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International Organizations
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Intergovernmental Organization IGO
established by treaty is a legal entity w/ int’l legal status - can enter into treaties probably has a legislative body (of gov’t representatives) may have a dispute resolution body may have an executive body (secretariat) Non-governmental Organization NGO no international legal status non-governmental representatives may serve consultative role to IGOs some are very influential
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IGOs play a role in creating international law:
facilitating and participating in treaty making producing soft law via non-treaty obligations from resolutions, declarations, etc.
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international agencies
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International agencies
Other subject headings to consider: intergovernmental cooperation international organization regionalism (international organization) or search by ind'l organization name
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atomic .int
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But remember that many int'l orgs have a domain of .org instead of .int
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Periodical Articles Lexis & Westlaw LegalTrac
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals Index to Legal Periodicals
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Columbia International Affairs Online
Columbia International Affairs Online gathers working & occasional papers from research institutes, NGOs, foundations and conferences includes much full text even w/o a subscription
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Directories and Research Guides
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provides information and links to helpful IGO and NGO resources
provides information and links to helpful IGO and NGO resources
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Concise source of information about int’l organizations, including IGOs, NGOs, and others:
address Purpose Publications consultative status relations with IGOs
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The Union of International Associations publishes the Yearbook of International Organizations and provides an online version (subscription only). Other resources on the site are free, however. The Law Library gets the yearbook in print occasionally and the Main Library gets it every year.
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United Nations http://www.un.org
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UN Research: getting started
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General Assembly Resolutions
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sudan
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PDF of the document
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UN Official Documentation System - ODS
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Draft documents are produced as “masthead” or “mimeographed” docs - we buy and shelve in the Basement by their document #, e.g., “A/55/582/Add.1” Resolution #
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Sample UN Document Numbers
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Get to Access UN through GIL or through GALILEO
Access UN - index to UN documents - does contain some full-text but is mostly just an index Get to Access UN through GIL or through GALILEO Access UN Access UN
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Use the document number to search further online or to find print copy in the Basement
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Bluebook requires that you cite UN resolutions to:
the official records for that UN entity, e.g., GAOR is the official records of the General Assembly, SCOR is for Security Council Official Records; or the online version See Rule The Main Library subscribes to the official records We purchase selected official records, including the supplement coming out after each GA session containing all resolutions and decisions from that session
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Supplement to GAOR containing resolutions
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TITLE: Yearbook of the United Nations
The The Yearbook of the United Nations details the many activities of the Organization and its organs, programs and bodies, as they are carried out in all corners of the globe. Each volume is fully indexed and reproduces all major General Assembly, Security Council and Economic and Social Council resolutions issued during the year.
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Some UN resolutions available in Djonovich collection:
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International Tribunals
International Court of Justice Regional courts International criminal tribunals Int’l Tribunal for Law of the Sea
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Books, articles, working papers, news re conferences and other int’l tribunal activities
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Citation per Bluebook Rule 21.5.1:
Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, 2004 I.C.J. 136 (July 9). Citation per Bluebook Rule :
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Info re Westlaw database for ICJ decisions
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Info re Lexis database for ICJ decisions
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World Trade Organization
we have many titles in Law Library with this subject heading
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WTO site is great source for documents
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agreements Dispute documents e.g., panel reports
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WTO database search by subject: click on the subject (issue)
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Hyperlink
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The downloaded document is in Word
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Westlaw info page on WTO/GATT Panel Decisions
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Lexis GATT/WTO panel decisions info note
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Just another representative IGO – look for these types of features on IGO sites
ALERTS and RSS Feeds to keep you current
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NGOs
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Human Rights Documents database
human rights documents of NGOs 1980 to late 2000s includes “grey” literature linked from Research Resources
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