In a briefing paper released today, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) calls attention to the numerous obstacles and restrictions that Venezuelan lawyers face in exercising their profession.
Las organizaciones: Right Livelihood, RIDH, CCPR, CIJ y WOLA se unen para condenar el nuevo nombramiento de María Consuelo Porras como Fiscal General de Guatemala.
As Right Livelihood, Réseau International des Droits de L’homme (RIDH), Center for Civil and Political Rights (CCPR), International Commission of Jurists and WOLA have come together to condemn the re-appointment of María Consuelo Porras as Attorney General of Guatemala, the group has released a joint statement on the matter.
El 26 de abril de 2022, la Asamblea Nacional venezolana, electa en 2020, nombró 20 magistradas y magistrados al Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (TSJ). La mayoría de estos nombramientos fueron motivados políticamente. Por ello, los nombramientos desconocen el derecho internacional de los derechos humanos y los estándares sobre independencia judicial.
On 26 April 2022, the Venezuelan National Assembly elected in 2020 appointed 20 justices to the Supreme Court (Tribunal Supremo de Justicia, TSJ). Most of these appointments were politically motivated. As a result, the process violated international human rights law and standards on judicial independence.
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