International Commission of Jurists
Myanmar: Access to the legal profession

Myanmar: Access to the legal profession

Mar 19, 2014

Every person who has the necessary qualifications and integrity should be allowed to practice as a lawyer. No discrimination is permitted on grounds of race, colour, sex, ethnic origin, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth,...
Myanmar: Access to the legal profession

Myanmar: Independence of the legal profession

Mar 18, 2014

In order for legal assistance to be effective, it must be carried out independently.{{88}} To this end, international law establishes safeguards aimed at ensuring the independence of the individual lawyer, as well as the profession as a whole. The UN Basic Principles...
Myanmar: Access to the legal profession

Myanmar: Financial independence of the judiciary

Mar 18, 2014

At the institutional level, international standards make clear that it is the duty of the State to provide adequate resources to enable the judiciary to properly perform its functions.{{52}} As a safeguard of judicial independence, the courts’ budget shall be prepared...
Myanmar: Access to the legal profession

Myanmar: Appointment and promotion of judges; Security of tenure

Mar 18, 2014

To safeguard the independence of the judiciary and the rights to equality before the law and equal access to the profession, international standards clarify that judges should be appointed though an open process on the basis of prescribed criteria based on merit and...
Myanmar: Access to the legal profession

Myanmar: Judges

Mar 17, 2014

It is fundamental to the rule of law, to the right to a fair trial, the right to liberty and security of person, and to the right to effective remedy for violations of human rights, that individual judges and the judiciary as a whole must be independent and...
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