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Law: International Law

How to find law reports, journal articles and other sources of legal information

Case Law Sources

African Court of Human and Peoples Rights
African Human Rights Case Law Analyser
Butterworths Human Rights Cases
Available from the Lexis Library
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
International Court of Justice (ICJ)
International Criminal Court
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia
Oxford Reports on International Law
Case reports from international courts, domestic courts and ad hoc tribunals. Full text available for the following modules: International Criminal Law, International Human Rights Law, International Law in Domestic Courts, International Trade Law, International Courts of General Jurisdiction.
Special Court for Sierra Leone
World Courts
Worldlii International Courts and Tribunals Collection

Queen's Resources Guide for Public International Law

QUB Libguide: Public International Law Research
A guide to resources for public international law research by Kevin Monaghan (3rd Year Law with French), April 2013

International Treaties

International Treaties can be found online from the following sources:

The following sources can help identify treaties:

Additional Sources for International Law

Full text international law sources are available from the following subscription sources:

International Legal Materials
Sources of international law selected by the American Society of International Law (published by JSTOR)
HeinOnline United Nations Law Collection
Includes publications from the International Court of Justice, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) and the UN Yearbooks
HeinOnline Foreign and International Law Resources
Includes international law yearbooks

A number of specialist websites can help identify international law resources online:

Eagle-I Portal for Law (Institute of Advanced Legal Studies)
Electronic Information System for International Law
United Nations Universal Human Rights Index
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
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A wide range of human rights links