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.
Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information. Covers many news sources for 20 years. Court cases and statutes from all federal and state jurisdictions are included. Most resources can be searched in full text.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A United Nations court of law dealing with war crimes that took place during the conflicts in the Balkans in the 1990s.[United Nations | International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals]
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.
Established by the Cambodian National Assembly and the United Nations in 2001 to try serious crimes committed during the Khmer Rouge regime, 1975-1979.
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.
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
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.
Decisions on public international law from international law courts, domestic courts, and ad hoc tribunals, accompanied by expert analysis.
The Oxford Reports on International Law (ORIL) database brings together decisions on public international law from international courts and tribunals as well as domestic courts and ad hoc tribunals.