International Commission of Jurists
Planning, implementing and evaluating a paralegal training programme

Planning, implementing and evaluating a paralegal training programme

Jan 1, 1991

The ICJ has been promoting a series of seminars in Asia, Africa and Latin America on the provision of legal services to the rural poor and other disadvantaged groups.

The purpose is to discuss how the poor and disadvantaged can be provided with the basic legal services which more affluent people enjoy.

This manual, written by D. Gnanapragasam and D. J. Ravindran, acts as a training programme for lawyers, law teachers, law students, and representatives of legal aid, human rights and development organisations (in Asia) working in rural areas and involved in training paralegals. The training manual will facilitate local organisations to plan and implement training programmes without seeking continuous help from international organisartions. This manual was prepared to help legal services organisations and trainers to:

  • design, implement and evaluate training programmes for paralegals; and
  • integrate effective learning and teaching methods into such training programmes.

Paralegal training programme-manual-1991-eng (full text in English, PDF)

 

CIJL Bulletin: The independence of judges and lawyers: a compilation of international standards, volume 25

CIJL Bulletin: The independence of judges and lawyers: a compilation of international standards, volume 25

Oct 1, 1990

This Special issue of the CIJL Bulletin contains the following:

  • Introduction, by Reed Brody, CIJL Director
  • Instruments Approved by the UN General Assembly:
    • UN Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary
    • Procedures for the Effective Implementation of the Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary
    • UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers
  • Other UN Instruments

UN Draft Declaration on the Independence of Justice (Singhvi Declaration)

  • Instruments promoted by the ICJ:
    • Draft Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary (Siracusa Principles)
    • Draft Principles on the Independence of the Legal Profession (Noto Principles)
    • The Rule of Law and Human Rights (Declaration of Delhi, Law of Lagos, Resolution of Rio, Declaration of Bangkok)
  • Instruments Promoted by International Lawyers’ Federations:
    • Union Internationale des Avocats: The International Charter of Legal Defense Rights
    • International Bar Association: Minimum Standards of Judicial Independence
    • International Convention for the Preservation of Defense Rights
  • Provisions of Selected International and Regional Instruments and Case-law

CIJL Bulletin-25&26-1990-eng (full text in English, PDF)

CIJL Bulletin-25&26-1990-spa (full text in Spanish, PDF)

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