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International Organizations

• Hague Conference on Private International Law www.hcch.net/index_en.php

• International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) www.unidroit.org

• NAFTA Advisory Committee on Private Commercial Disputes (2022 Committee) http://www.nafta-sec-alena.org/en/view.aspx?x=314

• OAS Department of Legal Cooperation www.oas.org/juridico/english/

• OAS Foreign Trade Information System (SICE) www.sice.oas.org/

• United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) www.uncitral.org

U.S. Organizations

• American Branch, International Law Association http://ila-americanbranch.org/

• American Law Institute www.ali.org/

• American Society of International Law www.asil.org/

• International Law Institute www.ili.org/

• Section of International Law, American Bar Association www.abanet.org/intlaw/

• Uniform Law Commission (formerly the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws) http://www.nccusl.org/

Treaty Information

• Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University: Multilateral Conventions on Trade and Commercial Relations http://fletcher.tufts.edu

• State Department Office of Treaty Affairs www.state.gov/s/l/treaty/ http://www.state.gov/s/l/treaty/treaties/2009/index.htm

• Treaty Documents at the U.S. Government Printing Office http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/search.html

• United Nations International Law Site http://www.un.org/en/law/

Other Useful Links

• American Society of International Law Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law http://www.asil.org/erghome.cfm

• EISIL – Private International Law http://www.eisil.org/index.php?sid=931201702&t=sub_pages&cat=25

• Institute of European and Comparative Private Law http://civil.udg.edu/iecpl/

• Pace Law School/Institute of International Commercial Law: CISG Database http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/

• Researching Private International Law – University of California, Berkeley http://www.law.berkeley.edu/library/classes/iflr/pil.html