Website of the League of Arab States (Arab League), a regional organisation of Arabic-speaking countries. Provides official documents, news items, details of the League's organisational structure, and overviews of political, economic, social and other issues concerning the Arab world. There is also information about other pan-Arab institutions and Arab human rights mechanisms. The site is in Arabic, but a limited English-language version is available.
Website of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (Gulf Cooperation Council) a trade organisation involving the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait. The site provides organisational and background information about the GCC along with details of work achieved in the areas of legal, security, political and military cooperation between its members. The digital library provides access to agreements and regulations of the GCC covering economics, environment, law and patents.
The Advocacy Training and Resource Center (ATRC) is a Kosovo-based organisation providing assistance to NGOs working in the area. The ATRC aims to "increase the capacity of NGOs and civic initiatives to undertake advocacy campaigns; and contribute in creating governing institutions that meet international standards". The site has details of ATRC's training and events and the organisation's bulletin can be downloaded in PDF format. Links are given to Kosovo institutions, international bodies and NGOs.
Online article looking at the difficulties faced by the international community in defining international terrorism written by Innocent Maja who is the Senior Partner of Zimbabwean law firm, Maja and Associates Legal Practitioners. The article was published in 2008 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The author covers the years 1936 to 1990 and the post cold war years highlighting significant events that have led to difficulties in agreeing a definition of international terrorism.
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.
The LXBN website brings together recent posts from a large number of legal blogs, arranged by area of law, from Administrative to Technology. The site also acts as a portal to each individual blog. Probably the majority of the blogs are US-based, but some are based elsewhere and/or have a global focus. The site is searchable or browseable, and popular posts are highlighted on the home page. LXBN was set up by Kevin O'Keefe of LexBlogs, a US company that builds and supports blogs for lawyers.
