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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:

Digests of international law

Use digests to locate customary international law contained in diplomatic papers of States.

Search LawCat under the subject: law reports, digests, etc; law reports, digests, etc--[country]

United States

Cadwalader, Digest of Published Opinions of the Attorneys-General and of the Leading Decisions of the Federal Courts, with Reference to International Law, Treaties, and Kindred Subjects (Washington, DC: G.P.O., 1877). Subject guide to documentary sources (mostly quotations) taken from court cases and attorney general opinions.

Wharton, Digest of the International Law of the United States (Washington, DC: GPO, 1886). Subject guide to official statements of Pres. and Secty. of State, court decisions and attorney general opinions. 

Moore, Digest of International Law (Washington, DC: GPO, 1906). Supersedes Cadwalder and Wharton; more like a treatise. 

Hackworth, Digest of International Law (Washington, DC: GPO, 1940-1944). Continues 1906 ed. through 1939.

Whiteman, Digest of International Law (Washington, DC: GPO, 1963-1973). Covers 1940-1960; but topics have different coverage. 

Digest of United States Practice in International Law (Washington, DC: GPO, 1973-1980; Washington, DC: International Law Institute, 2001-). Continues Whiteman. Not complete approach of predecessors; only includes calendar year material. The earlier edition was continued by Cumulative Digest of United States Practice in International Law (Washington, DC: GPO, 1981-) which covered 1981-1988. Supplemented monthly by American Journal of International Law (column: "Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law"). The new edition of the Digest began with 2000 and is supposed to be issued annually. Documents listed in the Digest are available on the State Dept.'s web site.

Murphy, United States Practice in International Law (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002-). Vol. 1 covers 1999-2001. A thorough survey of U.S. international law practice arranged by topic. It includes citations to US statutes and cases, US documents, international documents and materials. 

Restatement of the Law, Third, Foreign Relations (St. Paul, MN: American Law Institute Publishers, 1987-, plus supplement). Unofficial but authoritative digest. Also available on Westlaw and LexisNexis. 

Hyde, International Law Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied by the United States (2nd rev. ed. , Boston: Little, Brown, 1945). 

Other States

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