Project on International
Courts and Tribunal

New Website

The Project on International Courts and Tribunals is proud to announce the creation of a new website entirely dedicated to international courts and tribunals operating in Africa www.aict-ctia.org.

The recent exponential growth of international courts and tribunals is a well-known and well-studied phenomenon. The African continent leads the way in innovations in international courts and tribunals, with the first hybrid court and the first referrals to the International Criminal Court. Africa is also unique in the sheer number of regional courts and tribunals applying not only regional but, in some cases, international law. These experiments in regional and other international courts and tribunals in Africa are innovations that should be watched and studied by all for the lessons they can provide on the success and failure of international courts. Yet there is no central source for information on those courts and tribunals and it is often difficult to find information on them.

This website provides a centralized source for scholars, practitioners and laypersons working in or on the Continent and a reference to the work of these courts and tribunals for others studying the global phenomenon.

Here you will find for each international court or tribunal substantially touching Africa:

• An overview
• Any recent news
• The basic documents
• A selected bibliography
• Biographies of its judges
• Related jurisprudence from Member States

International Courts and Tribunals in the 21st Century: The Future of International Justice

On Friday 30 November and Saturday 1 December 2007, PICT held a conference at the Academy Hall, Peace Palace, The Hague. The conference marked the tenth anniversary of the establishment of PICT, and coincided with the centenary of the signing of the 1907 Hague Convention for the Pacific Settlement of Disputes.

Five main themes or issues were discussed:

• Session I: An International Judicial System?
• Session II: To Court or to Arbitration?
• Session III: National and International Courts - Deference or Disdain?
• Session IV: Can International Criminal Courts Deliver Justice?
• Session V: The International Judge: Too Powerful or Not Powerful Enough?

A final session wrapped up discussions and sought to map future directions for research on and practice of international courts and tribunals.

Brochure from the conference.

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