Update

New PICT Publications

The International Judge: An Inquiry into the Men and Women Who Decide the World's Cases by Daniel Terris, Cesare P.R. Romano, Leigh Swigart. Oxford University Press, November 2007.
Oxford University Press.

A Common Law of International Adjudication, by Chester Brown. Oxford University Press, September 2007.
Oxford University Press.

Regulating Jurisdictional Relations Between National and International Courts, by Yuval Shany. Oxford University Press, August 2007.
Oxford University Press.

Civil Society, International courts and Compliance Bodies, by Tullio Treves, Marco Frigessi di Rattalma, Attila Tanzi, Alessandro Fodella, Cesare Pitea, Chiara Ragni (eds.), December 2004.
TMC Asser Press.

 

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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 Latest News
ECCC
February 08, 2008
 Money Woes Threaten Cambodia's Khmer Rouge Tribunal

ECHR
February 02, 2008
 Court’s First Advisory Opinion Delivered. Court unanimously concludes that it is no compatible with the European Convention of Human Rights for a list of candidates for election to the post of judges at the Court to be rejected on the sole ground that there is no woman included in the proposed list.

February 02, 2008
 Grand Chamber Judgment Guja v. Moldova. Violation of Art. 10 (freedom of expression) unanimously held. 10,000 euros awarded in damages.

February 02, 2008
 Grand Chamber Judgment Kafkaris v. Cyprus. No Violation of Art. 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment); Art. 5§1 (right to liberty and security); Art. 14 (prohibition of discrimination). Violation of Art. 7 (no punishment without law).

February 15, 2008
 Grand Chamber Judgments Arvanitaki-Roboti and Others v. Greece & Kakamoukas and Others v. Greece. Violations of Art. 6§1 (right to a fair trial).

ICC
February 11, 2008
 Congolese Rebel Leader Makes First Appearance at ICC.

February 21, 2008
 International Arrest Warrants for Ugandan Rebel Leaders Remains in Force, Court Says.

ICTR
January 30, 2008
 Ki-Moon Backs Rwanda Bid to Try ICTR Suspects

February 08, 2008
 Defence Investigator Surrenders to ICTR

February 19, 2008
 Callixte Nzabonimana Pleads Not Guilty

February 28, 2008
 Georges Omar Ruggiu Transferred to Italy

ICTY
February 21, 2008
 UN Security Council Approves an Increase of Ad Litem Judges

February 27, 20088
 Dragan Zelenovic, a Former Bosnian Serb Soldier, Transferred to Belgium to Serve 15 Year Sentence for Torture and Rape of Women and Girls in the Town of Foca in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992.

February 29, 2008
 Rasevic & Todovic Judgment of Guilty Delivered by Bosnian Court in Case Referred by ICTY

ITLOS
January 31, 2008
 Mr. Gao Zhiguo (China) Elected As New Member of the Tribunal.

SCSL
February 22, 2008
 SCSL Upholds Jail Sentences for Rebel Leaders

WTO
February 29, 2008
 Panel Reports Issued on Complaints By Thailand and India, respectively, Against “United States- Measures Relating to Shrimp from Thailand” (DS343) and “United States- Customs Bond Directive for Merchandise Subject to Anti-Dumping/ Countervailing Duties” (DS345).



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