International Bodies & Tribunals
- African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR)The Protocol establishing the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights was adopted on 9 June 1998 in Burkina Faso and came into force on 25 January 2004, established by Member States of the African Union to ensure the protection of human and peoples’ rights in Africa. Basic documents, sources of law and cases can be accessed through the website of the Court.
- African Commission on Human and Peoples' RightsThe Commission was created by the members of the AU prior to the establishment of the Court.
- Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR)Established to safeguard the essential rights of man in the American continent. This official website describes the history of the Court, provides the full text of the Statute of the Court and its composition; the legal instruments, rules of procedure and decisions, judgments and provisional measures.
- European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)Set up in 1959, the European Court on Human Rights rules on individual or State applications alleging violations of the civil and political rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights.
- International Court of Justice (ICJ)The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN). It was established in June 1945 by the Charter of the United Nations and began work in April 1946. The website contains basic documents, dockets, and decisions
Case Law Sources
- International Law Reports / vLex This link opens in a new windowThe International Law Reports (ILR) systematically reports in English decisions of international courts and arbitrators as well as judgments of national courts and tribunals dealing with issues of public international law, from 1919 to the present. ILR features a diverse range of topics such as, conflicts between states, state and diplomatic immunity, terrorism and refugee law, among other topics.
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- EU Supreme Courts Common Case PortalA "... meta-search engine of National Case Law ... created by the Network of the Presidents of the European Supreme Courts."
- German Federal Constitutional CourtLink is to cases that have English translations from the Court and contain the phrase "freedom of expression".
- German Law ArchiveThe German Law Archive publishes translated cases, statutes, literature and bibliographies on German law.
- Global Freedom of Expression Case Law DatabaseA curated collection of over 1,728 cases from Columbia University's Initiative.
- Loyola Law at L.A. Inter-American Court of Human Rights ProjectThe 'Censorship' topic lists 4 cases. 28 cases are listed for 'Freedom of Expression'.
- Selected German Cases on Freedom of the Press and ExpressionFrom the University of Texas' Institute of Transnational Law.
- Lexis Foreign LawLexis provides coverage for the countries listed, and news from others reached from the "View all Countries and Regions" link below the listing.
- Westlaw International MaterialsCases and other sources from selected jurisdictions.
- Article 19.org's FoE pre-2003 National Case Law ListingDigest summaries of almost 100 cases from 18 countries. Use the Index to search by topic, or the Table of Contents to view countries and case names. Also available in print.
- Article 19.org's FoE pre-2003 International Case Law ListingDigest summaries of some 200 cases from 18 countries. Use the Index to search by topic, or the Table of Contents to view by the presiding court. Also available in print as volume 2 of the set.
- Oxford Reports on International Law (ORIL) This link opens in a new windowORIL has coverage of public international case law, reporting on international courts, domestic courts and ad hoc tribunals. Case reports contain the full text of each decision, headnote, as well as analytical commentary and English translations of a number of key non-English decisions. ORIL also includes ICSID investment arbitration decisions.
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- vLex This link opens in a new windowvLex Justis is a global legal database that contains foreign and international case law. It includes constitutions, cases, statutes, codes, law journal articles, books, and legal news in multiple languages for 134 countries including Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Portugal, Italy, the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, and the United States. Search terms and full text results can be translated into 13 languages.
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Aspects of Regional Human Rights Systems Compared
- A Schematic Comparison of Regional Human Rights SystemsA 2006 comparison in SUR - The International Journal on Human Rights. The link opens to the chart, but the page and a half introduction preceding it is also informative.