Mar 27, 2013 | Agendas, Events
Lawyers from all five Central Asian countries participate in the seminar (28-29 March 2013) to discuss the independence of bar associations and problems faced by lawyers in working independently and effectively.
This ICJ roundtable seminar, organized in cooperation with the Central Asian League of Lawyers and to be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, will address issues including the self-governance and organization of bar associations, their relationships with state bodies, lawyers and the public, entrance to the legal profession, lawyers’ codes of ethics, and disciplinary proceedings against lawyers.
It will also discuss problems faced by lawyers in criminal cases, in both the pre-trial and trial stages, and incidents of harassment or intimidation of lawyers.
Europe-CIS-ICJ Seminar Central Asia-event-agenda-2013 (full text in pdf)
Mar 26, 2013 | Plaidoyer
La CIJ, TRIAL, FIACAT, ACAT-France et CFDA ont présenté cette observation écrite sur le respect par la France de la Convention internationale pour la protection de toutes les personnes contre les disparitions forcées.
France-UNCED-JointSubmission-2013-FRE (télécharger le document au format PDF)
Mar 26, 2013 | Plaidoyer
La CIJ, TRIAL, FIACAT, ACAT-France et le CFDA ont présenté au Comité des Nations Unies contre les Disparitions Forcées une soumission sur le respect par la France de la Convention internationale pour la protection de toutes les personnes contre les disparitions forcées.
Le document se concentre autant sur la législation actuellement en vigueur en France et ses pratiques que sur le projet de loi (Projet de loi No.250) en instance face à la législature d’Etat qui vise à mettre le système légal français en conformité avec les obligations inscrites dans la Convention.
France-UNCED-JointSubmission-2013-français (Téléchargez le document complet en français)
Photo credit: © Montecruz Foto (L’auteur de la photo n’au aucun lien avec, ni ne soutient, cette soumission)
Mar 26, 2013
The ICJ, TRIAL, FIACAT, ACAT-France and CFDA have presented to the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances a submission on the respect by France of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
The joint submission focuses on both current French legislation and practice and a draft law (Projet de loi No. 250), pending before the State’s legislature, which aims to bring the French legal system into compliance with the obligations enshrined in the Convention.
France-UNCED-JointSubmission-2013-français (download the submission in French)
France-UNCED-SummarizedSubmission-2013-english (download the summarized submission in English)
Photo credit: © Montecruz Foto (the author of the picture has no involvement in nor does support this submission)
Mar 25, 2013 | News
Beatrice Mtetwa was eventually released today after mounting pressure from human rights groups and legal bodies, including the ICJ.
High Court Judge Joseph Musakwa finally decided to grant bail to Beatrice Mtetwa, under three conditions: that she deposits $500, that she resides at the given address and that she does not interfere with the ongoing investigations.
The ICJ believes that the politically-motivated harassment against Mtetwa is a threat to the legal profession in Zimbabwe – intended to alarm lawyers and intimidate them from providing independent representation.
Beatrice Mtetwa was arrested after attempting to come to the aid of her clients, Thabani Mpofu, Felix Matsinde, Anna Muzvidziwa and Worship Dumba, all MDC-T members, the opposition party.
The government has cracked down hard on dissidents as Zimbabwe approaches presidential elections.
