Legal Research Databases
Descriptions of resources are adapted or quoted from vendor websites.
Below are select online research guides to international law:
United Nations Human Rights Research Guides
United Nations--Overview
Databases/Documents Collections
Human Rights Information by Country
Legal Structure
Charter-based bodies
Treaty-based bodies
There are eight human rights treaty bodies that monitor the implementation of the core international human rights treaties:
United Nations Human Rights Treaty System
Other important United Nations agencies concerned with international law and human rights:
Economic and Social Council
The following bodies report directly to Economic and Social Council:
Commissions
Regional Commissions
United Nations Security Council
The following bodies report directly to the Security Council:
United Nations Research Guide
Below is a select list of web sites with links to additional resources on international law.
Listed below are selected organizations and other groups that research, provide information about, or advocate for human rights.
Descriptions of resources are adapted or quoted from vendor websites.
Social and Behavioral Sciences Databases
Listed below are databases that provide access to legal research applied to specific fields of study.
News Sources
Multidisciplinary
Below is a select list of web sites with links to additional resources on human rights law.
Document Collections
Human Rights Research Guide
Listed below are organizations and other groups that research, provide information about, or advocate for human rights.
Descriptions of resources are adapted or quoted from vendor websites.
Below is a select list of web sites with links to additional resources on international environmental law.
International Environmental Law Research Guide
Listed below are standing institutions intended to settle disputes between sovereign States through binding decisions based on international law:
Criminal Bodies
Organizations
Regional Bodies
Africa
Middle East
Americas
Arbitration
Europe