International Commission of Jurists
Pronunciamiento de la CIJ en ocasión de finalizar su visita a Honduras

Pronunciamiento de la CIJ en ocasión de finalizar su visita a Honduras

Dec 11, 2010 | News

Entre los días 6 y 10 de diciembre de 2010, la CIJ llevó a cabo una misión de alto nivel a Honduras, con el fin de observar la situación de la independencia judicial.

La delegación de la CIJ mantuvo reuniones con organizaciones de la sociedad civil, defensores de los derechos humanos, dirigentes comunitarios, dirigentes sociales, autoridades de gobierno al más alto nivel, representantes de la Comunidad Internacional, organismos intergubernamentales, representantes del Organismo Legislativo y otros actores relacionados con el derecho de acceso a la justicia y la independencia del Poder Judicial.  La visita se enmarcó dentro de los esfuerzos que la CIJ lleva a cabo en distintos países para acompañar el proceso de democratización de la justicia y el respeto a la independencia judicial.

Honduras-mission-web story-2010-spa (full text in Spanish, PDF)

ICJ urges support for an independent and accountable judiciary in the Maldives

ICJ urges support for an independent and accountable judiciary in the Maldives

Sep 20, 2010 | News

An ICJ delegation visited Maldives to assess progress towards the establishment of an independent, impartial, and competent judiciary, and make recommendations.

The ICJ urged collaboration by all political parties and authorities to support the consolidation of an independent, impartial, and competent judiciary. The delegation noted remaining challenges in this regard as well as steps to take the process beyond recent controversies.

Maldives-independent judiciary-web story-2010 (full text in English, PDF)

Trial observation training seminar in Moscow and Saint Petersburg: call for applications

Trial observation training seminar in Moscow and Saint Petersburg: call for applications

Jul 26, 2010 | Events

The ICJ is organizing two-day trial observation training seminars on 4-5 October in Moscow and 7-8 October in Saint Petersburg.

The seminar aims to provide practical skills on how to conduct trial observations, how to assess and analyse information and data obtained, and how to draft a final trial observation report.

The seminar will address the legislative frameworks within which courts operate, including:

  • the structure and functioning of the judiciary;
  • the compliance of these frameworks with international rule of law and human rights standards;
  • the components and guarantees of the right to fair trial;
  • observing proceedings within the courtroom; and
  • the conduct of meetings with the relevant authorities and other advocacy work outside the courtroom.

Participants will be introduced to international standards of trial observations with a special focus on judicial independence.

Criteria for eligibility:

  • The call for applications is open to judges, lawyers (whether in private practice or affiliated to an NGO), NGO representatives, and other interested professionals. A total of 15 participants will be selected.
  • Applicants must have a demonstrated interest in the rule of law and human rights law
  • Applicants must have an interest in international standards of trial observation
  • The working language of the seminars is Russian

Closing date for applications: 15 September 2010.

Application forms can be downloaded below.

For any further information please contact Róisín Pillay at roisin.pillay@icj.org or Temur Shakirov at temur.shakirov@icj.org

 

Russian Federation-application form Moscow-event-2010 (full text in Russian, PDF)

Russian Federation-application form Saint Petersburg-event-2010 (full text in Russian, PDF)

Russian Federation-trial observation training-event-2010 (full text in Russian, PDF)

Russian Federation-trial observation training-event-2010 (full text in English, PDF)

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