Jun 1, 1999
The purpose of the Review is to focus attention on the problems in regard to which lawyers can make their contribution to society in their respective areas of influence and to provide them with the necessary information and data.
This edition is entitled “Globalisation, Human Rights and the rule of Law” and features:
-The rule of law in a changing world, by Adama Dieng
-WIPO and the rule of law in a changing world, by Kamil Idris
-Globalisation and the rule of law, by Andrew Clapham
-The direct application of human rights standards to, and by, transnational corporations, by Laurence Dubin
-The impact of globalisation on human rights: challenges, opportunities and issues to be explored by the International Commission of Jurists, by Marco Sassoli
-The rights of the defence in the law and practice of the International Criminal Tribunals, by Carlos Lopez-Hurtado
-The Cape Town Commitment (1998)
-The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement (1998)
-The Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999)
ICJ Review-61-1999-eng (full text in English, PDF)
ICJ Review-61-1999-spa (full text in Spanish, PDF)
Jun 1, 1999
The CIJL has been issuing reports on the attacks on judges and lawyers every year since 1989. Throughout the year, we gather information on issues related to the independence of the judiciary and legal profession around the world.
Mar 15, 1999 | News
The Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers (CIJL) of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) finalised today a 10 page policy framework to address the problem of corruption in the judiciary.
Jan 1, 1999
This issue of the CIJL Yearbook contains:
- Editorial
- The Judiciary and Constitutionalism in a Democratic Society, by Idmail Mahomed
- The Role of International Financial Institutions in Judicial Reform, by Diego Garcia-Sayan
- The Courts of the Future, by Michael Kirby
- The UN Specia l Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, by Param Cumaraswamy
- Judicial Independence vs. Judicial Accountability: A Debate
- An Introduction, by P. N. Bhagwati
- A Comment, by Jerome J. Shestack
- Reflections on Judicial Independence, Impartiality, and the Foundation of Equality, by Claire l’Heureux-Dubé
- A Note on the CIJL Protection Work, by Marie José Crespin
CIJL Yearbook-judiciary in a globalized world-VII-1999-eng (full text in English, PDF)
Oct 26, 1998 | News
The ICJ welcomed today the appointment by the UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, of Bertrand G. Ramcharan (Guyana), ICJ Member since 1991, as UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, under the leadership of Mary Robinson.