International Organizations Intergovernmental Organization IGO established by treaty
International Organizations
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
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.
international agencies
International agencies Other subject headings to consider: • intergovernmental cooperation • international organization • regionalism (international organization) • or search by ind'l organization name
atomic . int
But rememb er that many int'l orgs have a domain of. org instead of. int
Periodical Articles • Lexis & Westlaw • Legal. Trac • Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals • Index to Legal Periodicals
http: //www. ciaonet. org Columbia International Affairs Online • gathers working & occasional papers from research institutes, NGOs, foundations and conferences • includes much full text even w/o a subscription
Directories and Research Guides
http: //www. law. nyu. edu/library/researchguides/wtogattresearch/index. htm
http: //www. eisil. org/index. php? cat=15&t=sub_pages provides information and links to helpful IGO and NGO resources
Concise source of information about int’l organizations, including IGOs, NGOs, and others: • address • Purpose • Publications • consultative status • relations with IGOs
The Union of International http: //www. diversitas. org/db/x. php 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.
United Nations http: //www. un. org
UN Research: getting started
General Assembly Resolutions
sudan
PDF of the document
UN Official Documentation System - ODS
Resolution # 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”
Sample UN Document Numbers
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
Use the document number to search further online or to find print copy in the Basement
• 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 21. 7. 2 • 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
Supplement to GAOR containing resolutions
TITLE: Yearbook of the United Nations 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.
Some UN resolutions available in Djonovich collection:
International Tribunals • International Court of Justice • Regional courts • International criminal tribunals • Int’l Tribunal for Law of the Sea
Books, articles, working papers, news re conferences and other int’l tribunal activities
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 21. 5. 1:
Info re Westlaw database for ICJ decisions
Info re Lexis database for ICJ decisions
World Trade Organization we have many titles in Law Library with this subject heading
WTO site is great source for documents
agreements Dispute documents e. g. , panel reports
WTO database search by subject: click on the subject (issue)
Hyperlink
The downloaded document is in Word
Westlaw info page on WTO/GATT Panel Decisions
Lexis GATT/WTO panel decisions info note
Just another representative IGO – look for these types of features on IGO sites EMAIL ALERTS and RSS Feeds to keep you current
NGOs
http: //www. wango. org/resources. aspx? section=ngodir
Human Rights Documents database • human rights documents of NGOs • 1980 to late 2000 s • includes “grey” literature • linked from Research Resources
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