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International and Comparative Law

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ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources For International Law
Good resource for international law published by the American Society of International Law.

International Law
Activities of the United Nations in the field of international law.

Law by Source: Global
Legal Information Institute's (Cornell Law School) excellent collection of Internet-accessible sources of the constitutions, statutes, judicial opinions and related legal material from around the globe. An annotated guide to Foreign & International Resources for the Legal Researcher is also published by the Cornell University Law Library.

LexMercatoria.org
Published by Cameron May, this site focuses on international commercial law.

Union of International Assocations
Links to international organisations selected from the Yearbook of International Organizations.

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Regional Organisations

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Homepage of the APEC Secretariat. Information about the organisation and free access to selected APEC publications, including documents and reports.

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Maintained by the ASEAN Secretariat. Useful information at this site includes agreements signed at ASEAN Summits, treaties and various other political documents.

Europa
Portal site of the European Union. Information on policies administered by the EU as well as access to websites of EU institutions including the

EUR-Lex is the portal to European Union Law. This system makes it possible to consult the Official Journal of the European Union and it includes inter alia the treaties, legislation, case-law and legislative proposals.

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
Access to NATO publications, including the basic texts of the Alliance, standardization agreements and the NATO handbook.

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International Organisations

Amnesty InternationaI (AI)
The work of AI is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The AI Library contains reports and news releases searchable by country, region or theme.

Council of Europe
Important information on human rights, in particular the basic texts and recent judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. Council of Europe treaties are also available here.

European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
The legal texts and various other publications of EFTA are made available by the Secretariat.

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
ICC policy statements, codes, rules and model contracts. Link to the International Court of Arbitration.

International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Decisions of the ICJ, including judgments and advisory opinions (1947-), and basic documents governing the administration of the Court.

International Criminal Court
Information on the court and full text court decisions. For in-depth information on the court, particularly on its establishment, see the website of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court.

International Labor Organization (ILO)
Full texts of international labor standards and fundamental principles.

International Law Commission (ILC)
Reports of the ILC, and conventions relating to the work of the Commission.

International Maritime Organization (IMO)
IMO conventions and status thereto as well as IMO circulars.

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
IMF standards and codes, and a large number of IMF publications in full text.

International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Proceedings and judgments of the Tribunal, and conventions relating to the Law of the Sea.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
OECD documentation including best practices, guidelines and legal instruments.

Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
Basic documents and treaties relating to the Court. Basic information provided on pending and a selection of past cases.

United Nations
Comprehensive information on the work of the United Nations. Access to UN documentation and publications. Contains a useful UN documentation research guide. See also other UN web servers including the

The World Bank
World Bank documents and reports.

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Valuable resources include WIPO-administered treaties, the Collection of Laws for Electronic Access (CLEA) database, and information on the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) system.

World Trade Organization (WTO)
Official WTO documents, including legal texts of WTO agreements.

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International Treaties and Conventions

Treaties and conventions are published on the websites of most of the above organisations. More treaty indexes are listed below :

  • Council of Europe Treaties
    Full texts of all conventions and agreements in the European Treaty Series (ETS). Published by the Council of Europe.

  • ECOLEX
    Searchable database of multilateral environmental treaties jointly operated by the FAO, IUCN and UNEP.

  • Multilaterals Project
    A project by the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University to make available the texts of international multilateral conventions and other instruments. Subject and chronological indexes as well as a full text search facility are available. Links to other treaty sources.

  • UNIDROIT Conventions
    Conventions drawn up by the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) and adopted at diplomatic conferences convened by member States of UNIDROIT.

  • United Nations Treaty Collection
    Subscribers have access to the United Nations Treaty Series as well as multilateral treaties recently deposited with the UN Secretary-General. This site also contains a useful treaty reference guide. Database available to NUS staff and students via the NUS Libraries Portal. However, first-time registration is required in order to obtain a User ID and Password to access the database.


Indexes

AsianLII

CommonLII

FindLaw: Country Index

Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)

HierosGamos

LII

WorldLII

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