Jurists adopt plan against corruption
The Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers (CIJL) of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) finalised today a 10 page policy framework to address the problem of corruption in the judiciary.
Background paper prepared by Mr. Theodor van Boven, member of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, E/CN.4/1999/WG.1/BP.7, February 26, 1999
Sessional open-ended Working Group to review and Formulate proposals for the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance 5. (…) (c) Victims of double discrimination constitute a third area of major concern. Many persons...
ICJ member B. G Ramcharan appointed Deputy UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The ICJ welcomed today the appointment by the UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, of Bertrand G. Ramcharan (Guyana), ICJ Member since 1991, as UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, under the leadership of Mary Robinson.
Annual Report of the Committee, Report on the Nineteenth Session to the General Assembly, CRC/C/80, October 9, 1998
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