LibGuides: Law Subject Guide: International Law

International Courts

International Court of Justice This link opens in a new window
Links to all contentious cases and advisory opinions referred to the Court since 1946.
World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII) This link opens in a new window
Free, independent and non-profit access to worldwide law including ICC cases. Includes Final Appeal Courts, International Decisions, Law Journals, Law Reform and Treaties.

Treaties

HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
Contains over a thousand full-text law journals many of which are US titles. Also contains the English Reports 1220-1867; US law reports; US treaties and the US Supreme Court Library.
Council of Europe This link opens in a new window
Council of Europe treaties, their explanatory reports, the status of signatures and ratifications, the declarations and reservations made by States, as well as the notifications issued by the Treaty Office since 2000, are available on this website. Texts of declarations and reservations as well as electronic notifications are available in the Council of Europe's official languages only.
Investment Policy Hub (UNCTAD) This link opens in a new window
Find information on international investment policies, laws and treaties.
UK Treaties Online This link opens in a new window
An official record of the UK's treaty obligations under international law and is sourced by Treaty Section of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. UKTO gives access to information on over 14,000 treaties to which the UK is or has been a party with links to texts of command papers published in the UK Treaty Series from 1892.
United Nations Treaty collection This link opens in a new window
Contains information regarding the activities of the Treaty Section of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs.
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) - Administered Treaties This link opens in a new window
Find information on the International Intellectual Property system.
World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII) This link opens in a new window
Free, independent and non-profit access to worldwide law including ICC cases. Includes Final Appeal Courts, International Decisions, Law Journals, Law Reform and Treaties.

Indian Law

India Code This link opens in a new window
Indian Government website for legislation.
LII of India This link opens in a new window
Free, independent and non-profit access to 154 databases of Indian law.
South Asia Archive This link opens in a new window
The South Asia Archive provides an extensive resource for students and scholars across the humanities and social sciences.
Focusing on South Asia, the Archive contains both serial and non-serial materials, including reports, rare books, and journal runs from noteworthy, rare publications.

International Law by Country

Australasian Legal Information Institute This link opens in a new window
AustLII publishes public legal information -- that is, primary legal materials (legislation, treaties and decisions of courts and tribunals); and secondary legal materials created by public bodies for purposes of public access (law reform and royal commission reports for example) and a substantial collection of law journals.
British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII) This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive access to freely available British and Irish legal information from the British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII) including transcripts from UK courts.
CANLII: Canadian Legal Information Institute Search This link opens in a new window
A not-for-profit institute providing access to court judgments, tribunal decisions, statutes and regulations from all Canadian jurisdictions.
CGCP: China Guiding Cases Project This link opens in a new window
Free resource. Stanford Law School project translating Guiding Cases decided by China's Supreme People's Court.
FLARE This link opens in a new window
A joint initiative by the major UK legal research libraries which provides information about holdings of European legal material and includes useful background articles.
German Law Archive This link opens in a new window
Access cases, statutes, literature and bibliographies on German law in English language. Includes federal statutes, Federal Constitutional Court, the Federal Court of Justice, the Federal Labour Court, and some judgments by higher regional courts.
Gesetze im Internet (Laws on the Internet) This link opens in a new window
Free resources providing access to English translations of selected German codes and statutes.
GlobaLex This link opens in a new window
GlobaLex is an electronic legal publication dedicated to international and foreign law research. Published by the Hauser Global Law School Program at NYU School of Law.
N-Lex This link opens in a new window
N-Lex provides a single entry point to the national law databases on individual EU countries.

US Law

Google Scholar: Advanced case law search This link opens in a new window
Search state and federal cases. Includes; U.S. Supreme Court Opinions –1791 to present, U.S. Federal District, Appellate, Tax, and Bankruptcy Court Opinions –1923 to present; U.S. State Appellate and Supreme Court Opinions –1950 to present.
HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
Contains over a thousand full-text law journals many of which are US titles. Also contains the English Reports 1220-1867; US law reports; US treaties and the US Supreme Court Library.
Legal Information Institute This link opens in a new window
A not-for-profit group that produces and maintains an extensive online open access legal collection
Open Jurist This link opens in a new window
Free resource. Includes United States Code and opinions of U.S. Supreme Court from 1790 (as published in United States Reports) and of lower federal courts from 1880 (as published in the Federal Reporter).
PACER - Public Access to Court Electronic Records This link opens in a new window
An electronic public access service that allows users to obtain case and docket information online from federal appellate, district, and bankruptcy courts, and the PACER Case Locator.

Human Rights

African Commission on Human Rights This link opens in a new window
Access key documents, legal instruments, comments, guidelines, principles, declarations, resolutions and other publications.
CEDAW through UN Women This link opens in a new window
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, is often described as an international bill of rights for women.
European Council On Refugees and Exiles This link opens in a new window
Legislation, proposals and informed comments on refugee and asylum law.
European Court of Human Rights This link opens in a new window
The full text of judgments and decisions from 1988 as well as selected judgments from before this date.
Human Rights Watch This link opens in a new window
NGO reports on human rights abuses.
International Organization for Migration This link opens in a new window
IGO providing information on international migration law, policy debate and guidance.
UN Human Rights This link opens in a new window
The UN Human Rights Office produces an extensive range of publications on a variety of topics related to human rights.

Trade Law

Investment Policy Hub (UNCTAD) This link opens in a new window
Find information on international investment policies, laws and treaties.