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Diplomacy & International Law

American Indian Treaties Portal
Provides the text of treaties between Native American nations and the U.S. government.
Avalon Project
Documents in law, history, and diplomacy from the ancient world to the present day.
European Court of Human Rights
The Court’s judgments and a large selection of decisions, information on communicated cases, advisory opinions, press releases, legal summaries and Commission decisions and reports, available via the HUDOC database.
Indigenous Digital Archive Treaties Explorer
A digitized manuscript collection, with maps, of 347 treaties between U.S. states and the federal government.
U.S. State Dept.: Access to Archival Databases (AAD)
Allows searching for declassified diplomatic cables.
Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS)
The official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity from 1861-2000.
United Nations Archives
Covers four broad areas: the Secretaries-General, Secretariat Departments, Peacekeeping Missions, and Predecessor Organizations.
Wilson Center Digital Archive
Declassified documents from governments all across the globe. Especially strong in its coverage of the Cold War, 1947-1991.
World Wide Diplomatic Archives Index
Links to governmental archives from around the world.