International law resources at the BFD

Geneva academy of international humanitarian law and human rightsSeptember 28th and October 1st, 2009

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Program

Tools of the UNIGE librariesOfficial websites in international lawInternational law resources at the BFDGeneral databasesVisit of the BFD

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Websites

BFD website– www.unige.ch/biblio/droit (French only)

Dedicated webpage– www.unige.ch/biblio/droit/adh2009_en.html – !! Not available through menu !!

Réro and Geneva catalogs

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Catalogs at two different levels

Réro catalog– opac.rero.ch/gateway?lng=en – Most of academic libraries in Western Switzerland

(universities, BCUs, BPUs)Geneva catalog

– opac.rero.ch/gateway?skin=ge&lng=en– Part of réro, only for Geneva libraries– UNIGE, BGE but not the city's and international

organisations' libraries

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Search

Identical in both catalogsOf a known reference

– Browse an index : Author or Title

For documents about a subject– Quick search : Google-like (!! Non-pertinent results !!)– Advanced, by keyword : possibility of choosing in which

field terms are going to be searchedAuthorTitleSubject (!! Warning : not all libraries use Subject fields)

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Boolean operators and wildcards

: AND (BY DEFAULT)ORNOT" " : exact phrase? : replace a single character* : replace any number of characters

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Documents' localisation

Items– Only in Geneva catalog– Location = library– Call number = where the document is found on

the shelves– Status = availablity of the document

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Other tools

Interlibrary loan– With réro libraries or other

Patron folder– To renew loans

Other tools of the UNIGE libraries

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Databases directory

http://www.unige.ch/biblio/plus/ressources/rep2.php (only in

French) 300 databases, in all disciplines

– ~30 legal ones

150 online dictionaries and encyclopedias– 5 legal ones

Search database name, keyword or by library– !! No search IN databases !!– → Important to select the good one(s)

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A-Z e-Journals list

http://resolver.rero.ch/unige/az More than 30'000 e-journals (all disciplines)

– More than 2000 legal ones

Search by title words– !! No search IN journals !!– → Only to search known references

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VPN (Virtual Private Network) software

Download on the Informatics Division website (www.unige.ch/dinf - French only) – Services aux étudiants– Catalogue de services– Accès aux réseaux– Travailler à distance

Allows access to UNIGE online resources from a personal computer

Official websites in international law

Treaties

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United Nations Treaty Collection

Treaties registred with the United Nations Secretary-General

Paper version at the BFD : D 3 b TRSU (1946-1983)

Online (1946-) : treaties.un.org– Access limited to UNIGE

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Search

Select UNTS databaseSearch by

– Name of the treaty– Words of the title– Participant– Full-text

Jurisprudence of international courts

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International Court of Justice

Paper version at the BFD : D 4 d CIJ/A (1947-)Jurisprudence on the ICJ website (www.icj-cij.org)

– > Cases > List of All Cases

All cases since 1946, with a lot of related documentsChronological search only In Westlaw International too (1957-)

– International/Worldwide Materials > Multi-National Materials > Court & Tribunal Cases

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European Court of Human Rights

Paper version at the BFD : D 18.2 d READ (1961-)Jurisprudence on the ECHR website

(www.echr.coe.int)– > Case-Law > HUDOC

Search through the search engine only– Text– Respondent State– Application Number – Article of the Convention– Date– Keywords

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International Criminal Court

Jurisprudence on the ICC website (www.icc-cpi.int)– > Situations and cases > Cases

Search by country onlyLots of procedure documents

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International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

Jurisprudence on the ICTY website (www.icty.org/)– > the Cases

Search by Accused name or Case numberCases-law and lots of related documents

(indictements, transcripts, etc.)– For pending cases included

In Westlaw International too (1995-)– International/Worldwide Materials > Multi-National Materials

> Court & Tribunal Cases

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International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Jurisprudence on the ICTR website (www.ictr.org)– > Cases > Status of Cases

Search by accused name onlyCases-law and lots of related documents

(indictements, transcripts, etc.)– For pending cases included

In Westlaw International too (1995-)– International/Worldwide Materials > Multi-National Materials

> Court & Tribunal Cases

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Special Court for Sierra Leone

Jurisprudence on the SCSL website (www.sc-sl.org)– > Cases

Search by case name onlyCases-law and lots of related

documents (indictements, transcripts, etc.)– For pending cases included

International law databases

Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law

http://www.nijhoffonline.nl/pages/recueil-courses Access limited to UNIGE

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Content

Paper version at the BFD : D 9 f RECOOnline version identical to itDocuments on specific themes in

international law

Warning : UNIGE has no subscription to International Law and Human Rights and Humanitarian Law series

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Search

Browse– Author– Date– Title

Advanced search in specific fields– Full-text– Title– Author– Year– Etc…

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Boolean operators and wildcards

AND (BY DEFAULT)ORNOT? : replace 0 or 1 character* : replace any number of characters

