Website of the Centro de Arbitraje de Mexico (CAM), an organisation offering national and international arbitration services and education and training to advance arbitration culture in Mexico. The site provides information about CAM's services including training, a selection of model clauses and agreements and full-text rules of arbitration. There is also a newsletter, details of publications and upcoming seminars and events.
Section of the World Trade Organization (WTO) website covering its role in international dispute settlement and its procedures for resolving trade disputes. The WTO was created in 1995 (successor to GATT) to negotiate and enforce global rules of trade. It links to official documents on the WTO's Documents Online database, and to key dispute settlement materials such as the Rules of Conduct for the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes, the Working Procedures for the Appellate Review, and WTO Panel and Appellate Body Reports.
Collection of national laws and other information relating to commercial arbitration and alternative dispute resolution methods, on the website of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). The collection covers countries in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. It includes the texts of national laws and guidelines. For some countries, a document called "Responses to Arbitration Questionnaire" is available, giving an overview of the arbitration law for that country and saying to which relevant conventions it is a party.
Official website of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the implementing body for the Chemical Weapons Convention (Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction). The site presents the full text of the Convention, together with supporting information and related international agreements. Additional documents include reports, news and facts and figures. The entire series of Chemical Disarmament Quarterly is also available.
Revista Judicial is website providing free access to Ecuadorian legal information. Copies of the Official Gazette are available to download in full text back to 2000. A collection of articles by legal scholars and practitioners are arranged by legal subject on the site along with a selection of forms and contracts to download.A full text copy of the Constitution, Civil Code and laws of the National Constituent Assembly are also provided. There are links to legal notices from the provinces and to sites providing access to Ecuadorian laws. The site is available in Spanish only.
Official website of the Constitutional Court of Peru. The site contains information about the Court and gives profiles of the judges. Judgements of the Court are available in full text and can be searched by keyword and year. There are also copies of the Constitution and associated legislation provided on the site. Links are given to the website of the Court Gazette and to the Centre for Constitutional Studies of the Constitutional Court which is the research and academic arm of the Court. The site can be viewed in Spanish only.
Official website of the Judiciary of Puerto Rico. The site has information aimed at judges, citizens, lawyers and law students and there are sections giving background to the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the Court of First Instance and the administration of the courts. There is organisational information about the Judiciary along with details of the judges and the work of the Judicial Academy. Full text legislation relating to the Judiciary can be viewed on the site in full text.
Website of LexJuris a legal information site providing free access to Puerto Rico legislation, law reports, directories and legal web links. Full text legislation can be browsed by year or subject with headings for labour laws, codes, bills, treaties and federal laws. A copy of the Constitution of Puerto Rico is available to download along with the Constitutions of other countries. Supreme Court judgements are provided back to 1998 in full text. The site is available in Spanish throughout.
Official website of the Panamanian Judiciary. The site provides background and organisational information about the judiciary and court structure in Panama. There is information on the work of the different sections of the department dealing with mediation, victims of crime, judicial education and legal aid. Profiles are given of judges sitting in the Supreme Court, the High Courts and the Superior Courts in Panama and there are links to related Panamanian legal sites. The site is available in Spanish throughout.
Website of the National Bar Association of Panama. The site provides information about the Bar Association including the names of the Board of Directors, details of fees and a copy of the Code of Ethics. There are laws relating to the legal profession in Panama and an information bulletin providing details of news and events arranged by the Association. The site is available in Spanish throughout.
