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Virtual training and research centre in international law.

The Audiovisual Library of International Law is a unique multimedia resource providing high quality international law training and research materials. This innovative teaching and research tool created by the Codification Division of the Office of Legal Affairs, is available, free of charge, to all institutions and individuals around the globe. The Audiovisual Library consists of three pillars: (1

) the Historic Archives containing documents and audiovisual materials relating to the negotiation and adoption of significant legal instruments under the auspices of the United Nations and related agencies since 1945; (2) the Lecture Series featuring a permanent collection of lectures on virtually every subject of international law given by leading international law scholars and practitioners from different countries and legal systems; and (3) the Research Library providing an on-line international law library with links to treaties, jurisprudence, publications and documents, scholarly writings and research guides.

03/06/2026

Una nueva conferencia de Diego Fernández Arroyo, Profesor en Sciences Po París, sobre “Los discursos de la legitimidad en el arbitraje internacional”, se encuentra disponible en todas las plataformas de podcasts de la AVL.
Escuche la conferencia en SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/un_avl/diego-fernandez-arroyo-los; Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/diego-fernandez-arroyo-los-discursos-de-la/id1383408356?i=1000770772493 y Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2bzAXnpZJs1UbUKUq86xoV

29/05/2026

A new lecture entitled “The Evolutionary Interpretation of Treaties” by Eirik Bjorge, Professor of Law at the University of Bristol Law School, is now available on all our podcast platforms.
Listen to the lecture in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/un_avl/bjorge-the-evolutionary, Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/eirik-bjorge-the-evolutionary-interpretation-of-treaties/id1383408356?i=1000770008101 and Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1nfn7APzXZUBJUGK8gNd77

22/05/2026

To contribute to the preparation by participants of the 35th edition of the Christof Heyns African Human Rights Moot Court Competition, the Codification Division of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs has compiled resources available on the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law (AVL). Please review them here: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:9f06b200-cb46-44ad-8671-539fd920940e
Centre for Human Rights

19/05/2026

Two new lectures on “Sea-Level Rise in Relation to International Law”, by Nilüfer Oral, Director of the Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore (covering Part I), and Patrícia Galvão Teles (covering Part II), Members of the International Law Commission and Co-Chairs of the Study Group on Sea-Level Rise, are now available on all our podcast platforms.
Listen to the lectures in SoundCloud (Part I: https://soundcloud.com/un_avl/nilufer-oral-2-sea-level-rise and Part II: https://soundcloud.com/un_avl/patricia-galvao-teles-sea) ; Apple Podcasts (Part I: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/nil%C3%BCfer-oral-sea-level-rise-in-relation-to-international/id1383408356?i=1000768397632 and Part II: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/patr%C3%ADcia-galv%C3%A3o-teles-sea-level-rise-in-relation-to/id1383408356?i=1000768397661) ; and Spotify (Part I: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6CF9ZyX48Hc4LGPwvdCjQN and Part II: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5fdcB3diioFdqjd5WJSm5N)

15/05/2026

In tribute to Judge Kenneth Keith, the AVL invites you to watch his lecture entitled “Openness in International Law”, here: https://legal.un.org/avl/ls/Keith_RL.html #

14/05/2026

The AVL pays tribute to Judge Kenneth Keith, former member of the International Court of Justice, who generously supported the United Nations’ efforts in the teaching and dissemination of international law.
We invite you to watch his lecture “Interpreting in International Courts and Tribunals”, which constitutes an unprecedented legacy towards teaching and dissemination of international law: https://legal.un.org/avl/ls/Keith_CT_video_4.html

12/05/2026

A new lecture entitled “Inadmissibility of Claims in Treaty-Based Investment Arbitration”, by Filippo Fontanelli, Professor of International Law and Practice at the University of Edinburgh Law School, is now available on all our podcast platforms.
Listen to the lecture in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/un_avl/filippo-fontanelli-1 ; Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/filippo-fontanelli-inadmissibility-of-claims-in/id1383408356?i=1000767196837 ; and Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Ug0RUeuygY26CPELXNTwR

05/05/2026

Una nueva conferencia de Catharine T**i, Profesora titular de investigación en el Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas (CNRS)-CERSA, Universidad Paris-Panthéon-Assas, sobre “La equidad en el derecho internacional”, se encuentra disponible en todas las plataformas de podcasts de la AVL.
Escuche la conferencia en SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/un_avl/catharine-titi-la-equidad-en-1 ; Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/catharine-titi-la-equidad-en-el-derecho-internacional/id1383408356?i=1000766053968 ; y Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6GIOE9kP7LTicYUzOu6wG0

28/04/2026

A new lecture entitled “Regional Trade Agreements” by Lorand Bartels, Professor of International Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, is now available on all our podcast platforms.
Listen to the lecture in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/un_avl/lorand-bartels-regional-trade ; Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/lorand-bartels-regional-trade-agreements/id1383408356?i=1000763836428 ; and Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3qJxeJahgffbLQHkZgdwAP

26/04/2026

On the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the inaugural sitting of the International Court of Justice on 18 April 1946, we invite you to watch this lecture: https://legal.un.org/avl/ls/Gowlland-Debbas_CT.html
The audio of the lecture is also available in Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/un_avl/vera-gowlland-debbas-on-the-icj-as-the-principal-judicial-organ-of-the-un

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