May 12, 2005 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
In May 2005, the ICJ and other rights groups issued a joint statement on the increasing use of diplomatic assurances by States as the basis for the transfer of alleged terrorist suspects in countries where they seriously risk torture or ill-treatment.
The statement was issued by the following NGOs: ICJ, Amnesty International, Association for the Prevention of Torture, Human Rights Watch, International Federation of Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture, International Federation for Human Rights, International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, and World Organisation Against Torture.
risk torture ill treatment-non-judicial submission-2005 (full text in English, PDF)
Apr 22, 2005 | News
At the end of an erratic Commission on Human Rights, the ICJ said that structural reform of the UN human rights system must be built on the foundation of political will to tackle the worst human rights situations around the world.
Apr 15, 2005 | News
As the international community is poised to establish a special rapporteur of the United Nations on protecting human rights in counter-terrorism efforts, a small number of states – led by China, Russia and United States – are colluding to block the establishment of an effective mandate.
Apr 12, 2005 | News
U.N. member states should move quickly to establish a stronger human rights body as recommended by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, 15 leading human rights organizations said today.
Apr 3, 2005
Esta segunda edición actualizada de la Guía para Profesionales Nº1 brinda una explicación práctica de la aplicación de los principios internacionales sobre la independencia y responsabilidad de jueces, abogados y fiscales.
A través de un análisis de la jurisprudencia y los estándares relevantes, la Guía para Profesionales se constituye en una herramienta de ayuda a los funcionarios nacionales en el desarrollo de políticas relativas a la administración de justicia, la evaluación del sistema judicial de un país en concreto y la formulación de recomendaciones concretas para poner en práctica los estándares internacionales.
La Guía presenta, asimismo, el texto de todas las normas internacionales relativas al tema, y actualiza la recopilación publicada por la CIJ en 1990.
International Principles on the Independence and Accountability of Judges, Lawyers and Procecutors (No.1)-Practitioners’ Guide series-2009-spa (full text in Spanish, PDF)
Universal-PG N°1 Portugues-Publications-Practitioners’ Guide series-2017-POR (full text in Portuguese, new cover, PDF)
International Principles on the Independence and Accountability of Judges, Lawyers and Procecutors (No.1)-Practitioners’ Guide series-2009-eng (full text in English, PDF)
