Oxford Reports on International Law

The full scope of international case law - available in one place for the first time

Oxford Reports on International Law brings together decisions on public international law from international courts and tribunals, domestic courts and ad hoc tribunals. For the first time the full scope of international case law is available in one place, accompanied by expert analysis and powerful navigation.

Keep up to date with the entire body of international law jurisprudence

Oxford Reports on International Law
International Law in Domestic Courts is now part of Oxford Reports on International Law. For more information visit www.oxfordonline.com/ildc


The volume of new case law from international courts and tribunals and relevant domestic cases is increasing all the time, making it difficult to keep track of new decisions. International lawyers need to be aware of an ever wider range of international and domestic case law going well beyond what is available in existing law reports.

Oxford Reports on International Law is a single point of reference for the entire body of international law cases. In one place, users will be able to view reports of cases from all bodies producing international law jurisprudence. New cases will be added fortnightly, making Oxford Reports on International Law the first port of call for up-to-date information.

Broaden your research horizons
Oxford Reports on International Law brings to the fore a wider range of international case law than ever before, offering users a greater understanding of the output and workings of foreign legal systems and courts. Expert translations of key passages of decisions in other languages are provided, bringing to life a new world of relevant case law for the first time.

Informed commentary and analysis
As well as the broad coverage and continual updating, Oxford Reports on International Law enhances case reports with high quality analysis and commentary. Edited and collated by an extensive team of distinguished experts, the in-depth information includes:

  • Headnote
  • Summary of case facts and judicial holdings
  • Full text of the opinion of the court
  • Analytical commentary from scholarly experts
  • Accurate translations into English of key passages of non-English decisions
  • List of cases and instruments cited

Follow the citation trail...
With all this information in one place, Oxford Reports on International Law offers exciting opportunities for users to discover other cases, instruments, and writings relevant to their research. Via the powerful Oxford Law Citator, each case report links users to important information about all decisions, instruments, and secondary literature that mention the case in question and that are mentioned by it. If decisions listed by the Citator are also reported within Oxford Reports on International Law, users can also follow links straight to them. In this way it is the perfect starting point for serious international law research.

The Oxford Law Citator is available to users of Oxford Reports on International Law at no extra charge.

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Modules available

The flexibility to meet your needs - modules available in Oxford Reports on International Law

Oxford Reports on International Law consists of five modules of content defined by their subject focus. Subscribers will have access to all five modules in one seamless environment giving the greatest degree of coverage.

Each module is also available separately or in any combination of the five. Further modules featuring, amongst others, cases from the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea, the European Court of Justice, NAFTA, UN Administrative Tribunals, and International Labour Organizations, will be added in subsequent years.

Modules available:


JUST LAUNCHED: Oxford Reports on International Investment Claims
Editor-in-Chief: Ian Laird, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington DC.
Senior Editorial Adviser: Todd Weiler, NAFTAClaims.com

  • Includes decisions and awards from:
    • London Court of International Arbitration
    • International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
    • International Chamber of Commerce
    • Association of Southeast Asian Nations
    • Permanent Court of Arbitration
  • Headnotes and commentaries provided by practitioners and scholars
  • All content peer-reviewed by an expert editorial board
  • Translations of key passages for all non-English judgments
  • Approximately 200 cases at launch


Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts
Editors-in-Chief: Professor Andre Nollkaemper and Professor Erika de Wet of the University of Amsterdam Center for International Law

"highly recommend this database for those who are interested in the relationship between international and domestic law as well as those interested in dispute settlement."
Marci Hoffman, Associate Director and International and Foreign Law Librarian, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley

"admirably ambitious, and provides a service that is not currently available anywhere else. The organization of the database itself is solid and the decisions are selected, translated, and annotated very thoughtfully."
Legal Information Alert, Volume 26,No. 6

  • Domestic cases focusing on key issues and decisions in international law
  • Local experts provide context of domestic legal systems
  • Peer-reviewed commentaries provided by expert editorial board
  • Translations from over 20 languages into English
  • Approximately 350 cases by July 2008, reported from over 75 jurisdictions
  • Adding more than 200 cases per year

NB Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts (ILDC) has been available as a single module since 2006, and will now be incorporated into the Oxford Reports on International Law Service. If you are already a subscriber to ILDC, please click here.


Oxford Reports on International Criminal Law
Editor: Professor William Schabas, Irish Center for Human Rights, the National University of Ireland

  • Includes cases from:
    • International Criminal Court
    • International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
    • International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
    • Special Court for Sierra Leone
    • Iraqi Special Tribunal
    • Extraordinary Chambers for Cambodia
    • Post WWII Tribunals
    • New international and internationalised criminal tribunals as and when they come into being
  • Reports on decisions on substantive and procedural law, edited by one of the world's most respected experts on international criminal law
  • Cases continually updated in light of subsequent developments
  • An archive of approximately 700 decisions dating from 1947 to 2007 will be built up over the first 18 months
  • Adding more than 50 new decisions per year after that


Oxford Reports on International Human Rights Law
Contributing Editors: Professor David Harris, Human Rights Law Centre, the University of Nottingham; Professor Claudia Martin, College of Law, American University Washington; and Professor Sarah Joseph, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University

  • Includes decisions and awards from:
    • European Court of Human Rights (selective coverage of 100-150 decisions per year)
    • Inter-American Commission and Court of Human Rights
    • African Court of Human and Peoples? Rights
    • UN Human Rights Committee, Committee Against Torture, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
  • An archive of approximately 2,000 cases dating from 1950s to 2007 to be built up over the first 18 months.
  • Adding more than 250 new decisions per year after that


Oxford Reports on International Courts of General Jurisdiction
Free access to this module will be provided with subscription to any Oxford Reports on International Law subscription service.

  • Includes all decisions from:
    • International Court of Justice
    • Permanent Court of International Justice
  • Includes brief headnotes help you find key information fast
  • Approximately 300 cases at launch
  • Adding 10-15 new decisions per year


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