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Oceans and Law of the Sea

Internet site publishing Law of Sea resources and related links developed by the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea at the UN Office of Legal Affairs. The site presents unedited advanced texts and official reports and resolutions of the Secretary-General; the full-text and an overview of UNCLOS (the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea) and related agreements with status information on ratifications and accessions. There is organisational information on the Division, information on the settlement of disputes and links to bodies established by the Convention.

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights seeks to promote universal enjoyment of all human rights by responding to violations and promoting the implementation of international instruments. Its website provides the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in over 300 different languages, together with human rights treaties, fact sheets, decisions and working documents of the various UN human rights bodies (such as the Committee Against Torture and the Council on Human Rights). Printed and multi-media materials relating to the Universal Declaration are also available.

International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy

The International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy is an independent non-profit institute, officially affilated with the United Nations and based at the Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. The website contains publications, occasional papers and reports which can be ordered online or downloaded in PDF. The site gives details of the following programmes conducted by the Centre: Corrections Programme; China Programme; Transnational Organised Crime; UN Congress on Crime and International Criminal Court.

Lauterpacht Centre for International Law

Web pages for the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge. The site describes the structure, staffing, work and facilities of the Centre. Information on current projects covers the State Responsibility Project, Corporate Complicity Project, Arms Trade Treaty Project and the Customary International Humanitarian Law Project. The site also provides details of forthcoming events and publications such as the International Environmental Law Reports and the International Law Reports.

Founding agreements

Section of the European Union's Europa website providing the original versions of the EU's fundamental treaties: the Treaty of Lisbon, the Treaty of Nice, the Treaty of Amsterdam, the Treaty on European Union, the Treaty Establishing the European Economic Community, the Treaty Establishing the European Coal and Steel Community and the Treaty Establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, as well as the Single European Act and the Merger Treaty. The site is in all the languages of the member states.

United Nations Treaty Collection

The United Nations Treaty Collection provides free access to a wealth of information about international treaties covering a wide range of subject areas including international human rights, international law, international security, human rights, refugees. It can be used to download full text treaties and check for the latest information on whether certain treaties are in force.

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.

University of Western Australia Law Review

Website for an academic refereed law review published by the University of Western Australia Law School since 1948 on an approximately annual basis. The Review considers a broad range of legal topics and issues from an Australian and international perspective. The site provides contents of issues and overviews of articles published from 1993 onwards to date. A cumulative index covers items published from 1982-1992. Notes to authors, a style guide and information about the editorial board, subscriptions and advertising rates are also available.

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