Bibliography for Researching IGO's

UN / OAS / OAU / ASEAN

IGO's

Directories

International Organizations: Northwestern University Library
- http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govinfo/resource/
  internat/igo.html
Union of International Associations
- http://www.uia.org/website.htm

United Nations

Collections of Basic Documents

Charter of the United Nations; commentary and documents by Leland M. Goodrich, Edvard Hambro, and Anne Patricia Simons
- Law Annex JX1977.A15 G6 1969
The Charter of the United Nations : a commentary edited by Bruno Simma ; in collaboration with Hermann Mosler
- Law Annex JX1977 .C43 1994
United Nations Conference on International Organization (1945 : San Francisco) Documents. v. 1-22
- Law Annex JX1977.A15 U5 1955 v1-22
Review of the United Nations Charter : a collection of documents Subcommittee on the United Nations Charter
- Law Annex JX1977.2.U5 A525
UN Treaty Series
- Law Annex JX 1977 A1 U5

Status of Basic Documents

Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General
- Law Ref Desk JX 171 M85
Multilateral Treaties Deposited on the Web
- http://untreaty.un.org/English/access.asp/ (fee-based; request password.)

Other UN Documents

United Nations Documents (1945-1950 & 1966-present)
- Law Micro
United Nations Documents (1945-present)
- Mugar Micro Mfiche
United Nations Web Site: Documents
- http://www.un.org/documents/
International Law Commission
- http://www.un.org/law/ilc/reporfra.htm
UN Documents in the economic, social and related fields
- http://www.un.org/esa/docserv.htm
UNHCHR Treaty Bodies Database
- http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf
FAO Document Repository
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/
UNHCR: The UN Refugee Agency
- http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home
UNCTAD Digital Library
- http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItem
  ID=1397&lang=1
ILO Database on International Labour Standards
- http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/
UNEP Environmental Legal Instruments
- http://www.unep.org/DPDL/law/Law_instruments/index.asp
UNODCCP Documentation and Data
- http://www.undcp.org/index.html
Women Watch
- http://www.un.org/womenwatch/world/index.html

Yearbooks of UN entities and other IGOs

CIJL yearbook/Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers
- Law Annex K 115 A2 C55
Hague yearbook of international law = Annuaire de la Haye de droit international
- Law Annex JX 18 H34
International Geneva yearbook
- Law Annex JX 1995 I524 (see pg. 494 of the Guide to International Legal Research for more information).

Current Awareness

UN Press Releases
- http://www.un.org/News/
UN Pulse
- http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/da/index.html

Background on the United Nations

The encyclopedia of the United Nations and international relations / Edmund Jan Osmanczyk
- Law Ref JX1977 .O8213 1990
United Nations Handbook, 1996
- Law Ref JZ4970 .U65 1996
Yearbook of the United Nations
- Law Annex JX 1977 A1 U53
Annual review of United Nations Affairs
- Law Annex JX 1977 A1 A5
Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs
- Law Annex JX1977 A36 1955 and Mugar JX1977 .F552
Yearbook of the International Law Commission
- Law Annex JX 1977 A31 U35
United Nations Juridical Yearbook
- Law Annex JX 1977 A1 U56

Research Tools

United Nations Documents Index (1950-1973)
- Mugar Reference X JX1977 A2 UNDEX.
United Nations Documents Index (1974-1978)
- Mugar Reference X JX 1977 A2 Ser.C
UNDOC Current Index (1979-1996)
- Law Annex Reference JX1977 A1 U45
Access UN
Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) (BU only)
- Mugar Reference X Z7164 .E2P35 and CD-ROM and web
Un-i-que: United Nations Info Quest
- http://lib-unique.un.org/lib/unique.nsf
United Nations System Pathfinder
- http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/pathfind/frame/start.htm
Labordoc
- http://labordoc.ilo.org/

Directories

United Nations Web Site Locator
- http://www.unsystem.org/

Research Guides

United Nations Scholar’s Workstation at Yale University
- http://www.library.yale.edu/un/index.html
ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources in UN Research
- http://www.asil.org/resource/un1.htm
Harms, W. "U.N. Bibliographic and Background Tools in Hardcopy and Online" in Introduction to International Organizations (Louis-Jacques and Korman eds., 1996)
- Law Ref JX1954 .I58 1996
Hajnal, P. Directory of United Nations documentary and Archival Sources (1991)
- Law Ref JX1977.8.D6 H35 1991
Jablonski, Jean, "Overview of United Nations Materials Available at Brooklyn Law School Library", 21 Brooklyn J. Int'l L 537 (1995)
- Law Pappas
United Nations Documents
- http://library.stanford.edu/depts/jonsson/collections/intl/un.html
United Nations Documentation: Research Guide
- http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/

