Sep 7, 2012 | Comunicados de prensa, Noticias
Comunicado de prensa sobre la estrategia de desprestigio que sufren jueces y fiscales que luchan contra la impunidad.
Los días 3 al 6 de septiembre de 2012, la CIJ llevó a cabo entrevistascon el Pleno de la Corte Suprema de Justicia, la Fiscal General, abogados litigantes, fiscales, jueces, con la Asociación de Jueces y Magistrados del Organismo Judicial (AJMOJ), Colegio de Abogados y con diferentes organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil, con el objeto de recabar información acerca de la estrategia de desprestigio que sufren jueces y fiscales que luchan contra la impunidad en Guatemala y de las actuaciones judiciales que se están llevando a cabo para investigar y castigar los crímenes cometidos durante el conflicto armador o.
Guatemala-pronunciamento CIJ-press release-2012-spa (full text in pdf)
Aug 31, 2012 | Incidencia
Entre los días 27 y 31 de agosto la CIJ llevó a cabo una misión de alto nivel en Honduras, con el fin de observar el proceso de elección del Consejo de la Judicatura y de la Carrera Judicial.
Honduras-mision de observacion-mission report-2012-spa (full text, PDF)
Aug 31, 2012
Entre los días 27 y 31 de agosto la CIJ llevó a cabo una misión de alto nivel en Honduras, con el fin de observar el proceso de elección del Consejo de la Judicatura y de la Carrera Judicial.
Honduras-mision de observacion-mission report-2012-spa (full text, PDF)
Aug 20, 2012 | News
With the support of ICJ Commissioner Justice Philippe Texier, the ESCR Programme and the Central America Regional Office organized a two-day workshop in San Salvador on August 16 and 17, 2012.
A group of 25 representatives of human rights and development NGOs as well as trade unions, lawyers and academic experts participated in a first consultation on access to justice for victims of violations of economic, social and cultural rights.
The discussions tackled obstacles and advances in the field of access to justice with regard to the legal and institutional frameworks, as well as in the administration of justice and material issues.
Coming from very different backgrounds, the participants valued the opportunity to work together and share their experience related to economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR) of a variety of rights-holders and their attempts to seek justice.
This first consultation and workshop will be followed by other activities in the course of the national project.
Background of the workshop
With national projects such as the one in El Salvador, the ICJ programme on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights aims at contributing to improve accountability for human rights violations and access to justice for all, including for victims of threats against and violations of economic, social and cultural rights.
The ICJ has embarked on research processes at national level to identify obstacles and opportunities for access to justice, as well as on consultation and collaboration processes with national allies to define strategies to address gaps.
Depending on the needs identified, the ICJ will support the implementation of recommendations and steps that includes trainings and legal interventions.
May 29, 2012
The purpose of the mission, which took place between 8 and 12 May 2012, was to observe the trial of President Bouterse and 24 Others by a Military Court in Boxel, Suriname, and surrounding context.
This is a report from an independent trial observation mission carried out by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), based in Geneva, Switzerland. The purpose of the mission, which took place between 8 and 12 May 2012, was to observe the trial of President Bouterse and 24 Others by a Military Court in Boxel, Suriname, and surrounding context.
In accordance with rigorous methods of assessment, the ICJ independent trial observer, a lawyer/academic of British nationality, made an assessment of the social and political context in which the trial has been taking place. Based on numerous interviews and separate, independent sources of information, it gradually became clear that the atmosphere in the country had a certain bearing on the trial. This atmosphere certainly had positive dimensions, but there were also aspects of concern. Following a brief summary of the judgement, the ICJ evaluated the Court’s judgement handed down on 11 May 2012, in order to assess compliance with judicial guarantees of fair trial and due process, in accordance with internationally recognised standards. The ICJ also considered the procedural implications and associated human rights consequences of the judgement itself.
Finally, in light of the ICJ’s assessment of facts, and its legal assessment of the 11 May 2012 judgement, the ICJ offers conclusions, as well as recommendations to the Government of Suriname, the Judiciary, the media and diplomatic delegations.
Suriname-trial Bouterse 1982 executions-trial observation report-2012 (full text, PDF)
