International

International Commercial Arbitration

Online guide to international commercial arbitration written and updated by Charles Bjork who is International and Foreign Law Reference Librarian at the Georgetown University Law Library. An earlier version of the guide was written in 2014 by Susan Gualtier. This version was published in 2022 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law.

United Nations Documentation

Online guide to using the various tools for finding United Nations documents written by Leah Granger who is a reference librarian at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. The guide was published in 2015) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law.

Official Document System (ODS) of the United Nations

This site provides a search engine for the official UN document repository. It covers all types of official UN documentation, including resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and Trusteeship Council from 1946 onwards, and documentation from meetings of the General Assembly and its subsidiary bodies. Documents are available in the six official languages of the UN - Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. The site search offers a simple key word search option, an advanced search and links to popular searches.

Jurisprudence (OHCHR)

Database of all cases decided by UN human rights treaty bodies: the Human Rights Committee (CCPR), the Committee against Torture (CAT), the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED), the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), and the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC).

Danish Patent and Trademark Office

The Danish Patent and Trademark Office (DKPTO) is the official representative of Denmark acting on behalf of the Danish Government regarding all aspects of IP legislation and policy. The DKPTO's Policy and Legal Affairs Department is responsible for developing Denmark's IP legislation and policy in relation to patents, utility models, trademarks and designs. Thus the site provides links to treaties, EU Council regulations and agreements and other materials concerning patents, utility models, trade marks and designs.

"Paper satellites" and the free use of outer space

Online guide to the issues surrounding the demand for and allocation of slots for satellites in the geostationary orbit (GSO) written by Iulia-Diana Galeriu who has been a Legal Intern at IATA (International Air Transport Association) (2014-2015) and an International Institute of Air and Space Law Alumna. The guide was published in 2015 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law.

International Law and Consumer Protection: The history of consumer protection

Article on consumer protection law written by Antonella Corradi who works at the Ministry of Cultural Activities and Heritage of Italy. The article was published in 2015 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law
The author provides a brief history of consumer protection, details of consumer organisations and sections on European and United States consumer protection law.

Planetary Protection Obligations of States Pursuant to the Space Treaties and with Special Emphasis on National Legislations Provisions

Article by lawyer Gustavo Boccardo, published on New York University's Globalex website and last updated in 2018. Discusses contamination of space by space exploration missions and the reverse, where potentially dangerous organisms are bought back to Earth in samples for scientific analysis. Covers the Outer Space Treaty and to the planetary protection policies of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR). Also gives an overview of planetary protection provisions in the national law of states who are parties to the Outer Space Treaty.

Space Asset under the Space Protocol of the Cape Town Convention

Online guide to the term ‘Space Asset’ written by Pai Zheng who is Assistant Professor at the International Law School of East China University of Political Science and Law (ECUPL) in Shanghai, China and Ruo Wang an LL.M. Candidate (Public International Law) at ECUPL. The guide was published in 2014 (and updated in 2023) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law.

International Law Schools

This part of the WashLaw Web resource guide provides links to law schools around the world. Countries are listed alphabetically and availability of post graduate study is indicated on the list. United States law schools are listed separately. The WashLaw Web resource links are maintained by staff members of the Washburn University School of Law Library in the United States.

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