Appointment of Sir Leslie Munro as new Secretary-General of the International Commission of Jurists
Effective July 1st, 1961, Sir Leslie Munro, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., will succeed Dr. Jean-Flavien Lalive as Secretary-General of the ICJ.
General update on ICJ’s activities
Dr. Jean-Flavien Lalive, a Swiss jurist and Secretary-General of the IICJ, has arrived in Portugal on a short informal visit with the purpose of broadening the Commission’s contacts in this country.
Essay contest on “The Role of the Lawyer in the Economic and Social Development of his Country within the Framework of the Rule of Law”
The ICJ announced today at its Geneva headquarters a world-wide Contest on the theme The Role of the Lawyer in the Economic and Social Development of his Country within the Framework of the Rule of Law.
Minimum treatment of prisoners
Text of the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, with an introduction by the ICJ.
The ICJ is aware that, for all practical purposes, the application and implementation of the Rules will depend largely on the extent of which they are know. It has therefore decided to reproduce the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners in full, wishing to draw the attention of lawyers all over the world to their provisions. Lawyers have a special role to play in the promotion of recognized standards of treatment of detained persons, their full support should thus encourage the application of the Rules in every country.
Minimum treatment prisoner-basic texts-1957-eng (full text in English, PDF)
Minimum treatment prisoner-basic texts-1957-fra (full text in French, PDF)
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