How to cite a other international tribunal or arbitration

Bluebook (22d ed.) citation format, B21 / R21.5.2–R21.6.

Bluebook (22d ed.) citation format for a other international tribunal or arbitration, governed by B21 / R21.5.2–R21.6. Worked example, required elements, and the rules that apply.

EU courts, European Court of Human Rights, Inter-American Commission and Court, ITLOS, ICC and the criminal tribunals, arbitral awards, and cases in I.L.R. or Ann. Dig.

Example

Case C-286/01, Comm’n v. France, 2002 E.C.R. I-5463.

Governing rules

B21 / R21.5.2–R21.6

• 21 — international materials.
• 21.5 — international law cases.
• 21.5.2 — European Union courts.

Required elements

• Court or tribunal

Optional elements

• Case or application number — As printed: “Case C-286/01”, “App. No. 7245/32”, “Case No. 2”, “ICC-01/04-01/07”. An EU case leads with it.
• Case name — Required, except for an award known only by its number (“Case No. 5428 of 1988”, R21.6).
• States in a parenthetical — ITLOS and arbitrations (R21.5.6, R21.6): abbreviated per T10.
• ECLI (EU, after 2011)
• Type of ruling — “Merits, Reparations, and Costs, Judgment”; “Order of Jan. 20, 1998”; “Warrant of Arrest”.
• Court named in the text — R21.5.8: “African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights [Afr. Ct. H.P.R.]”.
• Reporter citation — Volume (or year), reporter, and first page: “318 Eur. Ct. H.R. 29”, “Inter-Am. Ct. H.R. (ser. C) No. 147”.
• Parallel citation (EU)
• Pincite
• Court in the date parenthetical
• Date
• Report cited after the date (ICSID)
• URL
• On file with

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