Oxford LibGuides: International law: from 1945 to date: UN

Commentary online

The Charter of the United Nations by Bruno Simma; Daniel-Erasmus Khan; Georg Nolte; Andreas Paulus
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link
ISBN: 9780199580156
Publication Date: 3rd edn 2013
The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations by Thomas G. Weiss (Editor); Sam Daws (Editor)
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link
ISBN: 9780198803164
Publication Date: 2nd edn 2018
Print copy is in the Bodleian Social Science Library JZ4970.OXF 2018 (library use only)
United Nations Interventionism, 1991-2004 by Mats Berdal (Editor); Spyros Economides
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this book online via title link
ISBN: 9780521838979
Publication Date: 2007
Print copies in Bodleian Social Science Library JZ6374.UNI
The Absolutely Indispensable Man Ralph Bunche, the United Nations, and the Fight to End Empire by Kal Raustiala
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this book online via title link
ISBN: 9780197602232
Publication Date: 2022

In the Bodleian Law Library, books about the UN and its work are shelved on Floor 3 at Internat 687.

Introduction to the law of the UN by Robert Kolb
Call Number: Internat 687 K81a
ISBN: 1841139378
Publication Date: 2010

UN's Publications and Documents

The Bodleian Library has been a depository library for UN publications since 1950. The Official Papers Reading Room is on the Ground Floor of the Bodleian Law Library.

United Nations
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The UN has a massive and growing web presence. Below the link to the general web gateway are links to some of the more specific topic sections which may save you time.

United Nations
Official English language version. General "home" website. See the links below for quicker access to some of the aspects of the UN and its work
Dag Hammarskskjöld Library
The Dag Hammarskjöld Library provides research and information to support the work of United Nations Member States. As an integral part of the UN Organization, the Library also aids in the dissemination of UN information to a wider public audience through online services, and a global depository library network.
UN Administration of [internal] Justice
Official website Includes Judgments and Orders of the Dispute Tribunal and Appeals Tribunal
UN Commission on International Trade Law UNCITRAL
Official website - available in other languages this link is to the English version. Has texts of conventions, arbitration rules and model laws. Also makes much of its own documents (eg Working Group Papers, Colloquia) and key related UNGA resolutions (see link below) etc. freely available.
UN: Sustainable Development
Official website and portal
UN: Human Rights
Official website and portal
UN: Humanitarian Affairs
Official website and portal
UN: International Peace and Security
Official website and portal
United Nations & Rule of Law
Official website and portal
Yearbook of the United Nations 1946/7 to 2014
Official website. Browse by volume or search the authoritative reference work on the UN System Holders of an Oxford SSO could also access these via HeinOnline
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"The Yearbook of the United Nations—published by the Department of Public Information—stands as the authoritative reference work on the activities and concerns of the Organization. Based on official UN documents, the Yearbook provides comprehensive coverage of political and security matters, human rights issues, economic and social questions, legal issues, and institutional, administrative and budgetary matters. Each of the sixty-five volumes of the Yearbook, dating back to the 1946–47 edition, includes the texts of all major General Assembly, Security Council and Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions, and places them in a narrative context of UN consideration, deliberation and action."