Wikipedia:WikiProject International law

Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organise information in articles related to international law. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page.

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ScopeEdit

The vision is to develop a comprehensive guide to international law, which can keep apace with the expanding legal scope of international concern.

ParticipantsEdit

This is a list of Wikipedians who are committed to this WikiProject. Please, feel free to join by clicking edit on the right, and signing your name at the bottom of the list with four tildes (~~~~), with an optional comment:

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Yeu Ninje 00:26, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[]
BD2412 T 05:27, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[]
PullUpYourSocks 11:54, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[]
Leifern Leifern 13:55, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[]
Tim! 20:04, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[]
AndrewRT 18:16, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[]
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Kwoifo 14:23, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[]
--Steve 05:49, 27 March 2006 (UTC) Interest in Japanese family law[]
Andy123(talk) 12:22, 8 April 2006 (UTC)[]
Robert Goodis (talk) 02:13, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[]
Jun-jun 12:02, 9 April 2006 (UTC)[]
John Z 07:19, 9 May 2006 (UTC)Thanks for the notification.[]
M42stanle 01:53, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[]
Jim (Talk) 16:41, 1 January 2007 (UTC) - interest, for the moment, in improving the article International Court of Justice advisory opinion on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons[]
Charleenmerced ^Talk 15:01, 21 February 2007 (UTC)Charleenmerced[]
Vlad fedorov 09:17, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[]
Sephui 23:36, 27 March 2007 (UTC)[]
Weatherguy1033 05:31, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[]
Nay01 Real name: Nathaniel Burney 10:00, 2 May 2007 (UTC) Added a brief history to the main International Law page, which can be expanded and improved significantly.[]
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--Cybermud (talk) 23:19, 22 May 2010 (UTC)General interest in International law with an emphasis on family law[]

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Daniellam91 Daniellam91 (talk) 08:22, 4 October 2012 (UTC) Rice University undergraduate majoring in Psychology with a minor in Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities.[]
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Lexholland (talk) 09:54, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[]
Bonjourleworld (talk) 06:47, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[]
Suastiastu (talk) 13:08, 29 April 2016 (UTC) Principal atDiaspora Legal A cross border practice involving Australia, dealing with both conflict of laws and International law.[]
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Things to doEdit

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject International law: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2015-02-21

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Article requests : * From a public international law standpoint, there is a grave absence in articles exist in the number of ICJ cases that do not yet have articles. Please go to the List of International Court of Justice cases to see which cases do not have an article. Also check those cases that have links, as some of them link to articles on a subject of the case instead of the case itself. It may be appropriate to make a separate page for the case.
- Wladimir Besobrassof, one of the founders of the Institut de Droit International
- Eysinga, Jonkheer vanJonkheer van Eysinga, judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice (Netherlands)
- Demetre Neglulesco, judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice (Romania)
- Nyholm, DidrikDidrik Nyholm , judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice (Denmark)
- Edouard Rolin-Jaequemyns, judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice (Belgium)
- Cheng Tien-His, judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice (China)
- Charles Andre Weiss, judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice (France)
- Cleanup : Territorial principle- major task.
- Expand : * Hersch Lauterpacht: This page is woefully bare, especially given a feature article on the German language page about him. That page has over 40 notes and over half of those are in the English language. A translation that is good enough for the gist, if not gammatically correct, can be obtained by running the web address in Goggle Translate.
- Most of the articles that do exist for ICJ cases need a lot of expansion. For those with an interest in articles related to public international law, please check cases linked at the List of International Court of Justice cases.
- I've started a second table in Judges of the International Court of Justice for ad hoc' judges. So far, only one is in the list. Please help to expand by adding ad hoc judges.
- International legal theory
- 1979 Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
- 1997 International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings
- 1999 International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism
- 2005 United Nations International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
- The Universal Postal Union is one the earliest, still existing, successful international organizations from the perspective of international law. However, there is not sufficient discussion on it's early history in the Overview section.
- Targeted killing
- Draft Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism
- Augusto Pierantoni, one of the founders of the Institut de Droit International
- Åke Hammarskjöld, judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice (Sweden)
- Michał Jan Rostworowski, judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice (Poland)
- Léon Bourgeois is at start class. At a glance, his page in the French language wiki will likely have more information. He was a delegate from France to both Hague Peace Conference and the Paris Peace Conference, was a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, and President of the Assembly of the League of Nations. There is likely more of interest to this WikiProject to be added to Bourgeois' page.
- Verify : Military occupation#Military occupation and the laws of war
- Other : * Human Trafficking was not included in this Wikiproject until 2013/3/1 GST. It could at least use better organization (cleanup) and probably needs expansion. There is no discussion of peremptory norm or jus cogens status.
- Slavery also was not included in this Wikiproject until 2013/3/1 GST. It should at least be reviewed.

