The International Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations and has a dual role: to settle legal disputes submitted to it by UN Member States and to give advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by other UN organs and agencies.

The International Law Commission was established by the UN General Assembly to initiate studies and make recommendations for the purpose of encouraging the progressive development of international law and its codification.

The Sixth Committee is the primary forum for the consideration of legal questions in the UN General Assembly. All of the UN Member States are entitled to representation on the Sixth Committee as one of the main committees of the General Assembly.

A guide to performing international law research with the resources provided by the UN.

The UN Treaty Collection contains information regarding the activities of the Treaty Section of the UN Office of Legal Affairs, including the publication of treaties, resources prepared by the Treaty Section around the preparation of treaties, and a depository of treaties.

A searchable collection of the UN's 250+ databases, with some options for filtering by broad subject area.

A deep and detailed search tool that provides access to UN documents, publications, data, and more.