SUGGESTED LINKS

Regional Bodies/Tribunals

African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
Information on communications procedure, copies of human rights instruments and documentation from Commission Sessions.

Association des Cours Constitutionnelles
French-language only site with links to constitutional courts with an emphasis on Francophone countries. 

Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
Supreme court of record since 1967 for Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

European Court of Human Rights
Search full text decisions of the court; available in English and French; also contains press releases of recent decisions and rules of the court.

European Court of Justice
Search recent cases of the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance; digest of Community case law available in French only.

Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Full text of jurisprudence and opinions from the court. Copies of international human rights mechanisms available in English and French.

International Bodies/Tribunals

International Court of Justice
Search the decisions and advisory opinions of the ICJ since 1946, available in English and French.

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Case summaries, list of decisions and press releases available in English, French and Kinyarwanda.

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
Judgments, press releases and downloadable copies of the Tribunal's law review available in English, French, Albanian and Bosnian.

International Labour Organization
UN specialised agency seeking the protection of social justice and internationally recognised human and labour rights. Search ILO recommendations,  conventions and databases, available in English, French and Spanish.

UN Human Rights Treaty System
Material on the UN human rights treaty system organised by state, theme and subject matter, with guidance on using the complaint mechanisms available.

UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Country information on all UN member states; full list of UN human rights conventions and bodies. 

Country Sites with Legal Information

For an extensive list of links for the South Asia region, please click here.

Australia Courts website
Cases and legislation from the different states and the Commonwealth; access to other legal material and news and developments

Belize Law website
Judgments from the Supreme Court and access to other legal material

Canada Supreme Court
Full text judgments of the Supreme Court of Canada

Hong Kong Final Court of Appeal
Full text judgments of the Final Court of Appeal of Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Legal Information Institute

Indian Supreme Court Judgments

Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Full text judgments of the Privy Council from 1999 and selected earlier judgments

Faculty of Laws, University of Malta
Decisions of the Constitutional Court (in Maltese only)

Legal Information Institute for Britain & Ireland

Legal Information Institute for the Pacific Islands

Maltese Ministry of Justice
Online Judgements and Laws (in Maltese only)

Ministry of Justice, Law Reform & National Integration of Sri Lanka
Features Supreme Court and Court of Appeal decisions

New Zealand Supreme Court
The website for the new Supreme Court

New Zealand Court of Appeal
Full text judgments of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand

Scottish Courts website
Full text judgments of the Scottish courts

South Africa Land Claims Court
Full text and summaries of judgments

South Africa Constitutional Court
Full text judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa from 1995, the Supreme Court of Appeal, the land court and papers of the Law Commission

South Pacific Courts website
Full text judgments of decisions from different South Pacific national courts

Supreme Court of Jamaica

Supreme Court of Pakistan
Includes reports and judgments from the court

Times Law Reports
Covers mainly UK cases with some European Convention Human Rights

UK Court of Appeal
Full text judgments of the UK Court of Appeal and High Court

UK House of Lords
Full text judgments of the House of Lords decisions (UK)

US Supreme Court
Full text judgments of the US Supreme Court since 1893

World Legal Information Institute 
This site links together the others & Wits 

Gateway Sites Offering Links to Legal Material

Women's Link Worldwide
Clearing house of legal precedent from national and international courts and a network of advocates dedicated to developing effective legal strategies to promote women's human rights.

Center for Human Rights and Global Justice
New York Law School initiative with links to range of useful human rights resources

NiuMedia Pacific
Legal information network providing useful resources from Papua New Guinea, the Pacific Islands, the Caribbean Islands and Tasmania.

Legislationline
Online legislative database providing access to domestic and international legislation in the OSCE region, plus news and other features

University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
Legal documents and links to other websites

Human Rights Internet
Searchable database of human rights websites

ASIL 2000
Contains information on international law

Guide to Law Online (Library of Congress)
Links to legal information for nations worldwide

Project on International Courts and Tribunals
Press releases and summaries of recent and past decisions of international courts

Links to NationalSites in Europe, Americas and Asia-Pacific

Links to National Sites in the US

British Council
An innovative portal site providing daily news and information about worldwide human rights issues

Women's Human Rights Resources

Human Rights Documentation Centre - Access to Human Rights

Harvard Law School
A comprehensive research guide to human rights

University of Kent
Very comprehensive and clearly categorised resources

University of Michigan Law School - Refugee Caselaw Site
Refugee related case law from seven jurisdictions

Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law
Islamic and Middle Eastern law materials on the net

Constitutional Law

Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh

Constitutional Law
Provides links to the text of constitutional documents and related statutes of countries worldwide

Charter 88
A-Z of world constitutions hosted by constitutional reform NGO

NGO Sites

For a list of inter- and non-governmental sites in Africa, please click here.

The Human Rights House Foundation
Strengthens human rights organisations by the creation of national Human Rights Houses: working communities of human rights defenders

The Pacific Islands Association of NGOs
Promotes access to and sharing of information, ideas and experience in resource mobilization among NGOs throughout the region

Partner Organisations

Forum for Women, Law and Development 

Commonwealth Secretariat
Main intergovernmental agency of the Commonwealth

Commonwealth Lawyers' Association
Organisation bringing together Commonwealth lawyers, law societies and bar associations

Australian Lawyers for Human Rights
Network of lawyers promoting and practising human rights standards in Australia

Fijian Human Rights Commission
Organisation mandated in 1997

African Women's Development and Communication Network
Network set up to share information between African Women's NGOs