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Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association

The Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association (ZWLA) is a non-profit making organisation which champions the rights of women and children. The Association provides free legal aid, legal education and advocacy and is “working towards creating frameworks that allow for an environment where women and children’s rights are enjoyed and protected.” The site gives information on the ZWLA and its personnel and provides a selection of articles and conference bulletins which can be freely downloaded.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service

The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) was established in 1972 and is hosted by the Office of Justice Programs at the U.S. Department of Justice. The NCJRS is an international criminal justice information network supporting policymakers and criminal justice professionals. The site provides information about Office of Justice Programs' services, publications and products, including direct access to the NCJRS bulletin board and to reports, policy documents, articles, abstracts and FAQs.

Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta

The Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta (CPLEA) is an electronic service that brings together people, information and educational resources on Canadian justice and legal issues. It is available in English and French, with a special section for Alberta. The site has links to official sources of Canadian legislative materials including statutes, bills and case law. It also offers a resource centre including educational materials for the classroom and access to legal newspapers, and other reference and publicly available information.

Department of Justice Canada

The Department of Justice Canada is a government department with the mission of ensuring an accessible, efficient and fair system of justice and providing legal services to the government, its departments and agencies. This site gives information about the department's structure and provides links to the full-texts of Canada's consolidated statutes and regulations as well as departmental publications, and a list of helpful links to related websites. The site is available in English and French.

Open Society Justice Initiative

The Open Society Justice Initiative is a programme of the Open Society Institute, a private foundation established by the philanthropist George Soros in 1993. It is concerned with the promotion of law reform, the protection human rights and the development of international law. The site gives details of current and past activities, covering areas such as national criminal justice reform, international justice, freedom of information and expression, equality and citizenship, anti-corruption and development of legal capacity.

Justice and Home Affairs Council

The Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA) brings together justice and interior ministers from the EU member states to make collective decisions on justice and home affairs policy; it is one of the configurations of the Council of the European Union. This page of the Council of the European Union's website introduces the JHA and provides links to information about important current policy areas. Dates of forthcoming meetings are also listed.

Special Residual Court For Sierra Leone

The Special Residual Court For Sierra Leone was established by the United Nations and the government of Sierra Leone to oversee the legal obligations of the Special Court after it closed in 2013.The Special Court of Sierra Leone was set up to deal with serious violations of international humanitarian law and Sierra Leonean law. The website provides background information on the structure and organisation of the Court and its current activities. It includes the full-text of its rules of procedure, judgements of the Court and United Nations documents about its operation.

Council for Court Excellence

The Council for Court Excellence (CCE) is a non-profit organisation based in Washington DC whose aim is to improve the administration of justice in the courts.The site has information about the staff, Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Council for Court Excellence. There is information about the work of the CCE along with related documentation covering areas such as children and the court system, child welfare system in the District of Columbia, jury reform and various court improvement projects. A selection of CCE publications are made available on the site in PDF format.

Brennan Center for Justice

The Brennan Center for Justice is based at the New York University, School of Law. The Center was established in 1995 in honour of Supreme Court Justice William Brennan and carries out education, research and litigation in the areas of "democracy, poverty and criminal justice". There are details of programmes being run at the Brennan Center. Resources include a blog, commentary on current issues, a clearinghouse of Brennan Center court cases and litigation, e-alerts, press releases and publications.

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