1. American NGO Coalition for the ICC (AMICC)
http://www.amicc.org/
The American NGO Coalition for the ICC has created a website to serve as a clearinghouse of sorts for information concerning the International Criminal Court (ICC). It provides news releases, the text of the Rome Statute that creates the ICC and other important documents as well as links to other relevant ICC documents and resources.
2. International Criminal Court
http://www.icc-cpi.int/home.html&l=en
According to the site, “[t]he International Criminal Court (ICC) is the first ever permanent, treaty based, international criminal court established to promote the rule of law and ensure that the gravest international crimes do not go unpunished.”
The website provides access to the Official Journal of the Court which offers a compilation of legal instruments relevant to the Court, codes of ethics and personnel and financial documents.
3. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
http://69.94.11.53/
The ICTR's website includes the text of the Tribunal's statute, resolutions of the Security Council, transcripts of hearings, rules of Procedure and evidence, ICTR Yearbooks, Annual Reports and Judgements, Decisions, and Orders of the Chambers.
4. International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
http://www.un.org/icty/index.html
The ICTY's site provides basic legal texts of the Tribunal, Annual Reports, Yearbooks, and indictments, decisions, orders, judgments, and transcripts of Tribunal cases.
5. The CICC International Criminal Court Home Page
(Coalition for an International Criminal Court)
http://www.igc.apc.org/icc/
The Coalition's website provides text of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and it also includes useful country-by-country information regarding ratification.
6. Special Court for Sierra Leone
http://www.sc-sl.org/
According to the site, "[t]he Special Court for Sierra Leone was set up jointly by the Government of Sierra Leone and the United Nations. It is mandated to try those who bear the greatest responsibility for serious violations of international humanitarian law and Sierra Leonean law committed in the territory of Sierra Leone since 30 November 1996."
The website includes, in PDF format the statute of the Court, practice directives, ceasefire agreements, and selected Sierra Leon legislation.
7. War Crimes Research Portal
(Case School of Law)
http://www.law.case.edu/war-crimes-research-portal/
According to the website, the War Crimes Research Portal "contains over a thousand links to websites related to international humanitarian law, arranged alphabetically by subject area and including a summary of the content of each site, making it one of the most comprehensive and usable research sites related to international humanitarian law and international criminal tribunals on the Internet.
The portal also contains the text of over 120 research memoranda on issues pending before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and the International Criminal Court. Finally, the Portal contains a Research Guide to international humanitarian law and tribunals, prepared by the Case Law School Law Library."
8. International Criminal Tribunals Links
(University of Minnesota Human Rights Library)
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/links/intrib.html
This site provides links to numerous internet resources dealing with International Criminal Tribunals.
9. Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Website
(United Nations)
http://www.un.org/law/icc/index.html
The official U.N. website of the Rome Statute includes its text, the documents and Final Act of the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court, Preparatory Commission documents, and relevant General Assembly resolutions.
1. Interpol
(International Criminal Police Organization)
http://www.interpol.int/
Interpol is an international organization which has coordinated international police cooperation between Member States Police Forces since 1923.
Interpol's site provides access to general information about the organization, keynote articles, technical papers and press releases.
2. United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network (UNCJIN)
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/uncjin.html
In cooperation with the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), the United Nations Centre for International Crime Prevention maintains the United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network (UNCJIN ), a substantial database which includes crime statistics, publications, and links to the United Nations agencies and other research organizations and universities.
3. United Nations Centre for International Crime Prevention (CICP)
http://www.uncjin.org/CICP/cicp.html
The Centre for International Crime Prevention is the United Nations office responsible for crime prevention, criminal justice and criminal law reform. It pays special attention to combating transnational organized crime, corruption and illicit trafficking in human beings.
The site provides the text of U.N. documents concerning crime prevention concerns, links to international criminal statistics, and texts of U.N. standards and norms regarding crime prevention and criminal justice.
4. United Nations Interregional Crime & Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)
http://www.unicri.it/
According to the site, "UNICRI was first established in 1968 as the United Nations Social Defence Research Institute (UNSDRI) by Resolution 1086 B (XXXIX) of the Economic and Social Council, which requested the Secretary-General to proceed with arrangements to strengthen the United Nations action in the prevention and control of both juvenile delinquency and adult criminality."
This site provides access to the LMS Bibliographic collection, which is a bibliographic database of materials dealing with the prevention and control of criminality as well as related social problems such as drug abuse. It also includes the World Directory of Criminological Resources, a worldwide database of more than 470 institutions who specialize in criminological issues.
5. United Nations Office On Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
http://www.undcp.org/
According to the site, "The Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP) is the umbrella organization that makes up the United Nations Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) and the Centre for International Crime Prevention (CICP). It also includes theTerrorism Prevention Branch and the Global Programmes against Money Laundering, Corruption, Organized Crime and Trafficking in Human Beings."
6. World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems
(U.S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/wfcj.htm
Issued by the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the Justice Department, The World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems provides narrative descriptions of the criminal justice systems of 42 countries around the world.
Last updated 7/18/07