Kyrgyzstan: ill-treatment and unfair trial for Azimzhan Askarov
A new report by the ICJ says there have been multiple violations of human rights in the arrest and trial of Azimzhan Askarov, a prominent Kyrgyz human rights defender.
Seminario: la detenzione amministrativa e l’espulsione dei migranti e la protezione internazionale nel diritto internazionale ed italiano
La ICJ ed l’ASGI organizzano un seminario per giudici, giudici di pace, avvocati ed altri operatori legali e studiosi sui principi e le norme di diritto internazionale ed europeo applicabili al controllo giurisdizionale della detenzione dei migranti ed alla protezione dei richiedenti asilo.
Il seminario sarà suddiviso in due giornate, con ampi spazi per discussione:
La prima giornata (venerdì 14 settembre – 14:30 – 19:00), dopo un excursus generale sul diritto internazionale ed europeo in rispetto al diritto italiano, analizzerà la normativa e la giurisprudenza internazionale sul diritto al controllo giudiziale della detenzione dei migranti.
La seconda giornata (sabato 15 settembre – 8:30 – 13:30) analizzerà in maniera più dettagliata la normativa e la giurisprudenza internazionale in materia di protezione internazionale con ampi riferimenti alla situazione attuale italiana.
Il seminario è a numero chiudo (50 persone) e gratuito. Il programme del seminario e l’annuncio con le istruzioni per iscriversi sono disponibilii qui sotto.
AnnuncioSeminarioICJASGI-events-1415Sett2012 (text in PDF)
AgendaseminarioICJASGI-events-agenda-1415Sett-1-2012-ita (text in PDF)
Bulgaria: ICJ raises concern at dismissal of Judge Todorova
The ICJ today expressed its concern at the dismissal of Judge Miroslava Todorova, a judge of the Sofia City Court, and Chairperson of the Bulgarian Judges Association.
In memoriam: Dr. Jean-Flavien Lalive (1915-2012)
It is with great sadness that the International Commission of Jurists received the news of the passing of Dr. Jean-Flavien Lalive. He was one of the pillars of our organisation in its early days.
Dr. Lalive was involved in the work of the ICJ for over fifty years. As the Secretary-General from 1958 to 1961, Dr. Lalive played a vital role in establishing our organization in the international human rights community. He is especially noted for bringing the ICJ closer to the United Nations, both in terms of the organization’s political relationships and our physical location. Under his leadership, the ICJ gave more pronounced support for the international standards and enforcement procedures advocated by the UN. He was also responsible for moving the ICJ Secretariat’s headquarters from The Hague to Geneva, where it remains to this day.
While at the ICJ, Dr. Lalive continued to direct the organization’s efforts towards the search for universal procedural and substantive safeguards required for the proper administration of justice, while seeking to encompass the world’s different legal traditions. At the ICJ’s Congress in New Delhi in 1959, Dr. Lalive helped to define principles of the Rule of Law and Human Rights. The Declaration of Delhi, in particular, was to prove a seminal instrument in shaping the Rule of Law, with its conception of the Rule of Law as “a dynamic concept for the expansion and fulfillment of which jurists are primarily responsible and which should employed…to safeguard and advance [human] rights.”
Dr. Lalive later served as an Honorary Member of the ICJ, supporting the work of our organization at conferences and missions over many decades.
Dr. Lalive was an outstanding jurist and an exceptional advocate for human rights and the Rule of Law. He will be truly missed both by our organization and the wider human rights community.
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