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The trial of human rights lawyer Haytham Al-Maleh before the Second Military Court of Damascus
The present document concerns a joint trial observation mission report of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) an the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN). It monitors the hearings of the trial of Haytham Al-Maleh, an 80-year-old prominent Syrian human rights lawyer and former President of the Human Rights Association in Syria (HRAS). The FIDH […]
The trial of human rights lawyer Haytham Al-Maleh before the Second Military Court of Damascus
The present document concerns a joint trial observation mission report of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) an the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN). It monitors the hearings of the trial of Haytham Al-Maleh, an 80-year-old prominent Syrian human rights lawyer and former President of the Human Rights Association in Syria (HRAS). The FIDH […]
UNDP-OHCHR Toolkit for collaboration with National Human Rights Institutions
UNDP-OHCHR Toolkit for collaboration with National Human Rights Institutions
“Stop looking for your son”: illegal detentions under the counterterrorism law
The present document of Human Rights Watch (HRW) concerns the practice of Morocco after it suffered its worst terrorist attack on May 16, 2003, and adopted 12 days later a sweeping counterterrorism law. This report details cases of terrorism-related arrests between 2007 and 2010.According to HRW abuses undermine the right of the accused to a fair trial […]
“Stop looking for your son”: illegal detentions under the counterterrorism law
The present document of Human Rights Watch (HRW) concerns the practice of Morocco after it suffered its worst terrorist attack on May 16, 2003, and adopted 12 days later a sweeping counterterrorism law. This report details cases of terrorism-related arrests between 2007 and 2010.According to HRW abuses undermine the right of the accused to a fair trial […]
Summary report on the compliance of the trial of Mr. Muhannad Al-Hasani before the Second Criminal Court in Damascus with international standards of fair trial
The present report of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) concerns the trial of Mr. Muhannad Al-Hasania Syrian lawyer, President of the Syrian Organisation for Human Rights “Sawasiya”, Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Laureate of the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders 2010, who was arrested in Damascus by […]
Summary report on the compliance of the trial of Mr. Muhannad Al-Hasani before the Second Criminal Court in Damascus with international standards of fair trial
The present report of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) concerns the trial of Mr. Muhannad Al-Hasania Syrian lawyer, President of the Syrian Organisation for Human Rights “Sawasiya”, Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Laureate of the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders 2010, who was arrested in Damascus by […]
Submission to the UN Committee against Torture for its consideration of the 2nd Periodic Report of Jordan
This submission consists of an analysis of legal framework of Jordan with respect to its international obligations pursuant to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT) and other fundamental legal guarantees of importance for upholding the prohibition of torture. Reference to the Basic Principles on the Role of […]
Submission to the UN Committee against Torture for its consideration of the 2nd Periodic Report of Jordan
This submission consists of an analysis of legal framework of Jordan with respect to its international obligations pursuant to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT) and other fundamental legal guarantees of importance for upholding the prohibition of torture. Reference to the Basic Principles on the Role of […]
International Commission of Jurists submission to the Committee Against Torture on the 6h periodic report of France
The present document of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) concerns a submission of the ICJ to the Committee against Torture of the 6th Periodic Report of France. In this submission, the ICJ highlights several issues which it believes should be of particular concern to the Committee in its consideration of the French report. The […]
International Commission of Jurists submission to the Committee Against Torture on the 6h periodic report of France
The present document of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) concerns a submission of the ICJ to the Committee against Torture of the 6th Periodic Report of France. In this submission, the ICJ highlights several issues which it believes should be of particular concern to the Committee in its consideration of the French report. The […]
Legal Safeguards to prevent torture: the right of access to lawyers for persons deprived of liberty
The present document of the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) is intended to outline the current state of the law in relation to access to legal counsel promptly after deprivation of liberty as a safeguard against torture and other ill-treatment. The APT refers several times to the Basic Principles on the Role of […]
Legal Safeguards to prevent torture: the right of access to lawyers for persons deprived of liberty
The present document of the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) is intended to outline the current state of the law in relation to access to legal counsel promptly after deprivation of liberty as a safeguard against torture and other ill-treatment. The APT refers several times to the Basic Principles on the Role of […]
JarindeTemminck Tuinstra, Defending the defenders; The role of defence counsel in International Criminal Trials
This article seeks to explain the proper role of defence counsel in criminal proceedings an in international criminal proceedings in particular. It is contended that a clarification of this role is all the more important in the context of international criminal trials. Where lawyers (defence counsel, prosecution counsel and judges) from all over the world […]
