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Convention on the Rights of the Child

This site, focusing on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), forms part of the UNICEF website. There is background information and a full text copy of the Convention along with FAQs and factsheets. UNICEF's report the State of the World's Children is available to download in full text from the site. The 2009 report celebrates 20 years of the Convention and focuses on children's rights in different countries. Case studies and interviews with experts on children's rights are available as videos on the site.

United Nations and the Rule of Law

This site is maintained by the United Nations to provide information and resources regarding its work on maintaining the rule of law. It offers UN press releases and a repository of UN documents including General Assembly resolutions, reports, norms and standards, guidance and training materials. Topics covered include the rule of law at national and international levels, constitution building, transitional justice, informal justice, peace building and international security.

International Institute of Space Law

Website of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL), a membership organisation founded in 1960 and based in France. The purpose of the IISL is cooperation with national and international space law organisations and the development of space law. The site provides information about the Institute's activities, which include annual colloquia and joint symposia with the European Centre for Space. Standing committee reports, an online newsletter and conference and workshop proceedings can be downloaded from the site.

Global Policy Forum

Website of the Global Policy Forum (GPF), an independent policy watchdog that monitors the work of the UN and scrutinizes global policymaking. The site provides analyses of the work of the UN Security Council and social and economic policy at the UN. It also covers globalisation, nations and states, NGOs, UN finance, international justice, Iraq, UN reform, world economic crisis, food and hunger, natural resources and global taxes. Each section breaks down into a number of sub-categories providing access to a extensive collection of articles, reports, news items, statistics and links.

Victims' Rights Working Group

Website of the Victims' Rights Working Group (VRWG), a network of over 300 national and international civil society groups and experts working to protect the rights of victims who are involved in cases before the International Criminal Court (ICC). The site provides information about the VRWG, including a copy of the strategic plan and links to organisations affiliated to VRWG. Information and documentation on the rights of victims is also provided including links to legislation, forms, cases and other relevant documents.

Child Abduction Section

Child Abduction Section of the website of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH). Includes the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980 (in a range of languages) and a list of countries who have signed or ratified it. Contact details for the relevant government authority in each country are given, along with documentation relating to the Convention and relevant HCCH publications.

Satellites and Law

Satellites and Law is a research programme based at the Centre for Law and the Environment at University College London. The programme deals with issues surrounding the use of satellites for monitoring and enforcing environmental laws. The site has information on research projects taking place looking at the use of satellites in legal systems, privacy issues in using satellite imagery in courts and national and international experience of using satellite imagery as a legal monitoring and compliance tool.

Research guide on indigenous peoples international law

Online guide to researching indigenous international law written by Christopher C. Dykes who is reference/research librarian at the University of Houston Law Center's O'Quinn Law Library. The guide was published in August 2009 (and updated in July 2024) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The guide provides an introduction to the topic including a definition of the term "indigenous peoples", a list of indigenous groups and other key terms.

Arctic Council

The Arctic Council is an intergovernmental forum - with indigenous representation - that fosters cooperation between the eight Arctic States: Canada, Finland, Iceland, Norway, the Russian Federation, Sweden, Canada, the United States and Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands). The website provides details of its institutions and projects and makes available publications, including international agreements, meeting documents, reports, strategy documents and the Council's founding instruments.

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