International Law Resources

Key resources for international law research

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Law Library Catalog (books and e-books)
Oxford Reports on International Law (decisions of international, regional and domestic courts)
vLex (extensive foreign law collection with growing body of international materials)
Hein Online (includes Foreign & International Law Resources Database, Treaties and Agreements Library, U.N. Treaty Series, Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals, )
U.S. Office of Treaty Affairs

International Service for Human Rights- Simple Guide to UN Treaty Bodies (download)
*Oxford Reports on International Law (decisions of international, regional and domestic courts, specific module on human rights)
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
UN Official Document Service
Hein Online (includes Treaties and Agreements Library, U.N. Treaty Series, Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals, World Constitutions)
Treaties in Force (listing of treaties to which the U.S. is a party)
International Justice Resource Center
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (includes reports, and cases, e.g. merits, friendly settlement)
Inter-American Court of Human Rights (jurisprudence of the court, but not useful searching)
Inter-American Court of Human Rights Project (Loyola) (summaries of ICHR cases)
U.S. Department of State (annual country reports on human rights, also U.S. treaty reports)
Center for Civil and Politial Rights
Constitute Project (world constitutions in English, can compare different provisions, and search for provisions)
Refworld (source for decisions dealing with refugees, and other human rights cases)
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library (historical archive of resources)