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The law librarians at NYU have created a new research guide on indigenous peoples and international law. This might be a great starting place if you thinking of writing on this topic. Read More ...

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Given the recent events involving piracy off the coast of Somalia it is timely that this article by Eugene Kontorovich from Northwestern University School of Law discusses how the international community has responded to modern privacy. Professor Kontorovich asserts that existing international law, such as the Geneva Convention and the Law of the Sea Treaty, have frustrated efforts to arrest and prosecute those responsible for acts of piracy. Read More ...

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The legal blog, Opinion Juris, has a recent discussion about the Seasteading movement and whether sovereignty can be "constructed". The article discusses a recent Wired magazine article on the same topic and quotes Patri Friedman the head of the Seasteading Insitute. Patri Friedman is the grandson of Nobel-prize winning economist Milton Friedman and the son of SCU professor David Friedman. Read More ...

The United Nations' Dag Hammarskjlöd Library is promoting a recently updated website, called ReliefWeb, which aggregates information about international disasters including detailed information about refugee camps and international humanitarian efforts. The site is produced by the United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Read More ...

Links to WHO and CRS studies on violence against women Read More ...

From Yahoo! News, a list of unusual British laws Read More ...

UN webpages for today's celebration of the International Day of the World's Indigenous People Read More ...

Online sources of information about the European Union. Read More ...

The Law Library of Congress has created a new electronic publication, the Global Legal Monitor.  As the name implies, the newsletter will monitor legal developments from around the world.  According to the announcement, the newsletter will have frequent updates, and will occasionally feature "lectures, conferences, symposia and exhibits on timely legal topics." 

We’ve just added a new site to Heafey’s page of international law Internet resources.  The Project on Extrajudicial Executions is part of NYU School of Law’s Center for Human Rights & Global Justice.  The Project’s website was established by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions and contains the Special Rapporteur’s annual reports, correspondence, and country visit reports as well as breaking news about international human rights issues.

Heafey has completed three new research guides, which are designed to help patrons with research in international and foreign and comparative law:

• Foreign and Comparative Law
• U.S. Treaties and International Agreements
• World Treaties

You can find print copies of these research guides on the first floor of the library, and all of Heafey’s research guides are always available in electronic form on Heafey’s ClaraNet page.

Launched last January, the International Economic Law and Policy Blog concentrates on international trade law (thanks to Inter Alia for the tip!).  The blog features commentary from an impressive array of over 20 trade law experts from law schools around the world. 

BeSpacific recently posted links to the U.S. Department of State’s 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.  The report features discussions of each country’s human rights record in 2005, with examples of specific human rights abuses. 

Tom Mighell’s legal research newsletter, Internet Legal Research Weekly, recently highlighted the website of the Federation of International Trade Associations (FITA).  There are some great links for legal researchers featured under the "Tools of Trade" category on the left-hand side of the FITA page, including an extensive online library of trade law resources on the Internet.  Simply click on the "Trade Law" link under the "Tools of Trade" category.

And if you haven’t subscribed to Internet Legal Research Weekly yet, I encourage you to do so!  Tom Mighell writes about materials that are useful to librarians, academics, and practicing attorneys, and reading his newsletter each week is an easy way to stay abreast of the latest domestic and international legal resources on the Internet.

The European Commission has announced plans to create a "European Digital Library" over the next five years.  According to the press release, this digital archive will be supported by all of the national libraries in the EU and will furnish access to at least six million books, photographs, archival items, and other works by 2010.  If you’re interested in exploring the European Digital Library’s current offerings, visit the library’s web portal.

Continuing today’s theme of international criminal law resources, we’re featuring a relatively new blog from Pace Law School faculty called Jus in Bello.  The blog concentrates on the International Criminal Court, other international criminal tribunals, and the law of international criminal prosecutions. Thanks to Out of the Jungle for the tip.

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