The resources listed on this page cover links to important sites for research in international law as a general subject, with some links specifically to sites emphasizing each of its two branches, public and private international law. These sites would include information about treaties, intergovernmental organizations, and some secondary interpretive material as well. Foreign and comparative law, however, are not the focus of these sites. Separate resource lists exist for international trade, human rights, arbitration, and intellectual property, all of which contain international as well as Canadian sources for those specific topics.

International Documents: International Governmental Organizations  
Maintained by the Government Publications Department of Northwestern University Library, this list of links to the official sites of intergovernmental organizations is intended to be comprehensive and includes many regional organizations not often linked on other sites.
Date Last Visited: January 14, 2011

ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law

Contains sections on the United Nations, human rights, lists, newsgroups, networks, treaties, international environmental law, and international criminal law.
Date Last Visited: January 14, 2011

The American Society of International Law

One of the best sites on international law and relations. The ASIL is a world-wide organization, and publisher of 'International Legal Materials' and 'American Journal of International Law'. Includes activity and product information, bibliographies, articles, and links to other useful sites.
Date Last Visited: January 14, 2011

Georgetown Law Library - Introduction to International Law Research
Georgetown University Law Library’s guide to public international law research.
Date Last Visited: January 14, 2011

Georgetown Law Library – Research Guide for Jessup International Law Moot court
Date Last Visited: January 14, 2011

Hieros Gamos : International Law

Provides links to principal international documents, treaties, and governmental agencies.
Date Last Visited: January 14, 2011

United Nations Home Page

The central UN page links to a documentation guide, a treaty database to which the library subscribes, the work of the International Law Commission, Womenwatch, and the entire human rights databases for charter and treaty based bodies, including jurisprudence under optional protocols.
Date Last Visited: January 14, 2011

Germain’s International Court of Justice Research Guide
Maintained by the Cornell Law Library with the documentary assistance of the Court, this site provides both primary and secondary information on the court, and lists all decisions rendered by the Court. Also provides an index of all past and present judges, a research guide for locating resources on the court, selected recent judgements, and links to related sites.
Date Last Visited: January 14, 2011

Europa Homepage
This site of the official website of the European Union and is a good starting point for those looking for information on the EU and the services provided by the EU.  The site provides basic information on the workings of the EU, news on the EU, and links to websites of EU agencies.
Date Last Visited: January 14, 2011

Virtual Institute: Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law Heidelberg

The Virtual Institute at Max Planck brings together international, foreign, and comparative law links and materials in English and German
Date Last Visited: January 14, 2011

Sources for International Treaties

Fletcher Multilaterals Project
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University has set up a database of full text for several multilateral treaties. They are grouped by subject or browsed in chronologial order. Treaty secretariats and historical documents are being added to the site.
Date Last Visited: January 14, 2011

Access UN (via the UofT library catalogue)
Date Last Visited: January 14, 2011

Flare Index to Treaties
Date Last Visited: January 14, 2011

United Nations Treaty Series
Date Last Visited: January 14, 2011

International Law : Private International Law

Hague Conference on Private International Law

This home page for the Hague Conference contains the texts and status of Hague-sponsored conventions as well as signatories and ratifications.
Date Last Visited: January 14, 2011

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