[hr-legal-professionals] Sri Lanka: Appointment of new Chief Justice undermines rule of law

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:46:42 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-FST-010-2013 January 16, 2013 A Statement from the ICJ forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) The appointment of former Attorney General Mohan Peiris as Sri Lanka's new Chief

[hr-legal-professionals] ICC: Congolese rebel leader acquitted in Court's second case

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:13:12 +0000

(The Hague) December 18, 2012 – The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) acquittal on December 18, 2012, of a Congolese rebel leader on all charges should re-energize efforts to prosecute others for atrocities in the Democratic Republic of

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<h1>[hr-legal-professionals] New report documents counterterrorism and human rights abuses in Kenya and Uganda</h1>
<p>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:19:23 +0000</p>
NEW YORK, November 27, 2012 —Leading civil society groups in East Africa have joined the Open Society Justice Initiative in calling on the governments of Kenya and Uganda to end a disturbing pattern of human rights abuses associated with their
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<h1>[hr-legal-professionals] European Court complaint challenges Russia over death of anti-corruption whistle-blower</h1>
<p>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:40:27 +0000</p>
Magnitsky case taken to European Court of Human Rights
Open Society Justice Initiative Press releaseOctober 18, 2012 NEW YORK-The mother of Sergei Magnitsky, the Russian anti-corruption whistle-blower who
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<h1>[hr-legal-professionals] Cambodia: New judge will be at center of struggle over Khmer Rouge tribunal</h1>
<p>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 18:55:25 +0000</p>
Press release Open Society Justice InitiativeJuly 30, 2012
The Open Society Justice Initiative is calling on the Cambodian government and the United Nations to ensure that the newly appointed international investigating judge at the
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<h1>[hr-legal-professionals] Sierra Leone Special Court offers lessons for prosecuting highest-level suspects</h1>
<p>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:15:09 +0000</p>
International Justice: Taylor Trial Sets Positive Example, says Human Rights Watch
(Brussels) July 25, 2012 – The trial of the former Liberian President Charles Taylor for war crimes and crimes against humanity during
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<h1>[hr-legal-professionals] UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers to visit Pakistan from 19 to 29 May 2012</h1>
<p>Fri, 18 May 2012 11:32:01 +0000</p>
GENEVA (18 May 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Gabriela Knaul, will conduct a visit to Pakistan from 19 to 29 May 2012, to gather first-hand information and identify general trends in
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<h1>[hr-legal-professionals] Human Rights Litigation course (30 April-15 July 2012) - Final call for applications</h1>
<p>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:19:54 +0000</p>
Dear Colleagues, There are still a few places available in HREA's annual course on Human Rights Litigation, which will be offered from 30 April-15 July 2012.
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<h1>[hr-legal-professionals] Still places available in Human Rights Litigation course (30 April-15 July 2012)</h1>
<p>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:59:35 +0000</p>
Dear Colleagues, There are still a few places available in HREA's annual course on Human Rights Litigation, which will be offered from 30 April-15 July 2012.
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<h1>[hr-legal-professionals] International Criminal Court issues its first verdict</h1>
<p>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:51:28 +0000</p>
Thomas Lubanga guilty of conscripting and enlisting children under the age of 15 and using them to participate in hostilities
ICC Press Release14.03.2012 Today, 14 March 2012, Trial Chamber
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<h1>[hr-legal-professionals] Call for applications Human Rights Litigation e-learning course</h1>
<p>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:20:40 +0000</p>
Dear Colleagues, HREA will be offering its annual course on Human Rights Litigation from 30 April-15 July 2012. This e-learning course provides participants with
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<h1>[hr-legal-professionals] Cambodia: Dispute over judge threatens Khmer Rouge tribunal</h1>
<p>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:45:02 +0000</p>
Press Release February 23, 2012Contact: Jonathan Birchall1-212-547-6958NEW YORK—A continuing dispute at the Khmer Rouge tribunal in Cambodia now presents a threat to the future work of the court, even as it
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<h1>[hr-legal-professionals] International Court of Justice rules against Italy in case over Nazi compensation claims</h1>
<p>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:30:10 +0000</p>
3 February 2012 – The United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled today that Italy has violated its obligation to respect Germany’s immunity under international law by allowing civil claims seeking reparations for Nazi war
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<h1>[hr-legal-professionals] Spain: Trial of Judge Baltasar Garz�n 'a blow to human rights'</h1>
<p>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:24:05 +0000</p>
Amnesty International Press release20 January 2012
The Spanish Supreme Court’s pending criminal trial of a pioneering investigative judge is a threat to human rights and judicial independence, Amnesty International said today. <br
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<h1>[hr-legal-professionals] Cambodia: Government fails to confirm appointment of international co-investigating judge at Khmer Rouge tribunal</h1>
<p>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:18:44 +0000</p>
Open Society Justice Initiative Press releaseJanuary 10, 2012Contact: Jonathan Birchall+1-212-547-68958 NEW YORK-The Open Society Justice Initiative is deeply concerned over the Royal Cambodian Government's failure to
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[hr-legal-professionals] Still places available in Human Rights Litigation e-learning course

