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Practice Tools and Information

Treaty Research Pathfinders
Foreign/International Law (Comprehensive)
Search Engines
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Statistical Sources of Foreign Information
Foreign Relations, International Trade, International Environment & International Policy
Business Organizations
Media Organizations
Executive Branch (U.S.)
Congress
International Organizations
International Courts
U.S. Sites
Selected Non-U.S. Sites
Selected Topical Sites
Foreign Law and Country Info
Foreign Governments
Country Info
Journals, Newsletters & Indexes
Selected Associations

Treaty Research Pathfinders

ASIL Guide to Treaty Research
Fundamentals of Treaty Research: U.S. and Non-U.S. (Electronic Resources)
A Guide to Treaty Research from Geo. Wash. U. Law Library
Guide to Treaty Research from UC-Davis Gov't Documents Library
Guide to Treaty Research at U. of Fla. Legal Information Center
Guide to U.S. Treaties and International Agreements from Penn State U. Libraries
Treaties and International Agreements from Stanford U. Gov't Docs. Library
Treaties Research Guide from Duke U. Law Library
Treaty Research Workshop from Leanne Walther, CU Govt. Pubs. Library
Treaty Sources (incl. links to treaty collections) from Marci Hoffman, U. of Minn. Law Library
U.S. Treaties and Other International Agreements from SUNY at Buffalo Libraries

United Nations:

Definition of Key Terms Used in the UN Treaty Collection
Glossary of Terms Relating to Treaty Actions
United Nations Documentation: Research Guide

Comprehensive Sites for Foreign/International Law Information

American Society of International Law:
International Law Springboard

Roel Hans Bethlehem:
The International Law Page

Cornell Law School and Legal Information Institute:
International Law Materials

Emory Electronic Reference Desk:
Law by Subject: International Law Links
Law by Country: Other Countries

European Law Students Association:
JURWEB: Legal Information in the Internet by Country/Continent

FindLaw:
Legal Subjects: International Law

Makoto Ibusuki:
The World List: Non-U.S. Law-Related Resources for the Internet Users

Library of Congress:
Guide to Law Online

Professor Massimo Magagni of Bologna University:
Research Guide to International Law on the Internet

New York University Law Library:
Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases

William R. Slomanson:
International Website Appendix

United Nations:
International Law Page

University of Chicago D'Angelo Law Library:
Foreign and International Law

University of Maryland Thurgood Marshall Law Library:
International and Foreign Law Pages

University of Western Australia:
Public International Law

U.S. Department of State:
Private International Law Database--reports and texts of major conventions

Canadian Bar Association:
National Environmental Law Section

WashLaw WEB:
Foreign and International Law Web

Willamette University Law Library:
Foreign and International Law

WWW Virtual Library--Law:
WWW Virtual Library--International Affairs Resources

Search Engines

Google

AltaVista (ability to limit search by country domain and/or language, and includes instant translation service)

FindLaw:
Index of Country Pages
LawCrawler International (ability to search by country domain)

Internet Legal Resource Guide (ILRG):
LawRunner: Global Index (ability to search by country domain)

HotBot (ability to search by continent, country domain and language)

Lawguru.com Legal Search Page
Northern Light (ability to search by country and language)

Yahoo!:
Business and Economy:Trade:Law:International
Government:Countries
Government:Int'l Organizations

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Reference Tools

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

International Law Dictionary and Directory
Encyclopedia Brittanica Online(campus users only)

Reference Tools

Travel

Foreign Languages for Travelers from travlang
Passport and Visa Services from the U.S. State Dept.
Travel Warnings and Consular Information Sheets from U.S. State Dept.
Weather Around the World from CU Gov't Publications Library
Worldwide Directory of Governmental Contacts

Statistical Sources of Foreign and International Information

Congressional Information Service (CIS):

Statistical Universe (campus users only; includes Index to International Statistics)

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development:

OECD Statistics

University of Michigan Documents Center:

U.S. Census Bureau:

Statistical Agencies (International)

Topical Sources of Foreign Relations, International Trade, International Environmental Information, International Policy

Foreign Relations

United States:

Cornell Law School and Legal Information Institute:
Foreign Relations Law Materials

United Kingdom:

Foreign and Commonwealth Office--the British government department responsible for overseas relations and foreign affairs

Canada:

Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Japan:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mexico:

La Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores (in Spanish)

