1. 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

2. Guides Pict – Project on International Courts and Tribuals @ http://www.pict-pcti.org/ Pict – Project on International Courts and Tribuals @ http://www.pict-pcti.org/http://www.pict-pcti.org/ ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law @ http://www.asil.org/resource/humrts1.htm#Secti onD ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law @ http://www.asil.org/resource/humrts1.htm#Secti onD http://www.asil.org/resource/humrts1.htm#Secti onD http://www.asil.org/resource/humrts1.htm#Secti onD UN Research Guide @ http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/specil.htm UN Research Guide @ http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/specil.htm http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/specil.htm Research guides for individual courts see second half of handout Research guides for individual courts see second half of handout

3. 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

4. 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)

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. For materials from beyond the UK/EU choose Westlaw International

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

13. Database selected Combine terms using connectors Rape within the same sentence as ethnic

14. To see all results To search within results To jump to your keywords Print, save, e-mail etc

15. Worldlii @ http://www.worldlii.orghttp://www.worldlii.org 26 international courts including: ICJ ICJ International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Decisions 2004- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Decisions 2004- International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia 1996- International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia 1996- United Nations Committee against Torture Decisions 1993- United Nations Committee against Torture Decisions 1993- United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 1988- United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 1988- United Nations Human Rights Committee 1977- United Nations Human Rights Committee 1977- European Court of Human Rights European Court of Human Rights Inter-American Court of Human Rights 1981- (Selected) Inter-American Court of Human Rights 1981- (Selected) Interights Commonwealth Human Rights Law 1992-2002 Interights Commonwealth Human Rights Law 1992-2002 Interights International Human Rights Law 1981-2001 Interights International Human Rights Law 1981-2001

16. International Courts and Tribunals

17. 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

18. Sort options To see results from one particular court (or database) only

19. 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 http://www.interights.org/database- search/index.htm http://www.interights.org/database- search/index.htm

22. Notes for specific courts

23. International Court of Justice

24. ICJ: Research Guides & Reference Works UN research guide includes a section on the ICJ @ http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/sp ecil.htm#icj UN research guide includes a section on the ICJ @ http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/sp ecil.htm#icj http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/sp ecil.htm#icj http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/sp 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

25. 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

26. ICJ online ICJ web site @ http://www.icj-cij.org ICJ web site @ http://www.icj-cij.orghttp://www.icj-cij.org 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia UN research guide @ http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/specil.htm #ity UN research guide @ http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/specil.htm #ity http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/specil.htm #ity http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/specil.htm #ity Basic documents, annual reports @http://www.un.org/icty/ Basic documents, annual reports @http://www.un.org/icty/http://www.un.org/icty/ Judgments in print The Judicial Reports/ Recueils judiciaires Internat 580 I63c The Judicial Reports/ Recueils judiciaires Internat 580 I63c Judgments online ITY web site @ http://www.un.org/icty/ ITY web site @ http://www.un.org/icty/http://www.un.org/icty/ Westlaw Westlaw Worldlii (not entirely up to date) Worldlii (not entirely up to date)

30. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda UN Research Guide @ http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/sp ecil.htm#itr UN Research Guide @ http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/sp ecil.htm#itr http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/sp ecil.htm#itr http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/sp ecil.htm#itrOnline ICTR website @ http://69.94.11.53/ ICTR website @ http://69.94.11.53/ 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

31. Other international courts… International Criminal Court International Criminal Court UN research guides @ http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/specil.h tm#icc UN research guides @ http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/specil.h tm#icc http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/specil.h tm#icc http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/specil.h tm#icc http://www.icc-cpi.int/ http://www.icc-cpi.int/ http://www.icc-cpi.int/ Special Court for Sierra Leone @ http://www.sc-sl.org/ Special Court for Sierra Leone @ http://www.sc-sl.org/ http://www.sc-sl.org/ Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor @ http://www.cavr-timorleste.org/ Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor @ http://www.cavr-timorleste.org/ http://www.cavr-timorleste.org/

32. Decisions of UN Treaty Committees

33. UN Treaty Bodies Decisions Information about the treaty bodies at @ http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/icm -mc/docs/hri_mc_2007_4.doc Information about the treaty bodies at @ http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/icm -mc/docs/hri_mc_2007_4.doc http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/icm -mc/docs/hri_mc_2007_4.doc http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/icm -mc/docs/hri_mc_2007_4.doc Treaty bodies database @ http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf Treaty bodies database @ http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf Worldlii Worldlii Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (http://www.law.uu.nl/english/sim/ Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (http://www.law.uu.nl/english/sim/http://www.law.uu.nl/english/sim/ 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

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

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

39. Browse by treaty article, subject, keyword, country etc

40. European Court of Human Rights

41. 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 1998 - Renamed Reports of Judgments and Decisions. Citation looks like: Osman v UK (App no 23452/94) ECHR 1998-VIII 3124 After 1 Nov 1998 - 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

42. ECHR: Transcripts Court Transcripts are available on Court Transcripts are available on Court web site (HUDOC) @ http://www.echr.coe.int/echr Court web site (HUDOC) @ http://www.echr.coe.int/echr http://www.echr.coe.int/echr Worldlii Worldlii Netherlands Institute of Human Rights Netherlands Institute of Human Rights

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

44. 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.

45. 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

46. e.g. searching for ECHR cases on the death penalty

47. ECHR web site http://www.echr.coe.int/ http://www.echr.coe.int/ http://www.echr.coe.int/ 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 http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/ To go direct to the transcripts database http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/

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

49. 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

50. 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

51. Inter American Human Rights

52. Inter American Commission on Human Rights Inter American Commission on Human Rights @ http://www.cidh.org/DefaultE.htm Inter American Commission on Human Rights @ http://www.cidh.org/DefaultE.htm http://www.cidh.org/DefaultE.htm Cases Cases Cases section of the Commission web site Cases section of the Commission web site University of Minnesota index to Commission cases @ http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/cases/commi ssn.htm University of Minnesota index to Commission cases @ http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/cases/commi ssn.htm http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/cases/commi ssn.htm http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/cases/commi ssn.htm

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

55. 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 site @ http://www.corteidh.or.cr/ – Spanish versions appear first Court web site @ http://www.corteidh.or.cr/ – Spanish versions appear firsthttp://www.corteidh.or.cr/ University of Minnesota @ http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/iachr/iachr.html - Judgments, opinions and decisions + related documents University of Minnesota @ http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/iachr/iachr.html - Judgments, opinions and decisions + related documents http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/iachr/iachr.html Worldlii Worldlii

56. 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