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Comité Maritime International

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Comité Maritime International (CMI) is an international non-governmental organisation established in 1897 to promote the unification of maritime law. Its website explains the history, structure and development of CMI and makes available its constitution and rules of procedure. A collection of jurisprudence on international maritime conventions is provided. Other online texts include the Rotterdam Rules, their travaux préparatoires and associated information; the York-Antwerp Rules; the CMI Uniform Rules for Sea Waybills ;and the CMI Rules for Electronic Bills of Lading.

International Law Commission

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Website of the International Law Commission (ILC), which was created in 1947 by the UN to assist in the development, promotion and codification of international law. Documentation arising from annual sessions of the ILC is available on the site back to 1949. A research guide is provided, which gives access to individual texts, instruments and reports adopted by the ILC. The annual reports and yearbooks of the International Law Commission are available from 1949 onwards.

ILO Research Guide

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An online research guide providing commentary, bibliographic references and Web links relating to the history, structure and work of the International Labour Organization, the international organization concerned with employment and working conditions and wider issues of social justice and human rights. The guide was compiled by Charlotte Bynum and is available on the Cornell Law Library website. The author gives an introduction to the ILO, its mission and organisation; with explanatory notes and sources covering conventions and recommendations and cases and reports.

United Nations Documentation: Research Guide: International Law

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A research guide produced by the United Nations Dag Hammarskj¸ld Library. The guide covers the work of the United Nations in the field of international law. The section on courts and tribunals covers the International Court of Justice, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Court and the UN Administrative Tribunal.

Unviversity of California Berkeley, Human Rights Center

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This research centre website provides its reports, working papers and other publications on human rights and humanitarian law, including war crimes. It also describes the work of the Center, including both completed and ongoing projects.

Bibliography for Research on International Human Rights Law

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A detailed online bibliography prepared by David Weissbrodt and Marci Hoffman in the late 1990s for the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library. The authors looked at the major bodies involved in matters of international human rights and list sources in print and electronic form relevant to human rights research.

Public International Law

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A research guide prepared and updated by staff at Bora Laskin Law Library, University of Toronto, Canada. It covers treaties, state practice, cases, UN documents, reference sources (encyclopedias, dictionaries and so on), books and journals. There are also sections on arbitration resources and blogs

ASIL Electronic Resource Guide : Human Rights

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Bibliographic resource guide dealing with international human rights issues and materials. This guide, written by Marci Hoffman, forms a component chapter of the ASIL's Guide to Electronic Resources for International law. The author offers background information for the subject and suggests a methodology and supporting starting points for research.

ASIL Electronic Resource Guide : United Nations

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An online resource guide focusing on the United Nations, written by Kelly Vinopal, Director of Library and Information Services for the American Society of International Law (ASIL) in Washington, DC. The guide forms a chapter within the ASIL's Guide to Electronic Resources for International law, published freely on the American Society of International Law's website.

ASIL Electronic Resource Guide : Private International Law

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Research guide focusing on online sources, with commentary and links, by Don Ford of Iowa College of Law. The guide was last updated in August 2013. Part of the American Society of International Law's Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law, it covers resources relating to international organisations, private international law in the United States, international sale of goods, international commercial arbitration, and harmonisation. Also covers resources on the major online commercial services, such as Lexis and Westlaw.

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