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Results

On the left, possibilty to refine resultsPDF documents only => no way to browse

search termsPrint and download in Acrobat Reader

International Law Reports

http://www.justis.com/

Access limited to UNIGE

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Content

Print version at BFD : D 4 d LAUTOnline version identical to the print one

Jurisprudence, in English, of national tribunals relative to international law

Warning : Subscription only to that publication

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Search

Search In > Cases– Parties– Full-text– Citation– Court– Year– Subject– Headnote

Browse– By year

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Boolean operators and wildcards

: and (BY DEFAULT)or not" " : exact phrase* : replace any number of characters? : replace a single character

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Results

Print, send by e-mail and download with buttons in the upper left corner

International Law in Domestic Courts

http://www.oxfordlawreports.com/

Access with a password

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Content

Warning : Subscription only to International Law Reports

Selected domestic cases concerning international law

Original text with English translation and commentary

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Search

Browse by country (homepage)Advanded search, with combinable fields

– In full-text– Limited to a subject– By country– By party name– By date

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Results

Table of contents in the left columnCase references in upper boxPrint options at the start of page

Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals

http://www.annotatedleadingcases.com/

Access with a password

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Content

Print version : D 19.1 d ANLC 1999/... Online version identical to the print one

Commentary of the more pertinent cases judged in International Criminal Tribunals

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Search

Search by– Court (browsing possible)– Case number– Name of the accused (browsing possible)– Volume (browsing possible)– Author (browsing possible)– Keyword– Date– Full-text

Fields can be combined

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Results

Possibility to refine the search in the left column

Links to related documentsPrint and download options in Acrobat

Reader

Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law

http://www.mpepil.com/

Accès par mot de passe

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Content

Print version at BFD : D 1 a ENPI 1992Online : updated version of the print one, but

still in developmentDefinitions of terms and concepts in

international public law

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Search

By index– Title (Alphabetically)– Subject (by Subject)– Author (by Author)

Advanced Search, with combinable fields– Title– Author– Fulltext– Etc…

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Boolean operators and wildcards

: phrase exacte (BY DEFAULT)ANDORNOT? : replace a single character* : replace any number of characters

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Results

Articles in HTML– With links to other articles in the MPEPIL– Print option in upper left corner

General databases

LexisNexis University

www.lexisnexis.de/e-solutions/KSH/en/index.html

Access limited to UNIGE

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Legal content

American legisation and jurisprudenceBritish legisation and jurisprudenceLegal journals ("law reviews")Legal documents of a few other countries

– South Africa, Argentina, Australia, Brunei, Canada, China and Hong Kong, Scotland, France, Hungary, India, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Italia, Malaysia, Mexico, New-Zealand, Russia, Singapore, European Union

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Search

5 thumbnails– > Legal Information

3 search modes– General Search

All types of documents

– Law JournalsOnly "law reviews"

– Get a CaseJurisprudence

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Law Journals

Enter Search Terms : keywords with boolean operators– By default, operator is "or"

Select Sources : sources to search in lists the journals– Most complete : US and International Law

Reviews & JournalsSpecify Date : to limit the search in time

(publication time)

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Boolean operators and wildcards

View more segments and connectors for details– : exact phrase (BY DEFAULT)– or– and– and not– * : replace a single character– ! : replace characters (0->), only at end of words

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Results

Button Hits to browse search termsPage numbers not always present

– > [*xxx] if availableOptions

– Show – Sort : by date or relevance– Search within results

Print, send by e-mail or download with buttons in the upper right corner

Westlaw International

Dynamic URL, use a link

Access limited to UNIGE

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Legal content

American legislation and jurisprudenceBritish legislation and jurisprudenceLegal journals ("law reviews")Documents in international arbitration lawLegal documents of other countries

– Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, European Union

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Search

International Directory– > World Journals and Law Reviews (2x)

2 thumbnails :– Terms and connectors : keywords with boolean

operators– Natural language : question or text in "human

language" -> less effective

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Terms and connectors

Search : keywordsDates to limit the search in timeFields to look for keywords in a specific field

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Boolean operators, wildcards and limitation by field

Boolean operators are listed under the search field– & : and– : or (BY DEFAULT)– % : and not– " " : exact phrase– * : replace a single character– ! : replace any number of characters, only at the end of words

Limitation by field– TI(y) : title– AU(y) : author– PR(y) : 1st section

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Thesaurus

To add synonyms of search terms

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Results

Browse the search terms with the arrows under the document Page numbers are shown with *

– Ex: *118 Options

– Result list– Related info : other useful documents related to the selected

article– Edit search : modify search– Locate in results : search new keywords in the results

Print, send by e-mail or download with buttons in the upper right corner

HeinOnline

www.heinonline.org

Access with a password

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Legal content

American legislationBritish legislation and jurisprudenceLegal journals ("law reviews")International law periodicals

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Search

Law Journal Library Foreign & International Law Resources

Database– Browse by title– Search > Field Search

Field search for : keywordsSubject OR [Journals] : limit to a subject or a journalDate : limit by date

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Boolean operators and wildcards

Help in Search Tips– OR – AND – NOT– ? : replace a single character– * : replace any number of characters

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Results

Browsing page by pageAccess to the table of contents (thumbnail

Table of Contents)Print and download of selected page or

article (Printer icon)– Print Current section for the whole article

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