1. P RESENTED BY M ARGARET C LARK R EFERENCE L IBRARIAN SPRING 2009 Researching International Humanitarian Law

2. What is International Humanitarian Law? Rules governing the conduct of hostilities. Protects those who are not, or no longer, fighting Restricts means and methods of warfare. Also known as: Law of armed conflict Law of war

3. Researching Humanitarian Law Where to start research Secondary sources Primary sources

4. Where to start research? Research Guides organize the primary and secondary sources outline strategies for research What topical guides are relevant? International Law International Humanitarian Law International Criminal Law War Crimes

6. http://www.law.case.edu/war-crimes- research-portal/res_gd.asp

7. Where to start research? Encyclopedia of Public International Law o Browse articles by subject / alphabetically o Keyword search – simple o Advanced search

9. Secondary Sources 1. Treatises 2. Periodical articles, law reviews 3. Reports 4. Current Awareness

10. 1. Treatises

12. 2.Periodical articles Research Center List of Databases Legal Trac Index to Legal Periodicals Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals PAIS International Westlaw & LexisNexis

13. Index to Legal Periodicals and Books

15. 3.Reports Use these tools to find reports: Columbia International Affairs Online PAIS International Amnesty International

19. 4. Current Awareness Types of Current Awareness sources:  Newspapers or News Aggregators  Newsletters  Email alerts  News feeds  Blogs Current Awareness sources can be found in a variety of places  Humanitarian law web sites  Tribunal web sites  Non-governmental organizations

20. News News aggregator

22. News feeds

23. Email Alerts

24. Press Releases

25. News aggregator Email alerts RSS feeds News aggregator Email alerts RSS feeds

28. Primary Sources United Nations documents Treaties National Legislation International Case Law U.S. Legal Materials U.S. Military Materials

29. Primary Sources: U.N. Documents

33. United Nations: Official Documents System Official Documents

34. Possible subject terms armed conflict human rights in armed conflict war crimes cultural property protection children in armed conflict

35. United Nations: UNBisnet U.N. publications and official documents

36. Primary Sources United Nations documents Treaties National Legislation International Case Law U.S. Legal Materials U.S. Military Materials

37. Primary Sources: Treaties

42. Primary Sources United Nations documents Treaties National Legislation International Case Law U.S. Legal Materials U.S. Military Materials

43. Primary Sources: National Legislation

45. 4.Primary Sources – National Legislation

46. 4.Primary Sources – International Case Law

49. Primary Sources United Nations documents Treaties International Case Law U.S. Legal Materials U.S. Military Materials

50. Primary Sources: U.S. Legal Materials

55. Primary Sources United Nations documents Treaties International Case Law U.S. Legal Materials U.S. Military Materials

56. U.S. Military: Army Publications

57. DOD Directives and Orders

59. U.S. Military: Judge Advocate Corps

60. U.S. Military: Army Field Manuals

61. Pentagon: Military Commissions

62. U.S. Military: Pentagon Library

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