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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Legal Office

Official site for the Legal Office of the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations). The office provides legal advisory services to member nations, particularly in the areas of legislative and treaty drafting. The site lists member states with the date of membership, publishes news highlights from the office, details of print publications ordered via the site, and occasional papers in PDF format. A collection of basic FAO texts including the constitution, rules of procedure of committees and policy documents are also available.

Inter-American Court of Human Rights

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights forms part of the Inter-American system of human rights, within the Organization of American States. Its website has Spanish or English versions, but most of the content is in Spanish. It offers judgments and decisions in Spanish; the Court's Statute and rules in Spanish, English and other languages; press releases in Spanish; and information about the work of the Court in Spanish and English (etc.).

Minority Rights Group International

The Minority Rights Group International (MRG) is a non-governmental organisation based in London. It conducts and publishes research on minority rights issues, provides training and education and conducts litigation. MRG has consultative status with the UN Economic and Consultative Council (ECOSOC). The website provides MRG publications, a blog, news and details of relevant court cases.

Lexadin

An extensive collection of structured links to world legal information resources on the internet, maintained by Lexadin, the legal technology service based in the Netherlands. The guide offers thousands of links to legal sites in more than 40 countries. The links are organised under the following headings, and subdivided by country: law firms, legislation, law schools, courts and cases, articles and organisations. The site offers users the option to suggest other useful resources under its "add a site" button.

Electronic Journal of Comparative Law

The Electronic Journal of Comparative Law (ISSN 1387-3091) is a full-text web-based journal developed in 1997 by Innovatie Wetenschappelijke Informatievoorziening (IWI), the Dutch platform for innovation of the supply of scientific information and sponsored by the law faculties of Maastricht, Tilburg and Utrecht universities in the Netherlands. The journal presents original articles, review articles, book reviews, correspondence, comments and discussion on a wide range of legal issues. The archives gives access to current and back issues of the journal from volume 1, no.

United Nations Chronicle

The United Nations Chronicle is a quarterly magazine published by the United Nations Department of Public Information to provide news to the public about current UN activities. It covers a wide range of topics covering all aspects of United Nations responsibility, including health, economic development, human rights, United Nations reform and peace-keeping operations. Each issue contains articles on current UN activities in the field, interviews with leading UN personnel and first person accounts of situations.

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) is the forum through which the four British country nature conservation agencies (Council for Nature Conservation and the Countryside, The Countryside Council for Wales, Natrual England and Scottish Natural Heritage) deliver their national and international responsibilities. These responsibilities include: sustaining and enriching biological diversity; enhancing geological features; and sustaining natural systems. JNCC's work is split into two broad categories, namely, advisory and project-based.

United Nations Security Council

The United Nations Security Council has responsibility under the UN Charter for maintaining international security and peace by taking military actions against aggressors and applying sanctions. Its website provides information on the functions of the Security Council, including its rules of procedure, and role within the UN as a whole. It also includes a list of current members and the full-text of a large number of its documents.

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