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Outline. Research Guides Treaties UN Materials and OHCHR International courts and tribunals Regional materials (including courts and tribunals) Europe Africa The Americas Country Reports Subject web sites. Research Guides. ASIL http://www.asil.org/resource/humrts1.htm

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  1. Outline • Research Guides • Treaties • UN Materials and OHCHR • International courts and tribunals • Regional materials (including courts and tribunals) • Europe • Africa • The Americas • Country Reports • Subject web sites

  2. Research Guides • ASIL • http://www.asil.org/resource/humrts1.htm • United Nations Documentation: Research Guide on Human Rights • http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/spechr.htm

  3. United Nations: Useful URLs • UN web site @ http://www.un.org/ • Official Web Locator @ Index to web sites of UN organisations - http://www.unsystem.org/ • UN High Commissioner for Human Rights @ http://www.ohchr.org/ • ASIL guide to UN research@ http://www.asil.org/resource/un1.htm • UN Documentation: Research Guide @ http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/ • UN Research Guide for Human Rights- http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/spechr.htm

  4. Finding UN Documents • UN ODS - http://documents.un.org/ • UNBisnet - http://unbisnet.un.org/ • Treaty Bodies Database - http://tb.ohchr.org/default.aspx

  5. UN Human Rights Resources: Human Rights Bodies • UN High Commissioner for Human Rights • Charter Based bodies • Established by the UN charter • Address broad human rights issues • Unlimited audience • Majority voting • Treaty Based bodies • Established by a treaty • Address issues covered by the treaty • Audience is signatories of the treaty only • Decisions based on consensus • Documents available on UN ODS, UnBisnet • Documents produced by the Treaty Based bodies are also available on the Treaty Bodies Database

  6. UN Human Rights Bodies: Charter Based Bodies • Human Rights Council • Special procedures (discuss and report on human rights situations relating to particular countries or themes) • Commission on Human Rights • No longer exists – predecessor of the Human Rights Council • Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights • Carries out studies on human rights issues and make recommendations

  7. Treaty Based Bodies • Committee against Torture (CAT) • Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) • Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) • Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) • Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW) • Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) • Human Rights Committee (CCPR) • Documents produced by the Treaty Based Bodies are available on the Treaty Bodies Database as well as UN ODS, Unbisnet

  8. Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights • http://www.ohchr.org/ • Countries – treaty status, special procedures (country), reports by region • Issues - Subject index to committees, special Rapporteurs, treaties etc • International Law – Treaties / instruments – includes a subject index • Human Rights Bodies – Detailed information about / from the Charter and treaty bodies and access to the Treaty Bodies Database @ http://tb.ohchr.org/default.aspx

  9. International Courts and Tribunals

  10. Guides • Pict – Project on International Courts and Tribuals • http://www.pict-pcti.org/ • Explanation of the origins, history, functions and procedures of the international and regional courts

  11. International Courts and Tribunals online • Research Guide @ http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/specil.htm • Basic Court documents • Courts website • Sometimes Westlaw • Annual reports etc – Courts own Website • Judgments, Decisions, Indictments • Courts own web site • Westlaw • Worldlii (usually Westlaw only)

  12. ICJ: Research Guides and Reference Works • UN research guide includes a section on the ICJ http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/specil.htm#icj • International Court of Justice Yearbook Internat 725 c 858 j-k • Summaries of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders of the International Court of JusticeInternat 121a • Bibliography of the International Court of Justice Internat 400 c858

  13. ICJ: In print • (Reports of) Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders – Int 121 • French and English • Annual index • Pleadings, Oral Arguments, Documents – Int 122 • 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 • OSCOLA - cite the print series in preference to other series and online versions. If print is not available cite online version from the ICJ web site.

