International, Foreign, and Comparative Law: Organizations

Information about the UN and links to a vast collection of documents and separate websites for its specialized agencies and programs.

Includes UN documents and open-access publications, voting information, speeches, and maps from 1945 to the present.

Official repository for documents published by the United Nations. Covers all types of official United Nations documentation.

Provides access to the library's catalog and digital collections.

UN-created research guides, plus links to their catalog and knowledge base.

This lesson will show you the basic tools for finding United Nations materials. It gives an overview of how the United Nations is organized, includes descriptions of each of the principal organs of the U.N., and offers an overview of the United Nations document numbering system. It then shows a number of online tools for United Nations research.

Provides links to the library's catalog and bibliography, as well as case law.

Select Research Tools to search the catalog and find digitized resources.

Search the catalog or use a wide range of research guides.

The Institute was founded in 1873 as an independent entity contributing to the development and implementation of international law. Many Institute publications are available under the Publications and Works tab.

Founded in 1873 to help develop international law and contribute to "international understanding and respect for international law." The site includes links to study groups, committees, and publications.

Although many of the resources on this site are subscription-based, it also includes a number of papers and reports available for free download, such as the MPIL Research Paper Series.

See links under Library and Publications, which include many freely available, full-text reports and other documents.

A database providing profiles of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), also known as civil society organizations (CSOs), registered with the UN. See also, the complete list of NGOs in active consultative status with the UN.

The Union of International Associations provides no-charge access to "profiles of non-profit organizations working worldwide in all fields of activity."

This is an introduction to researching the law relating to inter-governmental and non-governmental agencies. IGOs and NGOs have significant input into international law and finding their resources can be integral to research in international law.