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 10:57:23 +0000

Dear Colleagues, There are still some places available in the upcoming e-learning course on Human Rights Litigation, which will be offered from 27 April-12 July

[hr-legal-professionals] Still places available in Human Rights Litigation e-learning course

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:13:51 +0000

Dear Colleagues, There are still some places available in the upcoming e-learning course on Human Rights Litigation, which will be offered from 2 February-19 April

[hr-legal-professionals] African Human Rights Case Law Analyser - Outil Analytique de la jurisprudence des droits humains

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:03:27 +0000

AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS CASE LAW ANALYSER: http://caselaw.ihrda.org Dear Colleagues, The Institute for Human Rights and

[hr-legal-professionals] Extended call for applications for HREA e-learning course 'Environment and Human Rights'

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:06:10 +0000

Dear Colleagues,HREA and the Human Rights Centre of the UN Mandated University for Peace will offer a short certificate course on

[hr-legal-professionals] Extended call for applications for HREA e-learning course 'Safeguards against Torture and Ill-Treatment'

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:52:56 +0000

Dear Colleagues, HREA offers a new e-learning course Safeguards against Torture and

[hr-legal-professionals] Final call for applications for HREA e-learning course 'Safeguards against Torture and Ill-Treatment'

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:47:49 +0000

Dear Colleagues, HREA offers a new e-learning course Safeguards against Torture and

[hr-legal-professionals] UN human rights experts voice concern about suspension of Spanish judge

Wed, 26 May 2010 08:37:20 +0000

25 May 2010 – A group of United Nations human rights experts today expressed concern about the suspension of a high-profile Spanish judge who had been investigating allegations regarding tens of thousands of enforced disappearances during the

[hr-legal-professionals] Strasbourg court says refusal to recognise cohabitation of gay partners violates Article 14

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:17:20 +0000

Equal Rights Trust Press release11 March 2010On 2 March 2010, the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Kozak v. Poland (application No. 13102/02) found that a same-sex partner should be able to succeed to a tenancy held by

[hr-legal-professionals] Proposals for the European Court of Human Rights to charge fees

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:16:54 +0000

Amnesty International Press release24 February 2010Amnesty International has expressed concern at the recent support given by European ministers to proposals that individuals should pay to file an application with the European Court

[hr-legal-professionals] Conference on future of the European Court of Human Rights

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:42:27 +0000

Ministers from the 47 states to meet in Interlaken (Switzerland) Strasbourg, 09.02.2010 – The future of the European Court of Human Rights will take centre-stage when human rights ministers from the 47 member states

[hr-legal-professionals] UN Legal Counsel discusses closer cooperation with tribunal chiefs in The Hague

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:20:39 +0000

26 January 2010 – The United Nations legal chief and the heads of courts and tribunals based in The Hague have held talks this week on how to improve cooperation between the UN and the tribunals set up to deal with war crimes and other grave

[hr-legal-professionals] Sri Lanka: Report documents impunity and rights violations

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:30:31 +0000

Asian Human Rights Commission Press releaseJanuary 21, 2010A Statement from the International Commission of Jurists forwarded by the Asian Human Rights CommissionBangkok, 18 January 2010: Today the International

[hr-legal-professionals] Saudi Arabia: Criminal justice strengthened by public defender program

