International Law

Courts

• International Court of Justice (The Hague, Netherlands)
• International Criminal Court (The Hague, Netherlands)

Treaties

Background

Since the United Nations was founded in 1945, the various states have drafted several tools to facilitate international law. Several of those international tools are listed here, with a focus on criminal justice and prisoners' rights. Some of these tools are called "basic principals" while others are called "covenants". Generally speaking, principals are advisory, while covenants are binding on the states. The International Court of Justice provides remedies for violations of some of these covenants.

Torture

• Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading

Treatment or Punishment

• Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Prisoners' Rights and Sentencing Standards

• Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners
• Standard Minimum Rules for Treatment of Prisoners

Other Important Treaties

• Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
• Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• UN Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary Power