European Court of Human Rights
The ECHR is an international court set up in 1959. It rules on individual or state applications alleging violations of the civil and political rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights. Since 1998, it has sat as a full-time court and individuals can apply to it directly.
Case law can be searched using the HUDOC database.
More information can be found in some of the following sources:
Bringing a Case to the European Court of Human Rights by Call Number: KJC5138 .B75 2011ISBN: 9789058508263
Caring Autonomy ; European human rights law and the challenge of individualism by Call Number: KJC5141 .L64 2015ISBN: 1107081777
The Concept of the Rule of Law and the European Court of Human Rights by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780199671199Publication Date: 2014
African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights is a continental court established by African countries to ensure the protection of human and peoples' rights in African. The Court was established by virtue of Article 1 of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, which was adopted by Member States of the then Organization of African Unity (OAU) in June 1998. The Protocol came into force in January 2004.
Contentious matters and advisory proceedings can be found on the Court's website.
Other information can be found in the following sources:
International Human Rights and Their Enforcement in Africa by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9966153241Publication Date: 2011
Corruption and Human Rights Law in Africa by Call Number: KQC982.P65 O43 2014ISBN: 9781849466370Publication Date: 2014
InterAmerican Court of Human Rights
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is an autonomous judicial institution based in the city of San José, Costa Rica. Together with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, it makes up the human rights protection system of the Organization of American States (OAS), which serves to uphold and promote basic rights and freedoms in the Americas.
The Practice and Procedure of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780511843884Publication Date: 2013
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights by Call Number: eBook and KDZ579.I58 B874 2011ISBN: 9780199588787