International Trade

Cornell Law School and Legal Information Institute:
International Trade Law Materials

National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade (includes access to subscription-based InterAm Database)
National Trade Data Bank (subscription service)

International Environment

ASIL Interest Group in International Environmental Law
The Aspen Institute/AI
Canada's Global Climate Change Site
Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)

Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy: Research Room

Conservation International/CI

Cornell Law School and Legal Information Institute:
EarthAction/EA

Earth Island Institute/EII
Environmental Defense Fund
Environmental Law Institute/ELI
Environmental Law Materials
Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (ENTRI)--status information
The Environmental Working Group/EWG European Environment Agency
European Environmental Law Homepage
Friends of the Earth/FOE
Global Climate Coalition
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Globelaw: Multilateral Convention Sources
Greenpeace International

Harvard University Libraries:
GreenCrossInternational
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis/IIASA

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD):
Linkages Information Server--disseminates information on the activities of governments, NGOs and the United Nations at international meetings related to environment and development

International Joint Commission (U.S. & Canada)
Air Quality Agreement
Boundary Waters Treaty
Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
International Rivers Network/IRN
International Union for the Conservation of Nature/IUCN
ISO 14000 Info Center
League of Conservation Voters/LCV
National Audubon Society/NAS
National Parks and Conservation Association/NPCA
National Wildlife Federation/NWF
Natural Resources Defense Council/NRDC
The Nature Conservancy/TNC
Pace Virtual Environmental Law Library
Pace Energy Project
Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Rainforest Action Network/RAN
Renew America/RA
Resources for the Future
Rocky Mountain Institute/RMI
Santa Fe Institute/SFI
Second Nature/SN
Sierra Club/SC
Southern Africa Environment Project
Stockholm Environment Insitute/SEI
Sustainable Energy Coalition
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)
United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP Home Page)
UNEP Convention Secretariats (Ozone, Basel, Biodiversity, CITES, CMS)
UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Kyoto Protocol
WMO/UNEP Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
IPCC Data Distribution Centre
University of Michigan Documents Center: Statistical Resources on the Web - Environment (U.S. & Int'l)
Wilderness Society/WS
World Conservation Monitoring Centre/WCMC
World Conservation Union (IUCN)
World Heritage Convention
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
World Resources Institute (WRI)
World Trade Organization (WTO): Trade and the Environment in the WTO
World Wildlife Fund
Worldwatch Institute

International Policy

Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law
The Asia Foundation/AF
The Brookings Institution/BI
Center for International Policy/CIP
Center for National Policy/CNP
Center for Public Integrity/CPI
Center for Strategic and International Studies/CSIS
Center of Concern
Council on Foreign Relations/CFR
East-West Center/EWC
Insitute for Multi-Track Diplomacy/IMTD
National Endowment for Democracy/NED
Progressive Policy Institute/PPI
RAND
TransAfrica Forum/TAF
United Nations Association/UNA
World Federalist Association/WFA

Business Organizations

International Business Policy Organizations

International Chamber of Commerce/ICC
International Organization for Standardization/ISO
Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum/PWBLF
Transparency International/TI
Corruption Ranking Reports

U.S. Business Policy Organizations

Business for Social Responsibility
Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies/CERES
Council for Economic Priorities/CEP

U.S. Business Organizations

Public Relations Society of America/PRSA
U.S. Chamber of Commerce/CC
U.S. Council for International Business/CIB
U.S. Export Council for Renewable Energy/ECRE

Media Organizations

BNA International Environmental Reporter
CNN
Greenwire
Island Press/IP
Living On Earth/LE (National Public Radio)
National Press Club/NPC
Soundprint (National Public Radio)
Television Trust for the Environment/TVE

Executive Branch

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
U.S. Agency for Int'l Development: Environment (USAID)

U.S. Department of Commerce

Nat'l Climatic Data Center

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of State

Department of State

Secretary of State

U.S. Department of the Interior

Office of Int'l Affairs

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. Customs Service

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation

U.S. International Trade Commission

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States

White House

White House Initiatives

Congress

THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
U.S. Senate Home Page

U.S. House Home Page

Select Sites for Speeches, Hearings, Testimony

U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
www.senate.gov/~agriculture/pressrel.htm (press releases)
www.senate.gov/~agriculture/hearings.htm (hearings)

U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
www.senate.gov/~finance/fin-pres.htm (press releases)
www.senate.gov/~finance/fin-hlst.htm (hearings)

