Princeton Principles on Universal Jurisdiction
The Princeton Project on Universal Jurisdiction has been formed to contribute to the ongoing development of universal jurisdiction.
Peace Brigades International wins 2001 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders
The ICJ – a member of the Martin Ennals Foundation – is pleased to announce that Peace Brigades International won 2001 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders.
Announcement by UNHCR: Mary Robinson, not to seek reappointment
The ICJ salutes Mary Robinson for her leadership and advocacy for human rights in the course of her term as UN Human Rights Commissioner.
CIJL Yearbook: strengthening judicial independence, eliminating judicial corruption, vol. IX, 2000
This volume of the CIJL Yearbook focuses particularly on eliminating coruption in the judiciary.
It contains:
- Editorial, by Robert D. Nicholson
- The Meeting of the CIJ L Expert Workshop on Judicial Corruption, by Greg Mayne
- The Legal Concept of Judicial Corruption, by Robert D. Nicholson
- Strengthening the Judiciary against Corruption, by Petter Langseth and Oliver Stolpe
- The Multilateral Development Banks and Judicial Corruption, by Linn Hammergren
- Professional and Public Control of Judicial Corruption, by Dalmo de Abreu Dallari
- Towards an Ethic to Control Judicial Corruption, by Richard J. Scott
- Annex: CIJL Policy Framework for Preventing and Eliminating Corruption and Ensuring the Impartiality of the Judicial System
CIJL Yearbook- strengthening judicial independence + corruption-IX-2000-eng (full text in English, PDF)
Appointment of new ICJ Secretary General
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today announced the appointment of a new Secretary General, Ms Louise Doswald-Beck.
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