North America

Inter-American Court of Human Rights Database

Searchable summaries of Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) decisions, in English. Detailed summaries are available for some cases, covering the facts, procedural history, merits, and state compliance with the judgment; for other cases only a short abstract is provided. The database can be searched by case name, country, topic, treaty article and other criteria. It is an initiative of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. (For full IACHR judgments, in Spanish, see the Court’s own website.)

Indian Law Resource Center

The Indian Law Resource Center is a non-profit organisation based in Washington DC and Montana, providing legal help to indigenous peoples of the Americas. It focuses on issues such as sovereignty, the environment, land rights, human rights and land reform. The website has details of projects being carried out in North, Central and South America as well as internationally. A collection of reports, statements, memos, press releases and other resources is provided. The site is available in English, Portuguese or Spanish.

Base de Datos en Español

WorldLII (World Legal Information Institute) database of court decisions in the Spanish language, covering the Central American Court of Justice, the Court of Justice of the Andean Community, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, NAFTA and the Mexican and Venezuela domain names tribunals. WorldLII is a legal information portal developed by the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) and a number of partner institutions (BAILII, AustLII, HKLII, CanLII, NZLII). The search interface and contents are all in Spanish.

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