Title: International Commission of Jurists

Source/Sponsoring Agency: International Commission of Jurists

URL: http://www.icj.org/

Date Checked: 11/9/2006      Status: Active

Date Annotated: 1/29/2005

Topics: Human Rights Law; International Law

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Contents: The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) is dedicated to the primacy, coherence, and implementation of international law and principles that advance human rights. The ICJ’s website details the structure of the organization, introduces its staff and commissioners, and provides details of its national sections and affiliated legal organizations which cover more than sixty countries. Researchers will appreciate the site’s searchable database of the ICJ's press releases, reports, legal documents, and other materials, called the “ICJ Legal Resource Center.” This Center allows users to search by keyword or browse by country, type of document, or broad topic. Search results include the title of the document and a brief abstract, along with the publication date and document type. Unfortunately, many of the documents are not in PDF form, making reading and printing difficult. However, this allows the full contents of the ICJ site to be available in French and Spanish as well as English.

Author of Annotation: B. Kreisler