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. Cornell University Law Library has also published an annotated Foreign and International Law Guide.

Lex Mercatoria
Focuses on international commercial law sources. Maintained by Ralph Amissah and hosted by The Law Faculty of the University of Oslo, Norway.

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

• Council of the European Union

• Court of Justice of the European Communities (CVRIA)

• European Ombudsman

• European Commission and

• European Parliament (EUROPARL).

EUR-Lex is the portal to European Union Law. This system contains the Official Journal of the European Union as well as EU treaties, legislation and case law.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Access to official NATO texts, including the basic texts of the Alliance and NATO standardisation agreements.

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International Organisations

Amnesty InternationaI (AI)
The work of AI is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. AI produces reports and news releases searchable by country or topic.

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. The International Court of Arbitration website contains a searchable index of publications where ICC arbitral awards are found.

International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Full texts of contentious cases and advisory proceedings (1947-), and basic documents governing the administration of the Court.

International Criminal Court (ICC)
Transcripts and court records of recent cases before the ICC. For in-depth information on the court, particularly on its establishment, see the website of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court.

International Labour Organization (ILO)
Full texts of international labour standards and ILO official reports.

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. Information provided on pending and a selection of past cases.

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

• United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
  UNCITRAL adopted texts, such as conventions and model laws, and their status. Case Law on UNCITRAL Texts (CLOUT) is also available here.

• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

• United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
  Treaties and principles on international space law as well as reports of the organisation.

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 :

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