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A Human Rights-Based Approach to Criminal Law, Including the Decriminalization of Conduct Associated with Poverty and Status

Migration and international human rights law – Third edition of Practitioners Guide no. 6

Zimbabwe: ICJ publishes guide on independence of judges, lawyers and prosecutors

Today, the ICJ publishes a practical guide which will give legal practitioners and others who engage with the administration of justice in Zimbabwe a readily accessible reference tool on the question of independence of judges...

The ICJ publishes Practitioners’ Guide on judicial accountability for Zimbabwe

The ICJ has published Judicial Accountability: An Adaptation of Practitioners Guide No. 13 for Zimbabwe, which analyzes the Zimbabwean legal framework in light of international and regional standards on accountability mechanisms for judicial corruption and...

La Guía para Profesionales No. 14 “Investigación y Enjuiciamiento de Muertes Potencialmente Ilícitas” se encuentra disponible en español

La Guía para Profesionales No. 14 de la CIJ, inicialmente publicada en inglés, describe los estándares internacionales que deben considerarse en las investigaciones y los enjuiciamientos que se lleven a cabo en los casos de...

The investigation and prosecution of potentially unlawful death: ICJ Practitioners’ Guide no. 14

ICJ Practitioners’ Guide no. 14 Investigation and Prosecution of Potentially Unlawful Death aims to help legal practitioners ensure that potentially unlawful death is investigated in a manner that respects international human rights law and, where...

The right to a remedy and reparation for gross human rights violations – 2018 update to Practitioners’ Guide No 2

Under its Global Redress and Accountability Initiative, the ICJ has launched its 2018 update to Practitioners’ Guide No 2, outlining the international legal principles governing the right to a remedy and reparation for victims of...

Judges, lawyers and prosecutors Practitioners’ Guide N°1 now available in Uzbek

The ICJ has published another translation of its Practitioner’s Guide N°1 International Principles on the Independence and Accountability of Judges, Lawyers and Prosecutors. The Guide outlines the roles to be played by a strong legal...

Judges, lawyers and prosecutors Practitioners’ Guide N°1 now available in Turkmen

The ICJ has published a translation of its Practitioner’s Guide N°1 International Principles on the Independence and Accountability of Judges, Lawyers and Prosecutors. This is the first comprehensive analysis of the existing standards and compilation...

Judicial Accountability: ICJ Practitioners’ Guide no. 13

ICJ Practitioners Guide No. 13 on Judicial Accountability addresses mechanisms and procedures to ensure accountability for serious judicial misconduct, such as corruption or complicity in human rights violations, while preserving the independence of the judiciary....

Women’s Access to Justice for Gender-Based Violence: ICJ Practitioners’ Guide n° 12 launched

The ICJ addresses women’s access to justice for gender based violence in its new Practitioners’ Guide, launched today on International Women’s Day. Since the early 1990s there has been international recognition of the problem of...

Refugee Status Claims Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: ICJ Practitioners’ Guide n° 11 launched

Today, the ICJ publishes Refugee Status Claims Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity – A Practitioners’ Guide. The organization has decided to publish this guide for two main reasons. First, persecution of individuals motivated...

Enforced Disappearance and Extrajudicial Execution: the Right of Family Members – ICJ Practitioners Guide No 10 now also in English

Initially published in Spanish on 29 November 2015, the tenth book of the ICJ series of Practitioners Guides has now been translated into English. It can be downloaded below: Universal-PG Enforced Disappearance N10-Publications-Practitioners’ Guide-2016-ENG (English version...

Nueva Guía para profesionales (No. 10): “Desaparición forzada y ejecución extrajudicial: los derechos de los familiares”

El 27 y 28 de noviembre de 2015, en Lima y Ayacucho (Perú), la CIJ y el Equipo Peruano de Antropología Forense (EPAF) realizaron dos seminarios sobre los derechos de los familiares de víctimas de...

Enforced Disappearance and Extrajudicial Execution: Investigation and Sanction – ICJ Practitioners Guide No 9

Initially published in Spanish in March 2015, the ninth book of the ICJ series of Practitioners Guides has now been translated into English, Nepali, Thai and Turkish. It can be downloaded here or below: Universal-Enforced...

New ICJ Practitioners’ Guide N°8 : adjudicating Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at national level

International Law and the Fight Against Impunity: ICJ Practitioners Guide No 7 now available in English

Initially published in Spanish in September 2014, the seventh book of the ICJ series of Practitioners Guides has now been translated into English. It can be downloaded here or below: Universal-Fight against impunity PG no7...

Updated Practitioners Guide no. 6 on migration and international human rights law

The ICJ published today the 2014 update of its Practitioners Guide no. 6 on Migration and International Human Rights Law. The Practitioners Guide on Migration and International Human Rights Law analyses the protection afforded to...

Guía para Profesionales N°4: Orientación Sexual e Identidad de Género y Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos

Esta guía explica como el derecho internacional puede y debe ser usado para proveer a las víctimas de violaciones de derechos humanos en el campo de la orientación sexual o la identidad de género, de...

Guide pratique N°4: Orientation sexuelle, identité de genre et droit international des droits de l’Homme

Ce Guide pratique traite des questions de l’orientation sexuelle et de l’identité de genre en relation avec certains droits de l’Homme et libertés fondamentales. Il a pour objectif de clarifier le cadre juridique international existant...

Guide pratique N°2: le droit à un recours et à obtenir réparation en cas de violations graves des droits de l’Homme

Le présent Guide a pour but de donner un aperçu des principes juridiques internationaux qui régissent le droit des victimes de violations graves des droits de l’Homme à un recours et à réparation, en rassemblant...

Guía para Profesionales N° 5: Manual de Observación de Procesos Penales

La presente Guía para Profesionales presenta de forma sistematizada las normas y estándares internacionales que rigen la cuestión del juicio justo y del debido proceso legal en materia penal. La celebración de juicios justos es...

Guía para Profesionales N°3: Impunidad y graves violaciones de derechos humanos

La presente Guía para Profesionales sistematiza los principios jurídicos internacionales que rigen la cuestión de la impunidad de las graves violaciones de derechos humanos. La Guía aborda los conceptos de impunidad y de violación grave...

A manual on trial observation – Practitioners’ Guide N°5

Sexual orientation, gender identity and international human rights law – Practitioners’ guide, no. 4

Impunidad y graves violaciones de derechos humanos – Practitioners’ guide, vol. 3

The right to a remedy and to reparation for gross human rights violations – Practitioners Guide no. 2

Guía para profesionales N°2: El derecho a interponer recursos y a obtener reparación por violaciones graves de los derechos humanos

Esta Guía del Profesional trata de delinear los principios jurídicos internacionales que rigen el derecho de las víctimas de violaciones graves de los derechos humanos a interponer recursos y obtener reparaciones, recopilando jurisprudencia internacional sobre...

Guía para Profesionales Nº1: Principios Internacionales sobre la Independencia y Responsabilidad de Jueces, Abogados y Fiscales

Esta segunda edición actualizada de la Guía para Profesionales Nº1 brinda una explicación práctica de la aplicación de los principios internacionales sobre la independencia y responsabilidad de jueces, abogados y fiscales. A través de un...

International principles on the independence and accountability of judges, lawyers and prosecutors – Practitioners’ guide, no. 1

First published in 2004, the ICJ Practitioners’ Guide No. 1 provides legal practitioners and policy-makers with detailed and practical references on international standards on the independence of the judicial system, the legal profession and the...