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United Nations legal publications

This UN website brings together the key UN legal publications and provides a search facility covering all of them. The following publications are available: Yearbook of the International Law Commission; United Nations Juridical Yearbook; Reports of International Arbitral Awards; Proceedings of Diplomatic Conferences; UNCITRAL Yearbook; UNCITRAL publications; Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs; Repertoire of Practice of the Security Council; and Summaries of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders of the International Court of Justice.

Age of innocence: actual, legal and presumed

Online article providing background information and links to legal articles and symposia looking at the concept of innocence in United States law and how it is applied. The article was written by Ken Strutin, who is Director of Legal Information Services at the New York State Defenders Association, and was published in May 2011 on LLRX.com. Substantial abstracts are provided for the featured articles and most have links to the full text.

The Guantanamo Docket

This New York Times site provides access to documents and research relating to detainees held at Guantanamo Bay since 2002. There is a short profile of each detainee and full text documents from the Combatant Status Review Board and the Administrative Review Board. Other information includes details of the countries detainees have been transferred to and a chronology of arrivals, transfers and deaths. This is a joint project between the New York Times and the National Public Radio (NPR).

Introduction to Eritrean legal system and research

Electronic article on the law and legal materials of Eritrea written by Luwam Dirar a J.S.D. candidate at Cornell Law School and Kibrom Tesfagabir who is an Assistant Lecturer at the University of Asmara, Eritrea. The article was published in 2011 (and updated in 2014) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The article focuses on the current post-independence legal system including an outline of the governmental system and describing the role of the National Assembly and the judiciary.

European Human Rights System

Guide to researching the Council of Europe (CoE) and its regulation of human rights, by James Hart, Associate Senior Reference Librarian in the University of Cincinnati Law Library. The article was published in 2011 (and updated in 2023) on New York University's Globalex website. The guide covers the background, history and structure of the CoE and the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. It explains the roles and functions of the European Commission of Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights.

Introduction to the Law of the Southern African Development Community

Online guide to the law of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) written by Dunia P. Zongwe who is a former graduate fellow of the Institute for African Development at Cornell University. The guide was published in 2011 (and updated in 2023) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The author gives background and historical information to SADC which is a regional economic community composed of 15 countries in Southern Africa.

State cyberbullying laws: a brief review of state cyberbullying laws and policies

Electronic report on United States laws covering cyberbullying written by Sameer Hinduja who is Associate Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida Atlantic University and Justin W. Patchin who is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice in the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. The report was published by the Cyberbullying Research Center in January 2011. The term ‘cyberbullying or cyber-bullying’ refers refers to harassment and bullying among young people using electronic devices such as mobile phones and computers.

Voices of American Law

Voices of American Law is a collection of teaching materials compiled by the Duke University School of Law. The aim of the project is to assist with the teaching of American constitutional law and the role of the Supreme Court. Legal materials relating to a number of important constitutional cases have been made freely available on the site including court documents, opinions, articles, interviews and photographs. Accompanying the documentation is a selection of videos featuring interviews with the parties, their lawyers and the judges who presided in the case.

Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect

The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect was established in 2008 by the International Crisis Group, Human Rights Watch, Oxfam International, Refugees International and WFM-Institute for Global Policy. The work of the Centre is focused on the new international norm, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), which refers to protection of populations against genocide and other large-scale atrocities. The work of the Centre includes advocacy, research designed to further understanding of R2P and helping states to build capacity.

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