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Judicial decisions of international tribunals represent another source of international law. Of those tribunals:
1. International Court of Justice, created by the Charter of the United Nations, is the only truly worldwide tribunal, its jurisdiction extending to all states, whether or not they are members of the United Nations. Non-members can be parties before the Court if they accept its jurisdiction. The Court publishes its decisions first in advance-sheet form, and later in two annual collections:
2. Court of Justice of the European Community is a tribunal of a regional organization with international jurisdiction. Its decisions are published in Reports of cases before the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance. 1954- See K.3., infra, for additional information on publications.
3. European Court of Human Rights publishes its decisions in the following:
4. International Law Reports. Edited by Hersch Lauterpacht. 1919- . (Available online soon. Check e-resource page). Reprints selected decisions of national courts, but also indexes decisions of the International Court of Justice, Court of Justice of the European Communities, Administrative Tribunal of the International Labor Organization, decisions of selected claims, conciliation and arbitration commissions, etc. It was formerly entitled Annual Digest of Public International Law Cases. Cumulative indexes.
5. International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
6. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
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