The website of the Serbian Constitutional Court includes the text the Constitution, the court's rules of procedure and related legislation. It also provides background information about the court and a set of links to other constitutional courts. The site can be viewed in Serbian, Croatian and English.
Official website of the Ukrainian Constitutional Court. The Court was established in 1997 to guarantee supremacy of the Constitution in Ukraine. Its website provides background, historical and organisational information about the Court. The text of the Constitution is provided, together with legislation relating to the Court, and English-language case summaries are from 1997onwards. The Ukrainian version of the site provides the full text of the Court's decisions.
Official website of the Turkish Constitutional Court. The site provides news, background, historical and organisational information about the Court. The current and past constitutions, and legislation establishing the Court, are available on the site, together with summaries of judgments. Other features of the site include speeches, the Court's journal and links to related websites. The site is in Turkish throughout.
This blog was set up in June 2009, a few months before the UK Supreme Court opened. Written by lawyers at Matrix Chambers and Olswang LLP, it provides news and commentary on the Supreme Court and its judgments, with links to original sources including articles, speeches, podcasts, cases and press articles. Links are given to judgments and upcoming hearings of the Court, and to related websites.
Official website of the Dubai Courts. The site provides a history of the court system and a diagram illustrating the structure of the courts in Dubai. There is an outline of the legal system covering the three stages of litigation: the Court of First Instance: the Court of Appeal and the Court of Cassation including details of the types of cases heard in each court. A small selection of full text laws are given on the site in English along with a list of court hearings and a directory of Dubai lawyers. The site can be viewed in Arabic and English.
Official website of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Cyprus. The site gives a brief outline of the legal system and the roles and functions of the Supreme Court and other Cypriot courts including the district, military, family and assize courts and the Rent Control and Industrial Dispute tribunals. Selected judgments from 2007 onwards are available in Greek, together with a small number of case summaries in English. (A much larger collection of Supreme Court judgments, in Greek, is available on cylaw.org.)
Official website of the Federal Supreme Court of Brazil. The site has a judgments database and provides background and historical information about the Court. It also has a selection of case summaries made in English, Spanish and French. Links are given to Brazilian legislation, including the Constitution. The site is in Portuguese and Spanish; it also has a limited English interface.
Official website of the Luxembourg Ministry of Justice. The site provides a profile of the Justice Minister and information on the organisation and functions of the Ministry. These include civil law issues, criminal law including prisons, company law and company registration. A section of the site aimed at citizens includes advice on compensation for victims of crimes, legal aid, review of criminal trials and nationality issues. There is information on the Luxembourg courts and Constitutional Court judgements are provided.
Website of the Judicial and Legal Services Commission (JLSC), a body set up under the 2009 Constitution to advise the Governor of the Cayman Islands on judicial appointments and appointment of the Attorney General, the Director of Public Prosecutions, magistrates and other legal public offices. The site has a copy of the Cayman Islands Constitution and the sections that apply to the JLSC. There are profiles of present and past members of the Commission, the Code of Conduct of the Cayman Islands judiciary and a copy of the complaints procedure.
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia was established by the Cambodian government with the assistance of the UN to serve as an independent body for trying former members of the Khmer Rouge for serious crimes (genocide and human rights abuses) committed during the Khmer Rouge regime 1975-1979. Its website provides information about the role of the Extraordinary Chambers makes available court proceedings, court rules and other legal documents, together with speeches, news articles and photographic images of the hearings.
