International Law and Human Rights
by Paul Axel-Lute
last revised September 22nd, 2009
last revised September 22nd, 2009
Contents
- General Sites
- Human Rights & Humanitarian Law
- International Criminal Law
- International Environmental Law
- International Trade & Financial Law
- Law of War
- Private International Law
- Regional International Law
- Treaties & Conventions
- United States Practice
General Sites
- ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law (American Society of International Law)
- Diplomacy Monitor (at St.Thomas Univ. School of Law) (links to press-release-type material)
- EISIL: Electronic Information System for International Law (American Society of International Law)
- Foreign & International Law (Washburn Univ.)
- GlobaLex (Hauser Global Law School Program, New York Univ.) Includes research guides on various aspects of international law.
- International Court of Justice. The "Cases" portion of this site provides full text of judgments, orders, and pleadings for the contentious cases , and opinions and other documents in advisory proceedings.
- International Judicial Monitor archive of a free bimonthly newsletter
- International Law Association
- Internet Law Library: Treaties & International Law
- United Nations International Law page
- WorldCourts.com. Decisions of Permanent Court of International Justice (1922-1940); and some decisions of Central American Court of Justice (1907-1918) and International Commissions of Inquiry (1904--).
Human Rights & Humanitarian Law
- Derechos Human Rights. Site includes extensive legal documentation.
- European Court of Human Rights
- European Court of Human Rights decisions (at British & Irish Legal Information Institute)
- Human & Constitutional Rights (at Columbia Law School Library)
- Human Rights Library (Univ.of Minnesota) (includes caselaw of Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Inter-American Commission of Human Rights)
- Human Rights Watch site includes many background reports.
- International Humanitarian Law (Int'l Commission for the Red Cross): includes database of treaties & documents from 1856 forward.
- Minerva Center for Human Rights (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
- Open Society Justice Initiative "pursues law reform activities grounded in the protection of human rights"; site includes full-text reports.
- Project Diana: Online Human Rights Archive at Yale Law School
- Refugee Law Center
International Criminal Law
- International Criminal Court
- International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
- International Criminal Law (ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources) / by Gail Partin.
International Environmental Law
- Center for International Environmental Law
- IISD Linkages (International Institute for Sustainable Development)
- Internet Resources on Environmental Law (at Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law)
International Trade & Financial Law
- GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) Documents
- International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (site includes case decision texts)
- International Claims and Investment Disputes (U.S. Department of State). Includes NAFTA Investor-State Arbitrations and Bilateral Investment Claims.
- NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) Secretariat
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development
- Scoreboard of Adherence to Transnational Arbitration Treaties (Institute for Transnational Arbitration)
- Trade Agreements negotiated by U.S. Trade Representative
- United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
- University of Iowa Center for International Finance & Development. Includes E-Book on International Finance & Development.
- WorldTradeLaw.net. Includes World Trade Organization legal texts and cases.
- World Trade Organization:
- WTO Legal Texts
- WTO Dispute Settlement
- WTO Appellate Body Decisions (at World Legal Information Institute)
- WTO Arbitration Decisions (at World Legal Information Institute)
Law of War
- The Laws of War (The Avalon Project at Yale Law School). Includes Geneva and Hague conventions.
- Review of Legality of Weapons under International Law (Army Regulation 27-53)
- A U.S.-Led War on Iraq: Legal Issues (at Columbia Law School Library)
Private International Law
- Hague Conference on Private International Law (includes texts of Hague conventions)
- Private International Law Database (U.S. Dep't of State)
- UNIDROIT (International Institute for Unification of Private Law)
Regional International Law
European Union
Organization of American States
Treaties & Conventions
- Multilateral Conventions (Fletcher School)
- Peace Agreements Digital Collection (United States Institute of Peace Library)
- United Nations Treaty Collection
- Treaty Affairs (U.S. Department of State), includes current Treaties in Force, Treaty Actions 1997 to date, TIAS 1996 forward, and texts of agreements reported to Congress 1997 forward.
United States Practice in International Law
- Foreign Relations of the United States (1861-1960) (Univ. of Wisconsin Digital Collections)