Nov 19, 2012 | Agendas, Events
The ICJ is holding the second part of a seminar on Human Rights and the Rule of Law in a Cross-Cultural Setting from 22 – 23 November 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. The first part was held last June 2012.
This seminar is organized in collaboration with the Department of Rights and Liberties Protection of the Ministry of Justice Thailand. It is aimed at mid-level government officers so that they may develop a deeper knowledge of the Rule of Law and human rights. This seminar also aims to encourage Thai civil servants across the justice sector to effectively address conflict and crisis within Thailand through a Rule of Law-based approach.
Speakers include Mr. Colin McLean, former Chief Inspector from the Police Service of Northern Ireland, and Mr. Ciaran O’Maolain, former head of policies of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.
Nov 2, 2012 | E-bulletin on counter-terrorism & human rights, News
Read the 67th issue of ICJ’s monthly newsletter on proposed and actual changes in counter-terrorism laws, policies and practices and their impact on human rights at the national, regional and international levels. The E-Bulletin on Counter-Terrorism and Human...
Oct 2, 2012 | E-bulletin on counter-terrorism & human rights, News
Read the 66th issue of ICJ’s monthly newsletter on proposed and actual changes in counter-terrorism laws, policies and practices and their impact on human rights at the national, regional and international levels. The E-Bulletin on Counter-Terrorism and Human...
Sep 3, 2012 | E-bulletin on counter-terrorism & human rights, News
Read the 65th issue of ICJ’s monthly newsletter on proposed and actual changes in counter-terrorism laws, policies and practices and their impact on human rights at the national, regional and international levels. The E-Bulletin on Counter-Terrorism and Human...
Aug 21, 2012 | News
It is with great sadness that the International Commission of Jurists received the news of the passing of Dr. Jean-Flavien Lalive. He was one of the pillars of our organisation in its early days.
Dr. Lalive was involved in the work of the ICJ for over fifty years. As the Secretary-General from 1958 to 1961, Dr. Lalive played a vital role in establishing our organization in the international human rights community. He is especially noted for bringing the ICJ closer to the United Nations, both in terms of the organization’s political relationships and our physical location. Under his leadership, the ICJ gave more pronounced support for the international standards and enforcement procedures advocated by the UN. He was also responsible for moving the ICJ Secretariat’s headquarters from The Hague to Geneva, where it remains to this day.
While at the ICJ, Dr. Lalive continued to direct the organization’s efforts towards the search for universal procedural and substantive safeguards required for the proper administration of justice, while seeking to encompass the world’s different legal traditions. At the ICJ’s Congress in New Delhi in 1959, Dr. Lalive helped to define principles of the Rule of Law and Human Rights. The Declaration of Delhi, in particular, was to prove a seminal instrument in shaping the Rule of Law, with its conception of the Rule of Law as “a dynamic concept for the expansion and fulfillment of which jurists are primarily responsible and which should employed…to safeguard and advance [human] rights.”
Dr. Lalive later served as an Honorary Member of the ICJ, supporting the work of our organization at conferences and missions over many decades.
Dr. Lalive was an outstanding jurist and an exceptional advocate for human rights and the Rule of Law. He will be truly missed both by our organization and the wider human rights community.
