Monthly Archives: oktober 2012

CIJL_ICJ, Kazachstan

Kazakhstan: disciplinary action against judge Zhumasheva is an attack on judicial independence | CIJL-ICJ

The Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers (CIJL)

The ICJ today expressed its concern at disciplinary sanctions and threats of criminal prosecution against Judge Aliya Zhumasheva of the Kachirsk District Court of Pavlodar Region in Kazakhstan.

The Judge was subjected to disciplinary sanction after refusing to abide by wrongful demands from senior colleagues as well as the Prosecutor’s Office to issue convictions in two criminal cases.

At  a press conference on 18 October, prior to the disciplinary hearing in her case, Judge Zhumasheva stated that she Continue reading Kazakhstan: disciplinary action against judge Zhumasheva is an attack on judicial independence | CIJL-ICJ →

Servië

Goed nieuws: Ontslag teruggedraaid van Dragana Boljevic, voorzitter Servische rechtersvereniging

Dragana Boljevic, voorzitter Servische rechtersvereniging

Sinds begin 2010 volgt Rechters voor Rechters de ontwikkelingen met betrekking tot het grootschalige ontslag van Servische rechters per 31 december 2009 op de voet. We hebben verschillende malen werkbezoeken gebracht aan Servië en contact onderhouden met de Servische rechtersvereniging (JAS) en (inter)nationaal aandacht gevraagd voor hun situatie.

Graag delen we daarom met u dit onlangs ontvangen goede nieuws uit Servië:

Het ontslag van rechter Dragana Boljevic, de voorzitter van de Servische rechtersvereniging JAS Continue reading Goed nieuws: Ontslag teruggedraaid van Dragana Boljevic, voorzitter Servische rechtersvereniging →

CIJL_ICJ

Nepal: ICJ urges accountability for violations detailed in OHCHR report | CIJL-ICJ

The Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers (CIJL)

Nepal’s government must ensure accountability for the thousands of violations perpetrated by security forces and Maoists during the country’s civil war, as documented in a new report by the UN, the ICJ said today.

In a Briefing Paper “Compromising Justice: Nepal’s Proposed Ordinance on Commission on Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation (2012)” (PDF) issued today, the ICJ highlighted recent efforts by the Nepali government to undermine accountability by weakening proposed transitional justice mechanisms and promoting suspected violators.

The ICJ also welcomed Continue reading Nepal: ICJ urges accountability for violations detailed in OHCHR report | CIJL-ICJ →

CIJL_ICJ, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: ICJ deplores attack on the Secretary of the Judicial Services Commission | CIJL-ICJ

The Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers (CIJL)

The Sri Lankan government must immediately provide justice for the physical assault on Manjula Tillekaratne and cease public efforts to undermine the independence of the country’s judiciary, the ICJ said today.

Unidentified persons assaulted the Secretary of the Judicial Services Commission on 7 October 2012. Lawyers and judges held a strike to protest recent and escalating threats to judicial independence in Sri Lanka.

“This physical assault is another terrible step downward in the ongoing effort to undermine the judiciary and the rule of law in Sri Lanka,” said Continue reading Sri Lanka: ICJ deplores attack on the Secretary of the Judicial Services Commission | CIJL-ICJ →

Algemeen

Rechters voor Rechters helpt rechters in nood in het buitenland

In de septemberuitgave van Mr. (Magazine voor juristen) is een groot artikel gewijd aan de werkzaamheden van Stichting Rechters voor Rechters.

Mr. sprak met voorzitter Gerritjan van Oven, secretaris Jolien Schukking en oprichter Bert van Delden over aanpak, ambities en persoonlijke drijfveren.

“Graag zouden we meer rechters in Nederland mobiliseren.”