Sep 21, 2022
The ICJ has intervened as a third party before the European Court of Human Rights in a case concerning the involuntary transfers of judges and the consequences of such transfers for the independence of the judiciary. The case of Kurtoğlu Karacık v Türkiye concerns the transfer of several judges to new locations by decision of the High Council of Judges and Prosecutors, against the wishes of the judges concerned and without the possibility of effective judicial review of the decision. In its intervention, the ICJ presents an analysis of international standards related to the transfer of judges, including their right to appeal against involuntary transfers, in light of obligations of under article 6.1 ECHR. It also assesses the current state of judicial independence and the system of transfer of judges in Türkiye within the context of systemic deficiencies in respect of judicial independence in the Turkish judicial system..
Sep 20, 2022 | News
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has called on the Azerbaijan authorities to release lawyer Elchin Sadigov and journalist Avaz Zeynally whose arrest on 10 September on charges of bribery is likely to be politically motivated. On 11 September, Binagadi Regional Court of Baku ordered their pre-trial detention for a period of four months. Both have denied the charges against them.
Sep 19, 2022
The ICJ today warned the UN Human Rights Council of the risks that transitional justice is facing in Tunisia during the Interactive Dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence.
Sep 19, 2022 | Advocacy, News
Today the ICJ wrote to the Minister of Justice of Eswatini requesting that the Eswatini authorities provide information on the steps they had taken to implement the decision of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Commission) during the 33rd Extra-Ordinary Session, held from 12-19 July 2021 and published on 6 April 2022, finding that the State had been in breach of the African Charter in its conduct surrounding the removal from judicial office of Justice Thomas Masuku.
Sep 15, 2022 | Artículos, Noticias
A Comissão Internacional de Juristas (CIJ) conclamou hoje o Presidente Bolsonaro e outros funcionários públicos a respeitar plenamente a independência do Poder Judiciário e dos procedimentos eleitorais durante o período em torno das eleições presidenciais de 2 de outubro.
