Mar 29, 2012
This Report explores the relationship between bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and international human rights law.
It argues that there is a significant and growing potential for conflict between these bodies of law, and that international investment tribunals can and should interpret BITs in a manner that mitigates these conflicts.
treaties law interpretation-thematic report-2012 (full text in English, PDF)
Dec 20, 2011
The ICJ welcomes the release of the first ever United Nations report on human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity.
The mandate for the report came from a UN Human Rights Council resolution introduced by South Africa last June. The report documents widespread discrimination and violence faced by LGBT people worldwide, and calls on States to apply the international legal framework to end these human rights violations. The findings of the report are due to be presented and discussed by governments at an expert-led panel at the Human Rights Council in March 2012.
laws acts individuals-UN report-2011 (download the UN report in English, PDF)
Dec 7, 2011
The 2nd ICJ Geneva Forum of Judges and Lawyers took place on 5-6 December 2011. This year’s theme was “Strengthening the Rule of Law in Times of Transition – The “Role of Lawyers and Bar Associations”.
2nd CIJL Geneva Forum-Workshop Report-2011
Sep 6, 2011
Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Justice: A Comparative Law Casebook is a collection of domestic court cases addressing legal issues relating to sexual orientation and gender identity.
Feb 21, 2011
The Maldives remains a country in transition. It holds the deepening promise of a constitutional democracy with institutions founded upon respect for the rule of law, fundamental rights, and the separation of powers. But the legacy of an authoritarian past, in which the President was also the supreme judicial authority, has tested the transition.
A delegation of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), comprised of Dr. Leandro Despouy, former UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Roger Normand, ICJ Asia-Pacific Director, and John Tyynela, ICJ Senior Legal Adviser, visited the Maldives from 12 to 17 September 2010 in order to assess advances in establishing an independent judiciary.
Maldives-independent judiciary-fact-finding mission-2011
