International Courts and Tribunals International Court of Justice International Court of Justice International Criminal Court International Criminal Court International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Special Court for Sierra Leone Special Court for Sierra Leone Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor Cases before UN treaty and charter bodies Cases before UN treaty and charter bodies European Court of Human Rights European Court of Human Rights Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Inter-American Court of Human Rights Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Guides Pict – Project on International Courts and Pict – Project on International Courts and ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International onD ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International onD onD onD UN Research UN Research Research guides for individual courts see second half of handout Research guides for individual courts see second half of handout

Where to find judgments & decisions: publications International Legal Materials International Legal Materials Key publication including treaties, UN resolutions and declarations, cases Key publication including treaties, UN resolutions and declarations, cases Internat 300 I 240 Internat 300 I 240 Online Westlaw / Lexis / HeinOnline Online Westlaw / Lexis / HeinOnline International Human Rights Reports – Internat 300 I162 International Human Rights Reports – Internat 300 I162 International Law Reports - Internat 100 I61 International Law Reports - Internat 100 I61

Where to find judgments and decisions online Web site of the relevant court (often also includes indictments, pleadings etc) – URLS later Web site of the relevant court (often also includes indictments, pleadings etc) – URLS later Worldlii Worldlii Westlaw Westlaw Interights - Key human rights cases from Commonwealth (domestic and international courts and tribunals) Interights - Key human rights cases from Commonwealth (domestic and international courts and tribunals) Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (esp UN committees) Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (esp UN committees) University of Minnesota Human Rights Library (esp Inter American Court of Human Rights) University of Minnesota Human Rights Library (esp Inter American Court of Human Rights)

Where to find other stuff… Basic Court documents Basic Court documents PICT PICT Web site of the relevant court Web site of the relevant court Annual reports etc Annual reports etc Web site of the relevant court or its parent body Web site of the relevant court or its parent body University of Minnesota Human Rights library University of Minnesota Human Rights library

Westlaw : International Legal Materials International Legal Materials International Court of Justice International Court of Justice International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda European Court of Human Rights European Court of Human Rights

Westlaw Search ECHR from “ UK cases ” screen Search ECHR from “ UK cases ” screen International courts / International Legal Materials are hard to find. To find them: Westlaw International > Directory > All Westlaw Databases > International/Worldwide > Multinational > Court and Tribunal Cases International courts / International Legal Materials are hard to find. To find them: Westlaw International > Directory > All Westlaw Databases > International/Worldwide > Multinational > Court and Tribunal Cases

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To search cases from selected courts To search International Legal Materials. Includes treaties, UN resolutions and declarations, cases. From Legislation choose “International Legal Materials”

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international courts including: ICJ ICJ International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Decisions International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Decisions International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia United Nations Committee against Torture Decisions United Nations Committee against Torture Decisions United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination United Nations Human Rights Committee United Nations Human Rights Committee European Court of Human Rights European Court of Human Rights Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Selected) Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Selected) Interights Commonwealth Human Rights Law Interights Commonwealth Human Rights Law Interights International Human Rights Law Interights International Human Rights Law

International Courts and Tribunals

1. Choose court(s). Either check the boxes next to the court(s) you want to search OR choose a pre selected group of courts (e.g. All Human Rights Courts). 2. Enter search terms. Use the following connectors: AND, OR, NOT NEAR – within 50 words w/n –term 1 within n terms of term 2 Pre/n –term 1 must precede term 2 by n terms *truncation symbol Check when last judgement was added to Worldlii

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Interights Key human rights cases from international courts and tribunals and domestic courts in the Commonwealth Key human rights cases from international courts and tribunals and domestic courts in the Commonwealth search/index.htm search/index.htm

Notes for specific courts

International Court of Justice

ICJ: Research Guides & Reference Works UN research guide includes a section on the ecil.htm#icj UN research guide includes a section on the ecil.htm#icj ecil.htm#icj ecil.htm#icj International Court of Justice Yearbook Internat 725 c 858 j-k International Court of Justice Yearbook Internat 725 c 858 j-k Summaries of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders of the International Court of Justice Internat 121a Summaries of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders of the International Court of Justice Internat 121a Bibliography of the International Court of Justice Internat 400 c858 Bibliography of the International Court of Justice Internat 400 c858

ICJ: Judgments in print (Reports of) Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders – Internat 121 (Reports of) Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders – Internat 121 Annual index Annual index Pleadings, Oral Arguments, Documents – Internat 122 Pleadings, Oral Arguments, Documents – Internat 122 Documentation relating to each case (e.g. application, written and oral proceedings, documents submitted to the court, selected correspondence etc) Documentation relating to each case (e.g. application, written and oral proceedings, documents submitted to the court, selected correspondence etc) Published after the end of the case in the original language Published after the end of the case in the original language

ICJ online ICJ web ICJ web Basic Documents Basic Documents Cases Cases Full text of judgments (contentious cases) /advisory opinions (advisory proceedings) Full text of judgments (contentious cases) /advisory opinions (advisory proceedings) Related documents (e.g. application, oral and written proceedings, orders, summaries, press releases) Related documents (e.g. application, oral and written proceedings, orders, summaries, press releases) Not good for subject searching Not good for subject searching Worldlii and Westlaw Worldlii and Westlaw Cases Cases Preferable for subject searching Preferable for subject searching

Background information – history, how the court works, judges etc Text of judgments and advisory opinions and related documents Statute of the Court, rules of procedure etc Information about the courts’ jurisdiction THE ICJ website

