International Law

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN). The Court’s role is to settle, in accordance with international law, legal disputes submitted to it by States and to give advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by authorized United Nations organs and specialized agencies.

International Court of Justice filings are accessible from this page. Additionally, if you type International Court into the big box on Lexis, you will get a dropdown with sources for ICJ filings, judgments and advisory opinions.

Cases

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Browse and Search International Courts & Tribunals Databases

FILRD includes the publications of the American Society of International Law along with prominent Yearbooks from around the world, including the Hague Permanent Court of International Justice series.It also includes U.S. Law Digests, International Tribunals/Judicial Decisions and more.

A quasi-judicial body

This website is not in English and has limited translation tabs available.

Stanford China Guiding Cases Project
This Project has come to an end. Some opinions are available although, they are from 2018.

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Digitally stores relevant websites hosting information about the most important international tribunals. Archives University of Minnesota Human Rights Library, Human Rights Watch International Criminal Courts and more.

Contains decisions from UN bodies, the African commission on Human and People's Rights, and African domestic courts.

Via University of Minnesota Human Rights Library

via the Court's website
On the top right corner click for English translation.

This database from Loyola of Los Angeles allows users to search Inter-American Court decisions by case name, country, and topic. Advanced search features include the ability to search by specific violation of various Inter-American Conventions.

Contains information and documents from closed and pending cases. "As of January 2009, the Statute of the ICC had been ratified by 108 governments and would permit the prosecution of war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity. The ICC has jurisdiction when the government fails to prosecute individuals for crimes against humanity when the government is unable to do so". See Black Letter Outline on International Human Rights (on West Academic)