Jun 1, 1993
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.
This edition marks the 25th anniversary of the first UN Conference on Human Rights held in Tehran and was published the same year as the second UN Conference on Human Rights held in Vienna in June 1993. Over these 25 years there have been as many historical breakthroughs in human rights as genuine disappointments. The UN Conference on Human Rights took place against a background of unimaginable violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as Somalia.
In addition, this edition features:
- Introduction by Adama Dieng, ICJ Secretary-General
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-The universality of human rights, by Fali S. Nariman
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-Conditionality, by Kofi Kumado
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-International human rights mechanisms, by Helena M. Cook
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-A system of international criminal prosecution is taking shape, by Christian Tomuschat
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-Women’s human rights, by Florence Butegwa
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-The human rights of the child, by Joaquin Ruiz-Giménez
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-Non-governmental organizations and the UN World Conference on Human Rights, by Fateh Azzam
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-New models of human rights protection: preventive peacekeeping by Bertrand G. Ramcharan
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-The Global Campaign for Women’s Human Rights, by Charlotte Bunch
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-ICJ preliminary evaluation of the UN World Conference on Human Rights
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-Appeal by Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
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-Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action
ICJ Review-50-1993-eng (full text in English, PDF)
ICJ Review-50-1993-spa (full text in Spanish, PDF)
Jun 1, 1993
The document contains a description of the key proposals of the ICJ for the 1993 UN World Conference, held in Vienna: an International Penal Court, strengthening existing international mechanisms for human rights.
It then gives an overview of present activities and plans for the future, methods of work and a brief historical background.
ICJ-working rule of law human rights-1993-eng (full text in English, PDF)
Jun 1, 1993
les Nations Unies de la Declaration universelle des droits de l’Homme “comme l’ideal commun a atteindre par tous les peuples et toutes les nations…”.
La Conference mondiale des droits de l’Homme qui se déroulera a Vienne en juin 1993 est une occasion appropriée pour évaluer les acquis de l’organisation des Nations unies dans ce domaine.
Depuis sa creation en 1952, la Commission internationale de juristes (CIJ) s’est dévouée a promouvoir la Primauté du Droit et la protection juridique des droits de l’Homme.
Ayant son siege a Genève, la CIJ a eu l’opportunité d’observer en l’espace de plus de 40 ans, le fonctionnement des Nations unies dans le domaine des droits de l’Homme.
En publiant Vers une justice universelle, la CIJ souhaite ainsi soumettre des recommandations concretes a la Conference mondiale de Vienne pour un renforcement des mécanismes internationaux de protection des droits de l’Homme.
L’ouvrage qui est entre vos mains comporte deux parties. La premiere est un examen des questions relatives a l’établissement d’un nouveau mécanisme : une cour pénale internationale permanente.
La seconde offre un ensemble de suggestions destinées a reformer quelques mécanismes de droits de l’Homme connus sous le vocable de mécanismes extra-conventionnels
Suite dans le PDF ci-dessous:
towards universal justice-thematic report-1993-fra (Texte complet en PDF)
Jun 1, 1993
The report was presented before the United Nations Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities. Since 1989, the UN Sub-Commission has given special attention to monitoring attacks against the judiciary and the legal profession.
Apr 1, 1993
For lawyers to be able to perform these crucial functions, they should be protected from improper interference. They should be able to organize themselves in free and independent bar associations. Law should embody adequate safeguards to allow them to function.
This second volume of the CIJL Yearbook concentrates on the role of lawyers in protecting human rights. It uses the 1990 UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers as a standard. These twenty-nine Basic Principles focus on the following issues:
- provisions for effective access to legal assistance for all groups within society;
- the right of the accused to counsel and legal assistance of their own choosing; $
- education of the public on the role of lawyers in protecting fundamental rights and liberties;
- training and qualifications of lawyers; the role of governments, bar associations, and other professional associations;
- the right of lawyers to undertake representation of clients or causes without fear of repression or persecution; and
- lawyers’ obligation to keep communications with clients confidential, including the right to refuse to give testimony on such matters
The second issue of the CIJL Yearbook contains:
Editorial, by Mona A. Rishmawi
Foreword, by P.N. Bhagwati
I. Articles
- Legal Guarantees on the Role of Lawyers in Protecting Human Rights: The Indian Experience, by F.S. Nariman
- Safeguards for Legal Independence in Egypt: Between Law and Practice, by Ahmad Nabeel El-Helali
- The Independence of Lawyers Under Belgian Law, by Pierre Lambert
- Cambodia: The Courts and the Constitution: A Point of View, by Basil Fernando
II. Reports
- The Bar Council of England and Wales Human Rights Committee First Annual Report 1992
CIJL Yearbook- legal protection of lawyers-II-1993-eng (full text in English, PDF)
CIJL Yearbook- legal protection of lawyers-II-1993-fra (full text in French, PDF)
CIJL Yearbook- legal protection of lawyers-II-1993-spa (full text in Spanish, PDF)
