Rosemary Noona, Legal Librarian Dag Hammarskjold Library, would like us all to be aware of the imminent arrival of a new, free, educational resource which will be provided by the UN later this year. 
The Codification Division of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs is creating the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law (AVL) via the Internet. It is hoped that the AVL will be “a core instrument for promoting a greater understanding of the essential role of the United Nations in the field of international law and the creation of a culture that is conducive to the rule of law.”
For the first time, the UN will be able to offer the highest quality of teaching and training by leading international law scholars and practitioners from different countries on virtually every subject of international law to an unlimited number of recipients around the globe. The AVL will consist of three pillars: (1)
the Lecture Series containing lectures by eminent international law scholars and practitioners from different countries on virtually all subjects of international law; (2) the Historic Archives containing introductory notes by leading expertson legal instruments adopted under the auspices of the United Nations as well as archival film, audio and photos of the negotiation and adoption of these instruments (e.g., the United Nations Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Genocide Convention); and (3) the Research Library containing treaties, jurisprudence, United Nations materials and scholarly writings.
The AVL will be available to all institutions and individuals around the globe free of charge.
Launch date is 28 October 2008, but in the meantime you can have a “taster” at the Pilot Project website http://www.un.org/law/AVLpilotproject/
The Codification Division of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs is creating the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law (AVL) via the Internet. It is hoped that the AVL will be “a core instrument for promoting a greater understanding of the essential role of the United Nations in the field of international law and the creation of a culture that is conducive to the rule of law.”For the first time, the UN will be able to offer the highest quality of teaching and training by leading international law scholars and practitioners from different countries on virtually every subject of international law to an unlimited number of recipients around the globe. The AVL will consist of three pillars: (1)
the Lecture Series containing lectures by eminent international law scholars and practitioners from different countries on virtually all subjects of international law; (2) the Historic Archives containing introductory notes by leading expertson legal instruments adopted under the auspices of the United Nations as well as archival film, audio and photos of the negotiation and adoption of these instruments (e.g., the United Nations Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Genocide Convention); and (3) the Research Library containing treaties, jurisprudence, United Nations materials and scholarly writings.The AVL will be available to all institutions and individuals around the globe free of charge.
Launch date is 28 October 2008, but in the meantime you can have a “taster” at the Pilot Project website http://www.un.org/law/AVLpilotproject/