Organization of American States

Basic Documents

Charter of the OAS
- http://www.oas.org/juridico/english/charter.html
Basic Documents of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights
- http://www.cidh.org/Basicos/English/Basic.TOC.htm
The Inter-American System : Treaties, Conventions and Other Documents
- Law Annex JX1404 .I57 1983
Instruments of Economic Integration in Latin America and in the Caribbean
- Law Annex JX1979 I56 1975
OAS Treaties with Statuts information
- http://www.oas.org/juridico/english/treaties.html

Other Documents

General Assembly Resolutions
- http://www.oas.org/juridico/english/regeneas.html
Inter-American Legal Materials
- Law Annex KG127 A13 I58

Decisions of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Judgments and Opinions of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Series A
- Law Annex KDZ579 I56 A82
- http://www.corteidh.or.cr/opiniones.cfm
Pleadings, Oral Arguments and Documents Series B
- Law Annex KDZ579 I56 A825 (online not available)
Decisions and Judgments Series C
- Law Annex KDZ579 I56 A83
- http://www.corteidh.or.cr/casos.cfm
Pleadings, Oral Argument and Documents Series D
- Law Annex KDZ579 I56 A835 (online not available)
International Human Rights Reports
- Law Annex K3240.4 I579 P
Decisions of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
- http://www.umn.edu/humanrts/iachr/iachr.html
Cases from Inter-American Commission of Human Rights
- http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/cases/commissn.htm

Background on the OAS

Annual Report of the Secretary General
- http://www.cidh.org/annual.eng.htm
- Mugar F 1402 F48
Annual report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
- http://www.cidh.org/annual.eng.htm
- Law Annex JC 599 A5 I57
Annual Report of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
- Law Annex KDZ579 I56 A56
Inter-American Yearbook of Human Right
- Law Annex JC599 I572
Handbook of Existing Rules pertaining to Human Rights in the Inter-American System
- Law Annex KDZ574 A35 H36 1983

Research Tools

Lista General de los Documentos Oficiales
- Indice Analitico Room 332
- Manual de Clasificacion Room 332

Current Awareness

OAS News Center
Press Releases for the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights
- http://www.cidh.org/comu.eng.htm
Press Releases of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
- Law Annex KDZ579 I56 P74
- http://www.corteidh.or.cr/comunicados.cfm

African Union (formerly the Organization of African Unity)

Documents

Constitutive Act of the African Union
- http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/AboutAu/Constitutive_Act_en.htm
Charter of the OAU
- http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/africa/OAU_Charter_1993.html
Documents of the OAU/AU
- Law Annex KQE723 A3 D63
- http://www.africa-union.org/Official_documents/Speeches_&_Statements/offSpeeches_&_Statements.htm
Documents of the OAU/AU submitted to UN
- Go to Un-i-que http://lib-unique.un.org/lib/unique.nsf and search on "Organization of American States". There are many OAU documents published by the UN after having been submitted by the OAU.
Council of Ministers
- http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/Documents/Decisions/ExeCoundecisions.htm
Actions taken by the Assembly of Heads of State
- http://www.umn.edu/humanrts/africa/oauactions.html
- http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/Documents/Decisions/decisions.htm
African Human Rights Instruments
- http://www.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/afrinst.htm
African Commission on Human and People's Rights
- http://www.umn.edu/humanrts/africa/comision.html
International Law of Human Rights in Africa
- Law Reserve JC599.A36 I57 1988
OAU Documents on Population
- http://www.undp.org/popin/oau/oauhome.htm
OAU Documents from Pan African News Agency
- http://www.rapide-pana.com/demo/oua/rapid3.htm

News

News on Lexis
- NEWS;AFRNWS
AU Press Releases
- http://www.africa-union.org/News_Events/Press_Releases.htm
Pan-African News Agency
- http://allafrica.com/

Association of South East Asian Nations

ASEAN Secretariat
- http://www.aseansec.org
Basic Political Documents
- http://www.aseansec.org/politics/poldoc.htm
Ministerial Meetings
- http://www.aseansec.org/politics/pol-amm.htm
ASEAN Documents submitted to the UN
- Go to Un-i-que http://lib-unique.un.org/lib/unique.nsf and search on "ASEAN". There are many ASEAN documents published by the UN after having been submitted by the ASEAN.
Summits
- http://www.aseansec.org/4933.htm
Annual Reports
- http://www.aseansec.org/4913.htm
The Association of South-East Asian Nations
- Law Annex HC 441 A87 1991
Trading Arrangements in the Pacific Rim : ASEAN and APEC
- Law Annex HC 441 T73 1995