ASSOCIATION OF DEFENCE COUNSEL

PRACTISING BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL

FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

 

Useful Links

 

International Tribunals and Courts

 

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Special Court for Sierra Leone

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

Special Tribunal for Lebanon

International Criminal Court

International Court of Justice

 

 

Other Courts of Interest

 

State Court Bosnia and Herzegovina

European Court of Human Rights

Inter-American Court of Human Rights

 

 

International Associations and Societies

 

Association of Defence Counsel for the ICTR (ADAD)

International Criminal Bar

American Society for International Law

International Bar Association

American Bar Association

International Criminal Defence Attorney Association (ICDAA)

International Association of Penal Law

InternationalCommission of Jurists

Union International des Advocats

Lawyers without borders

European Criminal Bar Association

International Criminal Law Bureau

 

 

International (Non Governmental) Organizations

 

United Nations (UN)

Office of the High Representative (OHR)

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC)

 

 

Research centres and online databases

     

SIM

Contains databases on a variety. Most importantly it includes a searchable database on the ICTR Jurisprudence.

 

International Humanitarian Law Database 

Maintained by the Red Cross, this site contains the full-text of 89 treaties from 1865 to date, the Geneva Conventions and their additional Protocols, an actualized listing of signatures, ratifications and full text reservations of International Humanitarian Law treaties

 

International Humanitarian Law Research Initiative 

This portal, developed by the Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research, provides free access to a searchable database of links to current research, reference materials, and regional and international news on International Humanitarian Law

 

Criminal Justice Degree

Theis website contains information on the International Criminal Court in the Global Justice System. There are also sections concerning the Bosnian War and Genocide.

 

The International Humanitarian Law Research Initiative's E-Library

This is an extensive resource of documents on a variety of IHL topics around the world

 

Nuremberg War Crimes Trials (Yale Law School)

A collection of the relevant official documents, including the Tribunal Judgments

 

TMC Asser Institute

Searchable bibliography on international humanitarian law

 

Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

This includes an on-line database of documents pertaining to Inter-American human rights law, searchable back issues of Human Rights Briefs, information about the center's programs, links and other features.

 

The International Humanitarian Law Research Initiative's E-Library

This is an extensive resource of documents on a variety of IHL