The Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (CHRGJ) is based at New York University School of Law. The website describes the Center's aims and details its research and teaching activities. The CHRGJ working paper series is available back to 2004. Information about the Center's other publications is also provided, with links to selected full-text materials.
Website of the Institute for International Law and Justice (IILJ) at New York University School of Law. The site provides information about the IILJ's research and teaching activities. Two series of working papers are available: the International Law and Justice Working Papers and the Emerging Scholars Papers. Details of other IILJ publications are provided, some with links to the full text.
Online guide to the harmonization of international commercial law written by Loren Turner who is the Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Librarian at the University of Minnesota Law School. The guide was published in 2005 (and updated in 2022) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. It provides an introduction to the subject and to the types of instruments of harmonization.
GlobaLex is a large collection of legal research guides covering foreign and international law, published by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. It is aimed at legal academics, practitioners and librarians. The guides are organised under the following headings: International Law Research; Comparative Law Research; Foreign Law Research; and Tools for Building Foreign, Comparative and International Law Collections. They provide commentary and background information as well as links to key web resources.
A large collection of law and policy documentation relating to refugees and statelessness, provided free by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) since 2007 as a resource for decision-making on refugee status. The database includes country reports sourced from the UN, NGOs, governments, international organisations, academic institutions and judicial bodies, focusing on the country situation and human rights issues.
Opinio Juris is a blog devoted to international law and international relations. Its posts seek 'to describe and analyse international law where it is most controversial and ambiguous.' It was established in 2005 by Chris Borgen of St. John's University Law School, Peggy McGuinness of the University of Missouri Law School and Julian Ku of Hofstra Law School; since 2018 it has been run in partnership with the International Commission of Jurists. The blog can be browsed by region or by topic.
Webpage of the International Criminal Justice Unit at the University of Nottingham Human Rights Law Centre. The Unit conducts research and teaching on the International Criminal Court, the Yugoslav and Rwanda Tribunals and hybrid courts. The page provides information about projects, courses, conferences and public lectures. There is also a link to the Unit's database of national legislation implementing the Statute of the International Criminal Court.
Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF) is a Belgium-based international NGO. Its membership mostly consists of lawyers and its aim is to promote justice and the rule of law, and to defend the civil, political and other rights of the most vulnerable people in the world. The group's "Lawyers for Lawyers" project aims to support human rights lawyers whose professional independence is under threat. Press releases, a free newsletter, activity reports and other publications are available on the website, plus details of ASF seminars and training. The site can be viewed in English, French or Dutch.
