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International Law Resources 


  • EUR-Lex
    An open portal to EU legislation and law. Find additional information at EU Law.
  • Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)
    "a network of Member States and designated International Organizations committed to enhancing the legislative processes of individual countries, and to making their laws and legal decisions accessible to their citizens, legislators, government and private sector officials and others who relate to the country through international trade, and to participants in the global community generally."
  • United Nations Treaty Collections 
    The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the depositary of more than 560 multilateral treaties which cover a broad range of subject matters such as human rights, disarmament, and protection of the environment.
  • United Nations Official Online Document System
    The Official Document System (ODS) is an online database of UN documents that was first launched in 1993 and updated in 2016. ODS has full-text, born-digital UN documents published from 1993 onward, including documents of the Security Council, the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and their subsidiaries, as well as administrative issuances and other documents.
  • Yearbook of the International Law Commission
    The International Law Commission was established by the General Assembly, in 1947, to undertake the mandate of the Assembly, under article 13 (1) (a) of the Charter of the United Nations to "initiate studies and make recommendations for the purpose of ... encouraging the progressive development of international law and its codification".
  • International Criminal Court
    ​The International Criminal Court (ICC) investigates and, where warranted, tries individuals charged with the gravest crimes of concern to the international community: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and crimes of aggression.
  • UK Legislation 
    Legislation.gov.uk carries most (but not all) types of legislation and their accompanying explanatory documents. You can read about what legislation we publishhow we apply amendments, what legislation we updatewhere you can obtain copies of legislation we don’t hold, and how legislation works. To find an item of legislation you can browse by legislation type and category or use our advanced search to explore by title or keyword in text.
  • Library of Congress International Legal Reports 
    This collection features research reports and other publications on a wide range of legal topics prepared by the Law Library of Congress in response to requests or recurring interest from Congress and other federal government entities on issues concerning foreign, comparative, and international law (FCIL).