Guide to citationEdit

Treaties and international conventionsEdit

Treaty name / Date / Treaty series citation / Pinpoint / Date of entry into force

For treaties to which states can consent to be bound after the date on which they were opened for signature, the full date on which the treaty was opened for signature should be cited. Otherwise, the date on which the treaty was signed by all of the parties should be included.

Example: The Antarctic Treaty, opened for signature 1 December 1959, 402 UNTS 71, art 7(2) (entered into force 23 June 1961).

If the states parties to a bilateral treaty do not appear in the title, they should be listed after the date and should be separated by an en-dash. It's not necessary to list the parties to a multilateral treaty.

Example: Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital, 20 November 1978, Canada-Romania, 1467 UNTS 241 (entered into force 29 December 1980).

Where applicable, one of the following should be cited: a primary international treaty series (for example, the United Nations Treaty Series ("UNTS"), the League of Nations Treaty Series ("LNTS")); an official treaty series of a state party (for example, the United Nations Treaties and Other International Agreements ("UST")); another international treaty series (for example, the Consolidated Treaty Series ("ConTS")). Parallel citations should not be used.

The following abbreviations should be used in pinpoint references to a treaty: Article (art); Articles (arts); Section (s); Sections (ss); Subsection (sub-s); Subsections (sub-ss); Paragraph (para); Paragraphs (paras); Schedule (sch); Schedules (schs); Appendix (app).

Example: Treaty Establishing the European Economic Community, opened for signature 25 March 1957, 298 UNTS 11, art 85(1) (entered into force 1 January 1958).

International Court of JusticeEdit

The International Court of Justice publishes its opinions in Reports of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders (abbreviated to "ICJ Rep"). The Court also publishes Pleadings, Oral Arguments, Documents (abbreviated to "ICJ Pleadings").

Introductory articles such as "The" and the words "Case" or "Case Concerning" should be omitted.

Example: Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United Nations of America) (Merits) (1986) ICJ Rep 14.

United Nations materialsEdit

Citations to UN materials should include the following where applicable:

author and/or title
resolution number
official record
session number
subdivision
pinpoint reference
UN document number
year

ResourcesEdit

CategoriesEdit

Project categoriesEdit

Category:WikiProject International law articles

Article categoriesEdit

Category:International law
Category:International law stubs
Category:Diplomatic incidents is broader category than one that would contain only articles of interest to this WikiProject, but many of its articles cover incidents that do have bearing on international law and in a number of cases includes incidents that were the subject of international law cases.
Category:Geneva Conventions
Category:Treaties

Categories of defendants before international criminal tribunals

Categories related to international tribunals generally

Categories of judges, arbitrators, court administrators, court registrars, court rapporteurs, and imminent scholars in international law

Categories of international law cases and investigations

Categories of prosecutors for international criminal tribunals

ListsEdit

International Court of Justice lists

Permanent Court of International Justice lists

Both cases and a list need to be added for the PCIJ. For now, refer to the category, above.
Judges of the Permanent Court of International Justice

TemplatesEdit

{{International-law-stub}} does the obvious
Template:Infobox court case might be used for international awards, judgments, decision, etc., as well; however, it will at times be imperfect in the names in the field. This infobox refers to the court and to judge(s), and thus does not mesh perfectly with the nomenclature of arbitration panels, boundary commissions, etc. If someone tweak this infobox further, or make one for international tribunals, please do step up.
Template:Infobox High Court can be general enough to use for international tribunals. See its use in the International Court of Justice, Permanent Court of Arbitration, and Permanent Court of International Justice pages.
Template:Infobox treaty

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TreatiesEdit

Multilaterals Project, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Multilateral conventions organised by subject and chronologically. Note: not updated frequently.
United Nations Treaty Collection Treaties deposited with the Secretariat of the United Nations. This is the largest single collection of treaties on the internet, but unfortunately no longer a free resource.
Treaty Office, Council of Europe European treaties deposited with the Secretariat of the Council of Europe.
Office of Legal Cooperation, Organization of American States Inter-American treaties.
International Committee of the Red Cross Texts and commentary on the Geneva Conventions.
NATO Basic Texts North Atlantic Treaty, as well as ancillary agreements such as status of forces and protocols of accession.

International courts and tribunalsEdit

International Court of Justice, which includes material from its predecessor, the Permanent Court of International Justice.
International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
International Criminal Court

International organisationsEdit

UN Documentation Centre Resolutions adopted by the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council.
Treaty Body Database of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights UN Treaty Bodies (e.g. Human Rights Committee, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Committee on the Rights of the Child, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, Committee Against Torture)
International Law Commission
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
International Labour Organization
European Union
Council of Europe
Organization of American States

GeneralEdit

ToolsEdit

Main tool page: toolserver.org

Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.