Yearbook of the International Commission of Jurists

Beschrijving

The International Commission of Jurists was founded in 1952 to promote the understanding and observance of the rule of law throughout the world. The ICJ39;s work is quot;devoted to the legal promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in all parts of the worldquot;. In 1978, the ICJ created a Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers CIJL with the task of informing lawyers about the plight of their colleagues in many countries who are being persecuted for their professional work, and mobilizing lawyers39; organizations to take action in support of members of the legal profession isoi harassed.br br The iICJ Yearbook 2004i contains not only reports of fact-finding missions and country monitoring e.a. Swaziland, Nepal, Tunisia, Criminal Justice Reform in India, trial observations in Turkey and Malaysia but also several articles about human rights and judicial independence and documents.br br