International Courts

• International Court of Justice (ICJ)

  Principal judicial organ of the United Nations. Adjudicates between member states of the UN and issues advisory opinions when requested to do so. Its legal opinions are binding.

• Nexis Uni (Formerly LexisNexis Academic)

  find ICJ Advisory Opinions (ICJAO), Decisions Combined (ALLICJ), Filings (ICJDOC), and Judgments (ICJCC).

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• International Criminal Court (ICC)

  First permanent treaty-based international criminal court established to help end impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes of concern to the international community.

• ICC Legal Tools

  serves as a complete virtual library on international criminal law and justice. The Tool comprises of more than 44,000 documents and legal digests.

• CVRIA:

  find current European Union case law.

• European Court of Human Rights

  Find case law, legal analysis, and statistical reports.

• HUDOC [case law database]

  the official case law database of the European Court of Human Rights.

• African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights

  Established by member States of the African Union under Article 1 of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Right on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Right to ensure the protection of human rights in Africa.

• Inter-American Court of Human Rights | Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos

  An autonomous judicial institution of the Organization of American States with the mandate to apply and interpret the American Convention on Human Rights and other related treaties.

• Permanent Court of Arbitration | Cour Permanente d'Arbitrage

  An intergovernmental organization with over one hundred member states established in 1899 to facilitate arbitration and other forms of dispute resolution between states. Provides services for the resolution of disputes involving various combinations of states, state entities, intergovernmental organizations, and private parties.

• International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

  An independent judicial body established by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to adjudicate disputes arising out of the interpretation and application of the Convention. The Tribunal is composed of 21 independent members elected from among persons enjoying the highest reputation for fairness and integrity and of recognized competence in the field of the law of the sea.

International Criminal Tribunals

• United Nations Mechanisms for International Criminal Tribunals

  Legacy website of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Since the ICTR’s closure on 31 December 2015, the Mechanism maintains this website as part of its mission to preserve and promote the legacy of the UN International Criminal Tribunals.

• International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia [United Nations]

  A United Nations court of law dealing with war crimes that took place during the conflicts in the Balkans in the 1990s.

• Special Tribunal for Lebanon

  Mandated to try people accused of carrying out the attack of 14 February 2005, which killed 23 people including the former prime minister of Lebanon, Rafiq Hariri.

• Special Court for Sierra Leone | Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone

  Was set up jointly by the Government of Sierra Leone and the United Nations to try those who bear the greatest responsibility for serious violations of international humanitarian law and Sierra Leonean law committed in the territory of Sierra Leone since 30 November 1996.

• Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)

  Established by the Cambodian National Assembly and the United Nations in 2001 to try serious crimes committed during the Khmer Rouge regime, 1975-1979.

• Ad-Hoc Court for East Timor

  Key documents and articles about the independence of East Timor.

Combined Resources for International Courts and Criminal Tribunals

• International Courts & Tribunals Collection

  a web portal that searches across:
  - all African courts and tribunals
  - all international courts and tribunals
  - all European courts and tribunals
  - human rights courts and tribunals
  - all trade-related courts and tribunals

• African International Courts and Tribunals

  Information on regional and other international courts and tribunals substantially touching Africa.

• Centre for International Courts & Tribunals

  Established at the Faculty of Laws, University College London (UCL) in 2002, this Center serves as the London home of the Project on International Courts and Tribunals (PICT), which was established in 1997 by the Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD) in London and the Center on International Cooperation at New York University.

• International Criminal Tribunals and Special Courts [Global Policy Forum]

  Global Policy Forum is an independent policy watchdog that monitors the work of the United Nations and scrutinizes global policymaking. They promote accountability and citizen participation in decisions on peace and security, social justice and international law.

• Oxford Reports on International Law

  Decisions on public international law from international law courts, domestic courts, and ad hoc tribunals, accompanied by expert analysis.