Documents and articles

Judicial Reform for Improving Governance in Anglophone Africa

Distance Learning Program for Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda October - November, 2003,
Tanzania, National Action Plans, Developed by the Country Participants.

Strengthening the Legislature and Judiciary for Improving Governance in Africa

Strengthening the Legislature and Judiciary for Improving Governance in Africa: A Case for the Rule of Law and Economic Development, by David A. Levy

The African Court on Human and People's Rights

Presentation, analysis and commentary: The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, establishing the Court, Occasional Paper, Geneva, January 2000.
Association for the Prevention of Torture, http://www.apt.ch

Rule of Law in Africa

World Conference of Barristers & Advocates 2004, Cape Town, South Africa, 12-14 April 2004.
Address of Dato' Param Cumaraswamy (Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers)

Links to institutions

Association for the Prevention of Torture

Founded 27 years ago, in 1977, by Jean-Jacques Gautier (also see below) and based in Geneva, Switzerland, the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) is an independent non-governmental organisation working worldwide to prevent torture and ill-treatment.

Judicial branch by country

NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank, World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and OECD. Using the form above, you can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease.

The African Law Institute

The work plan of The Africa Law Institute is divided into two major programs: 1) Law Reform and 2) Research. The Law Reform Program will assist African governments to clarify, amend or otherwise update their existing laws in various areas of public and private law.

Vera Institute of Justice

The Vera Institute of Justice works closely with leaders in government and civil society to improve the services people rely on for safety and justice. Vera develops innovative, affordable programs that often grow into self-sustaining organizations, studies social problems and current responses, and provides practical advice and assistance to government officials in New York and around the world.

All Africa.Com

AllAfrica.Com Legal and Judicial Affairs

African Judicial Network

The African Judicial Network (AJN) is an international partnership to foster efficient and effective judicial systems in member's respective countries and to promote beneficial relationships among members.

International Commission of Jurists

The International Commission of Jurists is dedicated to the primacy, coherence and implementation of international law and principles that advance human rights.
What distinguishes the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) is its impartial, objective and authoritative legal approach to the protection and promotion of human rights through the rule of law.

Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)

The Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) is a database of laws, regulations, and other complementary legal sources. The documents included in the database are contributed by the governments of the members from the original, official texts which are deposited, by agreement of the members, in a server presently located at the Library of Congress of the United States of America.

Internet Legal Research Group

A categorized index of more than 4000 select web sites in 238 nations, islands, and territories, as well as thousands of locally stored web pages, legal forms, and downloadable files, this site was established in 1995 to serve as a comprehensive resource of the information available on the Internet concerning law and the legal profession, with an emphasis on the United States of America.

Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more from all around the world

Hundreds of links to parties, movements, elections, political organizations, government, and embassy web sites arranged by country; searchable by country or world region and web site has outstanding coverage and merits its high ratings.

The World Bank Legal Review

The World Bank Legal Review: Law and Justice for Development