International Human Rights Law Research

The ICJ is is the only international court that adjudicates general disputes between nations, and gives advisory opinions on international legal issues.

The ICC is the first and only permanent international court with jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for the international crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression.

The ICTY website includes information about cases, documents, rules of procedure, and other information related to the Tribnual.

This tribunal closed on December 31, 2015, but information and case documents can be found on the United Nations website.

The High Commissioner for Human Rights is the principal human rights official of the United Nations. The office is accountable to the Secretary-General and is responsible for all the activities of OHCHR, as well as for its administration.

The Council is the successor to the Commission on Human Rights (1949- March, 2006). Both bodies produce resolutions and decisions among other documents.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for people forced to flee their homes because of conflict and persecution. They lead international action to protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.

The ACHPR is a quasi-judicial body tasked with promoting and protecting human rights and collective (peoples') rights throughout the African continent as well as interpreting the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and considering individual complaints of violations of the Charter.

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Court) is a continental court established by African states to ensure the protection of human and peoples’ rights in Africa. It complements the functions of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights.

The AHRC is an independent, non-governmental body, which seeks to promote greater awareness and realisation of human rights in the Asian region, and to mobilise Asian and international public opinion to obtain relief and redress for the victims of human rights violations.

The HUDOC database provides access to the case-law of the Court (Grand Chamber, Chamber and Committee judgments and decisions*, communicated cases, advisory opinions and legal summaries from the Case-Law Information Note), the European Commission of Human Rights (decisions and reports) and the Committee of Ministers (resolutions).

The IACHR is a principal and autonomous organ of the Organization of American States (“OAS”) whose mission is to promote and protect human rights in the American hemisphere.

La Corte Interamericana es uno de los tres tribunales regionales de protección de los derechos humanos, conjuntamente con la Corte Europea de Derechos Humanos y la Corte Africana de Derechos Humanos y de los Pueblos. Es una institución judicial autónoma cuyo objetivo es aplicar e interpretar la Convención Americana.

Database of cases that can be searched by case name, country, topic, violations or multiple fields.

Digitally archives websites with information about the most important tribunals created since World War 2.

Fordham Law School Leitner Center publication providing an overview of international criminal tribunals including maps and statistics.