  14. International Court of Justice online - http://www.icj-cij.org • Basic Documents • Cases • full text of judgments (contentious cases) /advisory opinions (advisory proceedings) • related documents (e.g. application, oral and written proceedings, orders, summaries, press releases) • Search engine is poor – not very good for subject searching

  15. 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

  16. Choose appropriate option

  17. Choose Judgments etc as appropriate

  18. ICJ Online • Westlaw • International (Directory)| All Westlaw Database | International/Worldwide | Multinational | Court and Tribunal Cases • Full text judgments and orders but NOT all related documents • Search engine allows subject searching • Worldlii –http://www.worldlii.org • “International Decisions” > 26 international courts including ICJ • Full text judgments (from ICJ website) but NOT related documents • Search engine allows subject searching

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

  20. ICJ and other international courts and tribunals on Worldlii International Courts and Tribunals

  21. Worldlii “International Decisions” database includes 26 international courts including: • ICJ • European Court of Human Rights • Inter-American Court of Human Rights Decisions 1981- (Selected) • Interights Commonwealth Human Rights Law 1992-2002 • Interights International Human Rights Law 1981-2001 • International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Decisions 2004- • International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia Decisions 1996- • United Nations Committee against Torture Decisions 1993- • United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Decisions 1988- • United Nations Human Rights Committee Decisions 1977- (WorldLII)

  22. Combine terms using: 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 Search across groups of courts. “All Human Rights Courts & Tribunals” is useful To find out when judgments were added to Worldlii for each court To browse a court click on the link, to search a court tick the check box

  23. International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia • UN research guide @ http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/specil.htm#ity • Basic documents, annual reports @http://www.un.org/icty/ Judgments in print (indictments, decisions, judgments) • The Judicial Reports/ Recueils judiciaires Internat 580 I63c Judgments online (indictments, decisions, judgments) • ITY web site @ http://www.un.org/icty/ • Westlaw • Worldlii (judgment only – not entirely up to date) Oscola citation • Case name (Decision type) ICTY-year#-case# (date). • Alternatively cite International Legal Materials or International Human Rights Reports.

  24. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) • UN Research Guide @ http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/specil.htm#itr • ICTR website • Basic documents • Indictments, decisions, judgments • Status of pending cases • Annual reports etc • Westlaw (indictments, decisions, judgments) • Worldlii • Oscola citation – same as ICTY

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

  26. Cases before UN Treaty Committees • Worldlii • Cases before Human Rights Committee, Committee against Torture, Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination, • Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (http://www.law.uu.nl/english/sim/) • Databases > Case Law • Cases before Human Rights Committee, Committee against Torture, Committees on…Elimination of Racial Discrimination, …Discrimination against women. • Indexed by subject, keyword, state, name etc

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

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

  29. Regional: Europe

  30. Europe • Council of Europe – http://www.coe.int • European Convention on Human Rights - http://conventions.coe.int • European Court of Human Rights - http://www.echr.coe.int/echr • Judgments and decisions on Westlaw, Justis, HUDOC, Worldlii

  31. Directorate General of Human rights – publications, sub committees, news and current activities Text of the convention, signatories, ratifications, reservations etc Reports and other documents from the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights

  32. European Court of Human Rights: Judgments • Official Reports • Before 1 Nov 1998 known as Series A and numbered consecutively e.g. 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 (cited ECHR)e.g. Osman v UK (App no 23452/94) ECHR 1998-VIII 3124 • Available in print at Internat 121 and online on Justis • European Human Rights Reports (EHRR) • e.g. Young, James and Webster v UK (App no 7601/76) (1982) 4 EHRR 38 • Available in print at Internat 150 E60 on Westlaw • OSCOLA – Cite Official Reports or EHRR

  33. ECHR: Transcripts • Court Transcripts • Court web site – HUDOC - http://www.echr.coe.int/echr • Worldlii • Netherlands Institute

  34. Full text searching use the following connectors: AND • OR • NOT • WITHIN N OF *TRUNCATION • ? SINGLE CHARACTER Reports of Judgments and Decisions (ECHR) on Justis

  35. Official reports – old style series A Transcript Official reports – new style

  36. EHRR on Westlaw • UK section of Westlaw includes ECHR judgments • European Court of Human Rights Reports (includes all court judgments and selected commission decisions) • Case Analysis information including summary, legislation considered, judicial history, commentary

  37. Choose “Advanced Search” for more options

  38. Searches full text of all judgments Searches party names Searches for cases by legislation considered. Searches for cases which have considered an earlier case

  39. 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 Full text of the case

  40. The Westlaw cases analysis document includes related information Lists of reports of the judgment Summary and abstract

  41. Later cases which have cited this case Legislation considered during the case

  42. To search for cases citing a particular article of the European Convention. Note this will return cases before the ECHR and the UK domestic courts

  43. ECHR web site • http://www.echr.coe.int/ • Basic Documents and texts of the court • Database of transcripts of judgments and commission decisions • To go direct to the transcripts database http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/

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