Aug 10, 2020 | News
Today, the ICJ published the recommendations from a workshop on strengthening the work of the specialized bodies of the Bar Association on the protection of the rights of lawyers in Tajikistan, held in December 2019.
The event was held on 16 and 17 December 2019 in the city of Gulistan in the North of Tajikistan for members of the Commission for the Protection of the Rights of Lawyers (CPRL) of the Union of Lawyers of the Republic of Tajikistan.The ICJ organized this seminar in cooperation with the Union of Lawyers of Tajikistan and the Legal Policy Research Centre, Kazakhstan.
The President of the Tajikistan Union of Lawyers, heads of regional departments of the Union of Lawyers, who are members of the Commission on the protection of the rights of lawyers, and other lawyers took part in the two-day discussion.
Based on the outcome of this discussion, the participants elaborated the recommendations to strengthen the work of the Commission. Those recommendations are provided below.
The recommendations have been formulated on the basis of the views expressed by members of the Tajikistan Union of Lawyers addressing the situation in Tajikistan, and are not intended necessarily to reflect the legal or policy positions or other views of the ICJ or to be applicable to other contexts.
This set of recommendations deals with key challenges faced by the CPRL in upholding the independence, security and effective work of lawyers in Tajikistan. However, the list of these issues is not exhaustive nor comprehensive and should be further reviewed in light of ongoing developments in the legal profession and the justice system as a whole.
The recommendations should be read in light of the international law obligations of Tajikistan to protect the right of access to a lawyer, to a fair trial and to effective remedies for violations of human rights, including under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and international standards on the role of lawyers, including the UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers.
Recommendations in English (PDF)
Recommendations in Russian (PDF)
Aug 10, 2020 | Новости
Сегодня Международная комиссия юристов (МКЮ)_опубликовала рекомендации по итогам семинара по усилению работы специализированных органов Коллегии адвокатов по защите прав адвокатов в Таджикистане, проведенного в декабре 2019 года.
Данное мероприятие было проведено 16-17 декабря 2019 года в городе Гулистан на севере Таджикистана и было организовано для членов Комиссии по защите прав адвокатов («Комиссия») Союза адвокатов Республики Таджикистан. Семинар проводился МКЮ совместно с Союзом адвокатов Таджикистана и Центром исследования правовой политики (Казахстан).
За два дня в обсуждении приняли участие председатель Союза адвокатов Таджикистана, руководители региональных подразделений Союза адвокатов, которые являются членами Комитета по защите прав адвокатов, и другие адвокаты. По итогам обсуждения участники подготовили рекомендации по усилению деятельности Комиссии, которые приведены ниже.
Рекомендации были разработаны на основе мнения членов Союза адвокатов Таджикистана относительно ситуации в Таджикистане и не обязательно отражают правовую или политическую позицию и иные взгляды МКЮ, а также могут не быть применимыми в других контекстах.
Данный перечень рекомендаций касается основных проблем, с которыми сталкивается Комиссия при обеспечении независимости адвокатов, их безопасности и эффективной работы в Таджикистане. При этом перечень рассматриваемых вопросов не является исчерпывающим и всеобъемлющим, но подлежит дальнейшему редактированию в свете происходящих процессов в адвокатуре и системе правосудия в целом.
Рекомендации подлежат прочтению в свете международно-правовых обязательств Таджикистана по защите права на доступ к адвокату, справедливое судебное разбирательство и эффективные средства правовой защиты от нарушения прав человека, в том числе в соответствии с Международным пактом о гражданских и политических правах, а также международными нормами в отношении роли адвокатов, включая Основные принципы ООН, касающиеся роли юристов.
Рекомендации на русском языке (PDF)
Рекомендации на английском языке (PDF)
Jul 28, 2020 | Advocacy, Cases, Legal submissions, News
The ICJ intervened today in the case of the potential surveillance by Polish secret services of Mikołaj Pietrzak, lawyer and chair of the Warsaw Bar Association, Dominika Bychawska-Siniarska et Barbara Grabowska-Moroz of the Helsinki Foundation of Human Rights, and Wojciech Klicki and Katarzyna Szymielewicz of the foundation Panoptykon.
