and Policy (CRLP) is a non-profit legal and
policy advocacy organization dedicated to promoting women's reproductive rights.
CRLP's domestic and international programs engage in litigation, policy analysis,
legal research, and public education seeking to achieve women's equality in
society and ensure that all women have access to appropriate and freely chosen
reproductive health services"--About CRLP page.
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Right of Privacy - International
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- EPIC Online Guide to Privacy Resources
- Global Privacy Enforcement Network
A network of thirteen privacy enforcement agencies from around the world designed to facilitate cross-border cooperation in the enforcement of privacy laws.
- Privacy International
"Privacy International (PI) is a human rights group formed in 1990 as a watchdog on surveillance and privacy invasions by governments and corporations. PI is based in London, England, and has an office in Washington, D.C."
- Privacy.org
A site for "news, information, and action" from The Electronic Privacy Information Center and Privacy International.
Refugees - International
- Guide to Refugee Resources on the Web
By Elisa Mason, LLRX.com.
- International Association of Refugee Law Judges
- International Journal of Refugee Law
- Refugee Law Center
"Refugee Law Center is a non-profit non-governmental organization working to protect and strengthen the rights of refugees and immigrants."
- Refugee Caselaw Site
From the University of Michigan Law School. "The site currently collects, indexes, and publishes
selected recent court decisions that interpret the legal definition of a 'refugee.' It presently contains
cases from the highest national courts of Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, New Zealand,
Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States"
- The Refugee Law Reader
"Cases, documents, and materials. The Refugee Law Reader, which is the first comprehensive on-line model curriculum for the study of the complex and rapidly evolving field of international asylum and refugee law. As a 'living book', The Reader has been updated to reflect the important developments in international and European refugee law that have occurred since its first on-line publication in April 2004."
- Refugee Studies Centre
From the University of Oxford.
Research - International
Securities Law - International
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Sex and Law - International
Space Law - International
- Academy for Future Science
Existing Space Law Concepts and Legislative Proposals by J. J. Hurtak, PhD.
- The Archimedes Institute Library for Space Law and Policy Research
A policy research organization devoted to the efficient and equitable development of the solar system. Site includes
a library of international agreements, U.S. legislation, national documents, essays, reports, articles and opinion papers.
- Institute of Air & Space Law
McGill University.
- International Space Law
From European Center for Space Law (ECSL). Many links to reports, regulations, agreements, declarations, and treaties.
- International Space Treaties
From Island One.org. Full text of many space treaties.
- National Center for Remote Sensing, Air & Space Law
- Office for Outer Space Affairs: UN Office at Vienna
United Nations Treaties and Principles on International Space Law.
- Outer Space Treaty
"Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies." Signed at Washington, Londo, Moscow, January 27, 1967.
- Res Communis
A blog on the legal aspects of human activities using aerospace technologies
- The Space Review
Essays and Commentary about the final frontier.
Sustainable Development - International
Taxation Law - International
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Telecommunication Law - International
- International Telecommunication Union
- Telecommunications Law
Institute for Information Law, Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam with links to international telecommunications laws.
- TKR-Newsletter
Mostly in German and English. Covers current communications law and policy events
with information gathered from the EU-Commission ("Quicklinks"), members of the
Institute ("Communications News") and other contributors. Sponsored by the
Institute for Information, Telecommunications and Media Law.
Treaties - International
Legal Research
- ASIL Guide to Electronic Research : Treaties
- Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators
"ENTRI, a fast, convenient, comprehensive online service for accessing multilateral environmental treaty data. Find status data for environmental treaties, treaty text and other related information easily. Construct custom tables by selecting countries and treaties of interest to you."
- Frequently Cited Treaties and Other International Instruments : From the University of Minnesota Law Library
Lists treaties and international instruments frequently cited in law review articles, including available sources in hard copy.
- Fundamentals of Treaty Research : U.S. and Non-U.S. (Electronic Resources)
By Lyonette Louis-Jacques.
- Guide to International Treaty Research
From the Los Angeles County Law Library.
- A Guide to Treaty Research
From the Columbia Law Arthur W. Diamond Law Library Research Guides.
- International Indian Treaty Council
In Spanish also. "The International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) is an organization of Indigenous Peoples from North, Central, South America and the Pacific working for the Sovereignty and Self-Determination of Indigenous Peoples and the recognition and protection of Indigenous Rights, Traditional Cultures and Sacred Lands."
- The International Law of Treaties
In English or Dutch. The site aims at offering an introduction to
international treaty law by starting from its inherent principles as
embodied in the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties of 1969.
- International Treaties
From Law Research.
- International Treaties Guide
Indexes to treaties from NYU Law.
- Researching
Treaty Sources
From the University of Minnesota Law Library.
- Researching
Treaty Sources
Prepared by Marci Hoffman, University of Minnesota Law Library, Published May 15, 2001.
- Treaties and International Agreements
From Doe & Moffitt Libraries, UC Berkeley Library.
- Treaties and International Agreements
From WorldLII.
Texts
Trusts and Trustees - International
United Nations
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War Crimes - International
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- Coalition for International Justice
An international, non-profit organization working to support the Yugoslavia and
Rwanda war crimes tribunals
- Crimes of War Project
"Objectives: The Crimes of War Project is a collaboration of journalists, lawyers and scholars dedicated to raising public awareness of the laws of war and their application to situations of conflict. Our goal is to promote understanding of international humanitarian law among journalists, policymakers, and the general public, in the belief that a wider knowledge of the legal framework governing armed conflict will lead to greater pressure to prevent breaches of the law, and to punish those who commit them."
- International Humanitarian Law Research Initiative
A portal on international humanitarian law developed by the Program on Humanitarian
Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard University and the Swiss government. Provides
a searchable database of links to research, reference materials, and news.
- International War Crimes Tribunals
From Beyond Intractability.org, by Chris McMorran.
- War Crimes, Crimes Against
Humanity, Genocide, and Terrorism
From the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library.
- War Crimes Research Portal
From The Frederick K. Cox International Law Center.
Water Law - International
- Centre for Comparative Water Policies and Law
"The Centre is a multi-disciplinary endeavor established in the School of Commerce. It comprises lawyers, engineers and scientists as well as researchers from other divisions of the University of South Australia. It aims to engage with, and be a focal point for, research into the legal, economic, social and cultural evaluation of Australian and International water policies and law."
- Hydrology and Water Resources
Programme of the World Meteorology Organization.
- International Water History Association
"The purpose of IWHA is: - to encourage, promote, and foster historical understanding of, and research in, the relationship between water and humankind, - to foster a stronger relationship between those engaged in water history and water administrators, engineers, scientists, planners and other practitioners, - to foster public awareness of the role of water in world history and to promote public participation in resolving water resource issues, and - to take other actions deemed by the Association to be supportive of its purposes."
- International Water Law Research Institute
From the University of Dundee, Department of Law.
- IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre
- Sources of International Water Law
From the FAO Legal Office by Lawrence C. Christy, Chief, Development Law Service.
- Water: Laws and Treaties
Environmental Literacy Council.
