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Canadian Human Rights Tribunal

Website for the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal available in English and French. The Tribunal applies the rights of equality, equal opportunity, fair treatment, and non-discrimination to cases referred to it by the Canadian Human Rights Commission. The site provides a database of decisions from 1979 onwards in full-text HTML format. The decisions can be searched by year or by complainant's name, and a free-text search engine is available which searches the content of the whole site.

Triblex

Triblex is the case law database of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization (ILO) which hears complaints from serving and former officials of the ILO and other international organisations. The judgements are given in full and can be browsed by session, organisation or subject or searched by keyword or judgement number. It is also possible to search judgements of the Administrative Tribunal of the League of Nations (1927 to 1946) – the forerunner of the Administrative Tribunal of the ILO. The site and judgements can be viewed in English or French.

International Court of Justice

Website of the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. The site lists cases currently being heard by the Court and cases pending and provides information about the Court's role, jurisdiction and procedure. All judgments and advisory opinions are available, together with the decisions of the Permanent Court of International Justice. Other basic documentation includes the Court's statute, its rules, and the resolution on judicial practice. The site also available in English, French, Spanish and other languages.

Conseil d'Etat, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg

The Conseil d'Etat advises the Government of Luxembourg and gives expert opinions on law reforms and questions of higher administration. Its website outlines its history, composition and organisation. The Conseil's opinions are available on the 'Avis' page from 2008 onwards. Relevant laws, regulations and extracts from the Constitution are provided under 'Législation'. The site is available in French only.

Raad van State: Conseil d'Etat: Staatsrat: the Supreme Administrative Court of Belgium

Web pages of the Raad van State, or Supreme Administrative Court of Belgium, which was set up in 1946 to allow Belgians an effective appeal against irregular administrative acts. The pages are available in three different language interfaces: Dutch, French and German. Users can search the full-text of decrees of the Court, and results can be displayed in Dutch or French, and in PDF. The site also offers answers to frequently asked questions about the Court, and explains its legal background.

Ius Commune Casebooks for the Common Law of Europe

Web pages describing a research project aiming to develop a collection of cases and other materials from different European jurisdictions. A broader aim is to investigate the influences upon and potential integration of legal systems in the member states of the European Union. The site describes the organisation, work and progress of the project and provides the contents lists and tables of cases and legislation from each casebook.

Access to Justice and law Reform Institute of Nova Scotia

The Access to Justice and law Reform Institute of Nova Scotia was formed in 1991 by the Government of Nova Scotia to act as an independent advisor and review the laws of Nova Scotia. The Commission makes recommendations to improve, update and reform the law involving the general public in the consultation procedures. A full list of publications is available, together with full-text online versions of the discussion papers and final reports produced for each project the Commission works on. Details of the latest reports and project developments are given in the News section.

Ontario e-Laws

This section of the Government of Ontario website provides access to Ontario's statutes and regulations in full text. Current consolidated law and source law from 2000 onwards can be searched or browsed on the site. There are sections providing access to Period in Time law, repealed statutes and revoked or spent regulations. A page of related web links, a glossary of terms and a selection of FAQs are also provided. The content can be viewed in English or French.

Recueil systématique du droit fédéral (Confoederatio Helvetica)

Official compilation of the laws of the Confederation of Switzerland, available in French, German and Italian versions. This collection of texts of Swiss federal law is available free of charge. Texts are available mainly in PDF format, with some HTML. The main listing is alphabetically by title. There are also lists of internal law (constitutional, penal, private, educational and social, defence, transport, health, economy), a list of international agreements, and a list of selected public law texts. The site includes a search engine.

Lois sur la nationalité des pays et territoires européens

Website presented as a table of countries providing links to relevant legislation on nationality and private international law (in the original language), links to relevant case law, links to relevant bibliographies and to any relevant translations of the primary or secondary materials. Many European countries and former Soviet states are included in the table and there are also links to materials on the nationality law of Mexico, the Philippines and the Republic of Korea.

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