VCE Global politics units - Unites 3 & 4 - Global actors & challenges

For treaties  and conventions under the auspices of the United Nations search on the UN Treaty series

For definitions and overviews of ethical issues and definitions of key terms:

• search across all the online encyclopedias in the Gale Virtual Reference Library
• search for definitions in the Oxford English dictionary or the Macquarie dictionary

Overviews

Sourced from the Governments of the world: a global guide to citizens' rights and responsibilities 

• International human rights law
• International humanitarian law 

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

• The Core International Human Rights Instruments and their monitoring bodies

Article search

• this is a broad search for articles on international human rights law accessible through our subscription databases 
• alter keywords for more specific searches, for example
  • "human rights" China
  • "human rights law" torture

International conventions / treaties

• United Nations refugee treaties
• Convention against transnational organised crime (including protocols on people smuggling)
• Council of Europe convention on action against trafficking in human beings

Article search

• "refugee crisis" "international law"
• refugees "international law" "Australian government policy"
  • see also these ebooks 
• Mediterranean refugee crisis 

International conventions / treaties

• International covenant on economic, social and cultural rights
• Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against woman
• Convention on the rights of the child
• Convention on the organisation for economic co-operation and development

Sustainable development goals

Overviews

• Elliott, J. A. Sustainable development International encyclopedia of human geography
• Freedman, Bill, and Judson Knight Sustainable development The Gale encyclopedia of science
• United Nations. Sustainability knowledge platform, including papers from the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), Johannesburg Summit 2002
  • see also this overview of the summit: Corbett, James. Johannesburg Summit on Sustainable Development Climate change: in context​

Articles

• this search identifies recent articles on the UN and sustainable development goals. Note the limits added to the search
• do further searches including keywords describing the focus of your search. Use the 'Refine by' options to narrow your search. Limit by date to get the most recent articles 

Fair trade

Overviews

• Fair trade practices Gale business insights: handbook of global business law 
• World Fair Trade Organisation

Articles

• this search identifies recent articles on the "international development" and "fair trade" Note the limits added to the search
• do further searches including keywords describing the focus of your search. Use the 'Refine by' options to narrow your search. Limit by date to get the most recent articles 

Trade liberalisation

Overviews

There will be variations in spelling - 'liberalisation' or 'liberalization'. Our catalogue takes account of this and will search both spellings.

• OECD - trade liberalisation
• Liberalization, trade International encyclopedia of the social sciences

Articles

• this search identifies recent articles on trade liberalisation. Note the limits added to the search.
• do further searches including keywords describing the focus of your search. Use the 'Refine by' options to narrow your search. Limit by date to get the most recent articles

Micro finance

Overviews

• Microfinance. International encyclopedia of the social sciences
• Muhammad Yunus and microfinancing Innovation masters

Articles

• this search identifies recent articles on microfinance . Note the limits added to the search
• do further searches including keywords describing the focus of your search. Use the 'Refine by' options to narrow your search. Limit by date to get the most recent articles

Development aid 

Overviews

• Desai, V. Aid International Encyclopedia of Human Geography 
• Bader, Julia, and JÖrg Faust. Foreign aid The encyclopedia of political science
• Foreign Aid Worldmark global business and economy issues

Articles

• this search identifies recent articles on development aid and politics. Note the limits added to the search
  do further searches including keywords describing the focus of your search. Use the 'Refine by' options to narrow your search. Limit by date to get the most recent articles

Debt relief

Overviews

• Debt relief - overview World Bank
• Foreign debt Worldmark global Business and economy issues

Articles

• this search identifies recent articles on international debt relief. Note the limits added to the search
  do further searches including keywords describing the focus of your search. Use the 'Refine by' options to narrow your search. Limit by date to get the most recent articles

International laws & conventions

• United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs 
  • Disarmament treaties database
  • Fact sheets

Overviews

• Arms control and arms race International encyclopedia of the social sciences
• Larsen, Jeffrey. Arms control The encyclopedia of political science

Articles

• this is a broad article search for items on arms control. Note the limits added to the search
• do further searches including keywords describing the focus of your search. Use the 'Refine by' options to narrow your search. Limit by date to get the most recent articles 

Ebooks

• this search finds ebooks we hold on the subject of arms control
• change the search scope to 'Books etc' to include our recent print books

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