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International Law

Organisations

UN Documentation: Overview
Explanation of UN document symbols and materials from the Dag Hammarskjold Library.
Directory of United Nations System Organisations
UN Office of Legal Affairs
UN Treaties Database and documents
UNHCR The UN Refugee Agency
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations Human Rights Council
World Trade Organization
International trade figures for commodities and commercial services
Researching the United Nations: Finding the Organization's Internal Resource Trails

Regional Organisations

African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
African Union
Promoting Africa’s growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states.
ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations)
Organisation of American States
Council of Europe

Non-Governmental Organisations

Amnesty International
A non-governmental organisation that campaigns for the protection of human rights.
Human Rights Watch (NGO)
ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross
The ICRC is actually the official repository for the Geneva Conventions and several other important treaties. The ICRC database is extensive for documents on the topic of International Humanitarian Law

Courts & Tribunals

Court of Justice of the European Union
Also known as the European Court of Justice
International Court of Justice
Permanent Court of Arbitration
Also links to UNCITRAL and UNCLOS arbitration
European Court of Human Rights
Council of Europe’s European Court of Human Rights
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
US Military Commissions
ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations)