Contributors in Courts

Courts

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)

Legal services; Courts

The International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, is a ...

International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)

Legal services; Courts

Intergovernmental organisation created by the mandate of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea. It was established by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, signed ...

International Criminal Court(ICC)

Legal services; Courts

A permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression (although it cannot currently exercise jurisdiction over the crime of ...

Appellate Body

Legal services; Courts

A body of the WTO which is a standing body of seven persons that hears form reports issued by panels in disputes brought by WTO Members. It was established in 1995 under Article 17 of the ...

Courts Of England And Wales

Legal services; Courts

Her Majesty's Courts of Justice of England and Wales are the civil and criminal courts responsible for the administration of justice in England and Wales; they apply the law of England and Wales and ...

Scots Law

Legal services; Courts

A unique legal system; it can trace its legal roots to various different sources of law. The law in Scotland, up until the mid-tenth century, was almost certainly Celtic,(1) but after that point, ...

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)

Legal services; Courts

An institution of the World Bank Group based in Washington, D. C. , was established in 1966 pursuant to the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other ...

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