General

• Multilateral Treaties - brief overview organized by subject, http://www.publicadministration.net/resources/multilateral-conventions-currently-enforced/
• International law news, books, journals, http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/sg_il.htm
• International Law Help, http://www.internationallawhelp.com/links_page.htm
• ECOLEX Gateway to Environmental Law, http://www.ecolex.org/
• Environmental Conventions, Agreements, Treaties and Protocols, http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/entri/index.jsp and http://www.unep.org/DPDL/Law/Law_instruments/law_instruments_global.asp
• Marine Environmental Agreements, http://www.unep.ch/seas/main/hlegal.html
• Wildlife treaties, http://eelink.net/~asilwildlife/treaties.shtml
• International Fisheries Law, www.oceanlaw.net/guide.htm
• UN Atlas of the Oceans, http://www.oceansatlas.org/index.jsp
• Yearbook on International Cooperation on Environment and Development, http://www.greenyearbook.org/

Specific

Environment and Development Agenda

• Stockholm Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, http://www.unep.org/Documents/Default.asp?DocumentID=97&ArticleID=1503
• 1972 Stockholm Conference Action Plan For The Human Environment, http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multi/texts/STOCKHOLM-PLAN.txt 
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• UN General Assembly Resolution 27/2997, Institutional and Financial Arrangements for International Environmental Cooperation (establishment of UNEP), http://www.unep.org/PDF/UN_GA_2997.pdf (1972)
• World Charter for Nature (1982), http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/37/a37r007.htm
• Nairobi Declaration (1982), http://www.unep.org/Documents/Default.asp?DocumentID=70&ArticleID=737
• WCED Experts Group on Environmental Law, Legal Principles (1987), http://www.iisd.org/sd/principle.asp?pid=59&display=1
• Agenda 21 (Chapter 17), http://www.unep.org/Documents/Default.asp?DocumentID=52 (1992)
• Rio Declaration, http://habitat.igc.org/agenda21/rio-dec.html (1992)
• UNGA Resolution 47/191(1993), CSD Constituent Instrument, http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/47/ares47-191.htm
• Report of the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/sids/sidstbc.htm (October 1994)
• Principles of International Law for Sustainable Development (Draft 1996), http://www.un.org/gopher-data/esc/cn17/1996/backgrnd/law.txt
• Jakarta Ministerial Statement on Implementation of the CBD (1995), http://www.oceanlaw.net/texts/jakarta.htm
• Nairobi Declaration (1997), http://www.unep.org/Documents/Default.asp?DocumentID=287&ArticleID=1728
• United Nations Millennium Declaration, http://www.un.org/millennium/declaration/ares552e.pdf (2000)
• Malmö Ministerial Declaration, http://www.unep.org/malmo/malmo_ministerial.htm (2000)
• Montreal Declaration on the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities, http://www.gpa.unep.org/igr/Montreal-Declaration.pdf (2001)
• Johannesburg Principles on the Role of Law and Sustainable Development, http://www.unep.org/dpdl/symposium/Principles.htm (2000)
• The Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development http://www.udel.edu/CMS/csmp/globaloceans/pdf/PoliticalDeclaration.pdf
• WSSD Plan of Implementation (in particular 29-34 52-55) http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/html/documents/summit_docs/2309_planfinal.htm
• IUCN Draft International Covenant on Environment and Sustainable Development (3d Edition 2004), http://www.i-c-e-l.org/indexen.html

Human Rights, Culture and Indigenous Peoples

• Universal Declaration on Human Rights, http://www.hri.ca/uninfo/treaties/1.shtml
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966), http://www.hri.ca/uninfo/treaties/2.shtml
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, http://www.hri.ca/uninfo/treaties/3.shtml
• ILO Convention 169, Convention concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries, http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/cgi-lex/convde.pl?C169
• Kimberly Declaration (2002), http://www.iwgia.org/sw217.asp
• Proposed American Declaration On The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples, http://www.dialoguebetweennations.com/OASdeclaration/english/comparative.htm
• Ramsar Resolution VII.8 on local communities and indigenous people, http://www.ramsar.org/key_res_vii.08e.htm
• Draft UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, http://www.unhchr.ch/huridocda/huridoca.nsf/2848af408d01ec0ac1256609004e770b/e4fc6deeafb3b06c802566cf003bea67?OpenDocument#res45
• World Bank and Indigenous Peoples, http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/ESSD/sdvext.nsf/63ByDocName/PoliciesBackground
• Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (2001), http://www.unesco.org/culture/laws/underwater/html_eng/convention.shtml

Law of the Sea

• UNCLOS, www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/convention_overview_convention.htm
• Deep Seabed Mining Agreement, http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/convention_overview_part_xi.htm

Fish

• Fish Stocks Agreement http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/convention_overview_fish_stocks.htm
• Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, http://www.fao.org/fi/agreem/codecond/ficonde.asp
• Fishing Vessels Compliance Agreement, http://www.fao.org/legal/treaties/012T-e.htm
• International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, http://www.fao.org/fi/ipa/ipae.asp

Marine Pollution

• Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities, http://www.gpa.unep.org/
• International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships Ballast Water & Sediments, http://globallast.imo.org/index.asp?page=mepc.htm&menu=true (summary, see me for full text)
• International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships, 2001, http://www.deh.gov.au/coasts/pollution/antifouling/pubs/convention.pdf
• London Dumping Convention, http://www.londonconvention.org/
• MARPOL 1978 http://www.unep.org/gopher/un/unep/elipac/intl_leg/treaties/tre-0720.txt
• MARPOL 1973 http://sedac.ciesin.org/entri/texts/pollution.from.ships.1973.html

Biodiversity and Species

• Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) http://www.biodiv.org/default.asp
  • Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (Biodiversity Convention), http://www.biodiv.org/biosafety/
  • Jakarta Mandate, http://www.biodiv.org/programmes/areas/marine/
• Decision II/10 on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity, http://www.biodiv.org/decisions/default.asp?dec=II/10
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), http://www.cites.org/
• Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (RAMSAR), http://www.ramsar.org/
• World Heritage Convention, http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm
• Bonn Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, http://www.cms.int/ 

Climate Change and Air

• UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, http://unfccc.int/essential_background/convention/background/items/2853.php 
  • Kyoto Protocol, http://unfccc.int/essential_background/kyoto_protocol/items/2830.php
• Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (1985), http://www.unep.org/ozone/Treaties_and_Ratification/2A_vienna%20convention.asp and http://www.unep.org/ozone/Treaties_and_Ratification/2C_ratification.asp (for ratification status)
• Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, http://www.unep.org/ozone/Treaties_and_Ratification/2B_montreal%20protocol.asp
  • Helsinki Declaration on the Protection of the Ozone Layer, http://www.unep.org/ozone/Handbook2000-full.shtml#_Toc476375571

Compliance and Enforcement

• UNEP (DEPI) Draft Manual on Compliance and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements, including 2002 Guidelines (November 2004), http://www.unep.org/DEPI/programmes/meas-draft-manual-nov24-fullversion.pdf

Other

• Convention on the Law of the Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses (1997), http://www.un.org/law/ilc/texts/nonnav.htm
• Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade of 1998, http://www.pic.int/en/viewpage.asp
• Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal of 1979 (Basel Convention), http://www.basel.int/
• Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), http://www.pops.int/
• Forest Principles, http://www.un.org/documents/ga/conf151/aconf15126-3annex3.htm
• Convention to Combat Desertification, http://www.unccd.int/convention/menu.php

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