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Legislation concerning a country's international obligations

A country's domestic laws also provide evidence of international custom. Yearbooks are also helpful in identifying legislation, see below. Look at session laws, gazettes, statutory laws, and compilations of laws to locate relevant materials (under international law topics). To find session laws and statutory compilations of individual states, search LawCat under the subject: gazettes--[country]; [country]--law; session laws--[country].

See also Robert's Guide to Official Gazettes and Their Contents (Washington, D.C.: Law Library, Library of Congress, 1985). See also Government Gazettes Online.

Another very good source to use is Reynolds and Flores, Foreign Law: Current Sources of Codes and Legislation in Jurisdictions of the World (Littleton, CO : F.B. Rothman, 1989-). The electronic version of this source is Foreign Law Guide (UCB only).

United Nations Legislative Series (New York: United Nations, 1951-) [UN Room]. Collection of national laws concerning various areas of international law (not complete for every country). For example, see National Laws and Regulations on the Prevention and Suppression of International Terrorism (New York: United Nations, 2002-).

Some countries are putting legislation on the web. See Harvard's collection of foreign law links.

Some legislation is available on LexisNexis and Westlaw. See the database directories for more information.

Resolutions, declarations, and legislative acts of intergovernmental organizations

Practice of inter-governmental organizations is found in resolutions, declaration, and the like. Resolutions are non-binding, but they reflect the acceptance of international norms. International practice of states is evident in these documents through voting practices. Look at official records of intergovernmental organizations. Search LawCat under the author: [name of igo and its organs]. See also IGO yearbooks listed below.

United Nations

Resolutions and Decisions Adopted by the General Assembly.
Available in the following locations:

Resolutions and Decisions Adopted by the General Assembly (New York: United Nations, 1976- ). Paper version published as part of the Official Record from 1976 on.

AccessUN (UCB only). Contains some full-text resolutions.

ODS (Official Documents System of the United Nations). "ODS covers all types of official United Nations documentation, beginning in 1993. Older UN documents are, however, added to the system on a daily basis. ODS also provides access to the resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council from 1946 onwards."

UN Documents. Provides access to many full-text resolutions.

UNBISnet - UN Bibliographic Information System, good source for voting records.

See Wiltrud Harms in the UN Room for further assistance with locating resolutions.

Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council.
Available in the following locations:

Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council (New York: United Nations, 1949-).



AccessUN (UCB only). Contains some full-text resolutions and indexes others.

ODS (Official Documents System of the United Nations). "ODS covers all types of official United Nations documentation, beginning in 1993. Older UN documents are, however, added to the system on a daily basis. ODS also provides access to the resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council from 1946 onwards."

UN Documents. Provides access to some full-text resolutions.

UNBISnet - UN Bibliographic Information System is good source for voting records.

See Wiltrud Harms in the UN Room for further assistance.

Other IGOs

The UN is just one example of an intergovernmental organization. Other IGOs issue similar types of documents. For more information on the practice of international organizations, see yearbooks listed below.

In order to locate references to evidence of customary international law in the above mentioned sources, use the following tools:


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