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Center for Reproductive Rights, The (CRLP)

The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRLP) is a non-profit advocacy organization dedicated to promoting and defending women's reproductive rights worldwide. It focuses on human rights, abortion, contraception, adolescents and female circumcision/genital mutilation. The website provides information about legislation and court decisions as well as publications, press releases and a newsletter; it includes a continually-updated World Abortion Laws map. The site is available in Spanish or English.

Lawyers.com

Lawyers.com is an online directory of lawyers and law firms made freely available by legal publisher Martindale-Hubbell. The site is aimed at individuals and small businesses and includes a directory, advice guides to various legal topics and an interactive forum for asking legal questions. The directory contains lawyer profiles worldwide, although the emphasis is on the United States, and can be searched by location or subject area. The lawyer profiles include contact details, practice areas and website addresses.

WorkSMART

WorkSMART is a free online advice guide to employment rights produced by the Trades Union Congress (TUC). The website deals with employment rights providing FAQ's covering a range of areas including contracts, pensions, tax, discipline, discrimination and training. The section dealing with health at work covers all aspects of health and safety at work including stress, bullying, occupational health and disability rights. There is a 'union finder' on the website which allows you to search for trade unions by employer or sector.

Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova

Official Website of the Moldavian Constitutional Court which was established in 1995. The Court is an independent body whose purpose is to guarantee the supremacy of the Constitution. The site provides details of the structure of the court and its role and functions. There are HTML versions of the Moldavian Constitution and Constitutional Jurisdiction Code and profiles of the judges currently serving at the Court. Sections of the site (including decisions and details of Court sessions) are still under construction. The site is available in English, Romanian, Russian and French.

Donde esta la justica?: a call to action on behalf of Latino and Latina youth in the U.S. justice system

This is the 7th report (2003) by the Building Blocks for Youth alliance, which aims to protect minority youth, who are over-represented in the US justice system and receive harsher treatment than white people for the same offences. Recommendations are made to all those involved with Latino and Latina youth with the aim of resolving these problems. The document is available on the website of the Open Society Foundation.

Performing legal research: the Moldovan experience

An online research guide to the Moldovan legal system written by Mariana Harjevschi and Svetlana Andritchi from the Public Law Library in Chisinau, Moldova. The guide is published on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The authors give background and historical information to the legal system of Moldova covering the Constitution and the Constitutional Court. The role of the President, legislative, executive and judicial powers are also included.

New South Wales Legislation

Website containing New South Wales legislation made freely available by the Parliamentary Counsel's Office in Sydney, Australia. The database includes acts and statutory instruments in force, historical and repealed versions of legislation (starting from January 2002) and an archive of legislation as it was originally made (back to January 1990). Acts and regulations are listed alphabetically by title or can be searched using words and phrases. The full-text of the legislation is available in HTML. The 'As Made' (sessional) acts are available as PDF documents.

Criminal Justice System Northern Ireland

This site provides information on the criminal justice system of Northern Ireland and the agencies that form part of the justice service including the Northern Ireland Prison Service, Police Service of Northern Ireland, Public Prosecution Service, Youth Justice Agency and the Probation Board for Northern Ireland. The role of each of these bodies is explained on the site and contact details and links to the organisations' own websites are given. Key documents relating to the criminal justice system in Northern Ireland are made available in HTML or PDF.

Social Security and Child Support Appeals Tribunal

Website of the Social Security and Child Support Appeals Tribunal (SSCSA). The Tribunal deals with disputes relating to a number of benefits including Attendance Allowance, Carer's Allowance, Universal Credit and Vaccine Damage Payment. The site describes the role and work of the SSCSA providing key documents including annual reports, business plans, leaflets and a copy of The Benchbook which provides procedural guidance. Documents are given in PDF format. There is also guidance on how to appeal and an enquiry form to download.

Sark Chief Pleas

Website of the Government of Sark, the smallest of the four major Channel Islands, and part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey. There is information about the island's legislature, the Chief Pleas Assembly, including committee reports, minutes, and agendas going back to 2005. Details of the Chief Pleas committees are also given. Official forms are provided, together with recent items published in the Sark Gazette Officielle. Sark legislation is available via a link to the Guernsey Legal Resources website.

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