international law

Global Legal Monitor

Online publication by the Law Library of Congress in the US, providing information on legal developments from around the world. Content can be filtered by jurisdiction and year and there is a search facility. Sources include press reports and official publications.

A basic guide to international environmental legal research

Online guide to international environmental legal research written by Heidi Frostestad Kuehl, who is Director of the David C. Shapiro Memorial Law Library. The guide was last updated in 2022 and is available on New York University's Globalex website. It covers commonly-used abbreviations, treaty research, finding national environmental laws, key online resources, international organizations, legal blogs and current awareness tools.

Avalon Project : the Laws of War

Part of the Avalon Project at Yale University Law School, providing free access to treaties and agreements concerned with war. The collection starts with the 1856 Declaration of Paris and goes up to the 1970s; it consists mainly of the Geneva Conventions and documentation from the Hague Conferences of 1899 and 1907. The documents can be browsed chronologically, or searched by key word.

Audiovisual Library of International Law

The Audiovisual Library of International Law is a free multimedia resource compiled by the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs. It consists of the Historic Archives, the Lecture Series and the Research Library. The Historic Archives collection focuses on key legal instruments covering a wide range of international law topics; documentary and audiovisual materials, including video and audio recordings and photographs, are provided for each legal instrument.

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