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda International Criminal Court Special Court for Sierra Leone Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia UN research #ity UN research #ity #ity #ity Basic documents, annual Basic documents, annual Judgments in print The Judicial Reports/ Recueils judiciaires Internat 580 I63c The Judicial Reports/ Recueils judiciaires Internat 580 I63c Judgments online ITY web ITY web Westlaw Westlaw Worldlii (not entirely up to date) Worldlii (not entirely up to date)

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda UN Research ecil.htm#itr UN Research ecil.htm#itr ecil.htm#itr ecil.htm#itrOnline ICTR ICTR Basic documents Basic documents Indictments, decisions, judgments Indictments, decisions, judgments Status of pending cases Status of pending cases Annual reports etc Annual reports etc Westlaw (indictments, decisions, judgments) Westlaw (indictments, decisions, judgments) Worldlii Worldlii

Other international courts… International Criminal Court International Criminal Court UN research tm#icc UN research tm#icc tm#icc tm#icc Special Court for Sierra Special Court for Sierra Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East

Decisions of UN Treaty Committees

UN Treaty Bodies Decisions Information about the treaty bodies -mc/docs/hri_mc_2007_4.doc Information about the treaty bodies -mc/docs/hri_mc_2007_4.doc -mc/docs/hri_mc_2007_4.doc -mc/docs/hri_mc_2007_4.doc Treaty bodies Treaty bodies Worldlii Worldlii Netherlands Institute of Human Rights ( Netherlands Institute of Human Rights ( Indexed by subject, keyword, state, name etc Indexed by subject, keyword, state, name etc Once connected choose Databases > Case Law Once connected choose Databases > Case Law

Click on the > next to the relevant body The Treaty Bodies Database

Cases before UN committees Cases before ECHR Cases before tribunals for Yugoslavia / Rwanda Comments by treaty bodies in response to country reports

Browse by treaty article, subject, keyword, country etc

European Court of Human Rights

European Court of Human Rights: Reports of Judgments Official Reports Official Reports Before 1 Nov 1998 known as Series A and numbered consecutively. Citation looks like: Plattform ‘Ärtze für das Leben’ v Austria (App no 10126/82) (1988) Series A no 139 Before 1 Nov 1998 known as Series A and numbered consecutively. Citation looks like: Plattform ‘Ärtze für das Leben’ v Austria (App no 10126/82) (1988) Series A no 139 After 1 Nov Renamed Reports of Judgments and Decisions. Citation looks like: Osman v UK (App no 23452/94) ECHR 1998-VIII 3124 After 1 Nov Renamed Reports of Judgments and Decisions. Citation looks like: Osman v UK (App no 23452/94) ECHR 1998-VIII 3124 Available online on Justis / in print at Internat 121 Available online on Justis / in print at Internat 121 European Human Rights Reports (EHRR) European Human Rights Reports (EHRR) Reputable publication as an alternative to the official reports Reputable publication as an alternative to the official reports Citation looks like: Young, James and Webster v UK (App no 7601/76) (1982) 4 EHRR 38 Citation looks like: Young, James and Webster v UK (App no 7601/76) (1982) 4 EHRR 38 Available online on Westlaw or in print at Internat 150 Available online on Westlaw or in print at Internat 150

ECHR: Transcripts Court Transcripts are available on Court Transcripts are available on Court web site Court web site Worldlii Worldlii Netherlands Institute of Human Rights Netherlands Institute of Human Rights

Choose “Advanced Search” for more options Westlaw “UK Cases” includes European Court of Human Rights Reports (all ECHR judgments and selected commission decisions)

Searches full text of all judgments (use for subject searching) Searches party names Searches for cases by legislation considered. E.g. European Convention on Human Rights article 3.

Full text of the case Related information including: List of reports of the case Summary of the issues Legislation considered in the judgment Earlier cases considered in the judgment Later cases which have considered this judgment Commentary on the judgment

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ECHR web site Basic Documents and texts of the court Basic Documents and texts of the court Database of transcripts of judgments and commission decisions Database of transcripts of judgments and commission decisions To go direct to the transcripts database To go direct to the transcripts database

Transcripts database European Convention on Human Rights and additional protocols History, organization, composition, procedures etc

To search decisions of the European Commission (ceased 1999) open up decisions box. Note not all commission decisions are available. Use … to browse a thesaurus of terms Make sure the “from” field is not filled in when you open up the database HUDOC - Transcripts Some judgments are only available on one language

Full text Analytical information including dates, party names, who the case was referred by, Strasbourg case law cited, keywords, durable URL Keywords in context – finds your keywords and displays surrounding text Links to related information

Inter American Human Rights

Inter American Commission on Human Rights Inter American Commission on Human Inter American Commission on Human Cases Cases Cases section of the Commission web site Cases section of the Commission web site University of Minnesota index to Commission ssn.htm University of Minnesota index to Commission ssn.htm ssn.htm ssn.htm

Cases Background information including relationship of Commission and Court Reports from special rapporteurs, country reports, cases, work with the court

Inter American Court of Human Rights Reports of judgments Reports of judgments Series A – Judgments and opinions Series A – Judgments and opinions Series B – Pleadings, Oral Arguments and Documents (relating to series A) Series B – Pleadings, Oral Arguments and Documents (relating to series A) Series C – Decisions and judgments Series C – Decisions and judgments Series D - Pleadings, Oral Arguments and Documents (relating to series C) Series D - Pleadings, Oral Arguments and Documents (relating to series C) Finding Cases online Finding Cases online Court web – Spanish versions appear first Court web – Spanish versions appear firsthttp:// University of - Judgments, opinions and decisions + related documents University of - Judgments, opinions and decisions + related documents Worldlii Worldlii

Statute of the court, rules of procedure, composition, history etc Browse judgments chronologically or by country Text in word / pdf Annual reports – includes cases Search for judgment by keywords or by country/date range