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:18:32 +0000

Human Rights Watch Press releaseJanuary 14, 2010(New York) - Saudi Arabia's appointed Shura Council has approved establishing a public defender program, a step that will strengthen the criminal justice system, Human Rights Watch said

[hr-legal-professionals] IACHR publishes its new rules of procedure

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:07:57 +0000

Organization of American States Press releaseDecember 10, 2009The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) publishes today its

[hr-legal-professionals] UN war crimes courts call for greater efforts to seize indicted ringleaders

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:02:21 +0000

3 December 2009 – Top officials of the United Nations war crimes tribunals today called for Serbia’s “critical” cooperation in capturing the two remaining top fugitives accused of atrocities in the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s

[hr-legal-professionals] UNICEF launches legislative reform initiative web page

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:43:25 +0000

UNICEF invites you to visit the recently launched LEGISLATIVE REFORM INITIATIVE. The website contains papers, tools, and reports developed by UNICEF and

[hr-legal-professionals] Final call for applications e-learning course 'International Tribunals, World Courts and Human Rights'

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:32:09 +0000

Course 5T10: International Tribunals, World Courts and Human Rights 1 February-18 April 2010 | Application deadline: 1 December 2009 Instructor: Dr. Gerd Oberleitner What is the role of international courts and

[hr-legal-professionals] Final call for applications e-learning course 'Human Rights Litigation'

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:27:44 +0000

Course 13E10: Human Rights Litigation 3 February - 20 April 2010 | Application deadline: 1 December 2009 Instructor: Krassimir Kanev This distance learning course provides participants with

[hr-legal-professionals] Report 'When Legal Worlds Overlap: Human Rights, State and Non-State Law'

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:59:20 +0000

The International Council on Human Rights Policy is pleased to announce the release of its report When Legal Worlds Overlap: Human Rights, State and Non-State

[hr-legal-professionals] Myanmar: Key problems for the Special Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:54:18 +0000

Asian Human Rights Commission Press releaseOctober 27, 2009The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) welcomes the news of the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, in his press conference of 22

[hr-legal-professionals] Call for applications e-learning course 'Human Rights Litigation'

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:30:09 +0000

Course 13E10: Human Rights Litigation3 February - 20 April 2010 | Application deadline: 1 December 2009Instructors: Margarita Ilieva and Krassimir KanevThis distance learning course provides participants

[hr-legal-professionals] Belgium: Experts discuss issue of legal classification of armed conflicts

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:12:27 +0000

International Committee of the Red Cross Press release21-10-2009 Brussels (ICRC) – The evolution of armed conflict and the appearance or development of new forms of violence such as organized crime, piracy and terrorism

[hr-legal-professionals] OSCE raises judges' capacity to respond to human trafficking in Ukraine

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:31:05 +0000

KYIV, 15 October 2009 - An OSCE-supported conference on the protection of the rights of trafficked persons and the prosecution of traffickers started in Kyiv today.The two-day event, which brings together some 150 judges, policymakers, law

[hr-legal-professionals] UN Rwandan genocide court nets second fugitive in two months

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:50:35 +0000

6 October 2009 – A former senior Rwandan military officer indicted by the United Nations war crimes tribunal for his role in the 1994 genocide in the tiny Central African country was handed over to the court today after being on the run for

[hr-legal-professionals] European Court of Human Rights: Protocol 14bis enters into force

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:39:03 +0000

Strasbourg, 30.09.2009 – Protocol No. 14bis to the European Convention on Human Rights, which aims to improve the

[hr-legal-professionals] New UN treaty signatures and ratifications reach four-year high

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:13:30 +0000

29 September 2009 – Sixty-four countries took 103 treaty actions at this year’s General Assembly General Debate – the highest participation in four years – in what has become an annual United Nations event to muster support for

[hr-legal-professionals] OSCE report analyses needs of judiciaries in handling war crimes cases in the Balkans

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:50:56 +0000

HE HAGUE, 23 September 2009 - The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute launched a

[hr-legal-professionals] World Human Rights Moot Court Competition (Pretoria, 9 December 2009)

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:33:21 +0000

World Human Rights Moot Court Competition 9 December 2009, Pretoria, South Africa The United Nations celebrations of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 will this year include the staging of

[hr-legal-professionals] Sierra Leonean named to top post in court trying war crimes in his homeland

