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Paper Topic Development: International

Sources to identify international law developments.

UN Yearbooks & "Repertoires"

Yearbook of the United Nations (1946-) & Yearbook Pre-press (2015-2017)

United Nations Legal Publications Global Search supports searching in:

UN legal yearbooks (including Yearbook of the International Law Commission);

Repertoire of Practice of the Security Council;

and Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs. 

HeinOnline's United Nations Law Collection includes many U.N. yearbooks.

Nations' Digests & Yearbooks

Digest of United States Practice in International Law (1989-)

HeinOnline's Foreign and International Law Resources Database and HeinOnline's series: Foreign Relations of the United States

Foreign and International Law Resources Database includes:

Older digests of U.S. practice in international law

Some international law year books

International documents reprinted in International Legal Materials (I.L.M.).

Avalon Project of Yale Law School Lillian Goldman Law Library

Contains historical legal and diplomatic documents.  Provides full-text of some documents mentioned in international law digests.