International Court of Justice:
1. Established on June 26, 1945 in the letter United Nations.
2. was made in order to resolve legal disputes between States Parties to the UN and allow advisory opinions to the UN and its specialized agencies.
3. A case worth mentioning is the dispute between Tunisia and Libya over the delimitation of continental shelf.
International Criminal Court
1. Created by the Rome Statute on July 1, 2002.
2. created to try people accused of crimes of genocide, war and crimes against humanity.
3. A case worth mentioning is the recent case of Libya.
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
1. created pursuant to resolution 827 of Security Council UN May 25, 1993
2. Created to judge
- Graves violations of the Geneva Conventions of 1949.
- violations of international conventions on war and international custom minted since the end of the WWII .
- Crimes Against Humanity .
- Genocide .
- A case worth mentioning is Slobodan Milošević, former president of Yugoslavia.
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
1. is created on November 8, 1997 by Resolution 955 the Security Council of the United Nations.
2. To judge
a. Genocide
b. Crimes Against Humanity
c. Violations of Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions.
American Court of Human Rights
1. was established in 1979
2. to interpret and judge what related to the American Convention on Human Rights.
3. An interesting case is that of Abrill Alosilla and other Vs Peru.
European Court of Human Rights
1. start acting the November 1 of 1998, with the entry into force of Protocol 11 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
2. judge that related to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in Europe.
3. An interesting case that there is on the Human Right to Abortion.
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