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Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Italy, is part of the European University Institute, and carries out research in Law, Economics, History and Civilisation, and Social and Political Sciences, focusing on European issues, in particular European integration. Its website gives details of current research activities and contains a number of publications and papers, in French and English, as well as news updates.

Council of Europe: Resources - Sport

Collection of documents relating to sport, on the Council of Europe (CoE) website. It includes CoE publications and official texts, including treaties, recommendations, statements, declarations, guidelines and reports. The subjects covered include doping, spectator violence, sports policy, ethics, sport promotion and political aspects of sport (including discrimination). The site is in French and English.

Priv-War

Priv-War was a collaborative project by seven European academic institutions, coordinated by the European University Institute in Italy. It ran from 2008 to 2011 and the website is being maintained as an information source. The aim of Priv-War was to research the use of private military companies and security companies in situations of armed conflict and examine national and international regulatory frameworks.

European Society of International Law

The European Society of International Law (ESIL) is a membership organisation designed to provide a forum for discussion and facilitate greater interaction between European lawyers on issues of international law. The site provides background information on ESIL including details of special interest groups, courses and events. Conference reports and other research material is available. There is also information about ESIL's publication, the European Journal of International Law. The site is in English and French.

Victim Support Europe

Website of Victim Support Europe a network of national victim support organisations in Europe founded in 1990. The site has organisational information including a copy of the constitution and contact details for the member organisations that make up Victim Support Europe.

INSOL-Europe

INSOL-Europe is an organisation of lawyers, accountants and insolvency practitioners specialising in insolvency, bankruptcy, and business reconstruction and recovery. The site has organisational information including a copy of the constitution, details of committees and the Executive, Council and Secretariat .The INSOL-Europe journal, Eurofenix is published quarterly and can be downloaded from the website in PDF. There is guidance on publishing and registering the opening of insolvency proceedings in EU Member States as covered by articles 21 and 22 of the EU Insolvency Regulation.

European Legal Studies Center

The European Legal Studies Center (ELSC) is based at Columbia Law School in the United States. It conducts teaching and research in the fields of European, international and comparative law. Its website provides details of courses and of clerkships and internships available at European institutions. There is also information about the Center's events.

CODICES

The CODICES database was created by the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission). It provides key judgments from the constitutional courts of European countries, the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union. There is background information on each constitutional court, with details of powers, composition and organisation, as well as basic texts relating to the court. The constitutions of all member states of the Council of Europe and national laws relating to constitutional courts are also given.

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