On 16 and 17 June 2006, the Swiss and German Sections of the ICJ jointly organise a Conference entiltled: “European Convention on Human Rights and National Legal System: Tensions and Cooperation.”
The conference will be held at the European Insitute of Basel University.
On 16 and 17 June 2006, the Swiss and German Sections of the ICJ jointly organise a Conference entiltled: “European Convention on Human Rights and National Legal System: Tensions and Cooperation.”
The conference will be held at the European Insitute of Basel University. Please find below the programme and subscription form.
Conference program form-Events-2006 (full text in German and French, PDF)
ICJ Commissioner, Param Cumaraswamy, today made a presentation at the 10th triennial Conference of the Nepal Bar Association in Kathmandu, Nepal.
The ICJ urges the Ugandan authorities to respect the independence of the judiciary and the rights of opposition leader Dr. Kizza Bisegye to a fair trial.
« Entre stabilité et fluidité : le juge, arbitre des valeurs » : texte d’allocution prononcée par Michèle Rivet, membre de la Commission, lors du 15e anniversaire de la création du Tribunal des droits de la personne au Québec, pour lequel elle assume la présidence depuis sa création.
Introduction
1. Le juge, arbitre de valeurs
1.1 D’une conception objective à une fonction interprétative
1.2 Déconstruire et reconstruire les concepts
1.3 Adapter les concepts au contexte
2. Le juge, fiduciaire du contrat social
2.1 La légitimité du pouvoir judiciaire
2.2 L’importance de l’intervention judiciaire
2.3 Le dialogue : entre rhétorique et pratique
3. Le juge, citoyen du monde
3.1 La prise en compte des valeurs internationales
3.2 La fluidité du recours aux normes internationales
Myanmar: As armed conflict rages and military rule continues, critical measures can be taken towards eventual justice and accountability for victims of Enforced Disappearance
HRC63: ICJ Raises Alarm over Repression in Tunisia and Arbitrary Detention in El Salvador
HRC63: ICJ Calls for Protection of Lawyers and Accountability in Myanmar
More than fifty years on: enforced disappearance, the families who named it, and the reframing of international protection