Mar 24, 2017
The ICJ published today a Serbian translation of its Practitioners Guide no. 6 on Migration and International Human Rights Law.
This updated edition of the Practitioners Guide analyses the protection afforded to migrants by international law and the means to implement it at national and international levels.
The ICJ Guide synthesizes and clarifies international standards on key issues, in particular:
- the rights and procedures connected to the way migrants enter a country and their status in the country of destination;
- human rights and refugee law constraints on expulsion;
- the human rights and refugee law rights linked to expulsion procedures;
- the rights and guarantees for administrative detention of migrants;
- rights connected to work and labour; and
- rights to education, to the highest attainable standard of health, to adequate housing, to water, to food, and to social security.
Universal-PG 6 Migration-Publications-Practitionners’ Guides Series-2016-SER (full guide in PDF)
Mar 17, 2017
The ICJ has now published a Portuguese translation of its Practitioner’s Guide N°1 International Principles on the Independence and Accountability of Judges, Lawyers and Prosecutors.
The Guide outlines the roles to be played by a strong legal profession, an independent judiciary and an impartial and objective prosecuting authority.
Part one of this guide provides an analysis of the law and concrete examples drawn from international practice. Part two includes relevant global and regional standards on the topic.
Universal-PG N°1 Portugues-Publications-Practitioners’ Guide series-2017-POR (full guide, in PDF)
Jan 6, 2017
The ICJ has published another translation of its Practitioner’s Guide N°1 International Principles on the Independence and Accountability of Judges, Lawyers and Prosecutors.
The Guide outlines the roles to be played by a strong legal profession, an independent judiciary and an impartial and objective prosecuting authority.
Part one of this guide provides an analysis of the law and concrete examples drawn from international practice. Part two includes relevant global and regional standards on the topic.
References to international decisions, reports, texts of treaties and other international standards allow the Guide to be used as a reference book by legal practitioners and policy makers in Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan-PGN°1-Publications-Practitioners’ Guide Series-2017-UZB (full text in PDF)
Dec 8, 2016
The ICJ is helping human rights lawyers from Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Lao PDR, to understand how United Nations human rights mechanisms can help improve access to justice.
To build the awareness and capacity of human rights lawyers from these countries to make use of human rights mechanisms based in Geneva, the ICJ is organizing workshops with human rights lawyers in the region, as well as hosting practical mentorships for some of the participating lawyers with the ICJ’s office in Geneva. The ICJ has also prepared unofficial translations of key UN guides for use in the project, which are also being made available on the ICJ’s website for a wider audience.
The publications, originally produced in English by the UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) are:
- Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook for Civil Society
Cambodia/Khmer – Laos – Myanmar/Burmese – Thai – Vietnamese (existing OHCHR official version)
- United Nations Human Rights Council – A Practical Guide for NGO Participants
Cambodia/Khmer – Laos – Myanmar/Burmese – Thai – Vietnamese
- Universal Periodic Review – A Practical Guide for Civil Society
Cambodia/Khmer – Laos – Myanmar/Burmese – Thai – Vietnamese
- How to Follow Up on United Nations Human Rights Recommendations – A Practical Guide for Civil Society
Cambodia/Khmer – Laos – Myanmar/Burmese – Thai – Vietnamese
Given the particular interest in the issue in the region, the ICJ also commissioned translation of the following additional OHCHR publication:
- Land and Human Rights: Standards and Applications
Laos – Myanmar/Burmese (word version)
Official UN versions of all of these documents, in English and other languages, are available on the OHCHR website here.
For more information about the project, please contact Matt Pollard, Senior Legal Adviser, at matt.pollard(a)icj.org .
