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Legal Research: International Law: International Tribunals

International tribunals decide disputes arising under international law. Tribunal research requires analytical thinking about a tribunal's mission and methods as well as reading its publications.

Find comparative and theoretical research about international and foreign tribunals: in the KZ 6250 call # range on the library's 3rd floor,
at the Int. Ctr. for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life,
and
via the International Organization for Judicial Training

Tribunals most frequently researched by Pitt law students:

Various Civil Issues:
International Court of Justice
European Union Case Law - Select from all of the EU courts.
Permanent Court of Arbitration - Neither permanent, nor a court, arbitrators from the PCA's roster hear commercial and environmental disputes. See also the Hague Justice Portal for more PCA cases.
Reports of International Arbitral Awards
International Chamber of Commerce Arbitrations

International Crime:
International Criminal Court
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Nuremburg Trials
Special Court for Sierra Leone
Special Tribunal for Lebanon

Human rights:
European Court of Human Rights
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
UN Human Rights monitoring bodies

Intellectual Property:
World Intellectual Property Organization- Domain name decisions. See also links to arbitration and mediation divisions of WIPO that have procedural information, but no opinions.
TRIPS Decisions - This is an annotated version of the Agreement on Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights. Link to decisions and interpretations in order by agreement sections.

World Trade:
World Trade Organization- Appellate body, arbitrations, and panel reports. Search by country, issue, or year.
NAFTA Decisions - Binational disputes, extrordinary settlements, & arbitration decisions.
U.S. Court of International Trade - A U.S. federal court empowered to decide international trade matters arising in or against the U.S.

Comprehensive Tribunal List:
International Courts & Tribunals Project - WORLDLII's database for searching case reports from separate courts or multiple international courts at once.