Roundtable discussion on women’s access to justice in Thailand

Roundtable discussion on women’s access to justice in Thailand

The ICJ and Justice for Peace Foundation (JPF) held a multi-stakeholder roundtable dialogue on women’s access to justice in Bangkok, Thailand on 19 and 20 March 2012.

The event marked an important stage in the ongoing ICJ-JPF initiative on women’s access to justice in Thailand.

It convened a group of experts from accross Thailand to discuss and review a draft ICJ-JPF report on the obstacles to justice women continue to face in Thailand.

Participants included women human rights defenders, lawyers, representatives of NGOs and academic experts.

When released the ICJ-JPF will capture and explore the accounts of barriers received from stakeholders accross Thailand through extensive field research accross the country during 2011.

It will identify a series of responsive recommendations endorsed by roundtable participants.

 

Pakistan: ICJ concludes high-level mission to examine the independence of the judiciary since the lawyers’ movement

Pakistan: ICJ concludes high-level mission to examine the independence of the judiciary since the lawyers’ movement

The ICJ ended its six-day High-Level Mission to Pakistan today after studying the role of the judiciary and the separation of powers.

The High-Level Mission, consisting of Judge Stefan Trechsel (Chair) and Graham Leung, visited Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad between September 7-8 and September 12-15, 2011.  The Mission was a follow up to an earlier ICJ Mission which took place in 2007during the height of the constitutional crisis that was occurring at the time.

Pakistan-independence of the judiciary since the lawyers`movement-web story-2011 (full text, PDF)

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