International Resources
Rule
of Law Resource Center
An online resource developed by LexisNexis that compiles
rule of law information, news, tools, and expertise for
rule of law practitioners and legal reformers.
West
African Judicial Colloquia
Final report summarizing judicial colloquia in Senegal in
2006 and Ghana in 2007 organized by the Brandeis Institute
for International Judges and others that addressed human
rights law and international treaties, questions of judicial
independence, and opportunities for professional development
as well as the critical role of supreme court justices in
promoting the rule of law in the West African region.
Our Courts
An interactive, web-based program and eventually a virtual
3D world designed to teach and engage middle-school students
in civics. Through the lens of the judiciary, Our Courts
will allow students to participate in realistic simulations
of government and to grapple with relevant social issues.
They will investigate and argue actual cases and controversies
using real law, and they will view these cases from the
perspective of the judicial, legislative and executive branches
of government.
European
Case Law Database
A meta-search engine of national case Law, created by the
Network of the Presidents of the European Supreme Courts
which makes accessible judicial decisions of the Supreme
Courts of Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany,
Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy (Civil), Italy (Criminal),
Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Netherlands, Northern Ireland,
Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom
(British and Irish Legal Information) and United Kingdom
(Parliament).
Maximizing
the Legacy of Hybrid Courts
This publication, which is part of the United Nations OHCHR
series on transitional justice tools for post conflict states,
explores how hybrid courts can receive the mandates and
political support required to be more effective in building
capacity and bestowing an enduring legacy upon the domestic
justice system.
2008
IAJ Study Commissions
Questions and answers on comparative practice in matters
of judicial independence, damages for personal injury, sexual
offenses, and rights of parents in employer-employee relationships
prepared by Study Commissions and members of the International
Association of Judges.
Justice
Initiatives: Pre-Trial Detention
This publication of the Open Society Justice Initiative
examines the practice of pre-trial detention and includes
a discussion of international standards and treaties governing
its use, an overview of pretrial detention reform efforts
and the elements that can help them succeed, an assessment
of the global costs—in both human and financial terms—of
pretrial detention, and first-person accounts from the frontlines
of reform efforts in Chile, India, Malawi, Nigeria, Latvia,
Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Ukraine, and the United States.
Commission
on Legal Empowerment of the Poor
The Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor, hosted
by the United Nations Development Programme, aims to make
legal protection and economic opportunity not the privilege
of the few but the right of all. Legal Empowerment was
launched in 2005 by a group of developing and industrialized
countries including
Access
to Justice Information in Latin America
This study on access to judicial information in 10 Latin
American countries, carried out by the Due Process of Law
Foundation, assesses the principal laws and regulations
on access to judicial information in Argentina, Chile, Colombia,
the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Peru,
Panama, and Uruguay.
International
Organization for Judicial Training
The International Organization for Judicial Training (IOJT)
was established to promote the rule of law by supporting
the work of judicial education institutions around the world.
This mission is realized through conferences and other exchanges
that provide opportunities for judges and judicial educators
to discuss strategies for establishing and funding training
centers, designing effective curricula, developing faculty
capacity, and improving teaching methodology.
EJTN
Online Training Tools
An online curriculum of innovative and easily accessible
e-learning and training tools developed by the European
Judicial Training Network on topics including judicial cooperation
in criminal matters and human rights law for members of
the judiciary and judicial trainers in Europe.