LibGuides: Researching International Human Rights Law: Research Guides

Authorities - Foreign & International Law

	Primary	Secondary
Common Law	Constitutions Statutes/Codes Regulations Court Decisions	Scholarly Comment
Civil Law	Constitutions Statutes/Codes Regulations	Court Decisions Scholarly Comment
Public Int'l Law	Treaties Customary Law Generally recognized principles of law	Court Decisions Scholarly Comment (teachings of publicists)
Private Int'l Law	National Law Treaties Customary Law	Court Decisions Scholarly Comment (teachings of publicists)

The American Society of International Law (ASIL)
Excellent starting place for doing international legal research on the Internet. Primary and secondary sources are indicated.
Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL) - International Human Rights
A comprehensive site with links to human rights legal instruments, web sites and online research guides.
Guide to Law Online: International - Law Library of Congress
Library of Congress portal to international law.
Human Rights, Country and Legal Information Resources on the Internet (LLRX)
The Law Library Resource Xchange offers a number of research guides on international law posted by law librarians. The guide linked here is by Elisa Mason, the information manager for the Forced Migration Online project (http://www.forcedmigration.org/portal/home/homepage.htm) at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford.
International Law Research (GlobaLex)
Globalex is produced by Hauser Global Law School Program of New York University. This research guide is on International Law and includes a section on researching human rights.
United Nations Documentation: Human Rights Research Guide
Basic research into documents at the UN on human rights.