“It is difficult indeed to piece together fragmentary information available on the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) in the last couple of years.
Allocution prononcée par Jean Graven, Professeur à la Faculté de Droit, Juge à la Cour de Cassation de Genève et
Président de la Fédération internationale latine des Juristes et Avocats au Congrès international de juristes, Athées, juin 1955.
“C ’est par la place et le rôle que la procédure d ’un pays accorde aux droits de l’accusé, qu’on peut le mieux se rendre compte de la conception que ce pays se fait du droit, et du respect qu’il a pour l’idée de justice: Dis-moi comment tu juges, je te dirai qui tu es.”
“Mais, si nous reconnaissons à l’accusé, présumé innocent et même démontré coupable, tous ses droits et toutes les garanties qu’exige une juste et légitime défense, nous reconnaissons par là même à son conseil, à l’avocat, tous les moyens raisonnables et légitimes de les faire valoir et de les faire respecter.”
Rights of accused-statement Athens congress-1955-fra (full text in French, PDF)
This document is Part Three in the series Government, Law and Courts Behind the Iron Curtain. It contains a country-by-country overview of developments in relation to substantive criminal law in the following states:
The articles also pay attention to the ways in which the criminal laws have been applied by the national courts.
Eastern Europe-substantive criminal law-thematic report-1955-eng (full text in English, PDF)
This document is Part Eight in the series Government, Law and Courts Behind the Iron Curtain. It provides an analysis of ideology, policy, law and practice in relation to the situation of peasants and rights concerning land.
It contains the following chapters:
The document was edited by Vladimir Gsovski, with Kazimierz Grzybowski as Assistant Editor.
This document is Part Seven in the series Government, Law and Courts Behind the Iron Curtain. It provides an analysis of ideology, policy, law and practice in relation to the situation of workers and labour rights.
It contains the following chapters:
The document was edited by Vladimir Gsovski, with Kazimierz Grzybowski as Assistant Editor.
Eastern Europe-worker and factory-thematic report-1955-eng (full text in English, PDF)
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HRC61: Joint oral statement of The ICJ in the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Counter-terrorism and Human Rights
A Human Rights-Based Approach to Decriminalizing Conduct Associated with Poverty and Status