The five applicants applied to the European Court of Human Rights claiming a violation of their rights to privacy and to an effective remedy because the system of secret surveillance and collection of metadata created by the Law amending the Law of the Police of 15 January 2016 and the Anti-Terrorism Law of 16 June 2016 does not provide sufficient guarantees for this rights’ protection.
In its third party intervention, the ICJ addressed (1) the application of the principles of prescription by law, necessity and proportionality, in circumstances when mass and targeted surveillance interferes with the right to respect for private life under Article 8 ECHR, in particular when it affects lawyers and human rights defenders; (2) the obligations of States under Article 8 and 6 ECHR to ensure respect for the confidentiality of lawyer-client relations and the principle of legal professional privilege.
The ICJ argued that secret surveillance, in particular where it interferes with the confidentiality of communications of lawyers and human rights defenders, and endangers lawyer-client privilege protected under Articles 8 and 6 ECHR, should be subject to specific safeguards and to particularly strict scrutiny of its necessity and proportionality.
The third party intervention can be found here: PIetrzak&HF_v_Poland-AmicusCuriae-ECtHR-Cases-2020-ENG
Jul 22, 2020 | Advocacy, Cases, Legal submissions, News
The ICJ and Amnesty International have submitted a joint third party intervention before the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Judges Mariusz Broda and Alina Bojara.
The case concerns the premature termination of their mandates as vice-presidents of the regional tribunal of Kielce in Poland. The two judges, that had been appointed to six-year terms in 2014, had their position revoked by the Minister of Justice in 2018.
The revocation was based on article 17.1 of the Law of 12 July 2017 modifying the Law on the Judicial System. This provision, presented and approved by the ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS), gave the Minister of Justice the power to revoke courts’ presidents and vice-presidents without justified grounds and with no possibility of appeal.
The two judges applied to the European Court of Human Rights alleging that they had been denied access to a tribunal to challenge the termination of their mandate .
In their third party intervention, the ICJ and Amnesty International analyze international standards on judicial independence, including as regards the role court presidents and vice-presidents, and the consequences of these standards for the right of access to court under Article 6.1 ECHR. The intervention also analyses the recent legislative and policy developments that have seriously undermined the independence of the Polish judiciary.
Read the full intervention here: Broda_v_Poland-AmicusCuriae-ICJ&AI-Cases-2020-ENG.
Jul 15, 2020 | Incidencia
Hoy, la CIJ hizo la siguiente declaración oral en el diálogo Interactivo sobre el Informe de la Alta Comisionada para los Derechos Humanos respecto de Venezuela.
Señora presidenta,
La Comisión Internacional de Juristas (CIJ) agradece el informe de la Alta Comisionada para los Derechos Humanos sobre la situación en Venezuela en seguimiento a la Resolución 42/25. Sin embargo, la Comisión lamenta que el reporte no haya sido publicado con suficiente anticipación a este Diálogo Interactivo, para permitir un análisis y una respuesta detallada.
El informe señala una amplia gama de violaciones a los derechos civiles, económicos, políticos, culturales y sociales.
La CIJ ha documentado durante años la ausencia de independencia judicial en Venezuela, así como la ausencia de rendición de cuentas en el ámbito nacional. En el Arco Minero del Orinoco, hemos observado numerosos casos de presuntas desapariciones forzadas, trata de personas, amenazas a defensores de derechos humanos, y serios abusos a los derechos de los pueblos indígenas.
La Comisión desea preguntarle a la Alta Comisionada, si puede explicar los obstáculos arraigados en el sistema judicial venezolano que evitan la efectiva rendición de cuentas por graves violaciones a los derechos humanos, y también si puede explicar los abusos cometidos contra los pueblos indígenas en el Arco Minero.
La CIJ espera con interés la discusión y la acción en torno al informe de la Misión Internacional Independiente de Determinación de los Hechos en el periodo de sesiones No. 45 del Consejo, y urge al Consejo a estar preparado para extender, y ampliar el alcance, del mandato de la Misión en ese momento.
Gracias.
