International Law Cases and Reports

Where to find international law cases

Many international law decisions are freely available on the internet - the courts, tribunals or parties post decisions as soon as they are issued on their websites and can be downloaded and/or printed.

General

• International Court of Justice (ICJ)
• Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ)
• Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) arbitral awards

Law of the Sea

• ITLOS decisions - all ITLOS decisions are available on the ITLOS website
• Limits in the Seas - a series issued by the US Department of State on national arrangements for the measurement of marine areas by coastal states

International Trade Law and Commercial Arbitration

• ICSID cases - most decisions are available from the ICSID website
• NAFTA cases
• WTO cases - are all available on the WTO website
• Investment Treaty Arbitration website

Human Rights and International Labour Organisation Reports (ILO)

• European Court of Human Rights Database (HUDOC)
• Inter-American Court of Human Rights
• UN Human Rights Committee, Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination and Committee against torture
• University of Minnesota Human Rights Library – a comprehensive caselaw database
• ILO Reports

International Criminal Law

• International Criminal Court
• International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
• International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
• Special Court for Sierra Leone
• DomCLIC Project (hosted on The Hague Justice Portal)

International Administrative Tribunals

• International Labour Organisation Administrative Tribunal (ILOAT)
• International Monetary Fund Administrative Tribunal (IMFAT)
• Organisation of American States (OAS) Administrative Tribunal
• United Nations Administrative Tribunal (UNAT) – UNAT Judgments are on the UNODS system, symbol AT/DEC/
• World Bank Administrative Tribunal (WBAT)

International Claims Tribunals and Commissions

• Iran-US Claims Tribunal - recent awards in intergovernmental cases
• United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC)

Links to Homepages of International Courts and Tribunals

• European Court of Human Rights
• European Court of Justice
• Inter-American Court of Human Rights
• International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, ICSID
• International Court of Arbitration, ICC
• International Court of Justice, ICJ
• International Criminal Court
• International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, ICTR
• International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY
• International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, ITLOS
• Iran-US Claims Tribunal
• Permanent Court of Arbitration, PCA
• Permanent Court of International Justice, PCIJ
• Special Court for Sierra Leone
• United Nations Compensation Commission, UNCC
• WTO