Conventions, Treaties and Secondary Legislation

Council of Europe

• European Social Charter
• European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
• European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

European Union

• Charter of Fundamental Rights
• Treaty Establishing the European Community (2002 Consolidated)
• Treaty on European Union (2002 Consolidated)
• Treaty Establishing a Constitution for the Europe
• Free Movement Directive 2004/38/EC
• Framework Employment Directive 2000/78/EC
• Race Equality Directive 2000/43/EC

 

National Constitutions and Laws

• Constitutions of the Countries of the World [BU]
• International Constitutional Law (University of Bern)
• Constitution Finder (University of Richmond)
• National Constitutions (Constitution Society)
• N-Lex (Portal to the National Law of the Member States of the European Union)
• BU Foreign Law Research Guide

 

 

National Courts

• Constitutional Courts (Venice Commission)
• CODICES (Commission of Venice) database of constitutional court cases.
• International Law Reports [BU]
• International Law in Domestic Courts [BU]

 

European Court of Justice

• About
• Statute of the Court of Justice
• Lastest Documents
• Case Database (since 1997)
• EU-CS (Westlaw)
• INTLAW;ECJ (Lexis)
• Press Releases

 

European Court of Human Rights and European Committee of Social Rights

European Court of Human Rights

• About
• Basic Texts
• HUDOC database
• EHR-RPTS (Westlaw)
• INTLAW;HRIGHT (Lexis)
• Press releases

European Committee of Social Rights

• Database of cases
• Digest of caselaw

Selected Landmark Cases

National Courts

• Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child v. Grogan, [1989] IR 753, [1997] IESC 4

European Court of Justice

• Kadi v. Council, 2005 ECR II-3649
• Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child v. Grogan, 1991 ECR I-4685
• Stauder v. City of Ulm, Sozialamt, 1969 ECR 419
• Familiapress Zeitungsverlag, 1997 ECR I-3689
• Foto-frost v. Hauptzollamt Lubeck-Ost, 1987 ECR 4199
• Carpenter v. Sec. of State for the Home Dept., 2002 ECR I-6279
• Chen and Zhu v. Sec. of State for the Home Dept., 2004 ECR I--9925
• Connolly v. Commission, 1995 ECR II-847
• Baumbast v. Sec. of State for the Home Dept., 2002 ECR I-7091
• Kremzow v. Austria, 1997 ECR I-2629

European Court of Human Rights

• Leyla Sahin v. Turkey, Application no. 44774/98 ( 10 November 2005)  
• Case of Open Door and Dublin Well Women v. Ireland, Applications 14234/88 and 14235/88 (29 October 1992)

 

 

Portals, Directories, Programs and Secondary Sources

• European Union - Human Rights Activities (through Europa)
• European Parliament - Human Rights
• Jean Monnet Program - European Interest Links focused on Human Rights
• Legal Journals Index (via Westlaw)
• Eur-Lex
• Law Links: European Union
• Encyclopedia of Human Rights

 

Blogs, News and Newletters

• EU Law Blog
• Europa: RAPID
• BBC News - Europe
• Jean Monnet Program: News and Developments

 

Research Guides

• International Human Rights Research Guide (Globalex)
• European Human Rights System (Columbia)
• Human Rights Research Guide (BU)
• International Human Rights (ASIL)

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