International Tribunals Research

International tribunals decide disputes arising under international law. Tribunal research requires analytical thinking about a tribunal's mission and methods as well as reading its publications. 
Find comparative and theoretical research about international tribunals in the KZ 6250 call # range on the library's 3rd floor, law journals, at the Int. Ctr. for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life, and at the Project on Internationl Courts & Tribunals.

Tribunals most frequently researched by Pitt law students:

Various Civil Issues:

• International Court of Justice
• European Union Case Law - Select from all of the EU courts.
• Permanent Court of Arbitration - Neither permanent, nor a court, arbitrators from the PCA's roster hear commercial and environmental dipsutes.
• Reports of International Arbitral Awards
• Oxford Reports on Int'l Law (various tribunals)

Human rights:

• European Court of Human Rights
• Inter-American Court of Human Rights
• UN Human Rights monitoring bodies

Intellectual Property:

• World Intellectual Property Organization- Domain name decisions. See also links to arbitration and mediation divisions of WIPO that have procedural information, but no opinions.
• TRIPS Decisions - This is an annotated version of the Agreement on Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights. Link to decisions and interpretations in order by agreement sections.

World Trade:

• World Trade Organization- Appellate body, arbitrations, and panel reports. Search by country, issue, or year.
• NAFTA Decisions - Binational disputes, extrordinary settlements, & arbitration decisions.
• U.S. Court of International Trade - A U.S. federal court empowered to decide international trade matters arising in or against the U.S.

Comprehensive Tribunal Lists:

• ASIL's list -in alphabetical order
• Project on International Courts & Tribunals - (PICT) Search for tribunals by topic or region, locate reports and comments about tribunal activities.
• International Courts & Tribunals Project - WORLDLII's database for searching case reports from separate courts or multiple international courts at once.