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

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

Researching Humanitarian Law Where to start research Secondary sources Primary sources

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

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

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

1. Treatises

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

Index to Legal Periodicals and Books

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

4. Current Awareness Types of Current Awareness sources:  Newspapers or News Aggregators  Newsletters  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

News News aggregator

News feeds

Alerts

Press Releases

News aggregator alerts RSS feeds News aggregator alerts RSS feeds

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

Primary Sources: U.N. Documents

United Nations: Official Documents System Official Documents

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

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

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

Primary Sources: Treaties

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

Primary Sources: National Legislation

4.Primary Sources – National Legislation

4.Primary Sources – International Case Law

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

Primary Sources: U.S. Legal Materials

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

U.S. Military: Army Publications

DOD Directives and Orders

U.S. Military: Judge Advocate Corps

U.S. Military: Army Field Manuals

Pentagon: Military Commissions

U.S. Military: Pentagon Library

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