International Resources
Report
on Evaluation of European Judicial Systems (CEPEJ)
The report, comprising data for 45 European states, provides
essential data enabling decision-makers and the judicial
community to understand the major trends in judicial organization
and pinpoint challenges, and help implement reforms to improve
the efficiency of justice.
Judicial
Reform in Latin America: An Assessment (CSIS)
A report measuring and evaluating progress resulting
from the latest wave of justice reforms in Latin America
that began during the mid-1990s, with an eye toward lessons
learned and "best practices regarding such efforts
in Argentina, Chile, Columbia, Guatemala, Peru, and Venezuela.
International Law in Domestic Courts (OUP)
An online database of judicial decisions from domestic
courts from over sixty-five jurisdictions around the world
which allows lawyers, judges, scholars, and other legal
researches to pinpoint specific legal issues related to
the domestic incorporation of international law and to compare
how different jurisdictions deal with these issues.
International Union of Judicial Officers
(UIHJ)
The UIHJ represents its members to international organizations,
ensures collaboration with national professional bodies,
works to improve national procedural law and international
treaties, and seeks to elevate the independent status of
judicial officers.
IBA
Monitoring Report: International Criminal Court
The second in a series of IBA reports on the work
and proceedings of the International Criminal Court (ICC),
including status of recent cases and situations, significant
legal developments, and issues such as transparency and
defense issues.
Report
of the Fourth Meeting of the Judicial Integrity Group (UNODC)
The most recent report from a meeting of a group
of chief justices from common and civil law countries convened
by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime which identifies
and seeks application of best practices in strengthening
judicial integrity and capacity.
Eurojust
Eurojust is a new European Union body established
in 2002 to enhance the effectiveness of the competent authorities
within Member States when they are dealing with the investigation
and prosecution of serious cross-border and organized crime.
Mutual Legal Assistance and
Extradition (OAS)
A tool to promote greater awareness of how justice systems
in the Americas and the Caribbean combat crime through mutual
legal assistance, extradition, and other types of judicial
cooperation in criminal matters.
Transnational Dispute
Management
A web portal and online journal which focuses on
recent developments in the area of arbitration and dispute
management with an emphasis on mediation/ADR, conflict avoidance
and commercial conflict management by bilateral negotiation
or by third-party facilitated negotiation.
USIP Special Report:
Temporary Courts, Permanent Records
This report provides a conceptual framework for creation
of an international judicial archive that could house and
preserve and manage the records of the East Timor Special
Panels and Serious Crimes Unit, the internationalized courts
in Kosovo, the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and the ICTY
and ICTR.
Electronic Information System for International Law
(EISIL)
An online research tool for locating authenticated primary
materials, authoritative web sites, practical research guides,
and other materials across the breadth of international
law.
Fair and Independent Courts:
Conference on the State of the [US] Judiciary
A conference chaired by Justices Sandra Day O’Connor
and Stephen Breyer at Georgetown University examining judicial
selection, elections, and removal at both the federal and
state levels as well as inter-branch relations, recent polls
of public attitudes, the role of the media, and suggestions
for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the judiciary.