LibGuides: Country Conditions Research for Asylum Cases: Foreign Law Sources

National Law Databases

Refworld
UN Refugee Agency's databases of treaties, national legislation, case law, and country information.
IHL - National Implementation (ICRC)
National legislation and statutes related to international humanitarian law.

World Legal Information Insitutute (WorldLII) This link opens in a new window
Includes over 1,800 databases of case law, legislation, treaties, reports, and law journals from more than 200 countries. Also includes a catalog with links to over 15,000 law-related web sites in every country in the world.

NATLEX
ILO's database of national labor, social security and related human rights legislation.

Research Tip for Finding Primary Law

If no comprehensive database is available for your jurisdiction, use secondary sources such as books, journal articles, reports, or the Foreign Law Guide to identify a citation (such as the decreto number) for the law you need. Then search for the law online by Googling the citation.

Guides to Finding Foreign Law
Includes a direct link to the Foreign Law Guide.