International Commission of Jurists
ICJ Review no. 55 (December 1995)

ICJ Review no. 55 (December 1995)

Dec 1, 1995

The purpose of the Review is to focus attention on the problems in regard to which lawyers can make their contribution to society in their respective areas of influence and to provide them with the necessary information and data.

The ICJ organized a conference on Economic, Social and Cultural rights and the role of lawyers held in Bangalore in October 1995. This special issue of the Review contains papers presented by the participants at the Bangalore Conference. It also comprises other articles on economic, social and cultural rights written by a number of experts. The outcome of the conference; the Bangalore Declaration and Plan of Action is annexed to this Special Issue.

This edition features:

  • Introduction
  • Background information on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  • Opening speech by the Secretary-General
  • Inaugural address, by the Honourable Shri A. M. Ahmadi, Chief Justice of India
  • A new approach to monitoring the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, by Audrey R. Chapman
  • Protecting the rights of all human rights defenders, by Allan McChesney
  • Latin-America: challenges in economic, social and cultural rights, by Gustavo Gallón Giraldo
  • New path for economic, social and cultural rights, by Diego Garcia-Sayan
  • The role of lawyers in the realisation of economic, social and cultural rights: a general overview, by Tokunbo Ige
  • Rights of the poor, poor rights ? Reflections on economic, social and cultural rights, by Pierre-Henri Imbert
  • The monitoring of economic, social and cultural rights, by Kofi Kumado
  • Justiciability and beyond, complaint procedures and the right to health, by Virginia A. Leary
  • Economic, social and cultural rights and the role of lawyers: North American perspectives, by David Matas
  • Economic, social and cultural rights and the role of lawyers (with appendices), by Fali S. Nariman
  • The need for an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, by Manfred Nowak
  • Some reflections on the framework of economic, social and cultural rights in Africa, by Joe Oloka-Onyango
  • Towards global endorsement of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, by Mervat Ridhmawi
  • Justiciability of economic, social and cultural rights, by Katarina Tomasevski
  • Bangalore Declaration and Plan of Action
  • The Meeting of the Members of the ICJ and its National Sections and Affiliated Organizations: Resolution on Bosnia-Herzegovina

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CIJL Yearbook: the media and judiciary, vol. IV, 1995

CIJL Yearbook: the media and judiciary, vol. IV, 1995

Dec 1, 1995

Long before the OJ Simpson murder trial, the ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers recognised that freedom of information and speech must be properly balanced with the needs of the proper administration of justice. In an attempt to address this delicate balance, a group of 40 distinguished judges, lawyers, and media representatives gathered in Madrid – Spain, in January 1994 to participate in a seminar on the relationship between the media and judiciary. The seminar was organised by the ICJ.

“This volume of the CIJL Yearbook contains a selection of the papers presented during the seminar. The papers present a wide range of issues related to media coverage of judicial proceedings.

They attempt to balance between the doctrine of judicial independence and the public’s right to know. Amongst the topics explored in this volume are the parameters of judicial reporting, as
well as the impact of modern technology on judicial independence.”

This issue contains:

Editorial

Part One: The General Principles Governing the Relationship Between the Media and Judiciary

  • Background Paper: The Relationship Between the Media and the Judiciary, by Mona Rishmawi, Peter Wilborn and Cynthia Belcher
  • The Impact of Publicity on Juvenile Justice, by Joaquim Ruiz- Gimenez

Part Two: The Parameters of Judicial Reporting

  • Media Criticism of Judges and Judicial Decisions, by P.N. Bbagwati
  • The Proper Role of the Media in Court Reporting, by Andrew Nicol, QC
  • The Media and the Judiciary: The Constitutional and Political Context, by David Rose

Part Three: The Impact of Modem Communication Technology

  • The Globalisation of Modern Media Technology, and its Impact on Judicial Independence, by Michael Kirby
  • Publication Bans on Court Proceedings in Canada, by Omar Wakil

Part Four: Are Codes of Ethics Necessary?

  • Are Impediments to free Expression in the Interest of Justice?, by Fali S. Nariman
  • An Overview of Media Codes of Ethics and their Relationship to Judicial Independence, by Rainer von Schilling
  • Reports on Judicial Proceedings and the Effectiveness of Guidelines m Sweden, by Lennart Groll

Appendix One: Documents

  • Document 1: The Madrid Principles
  • Document 2: Extracts from the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
  • Document 3: Extracts from the Siracusa Principles on the Limitation and Derogation Provisions in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Appendix Two: The List of Participants

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CIJL Yearbook- media and judiciary-IV-1995-fra (full text in French, PDF)

 

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