International Environmental Law: Treaties & Conventions
Books - Environmental Conventions
- Business, Human Rights, and Sustainability Sourcebook byCall Number: Law Library K3240 .B87 2015ISBN: 9781634253192Publication Date: 2016
- Basic documents of international environmental law /edited by Harald Hohmann byCall Number: Law K3583 B37 1992ISBN: 1853332755Publication Date: 1995This three-volume compilation, containing 200 documents, reproduces the most important environmental declarations (i.e. resolutions, guidelines, decisions, recommendations, and drafts) of the principal relevant international organizations.
- Environmental Law Reporter (ELI)Call Number: KF 3775 A6 E5
- International Conventions on Protection of Humanity and Environment byCall Number: Law Library K 3238 I58 1993Publication Date: 1993Forty-eight multilateral international treaties open to universal adoption.
- International Environmental Law byCall Number: Law Library K 3583 I57 1991ISBN: 9065445277Publication Date: 1991A compilation of major international environmental law resolutions, decisions, declarations, agreements and treaties.
- The Marine Mammal Commission Compendium of Selected Treaties, International Agreements, and Other Relevant Documents on Marine Resources, Wildlife, and the Environment byCall Number: Law Library K 3483 M37 1994ISBN: 0160431328Publication Date: 1994
Websites - Environmental Conventions
- International Environmental Law (EISIL)Directory of international environmental law treaties. Links to full text .Under "More Information" links to official citations and more.
- International Environmental Law - ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International LawAmerican Society of International Law. Information on and links to international environmental agreements.
- Secretariats and conventionsUNEP hosts the secretariats of many multilateral environmental agreements including
• The Convention on Biological Diversity
• The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
• The Minamata Convention on Mercury
• The Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
• The Vienna Convention for the Protection of Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol
• The Convention on Migratory Species
• The Carpathian Convention
• The Bamako Convention
• The Tehran Convention - IAEA Administered Treaties and Conventions(Nuclear Safety, Science & Technology, and more)
Documents & Conventions - International Maritime Organization (IMO)Conventions (includes status info)
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)Treaties (food, water, agriculture, fisheries, ports) Includes status info.
- Water Treaties (FAO)Current ed. - Basic Texts of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 245 pp. pdf
- Law of the Sea Convention & related agreementsDivision for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS)
Selected Treaty Databases
LEXIS
- LEXIS - TreatiesRatified and unratified treaties and international agreements where the United States is a party or signatory. Also includes Worldwide Tax Treaties.
- U.S. Treaties on LEXISFrom 1776 through current. This is electronic compilation of full-text ratified and unratified treaties and international agreements, where the United States is a party or signatory. This includes not only treaties signed by the President with the advice and consent of the US Senate, but also international agreements from the U.S. Government.
Westlaw
Hein Online
- Hein Online - U.S. Treaties and Other International Agreements (UST)Vols. 1-35 (1950-1984)
- Hein Online - United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS)Vols. 1-2879 (1946-current)
ASIL - American Society for International law
United Nations