Sep 27, 2014 | News
On 24-26 September 2014, the ICJ conducted a workshop on fair trial standards and trial monitoring for Vietnamese lawyers in Manila, Philippines.
The objectives of the workshop were to strengthen the participants’ understanding of fair trial standards and to increase the pool of trained lawyers available to conduct trial monitoring activities in the ASEAN region.
As part of the workshop, the participants observed several criminal proceedings at the Regional Trial Court of Quezon city and visited the Paranaque City Jail, in Manila.
The speakers included experts from the Free Legal Aid Group (FLAG), the Human Rights Resource Center (HRRC), and the Asian International Justice Initiative (AIJI).
The ICJ’s manual on trial monitoring, which was used at the training, provides trial observers with practical guidance on how to prepare for a trial observation mission, carry out the observation and write the follow-up report.
It also provides a synthesis of the basic legal standards applicable in relation to (i) the right to a fair trial, (ii) the right to remedy of victims of human rights violations, and (iii) combating impunity.
Sep 13, 2014 | News
On 11-12 September 2014, the ICJ held an academic seminar on “The Principle of Inadmissibility of Evidence Obtained by Unlawful Means and Hearsay Evidence: International Standards Compared to Thai Law” for Judges, prosecutors and lawyers working in Thailand’s deep South.
The objective of the seminar held in Hat Yai was to discuss the provisions of the Thai Criminal Procedure Code that address hearsay and unlawfully obtained evidence and compare them to international standards.
Speakers at the seminar included Justice Jaran Pakdeethanakul of the Constitutional Court of Thailand; Associate Professor Narong Jaiharn, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Thammasat University; and two international Judges who spoke about the approach to hearsay and unlawfully obtained evidence in the inquisitorial and adversarial legal systems.
Sep 4, 2014 | News
The ICJ today condemned the Malaysian government’s increased use of the 1948 Sedition Act to stifle freedom of expression and silence voices perceived as challenging governmental policy.
Aug 28, 2014 | News
The Thai Government and the Thai army should immediately stop their abusive resort to criminal defamation laws to silence human rights defenders, said the ICJ, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International today.
Aug 27, 2014 | News
The ICJ is delighted to announce five new Commissioners: Professor Kyong-Wahn Ahn (Republic of Korea), Justice Adolfo Azcuna (Philippines), Professor Miguel Carbonell (Mexico), Justice Yvonne Mokgoro (South Africa) and Justice Ajit Parkash Shah (India).
Aug 4, 2014 | News
The Royal Thai Government must conduct a prompt, independent and impartial investigation into allegations that military officers subjected Kritsuda Khunasen to torture, while holding her in incommunicado detention at a secret location for nearly one month, the ICJ said today.