U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
www.senate.gov/~foreign/hscd.htm (hearings)

U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
www.senate.gov/~commerce/hearings/hearings.htm (hearings)
www.senate.gov/~commerce/press/releases.htm (press releases)

U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
http://energycommerce.house.gov/108subcommittees/health.htm

U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection
http://energycommerce.house.gov/108/subcommittees/commerce_trade_and_consumer_protection.htm

U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture
www.house.gov/agriculture/hearings/testimony.htm (testimony)
www.house.gov/agriculture/hearings.htm (hearing transcripts)

Department of Agriculture
www.usda.gov/news/releases/index.htm (news releases)
www.usda.gov/news/speeches/index97.htm (1997 speeches)
www.usda.gov/news/speeches/index98.htm (1998 speeches)
www.usda.gov/news/speeches/index99.htm (1999 speeches)
www.usda.gov/news/special/scty.htm (testimony)

Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration Press releases and speeches
www.ita.doc.gov

Department of State, Secretary of State speeches/testimony
Secretary.state.gov/www/statements/index.html

Department of State, remarks/testimony/briefings from other officials
www.state.gov/www/policy_remarks/index.html

Department of State, Secretary of State Press briefings
secretary.state.gov/www/briefings/index.html

Department of State, Secretary of State Press statements
secretary.state.gov/www/briefings/statements/index.html

Environmental Protection Agency Press releases, speeches, newsletters, announcements
www.epa.gov/epahome/news.htm

United States Trade Representative speeches and testimony by Ambassador Zoellik
www.ustr.gov/speech-test/zoellick/index.shtml

United States Trade Representative speeches and prepared testimony
www.ustr.gov/speech-test/assistant/index.shtml

United States Trade Representative Press releases
www.ustr.gov/press/index.html

United States Trade Representative Agreements
www.ustr.gov/agreements/index.html

United States Trade Representative Reports
www.ustr.gov/reports/index.html

White House Press briefings
www.whitehouse.gov/wh/html/briefroom.html

White House news
www.whitehouse.gov/wh/new

International Organizations

International Organization/NGO Web Sites compiled by the Union of International Associations (access by name, subject and region)

University of Colorado Government Publications Library:

African Development Bank
Asian Development Bank/AFDB
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
European Environment Agency

European Union (EU)--the Parliament, the Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors and other organs of the EU

EUR-OP Home Page--Office for Official Publications of the EC (including the Official Journal)
European Commission Home Page
The European Union (EU) in the U.S.
European Union Internet Resources from UC-Berkeley Library
Guide to European Union Publications in the CU Government Publications Library

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
G8 Information Centre (University of Toronto)
Inter-American Development Bank/IDB
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Law Institute (ILI)
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
North American Free Trade Agreement/NAFTA Commission for Environmental Cooperation/CEC
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Organization of African Unity (OAU)
Organization of American States (OAS)
Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe/OSCE

United Nations

United Nations Home Page--Information about the U.N., news, documents (GA,SC,ECOSOC Resolutions), conferences and events, publications, etc.
Official Web Site Locator for the United Nations System of Organizations
Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
International Law Commission
Office of Legal Affairs - Codification Division
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network (UNCJIN)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

World Heritage Centre

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR)
Other UN and International Organizations and Related Links

The World Bank Group
World Food Programme (WFP)
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
World Resources Institute (WRI)
World Trade Organization (WTO)

International Courts

International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Official Web Site--Information about the Court, annual report, Charter and Statute, and decisions (text of applications, orders, oral pleadings, press releases)
Cornell Law School Site--includes full text of opinions (1996-) and Germain's ICJ Research Guide
World Court Digest--digests of ICJ decisions, arranged by legal principle

International Criminal Court (permanent)
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Permanent Court of Arbitration
Law Research: International Treaties links
Multilaterals Project (Fletcher School of Diplomacy)

List of Treaty Secretariats (primarily environmental treaties)--text and status information

United Nations Treaty Collection--text of treaties deposited with the U.N. (UNTS, v.1-1448), and current status of multilateral treaties deposited with the U.N.
U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library:

Treaties and International Law

WashLaw WEB:

International and Multilateral Treaties

U.S. Sites

Senate Treaty page--lists treaties received from the President, treaties on the Executive Calendar, treaties ratified by the Senate, and other treaty actions taken during the current Congress
U.S. Senate Treaty Documents and Executive Reports (selected, 104th Cong.,1995/96-):

