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Law - Treaty Research

This guide provides a selective list of electronic and print resources to assist in doing treaty research.

Aboriginal Treaties

Indigenous Treaties (UBC Xwi7xwa Library)

Environment

Human Rights

Human Rights Documents and Materials (University of Minnesota Human Rights Library)
Universal Human Rights Instruments (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights / OHCHR)
The United Nations Human Rights Treaties (bayefsky.com)
UN Human Rights Treaty Information Portal

Intellectual Property

WIPO- Administered Treaties (World Intellectual Property Organization)

Maritime Law

List of Conventions (International Maritime Organization / IMO)
Oceans and Law of the Sea (United Nations)
Status of Ratifications to Maritime Conventions (Comite Maritime International) (in pdf)

Private International Law

Hague Conference on Private International Law - Conventions, Protocols and Principles

Trade

International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) (United Nations Commission On International Trade Law)
World Trade Organization - Legal Texts