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:10:56 +0000

8 September 2009 – For the first time a Sierra Leonean is serving as acting prosecutor of the United Nations-backed Special Court trying those accused of violating international humanitarian law and national law in the civil war that tore the

[hr-legal-professionals] Three new judges sworn in before UN�s Balkans war crimes tribunal

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:08:58 +0000

2 September 2009 – Three new permanent judges were sworn in today before the United Nations war crimes tribunal that was set up to try people accused of committing the worst offences during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s. Guy

[hr-legal-professionals] Hammarberg: Flawed enforcement of court decisions undermines the trust in state justice

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:04:05 +0000

Strasbourg, 31.08.2009 – “Court decisions are not fully respected in several European countries. This must be seen as a refusal to accept the rule of law and is a serious human rights problem” said Thomas Hammarberg, Council of

[hr-legal-professionals] Political interference mars justice in Venezuela, says UN rights expert

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:00:20 +0000

30 July 2009 – An independent United Nations human rights expert today described the situation of justice in Venezuela as “worrying,” citing political interference with the work of judges and prosecutors in the South American nation.

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[hr-legal-professionals] Sri Lanka: Appointment of new Chief Justice undermines rule of law

[hr-legal-professionals] ICC: Congolese rebel leader acquitted in Court's second case

Thank you from all of us!

[hr-legal-professionals] Still places available in Human Rights Litigation e-learning course

[hr-legal-professionals] Still places available in Human Rights Litigation e-learning course

[hr-legal-professionals] African Human Rights Case Law Analyser - Outil Analytique de la jurisprudence des droits humains

[hr-legal-professionals] Extended call for applications for HREA e-learning course 'Environment and Human Rights'

[hr-legal-professionals] Extended call for applications for HREA e-learning course 'Safeguards against Torture and Ill-Treatment'

[hr-legal-professionals] Final call for applications for HREA e-learning course 'Safeguards against Torture and Ill-Treatment'

[hr-legal-professionals] UN human rights experts voice concern about suspension of Spanish judge

[hr-legal-professionals] Strasbourg court says refusal to recognise cohabitation of gay partners violates Article 14

[hr-legal-professionals] Proposals for the European Court of Human Rights to charge fees

[hr-legal-professionals] Conference on future of the European Court of Human Rights

[hr-legal-professionals] UN Legal Counsel discusses closer cooperation with tribunal chiefs in The Hague

[hr-legal-professionals] Sri Lanka: Report documents impunity and rights violations

[hr-legal-professionals] Saudi Arabia: Criminal justice strengthened by public defender program

[hr-legal-professionals] IACHR publishes its new rules of procedure

[hr-legal-professionals] UN war crimes courts call for greater efforts to seize indicted ringleaders

[hr-legal-professionals] UNICEF launches legislative reform initiative web page

[hr-legal-professionals] Final call for applications e-learning course 'International Tribunals, World Courts and Human Rights'

[hr-legal-professionals] Final call for applications e-learning course 'Human Rights Litigation'

[hr-legal-professionals] Report 'When Legal Worlds Overlap: Human Rights, State and Non-State Law'

[hr-legal-professionals] Myanmar: Key problems for the Special Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers

[hr-legal-professionals] Call for applications e-learning course 'Human Rights Litigation'

[hr-legal-professionals] Belgium: Experts discuss issue of legal classification of armed conflicts

[hr-legal-professionals] OSCE raises judges' capacity to respond to human trafficking in Ukraine

[hr-legal-professionals] UN Rwandan genocide court nets second fugitive in two months

[hr-legal-professionals] European Court of Human Rights: Protocol 14bis enters into force

[hr-legal-professionals] New UN treaty signatures and ratifications reach four-year high

[hr-legal-professionals] OSCE report analyses needs of judiciaries in handling war crimes cases in the Balkans

[hr-legal-professionals] World Human Rights Moot Court Competition (Pretoria, 9 December 2009)

[hr-legal-professionals] Sierra Leonean named to top post in court trying war crimes in his homeland

[hr-legal-professionals] Three new judges sworn in before UN�s Balkans war crimes tribunal

[hr-legal-professionals] Hammarberg: Flawed enforcement of court decisions undermines the trust in state justice

[hr-legal-professionals] Political interference mars justice in Venezuela, says UN rights expert