International human rights & practice; cases, treaties and materials; casebook & documentary supplement

The international human rights field is a rapidly emerging and potentially lucrative litigation market. Over the last ten years, international tribunals, such as the European and Inter-American Courts of Human Rigths, have become increasingly powerful and effective in stopping human rights violations and awarding compensation to victims. Also, unknown to most lawyers, these tribunals award attorney's fees and costs. This publication integrates the law of these international tribunals and provides a comparative analysis of this jurisprudence with US and foreign law. Developed as a practitioner's deskbook, it presents extracts from cases frequently unavailable in law libraries for use in pleadings. This edition is designed with the beginning practitioner and clinical professor in mind. Rules of procedure, model pleadings, case flow charts, troubleshooting checklists, and tribunal address directory are included to provide the beginning practitioner with all the basic information required to practice before these tribunals. With over 100 countries now recognizing the jurisdiction of these tribunals, the litigation market in international human rights is vast. For example, refugees are an untapped source of ready-made cases for international courts. In this book immigration attorneys will learn how to turn an asylum case into an international court case with little additional expense.