Treaties in Force (downloadable PDF file)--status of treaties as of Jan. 1, 1997 from the U.S. Department of State; update with:

U.S. Department of State Dispatch Magazine (1997- issues are downloadable PDF files--look at "Treaty Actions" section)

Selected Non-U.S. Sites

Council of Europe Treaties--selected texts and status information
Organization of American States--selected texts and status information

United Kingdom:

Treaty Section of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office--status of multilateral agreements for which the UK is depositary

Selected Topical Sites

Climate Change

Climate Change Secretariat Library
New Climate Change Internet Search Tool

Environmental

ASIL Interest Group in International Environmental Law: Treaties
Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy:

Research Room: Environmental Treaties

Commission for Environmental Cooperation: Law and Treaties
Envirotext: International Agreements and Treaties Dataset
Globelaw: Multilateral Convention Sources
Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (ENTRI)--status information
European Environmental Law Homepage: EU Treaties

Harvard University Libraries:

Index of Selected International Environmental Policy Resources by Policy Instrument

Institute for Global Communication:

Environmental Law Around the World--includes treaty links

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD):

Linkages Information Server--disseminates information on the activities of governments, NGOs and the United Nations at international meetings related to environment and development

International Joint Commission (U.S. & Canada)

Pace Virtual Environmental Law Library
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)
United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP Home Page)

UNEP Information Unit for Conventions (IUC)
UNEP Convention Secretariats (Ozone, Basel, Biodiversity, CITES, CMS)
UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Kyoto Protocol

World Heritage Convention
World Resources Institute: International Environmental Agreements and Conventions
World Trade Organization (WTO): Trade and the Environment in the WTO

Human Rights

Amnesty International

United Nations Human Rights Website:

University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
Bibliography for Research on International Human Rights Law
U.S. Dept. of State: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (annual)
Yale Law School: Project Diana - Online Human Rights Archive

Intellectual Property

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)--selected texts and status information
World Trade Organization: WTO and Intellectual Property

International Trade

Hieros Gamos: Guide to Global Trade Law
International Trade Law Project: International Trade Instruments
U.S. Dept. of Commerce: Trade and Related Agreements (searchable database)
World Trade Organization--selected texts

Foreign Law and Country Information

Foreign Law Sources

Constitutions

International Constitutional Law (ICL)
University of Richmond Constitution Finder

General Sites

Cornell Law School and Legal Information Institute: Foreign and International Law
Emory Electronic Reference Desk: Law by Country: Other Countries
FindLaw: Index of Country Pages

Library of Congress:

Global Legal Information Network--searchable database of national legislation from 1976- for 35+ countries; provides abstracts in English and citations to official sources; provides some full texts of laws in foreign languages
Guide to Law Online: Nations of the World--an annotated, hypertext listing of Internet sources of legal or governmental information for virtually all nations

New York University Law Library:

U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library: Laws of Other Nations
University of Chicago D'Angelo Law Library: Foreign Law
University of Michigan Documents Center: Foreign Constitutions, Laws and Treaties
University of Southern California Law Library: Foreign Law Collections
WashLaw WEB: Foreign and International Law Web (by region and topic)

Selected Topical Sites for Foreign Laws

Business and Commercial Law

Hieros Gamos "Doing Business" Guides--summaries of foreign investment, trade regulation, tax and labor laws, intellectual property, commercial and corporate laws for many countries
Mondaq Business Briefing (free to register)--global coverage of legislation and regulations, corporate and offshore finance, market and economic analysis, and worldwide business news

Environmental Law

Institute for Global Communication: Environmental Law Around the World

Selected Geographic Regions for Foreign Laws

Africa:

Asia:

Asian Legal Resources

Australia:

Dan's Australian Law Index 3

Canada:

Government of Canada Primary Internet Site

European Union:

EUROPA

France:

AdmiNet-France-Law

Germany:

Italy:

Italian Law on the Web

Japan:

J-Guide: Stanford Guide to Japan Information Resources
Japan Company Record from Roderick Seeman (complete translations of the official financial statement filings for each of the 1800++ companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange)
Japan Law from Roderick Seeman (English translations of major business-related statutes and regulations)

Latin America:

Internet Resources for Latin America from Molly Molloy, New Mexico State University Library
National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade (includes access to subscription-based InterAm Database for retrieving selected laws and regulations)