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.
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.
A research guide prepared and updated by librarians at the Bora Laskin Law Library, University of Toronto, Canada. It offers commentary, research tips and details of websites and printed sources, including lists of finding tools for different categories of treaties. The guide has three main sections: public international law; private international law and foreign law; and notes on foreign law as part of international law.
A research guide concerned with women's human rights in an international context and outlining the major documents. The guide has been prepared by Marylin J. Raisch and published on the website of the Bora Laskin Law Library in the University of Toronto. The author provides commentary and links to primary, secondary, and other research sources.
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.
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.
An online resource guide offering commentary and links relating to Private International Law, the body of international legislative materials regulating private rather than national relationships across borders, written and compiled by Louise Tsang, working in law school and law firm libraries in the US and Canada. This guide forms a chapter of the American Society of International Law's Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law.
A guide to finding information about refugees' and asylum seekers' country of origin, last updated in 2002 and published on the website of the Law Library Resource Xchange (LLRX). The guide is written by Elisa Mason, Information Manager for the Forced Migration Online project at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford. Commentary, bibliographic information and links to relevant websites are included.
ECOLEX is an environmental law information service operated by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Conservation Union (IUCN). It is partly funded by the Dutch government. The website provides a searchable database which combines the environmental law information held by all three bodies. This comprises multilateral treaties; national legislation; European Union instruments; international "soft law" and related documents; bibliographic details of law and policy literature; and judicial decisions.
The Canadian Council on International Law was established in 1972 to promote study and analysis in the field of international law by academic, government and practising lawyers and their students. The site describes the organisation, its annual conference, membership and activities. Commentaries on international legal issues are available, along with brief details of recent events and legal developments from around the world. Additional content on the site is restricted to members only. The interface is available in English and French language but most of the content is in English only.
