International Law

Research guides

ASIL - American Society of International Law. Information on the teaching, theory and practice of international law. Click here for Electronic Resource Guide (ERG).
EISIL - Electronic Information System for International Law. A major research tool for international law. This database has detailed subject breakdown and access to primary documents and secondary materials. It has been developed by the American Society for International Law.
GlobaLex - section on international law research which has 20+ guides to specific topics of current interest written by experts from around the world
Guide to electronic resources for international law - well researched guide from ASIL, with separate sections for different areas of international law.
IALS - Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. Research guides by jurisdiction
Legal research on international law issues using the internet - Lyonette Louis-Jacques' guide from the University of Chicago (useful links, but as of October 2009 needs updating)
LLRX - the Law Library Resource Xchange site which has a section on Comparative/Foreign law with research guides on many different aspects of international law and a feature on Keeping current with international law via the web
Researching the United Nations: finding the organization's internal resource trails - by Linda Tashbook for GlobaLex

Resources

Avalon Project - Yale University. Collection of texts in law, history and diplomacy from ancient documents to the present
British Institute of International and Comparative Law - UK based research institute
CIGI - The Centre for International Governance is an international think tank (based in Canada) founded in 2002
Findlaw - link to international law page.
Free Trade Area of the Americas - Includes draft agreement and proposals on intellectual property rights, anti-dumping measures, e-commerce and competition. Links to relevant information by country
Hague Justice Portal - Access to information, news and research activities in, and related to, The Hague
HG.org - site with good section on international law.
International Law - the United Nations international law page
International Law Library - includes decisions, treaties and agreements available on WorldLII
Rule of Law in Armed Conflicts Project - database of documents and reports from the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
UN-I-QUE - searching tool for UN information from the Dag Hammarskjöld Library
US State Department - including US foreign policy around the world
World Legal Information Institute - free, independent and non-profit access to worldwide law.
WTO Docs Online - WTO Documents online service. Searchable database of WTO documents, including press releases and full texts of WTO agreements.

Online journals

The following are some of the full text journals available free on the web.

International courts

African International Courts and Tribunals - developed by the Project on International Courts and Tribunals
European Court of Human Rights - full text of recent judgments and complete list of judgments from 1959
Court of Justice of the European Union - includes recent judgments in full, and Proceedings of the Court (summaries of judgments and opinions)
International Court of Justice - includes links to all contentious cases and advisory opinions referred to the Court since 1946, and decisions of the Permanent Court of International Justice 1922-46
International Criminal Court
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea - includes proceedings and judgments and basic documents
PICT - Project on International Courts and Tribunals, providing news and other materials. A joint project from the Centre on International Cooperation (New York University) and FIELD - Foundation for International Environmental Law & Development, (SOAS, London University) (As at October 2010 this website seems not to be updated)

Treaty research

Sources for treaties

European Treaty Series - Council of Europe
Fletcher Multilaterals Project - access to multilateral treaties. Latest document 2002.
Globelaw - includes treaties and conventions on international law and international environmental law
Hague Conventions on Private International Law available on the Hague Conference on Private International Law site.
UN Treaty Collection - includes the full text of treaties in the United Nations Treaty Series plus current information on the status of multilateral treaties
UN organisations publish their treaties on their websites. See ILC - OHCHR - FAO - UNEP - Law of the Sea
Other collections of treaties include ILO - UNIDROIT -WIPO

International organisations

Union of International Associations - alphabetical, subject and regional indexes of organisations
ASEAN - Association of South East Asian Nations
CoE - Council of Europe
EFTA - European Free Trade Association
IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency
ICC - International Chamber of Commerce
ILA - International Law Association
ILC - International Law Commission
ILO - International Labour Organization
IMF - International Monetary Fund
IMO - International Maritime Organisation
IOSCO - International Organization of Securities Commissions
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
OAS - Organization of American States
OECD - Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
United Nations and access to all of its agencies
World Bank
WHO - World Health Organisation
WIPO - World Intellectual Property Organisation
WTO - World Trade Organisation

Miscellaneous international sites

European Center for Space Law - European Space Agency
Institute of Air and Space Law - at McGill University, Montreal
International Boundaries Research Unit at Durham University
International Water Law Project - developed and maintained by Professor Gabriel Eckstein of the Texas Tech University School of Law
Ocean law - incorporating the Internet Guide to International Fisheries Law.
Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database - State University of Geosciences

University of Kent