Mar 12, 2013 | Artículos, Noticias
La CIJ llevará a cabo una misión a Uruguay (12-16 marzo de 2013) para interiorizarse de los acontecimientos que recientemente interesaran aspectos de la independencia del poder judicial en el país.
También se evaluará su impacto sobre el ejercicio del derecho de las víctimas a contar con remedios efectivos para las violaciones de los derechos humanos.
La delegación de la CIJ ha solicitado reuniones con la Suprema Corte de Justicia, ex magistrados, el Poder Ejecutivo, el Colegio de Abogados del Uruguay, organizaciones de la sociedad civil y defensores de los derechos humanos, representantes de los partidos políticos, y otros actores relacionados con la administración de justicia y la independencia del poder judicial.
La visita se enmarca dentro de los esfuerzos que la CIJ lleva a cabo en distintos países con el objetivo de velar por e impulsar la primacía, coherencia e implementación del derecho internacional de los derechos humanos a través de la vigencia del Estado de Derecho, y promover el respeto a la independencia judicial.
Integrarán la misión los siguientes delegados:
Belisario dos Santos Junior (foto) – Jurista brasileño, Comisionado de la Comisión Internacional de Juristas. Secretario de Estado de Justicia y Defensa de la Ciudadanía del Estado de San Pablo (1995 – 2000) y ex Presidente de la Asociación de Abogados Latinoamericanos para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos.
Alejandro E. Salinas Rivera – Jurista chileno, Asesor del Centro para la Independencia de Jueces y Abogados. Ex director de la Dirección de Derechos Humanos del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile y ex asesor de la Comisión Presidencial para Políticas de Derechos Humanos de la Presidencia de la República de Chile.
Mar 12, 2013 | News
The ICJ is undertaking today a five-day mission to Uruguay to gather information concerning recent developments affecting the independence of the judiciary in the country.
The mission members will meet with a broad group of stakeholders in Uruguay.
The mission will also look at the impact that these developments have on the exercise of the right of victims to effective remedies for human rights violations.
The two-member mission will consist of ICJ Commissioner Belisário dos Santos Junior (picture) and Alejandro E. Salinas Rivera, member of the Advisory Committee of the ICJ Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers.
Uruguay-CIJL mission-Nota de prensa-2013-Spa (full text, pdf)
Feb 21, 2013
Through this letter the ICJ is asking the Cambodian Bar Association to clarify its views on a few issues related to freedom of expression of the country’s lawyers.
The full text of the letter can be found here:
Cambodia-ICJ letter to bar association- advocacy open letters – 2014
Feb 15, 2013 | News
The ICJ, in collaboration with the Office of the Attorney General of the Union of Myanmar, held a two-day academic seminar in Naypyitaw entitled “The Prerogative Writs under the 2008 Constitution of Myanmar”.
At the event, which took place on 14 – 15 February 2013, opening remarks were given by His Excellency Dr. Tun Shin, Attorney General of the Union of Myanmar and Mr. Saman-Zarifi, Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific of International Commission of Jurists, to a total of approximately 40 public prosecutors and judges.
The aim of the seminar was to discuss and contribute to the application of the recently re-introduced prerogative writs, namely, habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto and certiorari, under Myanmar’s 2008 Constitution which came into force in early 2011.
The seminar allowed ICJ to not only gain a deeper insight into the current writ practices in Myanmar but also permitted the Office of the Attorney General to draw best practices from other countries, such as Australia, Philippines and Malaysia.
The topics addressed during the seminar were the importance of prerogative writs in ensuring justice and upholding the rule of law; specific international standards on the independence of prosecutors and their role in the justice system; how writ cases are handled, challenges faced by the prosecutors and the burden of proof; and the powers of the judiciary to promulgate its own rules to ensure fundamental rights, as in the case of the Supreme Court in Philippines.
Panelists included Justice John Dowd AO QC, former Chairman of the International Commission of Jurists; Justice Adolfo Azcuna, Chancellor of the Philippine Judicial Academy and former Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines; and Mr. Andrew Khoo of the Malaysian Bar Council.
Feb 13, 2013
The ICJ presents this legal opinion regarding the possible withdrawal of the license of lawyers R
aziya Nurmasheva and Iskander Alimbayev (photo) of the Almaty City Lawyers Collegium.
This case against the lawyers raises issues of international law and standards, in particular, Kazakhstan’s international obligations on protecting the role of lawyers and their right to a fair hearing. It further concerns the duty of the State to ensure that lawyers are able to carry out their functions without intimidation, hindrance, harassment or improper interference.
Kazakhstan-Expert legal opinion Nurmasheva-legal submission-2012 (full text in pdf)
Kazhakstan-Expert legal opinion Nurmasheva-legal submission-2012-RUS (full text in pdf)
