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International and Comparative Law Links

Human Rights

• Project DIANA at the Yale Law School - http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/diana.asp
• U. of Minnesota Human Rights Library - www.umn.edu/humanrts
• European Court of Human Rights - www.echr.coe.int
• United Nations Human Rights Treaties - http://www.bayefsky.com
• Historical Record of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/udhr/
• HurisSearch - Human Rights Search Engine - http://www.hurisearch.org/

Trade Law

• Basic Info and Online Sources to NAFTA/CAFTA (North American Free Trade/Central American Free Trade Agreements) Research by Franciso Avalos and Maureen Garmon - http://www.nyulawglobal.org/Globalex/NAFTA_CAFTA_Research1.htm
• WTO/GATT Research - http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/wtoguide.html
• World Trade Organization - www.wto.org
• U.S. Trade Representative - www.ustr.gov

United Nations

• Researching the United Nations by Linda Tashbrook (June, 2009 update) - http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/United_Nations_Research1.htm
• Selected UN Resources & Research Tools: Overview & Search Tips by Wiltrud Harms (Sept./Oct. 2007) - http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/UN_Resources_Research_Tools.htm link for pdf version (preserving column formatting)
• U.N. Homepage - www.un.org
• Official Documents of the U.N. http://documents.un.org - "ODS covers all types of official United Nations documentation, beginning in 1993. Older UN documents are, however, added to the system on a daily basis. ODS also provides access to the resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council from 1946 onwards. The system does not contain press releases (posted at http://www.un.org/News/Press/full.htm), UN sales publications (contact: http://unp.un.org), the United Nations Treaty Series or information brochures issued by the Department of Public Information."
• Readex Index to U.N. Documents - infoweb.newsbank.com
• International Court of Justice - http://www.icj-cij.org
• United Nations Human Rights Treaties - http://www.bayefsky.com
• U.N. Organizations - http://www.unsystem.org - Official web site locator for U.N. System of Organizations
• United Nations Treaty Collection - http://treaties.un.org
• Yearbook of the United Nations - http://unyearbook.un.org
• Historical Record of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/udhr/

Research Guides

• American Society of International Law - www.asil.org
• Electronic Information System for International Law - http://www.eisil.org
• LLRX (Law Library Resources Exchange) - www.llrx.com

Cite-checking Resources

• Cardiff's Index to legal abbreviations - http://www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk/search_abbrev.jsp
• Canadian Neutral Citation Standard for Case Law - http://www.lexum.umontreal.ca/ccc-ccr/neutr/index_en.html
• Fordham's EU Citation Manual - http://www.fordham.edu/law/pubs/filj/citeman.htm
• World Trade Organization - http://www.law.nyu.edu/library.research/researchguides/wto/index.htm
• English Law - http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/research/researchguides/englishlaw/index.htm
• NYU Cite Checker's Guide: EU - http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/research/researchguides/europeanunion/index.htm
• Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA) - http://www.law.ox.ac.uk/publications/oscola.php
• Frequently cited Human Rights Treaties from the University of Minnesota - http://library.law.umn.edu/researchguides/most-cited.html#Human
• Washington University Global Studies Law Review International Citation Manual - http://law.wustl.edu/wugslr/index.aspx
• American Society of International Law EISIL (includes cites to treaties in 14 categories) - http://www.eisil.org

Treaties

• Tufts University Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Multilaterals Project - fletcher.tufts.edu/multilaterals.html
• U.S. State Department Office of Treaty Affairs - www.state.gov/s/l/treaty
• United Nations Treaty Collection - http://treaties.un.org
• Treaty Collections by Intergovernmental organization and individual states
• http://untreaty.un.org/cod/avl/researchlibrary.html#states
• http://www.bu.edu/lawlibrary/research/international/guides/treatiesUS.html#bi

Foreign Law

• Reynolds & Flores Foreign Law Guide - http://0-foreignlawguide.com.library.utulsa.edu
• NYU Foreign Collections by Jurisdiction - http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/research/foreign_intl/foreigndatabasesbyjurisdiction/index.htm
• NYU GlobaLex http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/
• Yale Country by Country Guide to Foreign Legal Research - http://m-library.law.yale.edu/country_guide
• Global Courts - www.globalcourts.com
• International Constitutional Law - http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/
• Government Gazettes online from the University of Michigan - http://www-personal.umich.edu/~graceyor/doctemp/gazettes/index.htm
• Parline national parliaments database from the Interparliamentary Union- http://www.ipu.org/parline/parlinesearch.asp
• Law Library of Congress/ Global Legal Information Network - http://www.glin.gov/search.action
• World Legal Information Institute - www.worldlii.org
• Asian Legal Information Institute - www.asianlii.org
• Australasian Legal Information Institute - www.austlii.edu.au
• British and Irish Legal Information Institute - www.bailii.org

European Union

• Europa - europa.eu.int
• European Union Legal Materials, An Infrequent User's Guide by Duncan Alford - http://www.nyulawglobal.org/Globalex/European_Union1.htm#_Introductory_Treatises_and_Texts
• European Union Law, an Integrated Guide to Electronic and Print Research by Marilyn Raish - www.llrx.com/features/eulaw2.htm
• Archive of European Integration - http://aei.pitt.edu/
• European Union: a Guide to Tracing Working Documents by Patrick Overy - http://www.nyulawglobal.org/Globalex/European_Union_Travaux_Preparatoires.htm

International Health Organizations

• World Health Organization - www.who.int

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