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Resolution

Web pages of Resolution (previously the Solicitors Family Law Association) an organisation of family law professionals set up in 1982 in the UK. Resolution's code of practice sets out the "principles of a non-confrontational approach to family law matters" and can be viewed on the site in HTML. Resolution provides support and training for its members and is active in law reform. There are details of events given on the site along with a selection of fact sheets covering topics such as divorce, cohabitation, mediation and collaborative family law.

Lauterpacht Centre for International Law

Web pages for the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge. The site describes the structure, staffing, work and facilities of the Centre. Information on current projects covers the State Responsibility Project, Corporate Complicity Project, Arms Trade Treaty Project and the Customary International Humanitarian Law Project. The site also provides details of forthcoming events and publications such as the International Environmental Law Reports and the International Law Reports.

Council of Europe Conventions

Online version of the Council of Europe Treaty Series (CETS), formerly 'European Treaty Series' (ETS), and other Council of Europe treaty information. The site provides all the conventions and agreements prepared and negotiated within the institutional framework of the CoE, together with summaries and explanatory reports. It gives information on the preparation and legal status of treaties and the treaty-making process and provides a glossary.

Inter-American Court of Human Rights

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights forms part of the Inter-American system of human rights, within the Organization of American States. Its website has Spanish or English versions, but most of the content is in Spanish. It offers judgments and decisions in Spanish; the Court's Statute and rules in Spanish, English and other languages; press releases in Spanish; and information about the work of the Court in Spanish and English (etc.).

Minority Rights Group International

The Minority Rights Group International (MRG) is a non-governmental organisation based in London. It conducts and publishes research on minority rights issues, provides training and education and conducts litigation. MRG has consultative status with the UN Economic and Consultative Council (ECOSOC). The website provides MRG publications, a blog, news and details of relevant court cases.

Immigration Law Practitioners' Association

Official website for the United Kingdom's Immigration Law Practitioners' Association. The ILPA is the UK's professional association of lawyers and academics practising in or concerned about immigration, asylum and nationality law. The site describes the aims and structure of the Association and terms of membership. Information is provided on ILPA training courses and publications, with notes on Parliamentary lobbying activities and policy on European cooperation.

EU Treaties

Section of the European Union's Europa website providing links to key EU treaties and other basic instruments. The Lisbon Treaty, Treaty on European Union, Treaty establishing the European Community, Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community and Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community are all available. Other treaties and instruments include: the Single European Act and the Merger Treaty. The site is available in all the languages of the member states.

Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice

A series of research papers published by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC), aiming to be informative and topical. Papers in the series aim to provide quality information so as to inform government decisions that will assist in the promotion of justice and prevention of crime. Subjects covered by the papers focus on Australian legal matters relating to a wide range of criminology and criminal justice issues such as policing, sentencing, fraud, and drug-related crime. Papers are published monthly and are made freely available to download from the AIC website in full-text PDF.

Bundesgerichtshof

The German Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof) web pages give information, in German, on the jurisdiction, structure and activities of the Court. They are hosted by the University of Karlsruhe. There is a description of the allocation of different types of cases among the several chambers (Senates), current lists of the judges of the Court and lawyers working in the Court, an historical list of presidents of the Court, a description of the Library, and copies of the Court's annual reports and judicial statistics since 1996.

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