The UN Human Rights Committee today emphasized the need for Sri Lanka to take legislative and other measures to address concerns for the independence of the judiciary in the country.
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The ICJ today expressed serious concern at the killing of lawyer Vitaliy Moiseyev and his wife Elena Moiseyeva in the Moscow region.
Del 27 de septiembre al 2 de octubre del presente año, la CIJ llevó a cabo una misión integrada por el comisionado de la CIJ José Antonio Martín Pallín y Ramón Cadena, Director de la CIJ para Centroamérica.
El objeto de la misma fue analizar el proceso de elección de magistrados de la Corte Suprema de Justicia.
La misión se entrevistó con el Procurador de los Derechos Humanos, diferentes organizaciones no gubernamentales, defensores y defensoras de derechos humanos, miembros del cuerpo diplomático, abogados y abogadas que han participado en otros procesos de elección por medio de comisiones de postulación y jueces y juezas del Organismo Judicial.
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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.
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