International Commission of Jurists
Workshop on the right to fair trial in South Sudan

Workshop on the right to fair trial in South Sudan

Oct 22, 2012 | Events

The ICJ is holding a workshop on access to justice and the right to fair trial from 22 to 24 October in Juba, South Sudan.

The workshop, organized in collaboration with the South Sudan Law Society, is aimed at judges, prosecutors, lawyers, and legal staff of the Ministry of Justice. It covers inter alia general fair trial standards, the role of the prosecutor and an independent legal profession, and specific standards applicable to arrest, pre-trial detention and trial proceedings. An ICJ delegation consisting of Judge Charles Mkandawire (ICJ Commissioner and Registrar of the SADC Tribunal), President Judge Anaclet Chipeta (High Court of Malawi), former Judge Thomas Masuku (High Court of Swaziland), Arnold Tsunga (ICJ Africa Regional Programme Director) and Ilaria Vena (CIJL Associate Legal Adviser) lead the training and debate sessions, together with representatives of the South Sudan Law Society.

 

SouthSudan-WorkshopFairTrial-Agenda-October2012 (download the agenda of the workshop)

Training on migration and human rights in Serbia

Training on migration and human rights in Serbia

Oct 15, 2012 | Events

The ICJ, OSCE and Group 484 are holding a training on migration and international human rights law starting on Tuesday 16 October in Kladovo (Serbia).

The training has been organised by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Serbian NGO “Group 484” and will be given by the International Commission of Jurists. It will focus on international protection of migrants and asylum seekers, the principle of non-refoulement, and human rights in expulsion procedures, drawing from the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights, of the UN human rights systems and from EU law. The training will be centered on the ICJ Practitioners Guide no. 6: Migration and International Human Rights Law.

Serbia-agenda-migration-2012 (download the agenda of the training)

Photo credit: © Stabilisation Unit/DFID (the DFID has no involvement in nor does support this event)

ICJ comments on Universal Periodic Review of Russian Federation

ICJ comments on Universal Periodic Review of Russian Federation

Oct 9, 2012 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions

The ICJ commented on the UPR of the Russian Federation, addressing issues including torture and ill-treatment, impunity, judicial independence, NGO laws and “homosexual propaganda” bans.

The International Commission of Jurists has brought to the attention of the Human Rights Council’s Working Group on the UPR and to the Human Rights Council issues concerning:

  • prevention of torture and ill-treatment and other gross human rights violations;
  • impunity for gross human rights violations;
  • independence of the judiciary; amendments to NGO laws;
  • non-refoulement; homosexual propaganda bans; and
  • Russia’s engagement with international human rights instruments and mechanisms.

 

Russia-ICJ comments on UPR-non-legal-submission-2012 (download the ICJ submission)

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